Spaghetti bolognese anyone???

Morning, folks!!! Just wanna share a quick entry with you on my own version of spaghetti bolognese which we had for dinner last night..This recipe was adopted from the internet but I twisted it into my version with the things I have in my kitchen..On normal days, I would only sauteed the onions and chucked in the Prego sauce, but today I decided to do something different. It turned out to be very tasty and the fresh tomatoes and capsicum made the sauce naturally sweet!! So, check out these pics and the recipe at the bottom..

All the ingredients were "jacuzzing" happily in my faithful pan

I used angel hair spaghetti which was smaller in diameter compared to the conventional spaghetti and they absorbed the sauce more efficiently too!

This is how the angel hair looked like before entering the boiling water

Tadaaa...my yummy spaghetti bolognese

One impatient customer waiting for the spaghetti to be served..

So this is my recipe:

Ms Pinkie Rabbit's Tasty Spaghetti Bolognese

1 onion (preferably Holland onion, but I use 1 big red onion) - chopped

2 cloves of garlic -chopped

1/2 of a carrot - diced (but I grated it so that my kids won't see it)

1/2 of green capsicum ( since I have only red, I used red capsicum)

1 red and fuuly riped tomato (preferably from your own edible garden)- chopped

1 can of Prego sauce (I use the one with garlic added into it)

3 tablespoon of Cheddar cheese (I used Mozarella instead)

1 roll of Ramly's minced meat (I prefer beef)

2 dried bay leaf (optional)

3 tablespoonful of olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

How to:

1. Saute the onions, garlic and the carrots until soft and the onions are translucent with the olive oil. Then add the minced meat

2. When the meat is 3/4 cooked, add the tomatoes

3. Then add the Prego sauce. Simmer gently for 10 minutes and then, add the red capsicum. Add also the cheese and stir it into the sauce.

4. Simmer until you can see the oil floating to the top of the pan or when the minced meat has thoroughly cooked. Add salt to taste and pepper if neccessary ( I didn't add the pepper).

5. The sauce is then ready to be poured on top of your al dente cooked angel hair spaghetti

                                 "Happy Cooking, Folks!"

3 new members in my edible garden..

Remember when I mentioned that I paid my mum a visit in the previous entry?? Well, my mum was very generous and she gave me another 2 plants that I immediately added to my edible garden upon reaching home..My mum was really supportive of my new hobby..thanks, mum!! You should see her own edible garden...Unfortunately, I was in a hurry to get home that I forgot to snap the picture..Btw, feel free to check out these new members!

Galangal ..or lengkuas in Malay..to be added to my rendang next time!

Chives or kucai plant..the chives seeds that were sowed the other day has not germinated, so my mum gave me this to soothe my frustration..:p

Then, my maid added this lemon grass plant to another pot, so there goes the third member of my edible garden..

The newest member in my edible garden..the lemon grass plant

 And here is the latest update of my onion plant...

My onion leaves..growing prosperously and ready to be harvested soon!

                                 "Happy Gardening, Folks!!"

Review of Austin Steak House, Bangi..

Heyo there!! Howz ur weekend going on? I had a fabulous Saturday, starting off by paying my mum a visit and to top it off, last night, we went to Austin Steak House, Bangi..This steak house was located next to Section 7, Bangi at Taman Impian, Kajang..well, I guess it's between the border between Bangi and Kajang..Check out these pics:

The ambience inside..the wall is decorated with fancy bottles and cowboy hats

Some of the dish on the menu..

My princess with her chicken nuggets..

A tall glass of starfruit juice for only  RM 3.00

My black pepper lamb leg..

Mixed steak (a mix of chicken and beef steak) for Mr Warhammer..

Bye-bye everyone..till we meet again!!

