One popular recipe

circling the blogosphere and the Internet, I have decided to join the crowd! Apparently 20665 people have saved this recipe and 426 people reviewed this recipe giving it an average of 4.5/5 stars review. Taken from allrecipes website, this recipe was extremely interesting for me to replicate due to the implied digits..

So yes, why not? I have almost everything on the recipe excluding certain spices. I need to clear off my red lentils and also need a change of styles from my usual curry.

This is my version of the Red Lentil Curry (serves 4?)

1/2 large onion, diced

1/2 tablespoon curry powder

1/2 can of diced tomatoes                  

1 cup of red lentil

1 teaspoon chili powder

2 tablespoons curry paste

1. Wash the lentils until water runs clear. Then, cook lentils till tender.

2. Fry off the onions in oil. Combine curry paste, curry powder, chili powder and mix well. Put the mixture with the onions and stir well.

3. Stir in diced tomatoes and let it simmer further.

4. When lentils are ready, drain them before mixing curry base into lentils.  

Did I successfully replicate the recipe? I'd like to think I did, despite certain changes/modifications

Did I like the recipe? I like it because it was easy to replicate and it was definitely a hearty dish to go along with rice. Certainly a great work lunch too! However, I often like my curry spicy and this certainly lacks the heat I love [personal preference, after all].

More pros than cons. Good enough for me =)

Deadlines vs. procrastination

Things have been really hectic lately, especially with work and assignments amongst other personal commitments. No matter how busy it gets, I always find the excuse to fit in a little bit of chocolate =P

This was actually my friend’s suggestion after work a couple of weeks ago; it was a good break away from the busy schedule to sit back, catch up and take a breather.

The so-called "Cookies and Cream" cake.

The 'Chocolate Affair' (melted milk chocolate and fruits with marshmallows!)

Yum! I was a bit disappointed with the so-called cookies and cream cake, though. It tasted more like chocolate cake with Oreo bits on top as decoration. However, the Chocolate Affair was amazing. I haven’t had bananas for the longest time; I polished most of it off by myself! Did I do any work after that? Nope! I tried but I ended up having a huge sugar crash. *blushes*

Theobroma Chocolate Lounge
Shop 47 Waterford Plaza
Corner Kent Street and Manning Road
Karawara WA 6152

Junkie Friday #5

I had a go at another of their safer new flavours, the Crispy Bacon as I previously reviewed the Pizza flavour. The other weird combinations I did not bother trying were Sunday Roast and Meat Pie & Sauce. They sound really weird and manly [thanks to the footy]. To be honest, it might be my last review on chips for some time being. Having said that, I saw Vegemite Smith Chips in Coles today! [according to Jin, it totally screams my name!]

Back to the Crispy Bacon, I was extremely excited when I saw Coles having these limited flavours on the shelves. However, it certainly lacked flavour despite all the flavour enhancers. It being in crinkle cut doesn't really help too. Anyway, crispy bacon isn't a new flavour to start with and I'm definitely not sure why it was labelled as a 'limited edition'. They have been in the markets off and on, and have been constantly repackaged.

To accompany a pack of chips is definitely a good can of beer. I have never tried Murphy's Irish Stout as Guinness somewhat takes all the limelight among my peers. I do love the creamy texture of this stout and found myself totally amused by the little nitrogen widget in the can [yes, I am aware that these cool widgets originated from Guiness]. Being an avid youtuber, I also managed to search for some Murphy adverts from those days.

I thought THAT was pretty cool, and THIS pretty awesome too.

If I have not said this before, Junkie Friday is getting trickier and almost impossible with my new personal commitment. There will minor tweaks but the blog will remain commited to posting Junkie Friday [if not mine].

I *heart* pink.

I *heart* pink #1

Now, we are talking pink!

It is just days into October and I have been reading lots on other people's efforts to raise awareness through food. Pink icing, pink fairybread, pink jelly...the list goes on. I thought it would be interesting to justify my version of 'pink' because there really isn't much from the picture, is there?

Pink is often associated to girls, but I was never the girl who loved wearing pink on every single clothing she owned. However, I was one of those many girls who loves their sweets. I might not have grew up with loads in my life but I do adore them. The simple equation, therefore, justify my choice of pink:

Pink = Girls = Sweets!

So on my platter is a cupcake, an apple pie and a chocolate macadamian brownie. These were all home-made from some amazing mums who contributed to their children's kindy. Despite cupcake possibly looking like the highlight of pink and all, I know I am capable of making better cupcakes. However, the chocolate macadamia brownie was to die for!!! Chunks of chocolate and macadamia bits for only 50 cents. I wished I bought the whole tray. The apple pie was a good buy too, although it was missing the spices in it. As mentioned, they were made by kindy mums and I bought it from a kindy fair. There is a possibility of least spices to appeal to the young ones. It is the effort behind it all that counts [besides raising as much money as possible for the kindy!].

Obviously,I have been thinking P.I.N.K, have you?