Easy peasy fried shallots

We all live in a world where time is super duper precious so I'm going to share a way with all of you to make one of Asia's staples in less than 5 minutes!

Fried Shallots.

Traditionally you'd need to break out a shallow pot or skillet, pour in a considerable amount of oil and stand there while the shallots fry in oil.

Not entirely difficult but time consuming. Plus the moment you actually take your eye off them... they burn!

What I do?

Slice shallots, put them in a small bowl and pour in oil just enough to almost cover it.

Zing it in the microwave for about 3-4 mins*Note: Please do a couple of experiments on your own because every microwave is diff but once you figure it out, you're set :)

Voila!

My favorite breakfast

Yup. Every Sunday we indulge in a lazy morning coupled with a home cooked breakfast.

The pup's is usually a bacon sandwich. Sometimes BLT style.

Me? I like it sinful. So here I have a three-cheese scrambled eggs (Parmesan, cheddar and mozzarella), stir fried bacon chips with zucchini slices and cherry tomatoes and two chipolata sausages.

Ahhhhhh blisssss :)

Pickling chillies

Just the other day at brekkie, the pup was complaining about the quality of the pickled green chillies.

Then I thought why didn't I make my own? I mean, it's just pickles right? Shouldn't be that hard....

I googled up the recipe online when I got home and thanks to Bee from rasalaysia.com I've got some awesome pickled chillies!!!!

Here's the recipe http://rasamalaysia.com/pickled-chilies/ and a pic of mine :)

Strawberry jello!!!

I got bored the other day and thought "Hey why is it that I never make jello?" so then I looked around the Internet for some recipes - that's when I discovered konnyaku (こんにゃく)

Apparently it's packed with fiber and has almost no calories - perfect for people with the munchies but on a diet!

Simply grab a pack from your local grocery store and follow the instructions. You can replace the water with tea infusions if you'd like or just add some cut up fruits! It's really easy.

Oh and when it says stir in gradually. Stir. In. Gradually.

My first attempt ended up in a clumpy mess because I dumped the entire pack in at one go!

Anyways here you go :)

le sigh...

Hello there readers of Things We've Cooked. Sorry for the lack of posts lately.

Just that since we moved over to our new place, I haven't been as encouraged to cook/bake as much let alone take pictures due to the lack of space in the kitchen.

It's not that we don't cook any more... just that I don't have enough counter space and the lighting is not the best... so I haven't been able to do step by step pix as much as I'd like.

Anyways, please be patient and I will be back soon!

Pinky promise :)