Spaghetti Pepperoncino

Credit to ida,mama aiman for the recipe,ami tambah chicken cube je sket.Super easy!Hubby kan hantu ayam,so for him,i substitute the half boiled egg with some grilled chicken breast(marinated with:olive oil,garlic powder,paprika powder,pepper,italian herbs,pinch of salt)

INGREDIENTS
1.Spaghetti-boiled and drained
2.Garlic-crushed
3.Green chillies/bell pepper-sliced thin
4.Olive oil
5.1/4 Cube ayam maggi
6.Italian seasoning
7.Vegetables (carrots,mushrooms,as you please)
8.Pepper and salt to taste

DIRECTIONS
Cook the garlic,bell pepper/chillies in the olive oil until they soften.Add the italian seasoning,vegetables,chicken cube,salt and pepper(basically everything hah!) and stir until the vegetables are tender.Add in the spaghetti,mix well and cook for another min,done.Top with the half boiled eggs/grilled chicken.

For those who smoke!

Is it still consider cool to smoke these days?I think it's NOT!!and gosh,it stinks badly!
And as been mentioned for the gazillion number of times,those who smoke definitely jeopardizing their health.Watch out this video!

GG and DH

I've been busy catching up the new seasons of Gossip Girls and Desperate Housewives,sungguh tertinggal bus yer =p.I'm glad the bride was Susan,not Katherine.And Tyra Banks mmg nampak macam acting in a scary movie,terkejut mak!Anyway,sebab busy tgk series,semlm goreng nasi and buat tomyam jer huhu.Hubby puasa hari ne,so definitely not nasi goreng lagi lah.terjumpa instant tandoori,ecece,which is expiring soon,so guna saja lah.Rindunya tandoori @ Kapitan Restaurant,Lebuh Chulia.Hubs tak nak nasi(yeay less cooking!),so we have it with roti turkey yg dibeli di kedai turkey.Hubby ckp they call it Fladenbrot,whatever that means,i love it,boleh buat snack hihi.And org puasa mintak daal,so for the first time isteri yg tak suka daal nie masak Varan(Indian Daal).Esok baru nak start puasa 6 terkedek2.

Lebkuchenherz

The Oktoberfest has just started.Obviously i do not care about the beers and all the Bavarian fares but the souvenirs are unique and eye catching.Drindl dress is surely charming tapi i have something better to spend on for Euro100.Beer mug is not cheap either.Another typical but way cheaper treat sold during this festival is the LebkuchenHerz,which people buy for their love ones,so i asked hubs to get me one hihi. The Dindl dress and beautifully decorated Lebkuechenherz-images from google.

In DE,these cookies are offered year round and comes in many shapes.I remember bringing back these Lebkuechen to my family but none of them like it except my ayah kot hahaha. Eh i tak bawak balik yg heart shape nie.The ones baked for Christmas are not this fancy,simple je.The taste resembles gingerbread.I think it's too pretty to be eaten,so i just hang it on the wall.Typical statement on the cookies says i love you or something similar,mine means "For my sweetheart" :p It comes with ribbon so that the happy recipient(including ME!) can wear it around the neck,funny eh?

****happy ME**

Ok,food of the day plak,baked creamy pasta for lunch and nasi ayam for dinner.Inspired by Nasi Ayam Pak Mal section 11(ke 9?),sambal halia+kicap i campur sekali,jimat pinggan!

