He Does Not Like FRUITS

Was not feeling well last week, hence didn’t write much in the blog....
There are always fruits in the house. Usually I am the one who buy the fruits, or sometimes they are from parents. However, I have a husband who is never interested with fruits, even if I have sliced the fruits nicely and presented in front of him, he will always think that I am forcing him to swallow the fruits. Haiz....

So the only person that I can offer fruits to is Bb-G...

There are certain times when some of the fruits were kept in the fridge for too long, and lost the freshness/crunchiness. I dislike the soggy sensation when I bite soft apples or pears. If there were too many leftover soften apples, I cooked the apples and make into apple pies. If I have leftover soften pears, I’ll make them into nourishing sweet dessert.

I made this before a week before I fell sick – Chinese pears with honey dates.


I used 2 soften pears. Put them into a big bowl, added some water, honey dates and some wolfberry. Cooked it by steaming the whole bowl in the slow cooker. And again, only Bb-G and me savoured this nutritious sweet soup to the end. Papa-M...? I did offer him, but he was not interested at all..Hmmmmpff….

Next, my last week down with bad throats, flu and cough – I shall thank to my weak resistance to bak kua...


After I finished Zoe Tay’s Devotion, AH DI, I follow-up another drama of hers – Double Bonus. She was the daughter-in-law of a family run bak kua shop, and the bak kua scenes always appeared mostly on every episode. Each night I was salivating away while watching the people in the drama grilling the bak kua. Hence, I reheated some bak kua in the oven (CNY leftovers which kept in the fridge) and enjoyed each slices when I watched the show. Yummm Yummmm.
Consequences – I had dry throat the next morning.. followed by sore throat the day after, and finally followed by running nose, fever and cough on next next day…..

Went for a doctor, took some medications and rested at home for 2 days. What I had was noodles soup, or porridge, or some bread. With antibiotics, I don’t really have much appetite.

Having so much plain food for a week, yesterday I craved for a flavourful Italian pasta. Was thinking to ajak Papa-M out for a nice dinner but Bb-G who didn’t had her noon nap slept at 6pm. It was impossible to go out for a nice dinner. Thus, with whatever I have in the kitchen, I baked macaroni with cheese.

Macaroni with cheese & prawns is one of my favourite food which I always order when I go to Secret Recipe. Didn’t know it is so easy to make at home. Just cooked the macaroni with boiling water, lay them nicely on the oven proof casserole, pour a can of white sauce and mixed some meats in between the pasta. Spread generously a layer of mozzarella cheese. Baked until the cheese melted. And this time, Papa-M likes it! (maybe one day I should put fruits in my cheeese macaroni...nyek nyek nyekk...)