Cara Makan Bila Anak Ramai

Bila anak ramai ni makan memang meriah. Berselera bila makan ramai-ramai. Masak apa pun habis. 

Cara masak anak ramai ni memangla kreatif. Kalau tak kreatif boleh mati akal dibuatnya. Roti memang ada spare dalam peti ais. Bahan emergency pun kena ada. Spaghetti, pasta, macaroni, beehon, baked bean tu kira makanan emergency la. Telur sudah tentu beli by the crate.

Kadang-kadang bila dah habis selera, mulalah stir fry apa-apa. Paling tak selera dan malas nak masak, baru makan maggie. Kalau ikutkan  budak.. memangla maggie tu sedap sangat.
Tapi yang paling best, bila barang dapur dah habis, mulalah kreativiti bercambah-cambah. Jadilah resepi cucur celery, sup timun, keledek masak kicap, mangga cicah sambal dengan nasi panas dan macam-macam lah..

Apa yang paling best bila lefyover pun bokeh tukar jadi masakan lain as main dish. Anak ramai ni selalunya anak memang tak pandai komplen la bila makan. Bedal je..

Cara Makan Bila Anak Ramai

Signs of a Good Friend..

I just came back from a friend's party. We only see each other once a year or once a two year. Most of the time I contact her when consulting her during my worst time. And she never judge no matter how terrible it sounds. We never really WA nor would we 'like' each other's post all the time at Facebook. When we meet, I normally end up with wheezing in my chest. Too much laughter somehow trigger my allergy.. Nothing serious if it happens once a year.. hehe

Anyway.. I always think of her and everytime I think of her my heart just beamed and it's like a big warm light filling my heart and I know she feels the same too..

Friendship like this is hard to explain.. but what I know is.. she's a gift from Allah.. I have a few friends like her.. Well.. the obvious sign is you don't have to see each other often.. don't have to contact each other often but somehow.. deep in your heart.. you feel blessed just thinking of them.. alhamdulillah..

May Allah grant these kind of friendship barokah and sincerity till jannah.. amiin..

Signs of a Good Friend..

Tuisyen Anak Sendiri. Boleh ke?

Ada jugaklah, yang bila tahu kita bekas cikgu atau bila attend kelas baking atau English camp yang kita organise, terus mintak buatkan tuisyen untuk anak-anak depa. Ramai jugak jiran yang minta buatkan tuisyen. Saya tolak mentah-mentah. Pernah juga cuba tapi tahan sebulan je. Letih melayan karenah parents sebenarnya kalau nak buat tuisyen. Mestilah parents nak tengok result selepas hantar tuisyen walaupun seminggu. Cikgu kalau terrer macam mana sekali pun.. tak kan boleh nampak result exam naik mendadak dalam masa sebulan.

Alasan (sebab sebenarnya.. bukan alasan) paling popular yang selalu saya bagi ialah takut anak-anak kecil hati. Saya jarang mengajar anak walaupun saya (bekas) guru. Selalunya masa saya mengajar ialah setelah mendapat result exam. Dengar tu! SELEPAS EXAM! terutama sekali bila dapat result teruk. Teruk kan? Tak teruk langsung (sebenarnya)!!!!

Sebenarnya saya memang cengkelat bab ajar anak. Macam orang lain jugak, saya lebih suka anak-anak belajar di sekolah. Cuma saya tak suka hantar anak-anak tuisyen. Alasan saya memang sangat bodoh. Saya kesian kat anak-anak. Kesian kalau anak-anak jadi kelam kabut dan saya lebih suka anak-anak sibuk main pada waktu ini dari sibuk belajar.

Anak-anak saya memang bukan straight A's student. Saya memang bukan super parent. But then again, walaupun ramai yang beranggapan A itu lebih mungkin dapat menjamin masa depan, kami (saya dan suami) tidak merasakan begitu. Bukan defensive sebab anak-anak tak dapat semua A tapi kami rasa ada lebih banyak benda yang lebih penting dari A. Nak tahu apa dan bagaimana kami mula memikirkan apa selain dari bilangan A? Tunggu entrynya nanti. Tungguuuuuu

Tuisyen Anak Sendiri. Boleh ke?

Highlighting Glary Mistakes of 2013 instead of New Resolution!

Note: This was written the 1st day but finished on the 6th March 2014. What a good sign hehe

1st day in 2014! When I look back, a lot of things happened in 2013. 
I think, instead of writing resolutions of the new year, I wanna look back to find out what went terribly wrong as well as my regrets so that I won't do it again this year!

Here are my biggest regrets and some of the reasons. Some things are better left unsaid. 

1) Reducing costs but not increasing income at the same time. 
I think when you're doing budget, it's better increasing income plus reducing costs.

2) Spending too much time on the computer; Facebook specifically.
My office is facebook actually, my virtual bakery is mainly available on facebook but then, I easily got distracted with status updates. So, I have to stop scrolling up and down again and again.

3) Not having a proper schedule for cleaning up my house

4) Too lazy to clean up my mess

5) Creating another mess before cleaning up the mess [sigh]

6) Not solving my photos storage problem and leaving them unorganized

7) Clinging on to some photos in my phone that it eats up my memory


and many more..
insyaallah will update in another entry.