Diary of a Housewife: Weekend 1

Salam all, How's your weekend?Byk open house?
Mine was awesome!We invited friends to come over for makan2 on saturday and lepak @ home main Wii on sunday.Whoot,gambar food lupe nak amik .What's on the menu?Yours truly and hubs buat nasik lemak sambal sotong,mee kari,brownies and onde-ondeout of nowhere.Tak pernah buat onde-onde nie,tapi nampak tepung pulut,belasah lah.Kawan2 bawa cheese cake,puding roti,kuih raya,cucur,popia otak2 and drinks.Rumah kecil,and there're like 25 of us,nak main Wii tennis tak dpt lah,habis pukul muka org nanti.They played this card game called "Wolf" or sth,i masuk satu round je sebab dah latak pandai,buat kacau pulak hehe. Owh hubs tak suke la weekend nie kot.He's quite devastated with the Reds.Sorry dear,i dont do football.Tak ade idea how to cheer him up,saya geletek jer hubby,sib baik tak kene karate yer?:p Ok,cerita food lah. Enough of makanan berlemak and bersantan,we just had this simple mee soup for dinner tadi.Notice sambal kicap yg seciput tue?got it from a friend,seriously sedap sambal tue, tapi i takot nak letak byk,pedas yarabbi hubs ckp huhu. Esok dah Monday =( I hate Mondays!!Not that i have to face another work week,but Monday means another 5 days of staying home alone from 10am-4pm!I should start my new project soon,at least tak ade bosan sgt,and tade la asik YM hubby every 5 mins :p

Domestic Engineering 101 lol

We have safely arrived in DE semlm.sempat berCOSTA @ Heathrow Terminal 1 with friends who came to send us off semlm.I'll be missing COSTA coffee and Pret's sandwiches and Ben's cookies and a whole lot of things there,hopefully murah rezeki kami dtg lagi.Tapiii to live there and to go just for cuti2 adalah tak sama,totally different feel!Tapi Hubs rimas naik train semput and dumping everything into a single bin kat London,tak umweltfreundlich langsung kata die:p Over here,everything is separated and recycled,even the milk cartons.When we boarded the express train from Marylebone to Uxbridge,hubs ckp "u call this an express rail?" gigit kang mohammad harith neh.

Last few shots in London.Time does fly,1 year rase kejap jer.

Depan my sekolah yg kecik, sandwiches by the Royal Albert Hall and the National Science Museum.
Gambaq pon kene amik tepi jalan huhuin the tube,on the way to the airport semlm

My travel card!A friend gave an idea to swipe oyster sebab konon2 ingatkan Touch&Go kat Msia nanti.poyo sehhh huhu.Costa no more =(

and no,not Starbucks pleasee
So, i have just enrolled into this new course: Domestic Engineering kehkeh.This is not my first time,i stayed home for a few months before the MSc started last October.But...i believe my syllabus is better kali nie,hopefully semua jalan.Last year keje saya was tido and makan aka housewife yg terlebih lemak ;p.This time,hopefully hubs gets to eat more decent food,rumah makin kurang habuk and baju berlipat instead of hanging jer dlm closet(did i mention i hate folding clothes?;p)Hihi see,i'm no domestic goddess,but it's never too late to try to be one kan?

Eh ok2,gtg.
Daily blogging is limited to just an hour.It's almost noon.luggage semlm tak kemaskan lagi,potong 10 marks!

Eid Mubarak and goodbye London

Salam All,

It's been a while eh since my last update.Sgt busy,what's with the dissertation,raya and packing.Tapi the first two dah siap,tinggal lagi nak packing and shopping pulak.
Selamat Hari Raya all,i hope it's not too late nak wish,raya kan sebulan?:p
Celebrating Eid in London was not that bad,our 4th raya,tapi baru 2nd time celebrate sama2.
So,pagi raya to High Commission,Belgrave Square for Solat Raya,1o mins away from home,sib baik!Ade tv3,penat kami posing,tapi tak masuk Buletin Utama pon huhu,over acted kot ye =p After solat,ajak friends to come over,mkn sket,lepak2,main cards,main Wii and solat zohor before heading to our duta's open house.
salam with budak-degil-tanak-pakai-baju melayu