This place was almost packed by 9.30pm. It has a traditional look of a typical cowboy cafe with wooden floor and swinging little doors at the entrance. As for the taste, if you ask me, the taste was comparable to other local steak house such as "Chop and Steak" in Kampung Baru & Selayang as well as "Cowboy Station" in Batu Caves. How I wished the portion was bigger! The baked beans and coleslaw were the most, two tablespoon full and the fries was too little which were insufficient for my big tummy..hehehehe..but all this will not deter me to try this place again..So all in all, I will give this place 2 star after consideration..

What;s Cooking In the Pot, Ms Pinkie Rabbit??

Sorry for putting too many entries in 1 day..Please bear with me since I would like to write as much as I can before the laziness in me creeps in..This was our dinner last nite..or rather.. late evening dinner..

My chicken rendang  simmering merrily in the pan..

Turmeric leaf from my own edible garden which will be added to my rendang

Red spinach and carrot soup to compliment my rendang and for my prince's lunch tomorrow

My version of chicken rendang..

Speaking of rendang, there are many version of rendang: rendang minang (usually with bird chillies added), rendang tok (Perakian specialties,but I personally dun like it very much), rendang pedas, etc..This is my version of rendang pedas but a healthier version which I only put about only 3/4 cup of coconut milk (santanlah..)..Some people like my father likes it very, very dry but this house prefers the one with lots of gravy..whenever I cook meals for my family I cannot go without any veggies..some may find it odd why the red spinach soup complimented my rendang but as I said, I can never eat any meals without veggies..

                     "Happy Cooking, Folks!!"

Update on my edible garden..

I know it was only like 5 days ago since I last posted on my edible garden, but I could not contain my excitement to share with you the progress on my edible garden..So check it out, folks!!

Pic of little baby ocra taken last Monday

Baby ocra has grown into 4-inch tall ocra plants in just 4 days!

These are onion leaves from the bulbs experimented by me last week..

These are not edible, though..these are from the marigold seeds sowed last week..or was it bak choy??I should label my veggies next time..(making a mental note to myself)

Looks like I have "green hands" after all in planting veggies..tee hee. hee..I can't wait to see other veggies coming out from the seeds I sowed.What took you so long guys?? The chives (or kucai in Malays) have not germinated yet ..Patience, patience..

                        "Happy Gardening Everyone!!!"

Decorating my daughter's room..

It has been almost 4 months since we transferred our first little occupant to her own room which I promised to decorate. Actually, we are only adding some deco to her room but my little princess is more than satisfied..This is how her room looks like now..

On the wall sticker personally  selected by my princess

A blue mushroom lamp to accompany my princess who very much terrified of the dark

A blue study table, purchased from IKEA, so that my princess can do her homework comfortably

Can you see the wall deco beside the study table? My princess insisted that we put it there..

A closer look at my princess wall deco

My princess bed with maroon cat character selected by my princess with the influence of her pink& maroon-lover mother

Stick-on the wall giraffe-height measuring sticker for us to keep record of my kids growth progress

Satisfied looking "occupant" who is still occupying our room during daytime

When will this other "occupant" leave our room? Only time will tell..

Actually, we started off with a fancy design border to decorate our princess room,but it did not stick on very long. Thus, we removed it already..Looking forward to add other deco inside her room..If you have any idea to share with me, I would love to hear it..

                         "Happy decorating everyone!!!"

What's Cooking Ms Pinkie Rabbit??

I'm in my mood to write another entry. So, please bear with me, folks! These are the dishes that I cooked for dinner yesterday..

Sotong goreng kunyit..or squid stir-fried with turmeric powder and some shallots. I also threw in some bird-chillies from my edible garden..yummy!!!

It has been so long since I last cooked this squid dish. It reminds me of the good old days where me and my twin sis cooked together, chattering happily as we cooked this dish together.

Black pepper stir fried beef with traffic light capsicum

This is one of this house favourite dish. In fact, this dish is a compulsory dish every week. My husband loves this dish in one condition, not too much pepper in it! Can you see the traffic light capsicum embedded together in the gravy? How I wish that capsicums were from my own edible garden...:)

"Happy  cooking everyone!!"