See you later!

Picture from here.

I'll be away for the next 2 weeks, spending time with my lovely parents who are visiting from Singapore and making a trip to the country for some cherry picking before zipping off to an island escape with just Stu...can't wait.Take care, be good and I'll see you later!

Colour me red

"When in doubt, wear red." - Bill Blass
Pictures from here.

Fly me away

Some days (such as today), I just want to fly far, far away.

Pictures from weheartit.

Friday Freesias

Do flowers make you happy? They certainly have that effect on me. No matter how rough a day I've had, how tired I feel, the presence of fresh flowers at home never fail to cheer me up. Today, I have some lovely yellow and white freesias at home, they don't just look great, they smell wonderful too.

Chicken wontons

Made a batch of chicken wontons recently. They're definitely one of my favourite things to eat; so slippery and tasty. I usually make heaps, eat some and freeze the rest for later use, with noodles in soup, or just boiled with chili and dumpling sauce as a snack...yums!

They're incredibly easy to make too, recipe below:

Filling:
250g minced chicken
sugar, salt and pepper (pinch each)
2 teaspoons potato flour
1 tablespoon water
1 packet on wonton pastry

Mix the chicken with the salt, pepper, sugar, potato flour and water.
Stir until the water is absorbed into chicken.
Place 1 teaspoon of chicken mince in the centre of the wonton pastry.
Gather the edges of the pastry at the top. Pinch and twist to seal the top.
Repeat with the rest of the pastry and mince.

If you want to cook them in soup, just follow these steps:

Soup seasoning:
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
ground white pepper, a pinch)
2 drops soy sauce
1 shallot, finely chopped
1.2 tablespoon of fried shallots
Chinese greens
2 cups chicken stock/water

Bring pot of water to boil.
Place the chicken wontons in boiling water, stirring occasionally to avoid them sticking to the pot. Once they float to the surface, wait for a further 2 minutes, then drain and put them into a serving bowl.
Use the same pot to blanch the Chinese greens, drain and discard the water.
Boil the stock/water for the soup. Put all the soup seasoning over the wontons in a bowl. Pour the soup over the wontons.