@ the High Commissioner's open house

So that was the first day of Syawal,came monday,habis kaki tangan tercabut because my first draft needed tons of amendments =( I could not have made it without hub's help and support.Oooo on Friday, the submission day kan,we both slept for only 3 hrs,tapi x rasa mengantok langsung sebab i was damn excited it was over =p Tanye hubs,kat mana nak dinner,konon to celebrate la kan.Tapi die ckp nak mkn isteri masak lah!Nampak sgt dah berapa hari i tak masak proper dinner hahaha,sorry abg :p

So,that's it, I'm moving out this Wednesday,sedih pulak.
Except for the expensive house rental(in central),London is really really a nice place to live in kehkeh.
Our 2-bedrooms flat is priced at GBP350/week,i wish i could have saved more for shopping and whatnot,tapi being close to the school adalah sgt convenient,so pejam mata lah.
No more bus sekolah 345/49 or quick escapes to the Oxford St or Knightsbridge after few hours of stressing Cadence and TCAD labs lah lepas nie sob sob.Hubs,boleh tak nak dtg mase boxing day nanti?:pI guess this is my final post from Parkgate Road,London.
Lepas nie,welcome to the new series of "The Not-So Desperate Housewife in RauwolffStr.7,Augsburg" jeng jeng


Ok,gtg.kejap lagi to another open house by MSD,then to Uxbridge pulak.
Maaf Zahir Batin yer ;)

LONDON-MUNICH

I dropped by MARA office earlier today, nak hantar claim akhir pengajian,thesis and air ticket. The officer tanya" How long have u been married?Belum ade baby kan?" When i said 3 and aah,not yet,terus die ckp okla tak payah balik Msia terus,pegi la singgah germany ;p thanks Encik MARA!
Just 3 more weeks,hang on there ami!Okie,nak sambung report.
Selamat Berbuka ;)

Choc Fudge Brownies, Hang Tuah and Nur Katrina ?

Here goes the recipe,do try it out hihi.Even one who abhors baking(read:ME!) found it easy.Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 cup cocoa powder
1.5-2 cups caster sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 1/3 cups all purpose-flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate chips or walnut(i prefer choc chips)

Directions:
1.Pre heat the oven to 175 C,grease a baking pan.
2. Melt the butter.Stir the cocoa powder,sugar,vanilla extract into the melted butter.Beat the eggs until the mixture smooth.
3. Combine the flour,baking powder and salt.Mix into the mixture.Stir in the choc chips.
4.Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.Bake for 30-40 minutes, do not overbake. Cool in pan and cut into squares.

Hang Tuah fail SPM??
Hahaha serious kelakar video nie!Selamat Hari Merdeka!




Nur Kasih Ep 14
Ok this series does not need an introduction,everybody loves Nur Amina except me.Please lah let Kat and Adam get back together.Katrina sacrifies everything while Nur just sit and do nothing except nangis and nangis(habis la kene marah dgn peminat Nur=p). But in order to win hati rakyat Malaysia,a typical Malay drama should end with Adam lives happily ever after with Nur,tolong la jgn begitu,bosan =p.Who's with me?

Long Weekend?

Pagi nie bukak facebook,tgk ramai letak status pasal weekend,long weekend they said.I was wondering,eh UK ade lah summer bank holiday monday nie,malaysia pasal apa monday cuti?Siap YM my sissy tanye cuti ape monday.Pikir jap,laa merdeka!Saya bukan lupe daratan,tapi tgh sedih,esok dan luse dan sampai 14 sept kene berbuka sorang2 :(

I dah request dgn hubs nak bawak balik satu tupperware his choc fudge brownies.Isteri mithali suruh hubby masak pulak,terlebih lemak isteri nie:p.Sedap lah sebab hubby yg buat kan...extra ingredient die macam biase kasih sayang semangkuk;p
Enjoy your weekend,selamat berpuasa,drive safe!

