IIt was another beautiful Saturday yesterday. We had not been going to Aunt's place for lunch due to various matters and activities, for example, she injured her hands and couldn't cook, my brother's wedding as well as election. Yesterday, finally, I was able to visit her. Actually, I asked her to rest and that I would go visit her after lunch at home, but she insisted to cook, saying she had recovered and she would cook something simple. Off I went. The boys did not go in the end because my youngest son was not feeling well.

Sumptuous Lunch at Aunt's

Her supposedly simple lunch did not look simple to me. She said it was simple because only two dishes. But these two dishes were sumptuous hearty meal for us.

1) Fried Prawns and Fried Chicken Chop

These were her signature dish. Whenever the boys saw these, they would be so happy and they would eat these and can eat a lot too.

The fried prawns were so delicious, crispy on the outside and soft juicy fresh meat on the inside. The batter she used to fry the prawns was mixed by herself too. I forgot to ask her but I remembered it was multipurpose flour with salt and pepper and chicken stock powder with another secret powder.

The fried chicken chop was made fresh from chicken breast which she cut them to thinner cut. She usually used fork to tenderise the meat before marinate them with salt and pepper. Before frying, she would dip them into egg, followed by coating them with flour then another egg layer then bread crumbs. She made her own bread crumbs too. Taste really healthy and delicious.

2) Stir Fry Mixed Vegetables

We love her stir fry vegetables too. Super taste like home. Usually, she first steamed the vegetables to soften them, she preferred steaming them prior to preserve the nutrients. Then, she first pan fry some garlic and onions until aromatic, followed by adding in all the vegetables to mix with seasoning like soy sauce, oyster sauce and some chicken broth. Very flavourful and tasty.

We love to eat our protein and vegetables with rice, our main source of carbohydrates. Always felt very blessed to have my Aunt cooked for us on Saturday. She also bought for us a lot of snacks and biscuits.

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Special Dinner Cooked by Husband

Once in a bluemoon, when my husband decided to prepare dinner for us, means it would be special dinner. He said he wanted to teach the eldest son how to make basic pizza using premade dough called 'prata', a flat-bread.

Firstly, spread pasta sauce, followed by adding a layer of cheese, then some salami and finished with another layer of cheese. He used salami for one, and chicken sausage for another. The outcome — the son said he preferred this one those from pizza restaurants. Seriously??? Haha. But yes, super delicious. There was extra salami and sausages, so he cooked all of them for our dinner too. A special kind of dinner. Yumssss!

Although it was a tough Saturday for me because my youngest son was in serious pain due to small bowel obstruction and me needing to tubefeed him every half hourly to one hourly, I still able to give thanks for the joy within me that life is still alright as long as I trust in God and surrender to Him my life. I am grateful to be surrounded by awesome family and great friends who love our family. And always thankful for food on the table.

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