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Rainy Day All-in Roasted Vegetables, why not? Got to clear the fridge with vegetables waiting for me. So, here is my Rainy day Special Roasted Vegetables.  Potatoes French beans squash zucchini celery basil leaves carrots all salts I got (himalayan, black and lemon salt) black pepper A dash of chili pepper olive oil balsamic vinegar Cut vegetables in serving sizes. Put all veges in the pan, add oil and vibegar. Mix all.  In a preheated 190C oven, roast the veges for 30minutes. Enjoy.  I enjoyed this with red wine! Rain went away... 

Well, I made my  Biryani Masala  so the next good thing is to try it out even without Basmati rice. I used the stocked rice for our daily consumption. I also had roasted chicken leftover but you may use chicken parts using the yogurt marinade I used here to give the chicken some extra flavor. Of course, I used whole cardamoms to add exotic prettiness to the cooked rice. You may add cinnamon sticks too for aesthetic purpose. Of course, make caramelized onions. *Browned onion: 3 medium Onions, sliced Oil Balsamic vinegar In a pan, heat a little oil, add the onions and stir-fry. Add balsamic vinegar just enough to change its color. Stir until browned, not burnt. Set aside. **Marinade for chicken 1 cup yogurt 2 T turmeric 1 thumb ginger A handful of mint leaves Pinches of salt and pepper Chicken pieces Add all ingredients in a bowl and marinate chicken for 30 minutes or more. ***Rice: 3 cups rice 3 cups chicken broth or water Marinated chicken plus the marinade 3 T

Made my own Biryani Masala with what I have in the pantry, and of course, this is inspired by my newly arrived Green Cardamoms sent by a friend from Germany. Gather spices from your pantry. I think anise, bayleaves and turmeric are easy to find.  cardamom pods fennel seeds star anise anise seeds Bay leaves Coriander seeds cinnamon powder ginger powder turmeric powder In a bowl, gather your spices except the powders.  Heat a small amount of oil in a pan, put all the whole spices in the bowl. Stir with a bamboo spatula until browned.  In a food processor, process the toasted spices. Process until powderized. I could not powderise everything using my processor so I strained the powder and saved the husks and bits which I used to spice my roasted potatoes.  Gather the powdered spices and add the spices in powder form.  I made two batches! The first batch made it to my biryani today.  My biryani rice recipe shall follow! ✌️I used ordinary rice as I got n

Been raring to make this when grapes abound and a little cheaper than usual. For my staycation, I made this to snack on. Lucky for me, I was able to buy celery last weekend so I got some to toss in. I use seedless grapes to avoid the seed crunch while eating but if you have the seeded variety, just split the grapes and remove the seeds. I also halved the grapes in this batch because it's big a piece. And I prefer the tiny grape juice to blend in tge mixture as well. Make yours and enjoy!!! 1 kilo Seedless Grapes 1 kilo chicken breast 1 pouch all purpose cream 1 cup mayonnaise or kewpie 4 stalks of celery, chopped 1/2 cup almonds (or any nuts), chopped or smashed with pestle Salt and pepper Halve the grapes if desired.  Boil the chicken breast in water. Remove when cooked, let cool, and flake using two forks.  Add in chicken flakes and cream plus mayonnaise in a bowl. Add in the smashed almonds. Season with salt and pepper.  Chill before serving.  Check video

Booksale haul This past weekend, we met head-to-head the BIG BAD WOLF by accepting its bookhauling CHALLENGE. But our teen companion wanted manga and he couldn't find one in the BBW long z-shaped aisle which starts from Seattle's Best and ends in Kenny Rogers. A very long aisle indeed but I myself was disappointed  as I got nothing from their non-fic section. Evidently, the Iloilo City bookworms bought everything nice and left me nothing. So I ended up buying the augmented reality books for children. I once bought the three AR titles in the BBW online and gifted them to my nieces. This time, i'm buying it for the teen shelf in the house, and future perusal for the fun reading hours with the kids!  In addition, I ended up buying a NY travel guide and Volunteering book.  Originally, I was looking for PERU travel guide but to my dismay, there was none. The staff could not even assist me in checking if they have. "It's assorted ma'am, we don't even