Apple Crumbe with Custard Sauce

2 Apples - peeled,cored and sliced (tuk 4 org mkn)

Custard Sauce:
1 tablespoon tepung custard - bancuh dgn 1/4 cup fresh milk
2 tablespoons white sugar
200 ml fresh milk

crumble
120gm tablespoons all-purpose flour**
1 teaspoon baking powder**
30gm white sugar
30gm brown sugar
60gm butter

Boleh substitute ** dgn 120gm self-rising flour

Add sugar,flour and baking powder in a bowl,mix well.Add butter..ramas dgn tgn.Biar texture kasar,jgn over mixed.

CARA:

1.Fill the bottom of your pan with apples.Pour the crumble over apples.Bake for 30 mins or hingga crumble keperangan @175 celcius
2. Meanwhile, sediakan sos custard...add fresh milk in a saucepan. Stir in sugar,kacau biar sebati.Reduce the heat,add in bancuhan custard,simmer and let it thicken.
3. To serve, pour the custard sauce over the apple crumble.Serve it hot.

off traveling back to Augsburg,trip to Rothenburg ob der Tauber,Anniversary dinner and Ramadhan Mubarak

Huhu panjangnye tajuk :p
Just bare with me,i'm in the mood to blog.Anniversary is the time of the year.It holds more significance than my own birthday,so i better write this down.

Tuesday: Took a cab @ 330am to Victoria and then a coach to Stansted.Yerp,hear me right,it's 330AM.Sgt letih+mengantuk,so i turned into one cranky bunny,bukan baby jer moody kalau x cukup tido tau :p kesian hubby,but he's lucky enough i didnot ask to be carried.We were on different flights though.His departed an hour earlier,but when i got to see him again few hrs later at Munich Airport,rase macam lamenye tak jumpe:p.Mengade kan?biasalah, kededek my middle name.We safely arrived rumah Augsburg by noon.

Wednesday: Anniversary-Day!Since we're still exhausted,malas nak jln jauh.Initial plan was Lindau(BodenSee kot),tapi we changed it to Rothenburg ob der Tauber,a very very nice medieval city,and it's just 2.5hrs from Augsburg.I just love this old town!Beautifully ornamented Patrican houses are every where and very well preserved.Just look at these photos,the buildings are just lovely kan?The not-so-nice thing about this trip was our connection train was verspaetung(delayed) for more than an hour and we were stranded at this God-knows-where pekan cowboy,seriously rase macam Texas. Thanks to DB,by the time sampai rumah, semua kedai dah tutup(all shops closed @8pm).So no special dinner on this super special day,share sekotak instant pasta je kami huhu,kesian kan?

Rothenburg's Schneeball(snowballs)

Thursday: In this scorching summer heat,i would detest any cooking that required more than half an hour to prepare.Mandi kat dapor nanti.So,we just go for something simple but delectable like these.......

Starter: Hot honey wings(tak pedas pon;p)

Main: Grilled Lemon Chicken with Radish salad,Sweet Corn and Ciabatta
(ciabbata nie beli siap,buat sendiri mau 3 jam baru siap:p)

Dessert: Apple Crumble with Custard

Ramadhan Mubarak

Kami dah start berpuasa hari nie(jumaat),awal lah sehari dari London and Msia. Semoga Ramadhan ini dirahmati Allah dan lebih baik dari sebelum2 nya.After 2 tahun puasa kat Msia semula(2006/2007),this time berpuasa jauh lagi.Of course saya rindu berpuasa di Msia,but somehow puasa di perantauan nie,byk pembaziran dpt dielakkan.No expensive ramadhan buffet or pembaziran di pasar ramadhan berlaku.So let spend and eat wisely,hayati nikmat berpuasa.Allah wishes us to make use of the blessing He creates,but forbids us to waste them.

Give your relatives their due, and the very poor and travelers but do not squander what you have. Squanderers are brothers to the satans, and satan was ungrateful to his Lord. (Surat al-Isra’, 26-27)

Selamat Berpuasa:)

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

a very nice medieval old city.
eh got to go.masak lunch dulu.sambung lepas nie.