Highlighting Glary Mistakes of 2013 instead of New Resolution!

Jus Detox untuk Gout.

Ha! Hari tu dah janji kan, nak share cerita sayur. Pakai handphone susah sikit nak upload gambar.. bukan susah, mak yang tak reti hehehe.. kena explore lagi. 

Anyway, bila suami check, dah lebih setahun tak check gout attack, sekali check rupanya dah exceed dari normal range. Jadi kita buat remedi untuk detox. Sementara suami tunggu di klinik, kita pun membeli belahlah beli sayur. Perrgh! Tengok resit ni sayur saja dah 17 hengget! Takpe, mak redho, bukan senang orang lelaki nak minum jus-jus sayur ni kannn.. 17 hengget pun bukan untuk sekali minum.. dapat berjag jag sambil buat snacking lagi... berbaloi baloi!

 

 Resepinya:

1 TIMUN
1 LIMAU NIPIS
1/2 CAPSICUM
2 CELERY
1/4 PERIA

bubuhla gula sikit.. kejam sangat kot.. letak peria tak letak gula! (huruf kecil tak la rasa bersalah sangat hahahaha)
 

Masuk je dalam juicer. Nak masuk blender pun boleh tapi mak tak sanggup. Bau dia perghhhh!! Rasa yang bau paling kuat tu capsicum kot.. Silalah letak dalam tupperware yang asli ya. Kami dok simpan dalam jug.. Bukak chiller je.. bau semerbak! Hahahaha.. nanti jual carrot cake perisa peria pulak.. haru tu!

My verdict:

Rasa : Not bad (seriously) sedap jugaklah! 

Kesan : Boleh rasa bila buang air tu bau dia lain macam tak macam biasa

What my doctor said : Pegaga lebih cepat turunkan uric acid.

Komen : Bila ku gugel gugel, timun boleh kurangkan keradangan, sebab itulah selalunya bila suami kena attack gout, kami buat jus timun + limau nipis, insyaallah kurang sikit bengkak.. rupanya cucumber tu boleh kurangkan keradangan. (Baca sini http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=42)

Kalau minum jus timun + limau nipis ni, pergghh.. memang asyik cepat nak ke bilik air. Ini pengalaman sendiri. Rasa macam tak sempat dah. Dah la orang gout nak bergerak bilik air tu mak aii, siksanya. Bila nak buang air, lupa sekejap kaki tu sakit hahaha..
 

Cuba taww.. Bagus lah detox2 ni.. Muaks!

Jus Detox untuk Gout.

Of Superman and Supermom.

I've unnececessarily super sensative and super negative lately. Orang tak kacau pun. Kadang-kadang orang niat nak menolong but somehow sometimes it makes you feel like a bad mom.

In my other negative words, some mommies thought that they are sooo perfect that whatever comes out from their mouth makes you feel imperfect in so many ways..

I bend the rules with my kids to get them do things in the house, I give instant noodles, I scrutinise the way they cook giving them details that they got sick of it, I use lollipop as reward, I give breakfast and lunch combined at one go. Breakfast means digging in the fridge for bread (yes, we keep bread in the fridge) and eat it with whatever available while I still sleep. During meals, I normally eat while they help little brothers to eat and they clean up everything while I drink nescafe with dear hubby.

The bottom line is I have a looong list of things that makes me a monster mom. I know how monstrous I can be but I just hate it when people make me feel that I'm one by making certain remarks, give details on how perfect they are as moms. Maybe they are too busy collecting details to inspire other moms but the truth they do not realize how demoralizing they can be.

I vote that we should let MOMs be perfect in their kids eyes. Every mom is perfect in their own way... Try not to judge because like other monstrous moms out there.. there are also other goods things that we do that our kids idolize us soo much. We just don't shout and tell the rest of the world. PeAcE!

Of Superman and Supermom.

Barang Naik Harga, Hidup Lebih Selesa!

Dah reda dah cerita barang naik. Kalau tak tak habis-habis maki sana, maki sini. Nak komen pun tak berani hahaha.. Anyway.. harga barang naik memang tetap naik. Bayangkan, kedai kami selalu beli barang dapur pun mengeluh, apatah lagi bila dapat sayur naik, dia pun terpaksa naik harga juga.

Our lifestyle changes tremendously. Menu dah kena plan dah sekarang ni. Tak boleh nak main terjah kedai beli ikut suka hati. Portion dah kena kecilkan. Kalau dulu makan 3 kali, sekarang dah jadi 6 kali hehe.. ada snack in between.. Snack pun sesayur hahaha.. Biskut dah kena catu.. Letak bekas kecik dan letak stok di tempat tersorok hahaha..

Masak food based on what's available. Ayam sekarang potong tomyam, separuh ayam boleh dapat 3 meal.  Alhamdulillah, anak-anak sangat positif dengan perubahan baru. Snack pun jenis yang berserat tinggi macam celery, carrots, oats. Leftovers, as always, never goes to waste.

Kaylah.. nanti aii share lagi ya! Tiba2 je terberenti hehhhe

Barang Naik Harga, Hidup Lebih Selesa!