Orange Drizzle Cake

Yesterday I made a quick cake (no measurements!!) and surprisingly it turned out very nice - my husband says the best so far! LOL

I will put the recipe up on my other blog, Sometime later on..and heres a picy of what it looked like before it got eaten. lol!

Today I took Hamza to his hearing test..it cost 12pound for the taxi there!! I almost died when the driver told me.
The test was weird...they had 2 dark glass boxes on each side of us, and every so often it would light up or flash with a noise, and you could see inside the box. Inside was a stuffed animal on a stick!!! How disturbing is that??? Its enough to give me nightmares! let alone Hamza.

Impress your husband chicken curry recipe.

1 Chicken in small pieces.
2-3 Onions.
1-2 Big Tomatoes (if you only have one use some tomato paste, or a tin of tomatoes).
1 Piece of Ginger or 2 teaspoons of ginger paste.
3 Cloves of Garlic or 3 teaspoons of garlic paste.
1 Tablespoon of Yogurt (optional).
1 Black Cardamon ( if you don't have use 3-4 green cardamons).
1-2 Cinnamon Sticks.
7 Cloves.
2 Bay Leaves.
1 Teaspoon of Salt.
1 Teaspoon of Pepper.
1 Teaspoon of Chili Powder.
1/2 Teaspoon of Turmeric.
1 and 1/2 Teaspoon of Coriander Powder.
1 Teaspoon of Cumin Powder.


Right,
-> First get your chicken and stick it in hot water if frozen. If not then just put it in cold water.
->Then chop your onions, and put them in the pan with some oil, fry till light brown.
->while your oniouns are frying, blend or chop up your garlic and ginger. Then put them in a small bowl and add your spices. (Corriander powder, Cumin powder, Chilli powder, Cloves, Pepper, Turmaric, Cinnimon sticks, and Bay leaves) Stir and set aside.
-> Then chop or blend your tomatos, and Add your Salt.
-> When onions are ready (the oil will seperate (2 colors)), add your garlic/ginger/spice mix and stir, adding water if it sticks.
-> Cook for 5 min, keep checking that its not sticking, by stiring it.
-> Rinse chicken a few times, then add to the pan and stir to the sauce you have made is on the chicken, you may need to add some water, just so some of the chicken is covered, but dont add to much as chicken will release juices.
-> after the chicken goes white (it will be pink still inside), add the tomatos and stir. Add a cup of water, so the curry covers the chicken, and leave it bubbling for 25 min.
-> Keep checking on it in this time, and stir it now and then so all the chicken gets cooked.
-> Now eat it, with pitta bread or rice.

Rules : Teaspoon is the smallest spoon. Tablespoon is the biggest spoon. If you don't have a Tablespoon use 2 Spoons.

Sub note: if you forget to add anything, don't worry! just throw it in at last minute or leave it out. This recipe is pretty flexible with quantity.

from good to bad

As we all know there is good food and bad food.

Bad food to me is food gone past its sell by date, not as in bad behaviour.

So you tend to hear me saying ''Has the milk gone bad yet?'' or ''Wasn't the bread supposed to have gone bad yesterday?''

chocolate rambling

chocolate bars really depend on size.

for example this is what happened yesterday..

i was in the mood for a good chocolate bar, but all that was avalible was tiny individully wrapped chocolates. now the thing about these chocolates, are they not ment for Hunger eating, they more of Decoration, (plus if u take more than 2, people will think you are greedy).

Wrappers on Decrotive bars, are just a novelty, they usully make them shiny and make a crinkly noise when you take the wrapper off. But on a Hunger bar the wrapper is just a protection from people's teeth. (if they had no wrappers, people would be biting chunks out of them all the time) (and there would be no concept of getting a Whole bar)

so i eat one, and yup im still hungry.. so i try to calculate how many tiny bars to make up a big one, so i will feel not chocolate Hungry no more.

but in the end it makes no difference, cus u just dont feel full, (i think its reverse sicology, chocolate bar makers are very clever) the reason is that when you are eating a normal bar its big, and u See its big, plus u can See yourself eating it. but u cant do this with Decrotive bars, as they too tiny.