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I like shooting thru' the M.F camera.... sigh... thinking of changing the Kiev 88 for the Hassy 500 CM....

Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Nanie! :)

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Posted by ShutterBug at 13:58 | Permalink | Comments 6

We are an odd pair... :)

When Ms Clover wanted to do a salad for dinner to bring to work (she is on shift tonight), I decided to pitch in but we have very different ideas of how the salad should turn out and so, we decided to make it a competition using the same main ingredients and do a Salad-2 ways.

The main ingredients consist of Baby Spinach, pan-seared chicken breast & Yellow bell peppers. No time limit and we can use any spices or methods to achieve the end results.

Ms Clover did a warm salad using a Bacon + Sherry vinaigrette toss while I went for the healthier Mediterranean-style salad that uses flavoured olive oil and sauteed bell peppers with spices.





No winners yet coz I liked them both :D

For anyone who's interested, here's my recipe for the Mediterranean-style salad:

Ingredients -

~ Baby Spinach leaves
~ 1/2 to 1x Middle size Bell pepper (yellow or red), de-seed & cut to thin strips
~ 1 piece of Chicken breast, sliced to bite size
~ Fresh basil leaves (about 3 will do), chopped finely
~ French Sea salt + freshly grinded Pepper to taste
~ Basil & Sundried tomato flavoured Olive Oil
~ Lemon juice (adjust to taste)
~ Lemon zest
~ pinch of thyme (dried or fresh is fine)

Cooking -

~ season chicken pieces with a bit of shoyu (soya sauce) or teriyaki sauce, sugar & freshly grind pepper
~ Saute the bell pepper strips with a bit of sea salt and sugar without oil and then add a pinch of Thyme.
~ Pan sear the chicken pieces after seasoning. You can have it a little charred on the surface if you like. No need for oil, just a good non-stick pan will do fine.

Combine the Bell pepper strips, Baby spinach, chopped Basil leaves into salad bowl. Drizzle the flavoured Olive oil over them and toss the combination till even. Squeeze lemon juice over (adjust to your liking) and add sea salt and pepper to taste. Toss the combi one more time to even out the dressing.
You can also add the chicken in at this stage or leave till later.

Serving:

Just before serving, you can add the chicken pieces on top and grate some lemon zest over :)

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Posted by ShutterBug at 19:53 | Permalink | Comments 2

Another dinner with the close friends :)

This time round, I ventured a 2 course meal with the help of Ms Clover. It's again simple food that we find easy to prepare as well as to cook coz on Friday, I had to take an assignment in the midst of the afternoon.

We started off with an appetiser of Panfried Foie Gras on Baby butterhead leaf, then a simple homecooked Chinese Borsch Soup (as Char Siu Pau says, for the Soupsters) which I started cooking in the morning, then the mains of pan-seared salmon seasoned with seasalt, basil, olive oil, thyme and lemon juice, raisin & cashew nut pilaf rice and a side sauce of japanese honeyed curry....

Frankly, there are a lot to improve on but at least I managed to get the salmon cooked nicely (juicy and not dry) this time round :) Of coz I added a little secret ingredient (the famed fungus oil) for the smell and taste also...

Anyway, it was a good time of fellowship and Wii-Gaming for the Yveon duo as S_CRV and family had to leave early for lil Edgar's bedtime :)

*thanks you guys for being my 'guinea pigs' on my culinary learning... :p

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Posted by ShutterBug at 21:20 | Permalink | Comments 4

I know this was kinda overdue.. supposed to be posted last week but have been really busy with corporate shoots and personal matters... so here's the pics to share!

Yes... I'm a homeboy :)

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Posted by ShutterBug at 02:55 | Permalink | Comments 0

I know I have not been blogging much coz I have been really busy with the house as well as sorting my work and schedule.... anyway, just a short one for now.

Here's wishing everyone a Prosperous Lunar New Year of the OX! Have a Moo-Moo good time!!


This CNY season is of many close friends, loved ones and the new abode + simple cooking :)

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Posted by ShutterBug at 23:33 | Permalink | Comments 9

Realised that I haven't blogged for sometime already... so here's a short one:

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Posted by ShutterBug at 13:48 | Permalink | Comments 2