vickikitty: Sick... again ;

I've been on a little blog hiatus because I pretty much felt like dying this past weekend!! I got sick yet again... as if I thought I couldn't get any sicker!? On Thursday, I had these weird aches and pains in my back but I figured it was cause I was carrying the kids at work. But then when I got home, I started getting chills. I still didn't think much of it and thought it was due to the chilly weather outside. I had to go meet my mom that evening and started feeling weak and dizzy. Later that night I felt even worse and seriously thought I was going to like pass out. Well I go to my mama's house and decided to take my temperature since I felt like I was heating up a little bit. Well lo and behold, I had a temp of 101.4. I rarely ever get fevers so this was a surprise. I couldn't believe that I was sick again after I was still recovering from my other cold and had a long drawn out cough that I still have!! :::sigh::: when will it ever end? I guess that's what comes with working with kids. As much as I love my little kiddies at work.. I wonder if it's worth my health and all the stress that I go through everyday. Anyways, I've been pretty much resting and taking it easy all weekend.

Once I started recovering a little, I had enough energy to do some cooking. Yes even with the flu, I still somehow had my appetite lol. I've been really into cooking ever since Russ and I moved into our new place. I'll admit, at first I was terrified since me cooking usually results in disaster. In fact my first real meal that I cooked for Russ when we moved into our new place was almost inedible :X He almost banned me from the kitchen lol. Thankfully with lots of practice and nights of having to cook dinner for myself while Russ was at work, I got so much better :D And now it's an enjoyment rather than a chore. Even Russ will admit now that some of my dishes are pretty good :P Maybe I got some of my dad's natural cooking skillz inborn in me ;) Anyway, here are a few dishes I have made!

Made mentaiko pasta w/pork belly for Russ. My first attempt of mentaiko pasta was a fail cause I cooked it... but it's better eaten raw!! doh.

Arabiki & longanisa sausage pasta... yes I like Filipino sausages!!

Btw you know what's a cooking tool must have!??

A food chopper!! And not just any food chopper but the Zyliss food chopper!! This seriously works wonders. If you hate cutting onions like I do, then you will no longer have to worry cause the Zyliss chops it right up... tears free!!

See?

It even nicely chops up garlic :) Oh Zyliss, what would I do without you?

This is another dish I made today.. arabiki sausage potato salad. I've been using a lot of arabiki sausage because Russell bought a load of them from Nijiya market so I've been trying to think of different ways to use them.

Russell made this "arabiki donburi"... looks good right? Well it FAILED tremendously. Even Russ will admit to it. He made his own sushi rice and mixed it with mentaiko... PLUS spicy arabiki sauasage and tamago... bleck. At least we know now that sushi rice + mentaiko + arabiki don't go good together!!!!!!

Btw, this bread dipping mix is awesome. I actually got it at Ross (which I don't normally reccommend for buying food). But I would say this is pretty safe and it taste really good with just some olive oil & balsamic vinegar!

This is one of our fav late night snacks... french bread & dip.

This is random, but thought this was a super cute but eerie artsy pic of my kiddies I babysit :D

This is her *hmmph* face... gosh I love chubby babies don't you?

5 comments:

chibonFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:03 PM
Ohhh i love arabiki sausage!! i like them with asparagus or broccoli. They are so expensive here!

I thought you use slapchop for chopping? I remember you recommended that to me while back. anyway, yeah all these years I lived by myself, I never really used these fancy cooking tools. but omg when I bought mandoline slicer, IT CHANGED MY LIFE.

btw, those babies look really scary.
v i c k iFebruary 10, 2011 at 12:29 AM
Nooo I never had the slapchop! I think I may have talked about it before but I never purchased it. I heard it sucks!! I did some research before I bought a food chopper.. and a lot of the ones out there don't really chop well. But the zyliss is pretty damn amazing.
chibonFebruary 10, 2011 at 1:07 PM
whuut weird, then I don't know whyyy but everytime i see that infomercial i think of you LOL wtf now I'm so confused!! I hope you are feelin' better!
paigeFebruary 14, 2011 at 12:30 PM
oh yummm! thanks for sharing about the food chopper. this will totally go on my amazon wish list. :P do you know how much time i have wasted chopping stupid onions and garlic?! LOL. and how it makes your fingers smell. >.<

mmm longanisa. mmmm mentaiko. do you just create the recipes in your head too? or do you have a set recipe? i have yet to become so professional that i don't have to follow a set recipe.
v i c k iFebruary 17, 2011 at 1:16 AM
Yes Paige get the food chopper!! It saves so much of the dirty work. I use so much garlic n onions too and I would dread cutting it cause I'm really bad at chopping it up into small pieces lol. I did some pretty intense research on food choppers just cause I heard so many of them actually don't work. But the Zyliss hasn't caused any problems for me yet! It's really simple to use.. I love it!! I sound like an infomercial lol.

Since I've been getting a little better at cooking, now I kind of just wing it and think of things to make with the ingredients I have at home. But I also try to get ideas online and then try to think of similar but just change it up a bit. It's so fun to experiment! Sometime it turns out great... and sometimes not so good lol.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Sick... again ;_;

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