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Showing posts with label Little Notes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Little Notes. Show all posts

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Minyak.. Oh.. Minyak!


Kalau tak silap, sejak 2008, aku dah menukar gaya hidup aku secara total dan secara tidak langsung termasuklah juga gaya pemakanan yang aku akui memang teruklah jugak sebelum ni. Perkara pertama yang aku buat ialah menukar minyak masak di dapur.

Dulu aku selalu guna minyak masak Seri Murni, Cap Buruh atau Vesawit. Sekarang aku gunakan 3 jenis minyak masak iaitu minyak zaitun (jenama Basso.. kalau Basso habis, beli Brillo), minyak bunga matahari dan minyak sawit biasa. Kenapa sampai 3? Ikut kategori..mahal, sederhana, murah. Kalau tiap kali masak nak kena guna minyak zaitun..adeh.. ketat sikit budget dapur. Sebotol 1 liter dah berharga RM30, kalau sebulan pakai 3 botol, mau tak RM90!!!

Untuk menumis sayur-sayuran, aku gunakan minyak zaitun. Untuk buat kek atau kuih sebagai ganti mentega, aku gunakan minyak bunga matahari sebab dia ringan dan kek naik cantik. Minyak bunga matahari ni jugak aku gunakan untuk menumis cili atau kari. Untuk menggoreng ayam dan ikan baru aku gunakan minyak sawit biasa (selalunya aku sendiri tak makan, itu untuk ahli keluarga yang lain atau tetamu yang datang). Menu goreng-goreng ni pun dah jarang sangat aku masak, bakar atau kukus je ikan atau ayam, kalau teringin sangat atau ada permintaan, baru aku masak.

Jadinya kos minyak masak sebulan di dapur aku adalah :

Minyak Zaitun 1Liter =RM30.00
Minyak Bunga Matahari 1 Liter =RM10.90
Minyak Sawit Biasa 1Liter =RM4.50
Jumlah =RM45.40

Okay le tu kan, tak sampai RM50, untuk kesihatan diri. Kalau dibandingkan dengan bil hospital yang mungkin mencapai ribuan Ringgit (bila penyakit dah datang), apalah sangat RM50 tu.

Bercakap tentang minyak zaitun, memang aku gunakan ‘extra virgin’ atau pun perahan pertama, warna dia memang cantik hijau. Ada satu lagi minyak zaitun yang tidak tertulis ‘extra virgin’ kat label botol.. meaning.. minyak zaitun yang bukan dari perahan pertama, tak tau lah perahan yang ke berapa. Pernah dengar orang kata yang inilah yang elok digunakan untuk memasak sebab harga dia pun tak mahal sangat, dalam RM20 lebih gitu. Kalau guna extra virgin, makanan yang dimasak akan jadi sedikit pahit. Entahlah, aku masak elok je. Mungkin kena tanya dengan pakar masakan yang lebih arif.

Aku juga pernah gunakan minyak zaitun ni untuk memasak kek pisang, kek coklat dan kek sarang lebah sebagai ganti mentega. Suspen jugak masa nak tunggu kek tu masak. Iyelah, bau minyak zaitun kan kuat, risau kalau-kalau kek yang dimasak akan berbau minyak zaitun jugak. Tapi ternyata tak ada bau minyak zaitun langsung dan kek naik cantik. Tapi jangan lupa letak sedikit garam untuk menaikkan rasa kek sebab mentega atau marjerin dah memang masin (kecuali ’unsalted’ butter), minyak kan tawar. Banyak lagi aku nak cerita pasal minyak zaitun ni.. so many interesting facts. Akan aku sambung di entri lain.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Aku Menulis Blog Macam Tukar Channel TV.. (after all I'm the one holding the remote)


Macam tukar channel TV? And yes, that statement is referring to me (might not apply to other bloggers). Sometimes I'd like to watch Cerekerama or Nasi Lemak Kopi O, some other days I'll watch English movies and I do watch Tamil movies once in a while, not to forget the Korean or Chinese dramas (semua belasah), as long as it gets my attention. Same thing happens when I started to write.. sometimes the ideas flow in English and some other days I feel relax and inspiring writing in BM. It's a matter of expressive and mood at the time of writing.

I cook almost everyday, I spend few hours in my small garden once a week, I do serious reading and some artworks a couple of times in a year and thus, I expect that pattern would likely to reflect subject of my upcoming entries.

You'll find most of my recipes promote healthy cooking and healthy eating habit yet satisfying and most important.. they still taste great or at least 'acceptable' (boleh telan punya). I love to substitute some of 'unhealthy' ingredients with those containing more nutritional value, just giving a few options on how to enjoy the same food and leave out the guilt. I'm not a vegetarian but I rarely eat meat but the 'green' is a must in every meal.

However, I never say goodbye to the so-called unhealthy food, they are delicious just the way they are. I cook them and enjoy tiny little piece, just enough to satisfy the crave. Guess it won't hurt ;-)

Selamat Datang.. A Warm Welcome



This is the first entry which I believe would be the hardest part when starting a new blog. Ideas pouring in, words scrambling.. dancing in the air, hoping to land down safely and stand very firm and convincing enough, at least to the owner of this lil closet ;)


I'm leading healthy life, healthy mind and soul. Wow! That sounds insanely bold. Okay..I'm lying..muahahaha! I love to eat. Fullstop. It's hard to keep fit when you love the food sooooo much that you'll kiss em. Well..at least I'm trying my best to lead a healthy life, maintain a healthy mind and upgrade my soul (errk..upgrade? sorry..couldn't seem to find the right word, that's the closest to my interpretation). And I'm telling you dear.. it's never.. never.. easy to do. It requires determination, inspiration and the ability to visualize 'the future you'.


My life is no fairytale. No fairies come to my bed during the heavy rainfall. I hate waiting and thus I decided to make my own fairy-happily-ever-after tale. Suddenly I discovered plenty of good and beautiful things are actually happening all around me! How could I missed them all these years? I guess it's about how we look at things. We always forgot that there are 'options'.. plenty of 'em. Choices are not merely in black or white..look in between, you'll see the grey. And if you look harder.. you'll see the rainbow :)


Let's share. Feel free to try out the recipes, consider any good info and take good care of yourself because nobody will (the doctors would love to.. only if you pay them!). Good Day!