Kitchen kakikayan

i found these random photos while cleaning out my camera's memory card. these are the fun kinds of things i like to do in the kitchen, when i'm not more seriously trying to follow in the footsteps of jamie oliver, my ultimate culinary crush. really, i never thought puttering around in the kitchen could be so much fun.

1) birthday cookie

we celebrated marlon's birthday (march 23) with a quiet evening at home watching stranger than fiction. in the middle of the scene where maggie gyllenhaal's character, who is a baker, offers will ferrell, who is auditing her bakeshop, a plate of fresh chocolate chip cookies, i suddenly had an overwhelming urge to break out the cookie mix and bake.

good old betty crocker was a no-brainer: just add two eggs, water and butter. now i understand why maggie randomly bakes at odd hours of the night, like at 1am during our kiddie sleepover. it's quite therapeutic, you don't need a whole set of implements and skills, and the smell is dah-vine.


ah shet. kaya pala leave spaces between cookies. our dozen or so cookies fused together to become a giant sheet of sugar. so i decided to decorate it and hit two birds with one stone: hubby's birthday and cookie craving.


as the syrup was a bridal shower gift, it may have been intended for less wholesome pursuits.

2) mint and lemon water

way back when we started dating, i knew marlon had major houseband potential. however, nothing prepared me for the day when he would chop up some fresh mint, slice up some lemons, stuff them into a bottle of water and store it in the fridge.


3) brainless grilled fish

i got this recipe out of my favorite cookbook, superfast foods. season fish steaks (white fish works best, but salmon and tuna are okay too) with salt and pepper, slap them on a greased grill pan (foil is optional but helps), spread dijon mustard and grated parmesan on top, and grill in an oven for ten to fifteen minutes. gaaaah ang sarap. virtually no oil pa.


you can substitute any type of mustard and any type of cheese. i personally would like to experiment with a two- or three-cheese variation. if you don't have an oven, you can even do this in an oven toaster!

ang saya saya!