HEALTHY SNACC: fruits n veggies w nut butter

Sooooo I've come up with a new hack! Want to incorporate more fruits and vegetables in your diet? Especially the raw ones, cause they contain the most minerals and vitamins. Think of fruits and vegetables as bland tasting?

Well, look no further, as I have been inspired by Pinterest to dip my vegetables and fruits in nut butter as a healthy snack!

Please chose items that can be easily dipped. Etc oranges and watermelons are not very feasible due to their soft nature.

I'm pretty sure I have a picture of carrots, celery, and cucumbers with nut butter somewhere.

You can use the common peanut 🥜 butter for this. But I have an organic 3 nut butter I bought before so I used it this time. You can even swap out for chocolate sauce and honey, but I'm watching my calories and health so not for me! 🤭

Have fun, changing up the different choices, and here's to a healthier journey together! 😁

Roman Empire Steak w Red Wine Sauce

Well, I have cooked steak enough times. Probably even 10 times, considering the infrequent occurrence that I cook.

It has become my signature dish, my Roman Empire, the dish I cook most often. Apart from pasta. And maybe avocado toast 😛

Today, as I had red wine vinegarette in the fridge, leftover from a previous steak cooking expedition 😜, I decided to make red wine sauce steak instead of my usual Gordon Ramsey butter garlic style steak.

Recipe

Ingredients:

Main

150g of steak meat

4-5 cheesy hotdogs

1/2 cups edmame

Sauce

1/3 stick of butter (or as much as you like) 👍

1 clove garlic - smashed and peeled

1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

1/2 cup red wine vinegar

Rosemary

Others

Prep the edamame in a bowl

Pour boiling water over them

Leave them soaking the the boiling water for 2-3 mins

Grill the hotdogs

Directions:

1. Thaw steak for at least 20 mins

2. Coat the steak with salt on both sides

3. Prep your sauce first. Melt butter in frying pan.

4. Add rosemary herbs and smashed garlic. Option to add shallots. Add the balsamic vinegar. Add the red wine vinegar. Taste to test. Add water if needed.

5. Pour the sauce into a separate bowl when done or when shallots are nicely browned.

6. Cook the steak in the same pan. You may chose to cook the steak as one piece of meat but I opted to cut it into slices, as it will be easier to cook and absorb more of the sauce that way.

7. Add the sauce to the pan.

8. Cook the steak to your desired done-ness, and taste test the sauce as well.

9. When cooked, remove the steak.

10. Plate your dish, with sausages and edamame, and steak.

11. Pour your sauce over the steak and serve.

I had the sauce in a separate bowl as I didn't want to wet the edamame and sausage with the sauce. Maybe I should have taken some pictures of the beef with the sauce 🥲

It turned out to be an amazing dish. The beef was tender and not too cooked, and absorbed the sauce really well. The sauce was almost the best part, extremely tasty and rich.

My mom had two slices and couldn't stop raving about it.

Till next time!! 😇😉

Eggslut 🥚💦

Sorry for not updating this blog for a really long time.

I have been up to many adventures, honestly, but I've been so busy with my Instagram, I just neglected this blog. I have been to many cafes, cooked many dishes, I wonder what I should start with now. Maybe I should start with Eggslut. 🤩

Firstly, it was my first experience at Eggslut. Haha. I had been so excited to go, seeing as how they were a much-raved about brand from the US. and dang, their sandwiches did look and sound good.

I was thrift-shopping around Orchard Road, and was looking for something to eat for dinner when I spotted their quintessential and iconic shopfront, at Scotts Square. I had time, I had money, I HAD to go in and sample this famous restaurant for myself.

I agonised about what to order. I was so tempted to get the signature dish - Slut. But what I really wanted was a burger with a generous heaping of egg. I got that by ordering the Fairfax, which turned out to be exactly what I wanted.

It was a burger, with the most crispy on the outside and soft on the inside buns, and a huge amount of scrambled egg (my fave way of eating eggs) and just the most tasty melted cheese that complemented the egg perfectly. It was heaven in a bun.

Honestly, their collection procedure was a bit confusing though and their service left quite a bit to be desired.

After taking my order of both drink and food, the cashier gave me a buzzer, which started buzzing incessantly 2 mins after I collected it.

I went to the counter and was informed that my drink was not ready yet so I still had to wait.

Through it all my buzzer was still buzzing and I was mighty disturbed by it, while also being embarrassed that my neighbours might get annoyed too.

When my drink finally came (I also had to eye the counter this whole time), I returned the buzzer and went back too my seat.

After finishing my food, I was confused as to the procedure, and left my tray on the table, as I had seen another patron do. The wait staff came by and told me that I had to clear my tray, much to my confusion and annoyance.

Overall, not a great experience.

Since then though, I have been back at least 2 more times, and I'm happy to report that the ordering and returning experience has been a lot smoother. Maybe because I no longer order a drink with my food.

Anyways, food 11/10, service 3/10, price 5/10. Would return just for the food, tbh.