Chicken Baked Rice (Tomato Based)

Coming home from work and cracking my head to think of what to cook everyday can be quite a feat.. I am always trying to find the easiest recipes to prepare. And this is also why I adore oven baked dishes. Throw them in and forget about it until the timer beeps..

Recently I came across a cream based chicken baked rice recipe but Mikka can't take too much cream (and its also not good for my waistline.. haha) so I decided to alter the original recipe a little and made mine into a tomato based one instead.

Like I said, fast and easy is my thing so I used a lot of short cuts. For those who might be interested, here's the recipe :-

Ingredients

(Serves 2-3)

- 1 cup cooked rice

- 1 onoin, diced

- 200g (white or brown) button mushrooms, sliced

- 2pcs chicken fillet (breaded or grilled) - Cooked & cut into thick strips,

- 15g garlic butter

- 5 - 6 tbsp pasta sauce of your choice / 2 - 3 tbsp to spread over rice

- Shredded Cheese (I used emmentaler)

- White asparagus (or whatever veggie of your choice)

- Salt & Pepper

- Parsley (garnishing)

Directions

1. In a heated wok or saucepan, melt the butter. Add the sliced mushrooms, onions and asparagus, stir-fry for a few minutes until the veggies are soft. Add 5 - 6 tablespoons of pasta sauce and some salt to taste.

2. Portion out the rice into individual oven-safe baking dishes (or use a 20cm x 20 cm square alumnium tray) until about half the height of the dish.

4. Spread some pasta sauce on top of the rice, and topped with a layer of fried mushrooms, asparagus and onion. Place the chicken slices and top with shredded cheese.

5. Baked in a pre-heated oven at 200°C for about 20-25 minutes, or until all the cheese melted and is very slightly browned. Garnish with parsley.

Food Galore....

We decided to do our regular cousin's gathering last Saturday - Halloween!!!
We only had only 18 adults and 2 kids but the amount of food that we had was more than enough to feed 40 people.. LOL...
Its always nice to see a whole table full of food.. *GRINZ* We all just luuurve these food parties...
We were supposed to be each bringing a dish of some sort to contribute to the food 'mountain' so Jac did her 'speciality' - Crab bee hoon which we all love.. *yummie* Poor girl, got bitten by the stoopid crab while picking it up. Luckily the bite was not too serious, if not we would have felt really guilty.. keke... But it was a little disappointing on my end cos there was simply too much food on the table and I didn't eat as much crabs as I would have liked to.. keke... Will be looking forward to the next food party.. maybe Christmas... haha...

** My New Toy **

Got a new toy today - my brand new electric mixer.. (thanks to dad I had to get a new one... u know what I mean.. keke)
Since I got myself a new toy then no need to guess, I have to start playing with it... LOL

I decided that maybe I should do another round of butter cake. The last few cakes that I made was edible but not good enough so i decided to try it out again.

This time round, I'm not sure if its the new mixer or what.. I managed to get a better batter and the cake turned out springy and nice... YAY!!!

The next time would be even better. Maybe I should attempt a new flavour... *chuckle*

When I finally manage to perfect this cake, I will learn how to make Tiramisu.. Have been asking my cousin to teach me how to make this for a looooooong time already but he's always so busy.. *sulk* I try to make another appointment with him regarding this again... LOL

What's cooking honey?

Missy told me today that she's going to experiment in the kitchen.

During her last visit here in Germany she discovered the "wonderful world of Gulasch" (or goulasch, how Missy says).

Actually, Missy is a Gulasch-holic.

Everywhere we travelled she ordered Gulasch at least once to find "Germany's Best Gulasch".

According to Missy this was the best looking Gulasch (found in Hamburg's restaurant "Alte Apotheke") - but not the best in taste... (on the picture you see a loaf of bread which is holed and then filled up with Gulasch).
Nice idea of the chef - but really messy to eat after more than 15 minutes ;-)

So, Missy is going to try her own Gulasch today.

So far the meat is ready and boiling... we will see the final result soon... ;-)

It's a pitty that I will not have a chance to taste "Gulasch no. 1" - but maybe that's better for me & my stomach... ;-)