3rd wedding anniversary

Dear hubby,
I don't know how are we going to be in the next 20 or 50 years,but i will definitely love you each and every single day for the rest of my life.Happy 3 rd anniversary dek!

Does your hubby let you cut his hair?

Mine does!Ever since err kami kawen kot :p
All i need is a hair clipper.
Make sure you got a good one,karang rosak tgh potong rambut,botak sebelah lah hubby kamu:p
Which style is not a problem since hubby always goes for Wentworth Miller's cut,so i just need to shave his whole head huhu.
Easy for both parties is not it?Hubby does not have to worry about molding his hair pagi2.
Nak potong once a week pon takde masalah,jimat lalala.


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Big M virus!

Salam All,
Semua org kenal this virus,brings no detrimental effects to your health(except some weight gain:p) but obviously you need to prevent it as your productivity will be seriously affected!Symptoms of this recently found virus in my abode;
1.MALAS nak gi sekolah/lab
2.MALAS nak tulis report
3.Suke bangun lambat~10-11am huhu
4.MALAS nak keluar rumah,and kalau keluar pon x bawak camera again sebab MALAS.
5.MALAS nak update blog,which explains my silence.
6.yg tak malas aka RAJIN pulaknya MAKAN,TIDO and main WII huhu boleh?:p
Sekarang berebut harvest moon dgn hubby or kitorang main same2,sorang pegang Nunchuck,sorang pegang remote hahaha.Dah bosan main call of duty kotnye,main game isteri plak eh dek?

And when exactly did i get this virus?
Jeng jeng,as soon as my supervisor left for his 1 mth-vacation. Haishh seriously i wake up every morning (if you consider 10am masih pagi :p)in high-spirited mood nak buat thesis write up,finish up my layout blabla.After shower and a bowl of cereal and cuppa coffee,bukak journal,abih satu ayat zzzzz,or berbarn buddy sampai habis bende nak dicuri(Add my fb then habis your tanaman i curi k!Not good!I need to fight this kemalasan,another month to thesis submission haiyoh,wakeeeyy ami!

On another note,hubby has extended his stay yeay!Mid of August nie same2 balik kg Augsburg plak. sekejap sane,sekejap sini huhu.my ma ckp "kelik(balik) german/london mace(macam) gi kota bharu" =p So those of you who are not in LDM should be more than grateful,because really Augsburg-London is no way like Dewan Beta(my place hehh) to Kota Bharu(10 mins away)

Update without gambar adalah bosan and since sgt malas bawak camera,these are the latest(and most decent!) photos dlm camera.Here goes,an afternoon at the Regents Park's Rose Garden.London has a number of parks and Regents Park is one of the finest.We are trying to avoid crowded places macam high street(ok i mean oxford st:p) and flea markets,jadi weekend kami berguling di park;)

Smoked Salmon Fettucine and pan-fried asparagus

Per neeza's request,here goes the recipe.Sgt simple,selamat mencuba =)
Grilled Salmon tue harith marinated with mixed herb+chili powder+lemon juice.

Smoked Salmon Fettucine

INGREDIENTS

• fettuccine pasta
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 pound smoked salmon, chopped
• 2 tablespoons capers
• 1/4 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh oregano

DIRECTIONS

1. Boil fettuccine for 11 to 13 minutes; drain.
2. Over medium heat, melt the butter, and blend with milk. Mix in the flour to thicken. Gradually stir in the Parmesan cheese until melted.
3. Crumble salmon into the butter mixture. Stir in capers, sun-dried tomatoes, and oregano. Cook and stir about 3 minutes, until heated through. Serve over the cooked pasta.

Pan fried Asparagus

INGREDIENTS

• 55 g butter
• olive oil
• salt
• black pepper
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• fresh asparagus spears, trimmed

DIRECTIONS

1. Melt butter over medium-high heat. Stir in the olive oil, salt, and pepper. Cook garlic in butter for a minute. Add asparagus, and cook for 10 minutes, turning asparagus to ensure even cooking.