my spaghetti aglio olio with shrimp!

Following my one-dish-a-week program, this week we go italia bebeh! Recipe from cooks.com, altered to my agak2ness.

some of the ingredients. not in pic: pasta, dried chillies

Cara membuatnya agak senang ye puan2.

1. Cook 350g of spaghetti according to the instruction on its package . Once done, drain & set aside.

2. Heat the pan with abt 1/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil on low heat. Quickly fry abt 8 dried chillies until it becomes crisp, but it shouldn’t be too long to avoid the oil become discolored. Get the chillies out and drain the oil with kitchen cloth. Then mash them until they become chilli flakes.

3. Back to the pan & olive oil. Toss in 6-8 cloves of garlic, finely chopped. Saute for abt 1 minute. Next, toss in 10-12 fresh prawns, anchovies fillets (should be abt 1/2 bottle of delicius’s anchovies – see pic above) and the chilli flakes. Spare some to cater for different tastebuds, kalau nak pedas tambah sendiri later..

4. When the shrimps are almost cooked, toss the pasta into the pan, sprinkle some (or many, to your liking!) parsley flakes and season with salt & pepper.

5. Serves 3 bellies.

The verdict?

Hubby likes it, but maybe if I put in some lemon juice (as substitute for wine) it will taste more like The Lawn’s (aglio olio die best gile! but very oily). And he suggested that maybe next time we should use fresh chopped parsley instead of McCormick’s, because the flavour of parsley is tenggelam with dried one.

Now, what’s for next weekend?

And I dont think I have lost any gram yet

Just went to gym twice, although I have registered my membership with Fitness First.

But I haven’t really started on BodyFirst yet

Ini semua angkara teambuilding yang xde hasil tu. But we had fun, nonetheless.

I shall start going to the gym again next Monday!

So I can eat my pasta (which I am googling for recipe now) guilt-free hehehe.

Might be cooking spaghetti marinara tomorrow, or aglio-olio. See how.

Good night.

I am supposed to upload this recipe anyway, because sooner or later this piece of kertas ajaib will hilang (instinct, hehe) so here I am copying it so that I will remember, xyah nak rujuk2 kertas. ecehh.

Part I:

1. pour 1 cup of sugar into a medium pot. brown the sugar until it turns black (or black the sugar? heh)

2. pour 1 cup of water, little by little (otherwise dia caramelized jadi ketul2)

3. pour in 1 pack (250 g) of diced Buttercup, stir till fully dissolved, then padamkan api.

(amaran: sila guna periuk x mahal, sbb silap gaya stained!)

batter number I. mcm chocolate la plak rupa die

Part II:

Simply beat 1 1/2 cup of sugar +3 eggs+3/4 teaspoon of vanilla essence till ‘kembang’ (how do i put it in English? heh).

After that, pour in 1 tin of susu sejat (i used F&N) and stir.

Then pour in batter number I in. Kacau, kacau, kacau.

Part III:

Sift in 3 cups of flour + 3 sudu KFC of soda bicarbonate.

Kacau, kacau, kacau sampai puas hati.

Then sapu butter kat baking tin, i cant remember the size i used but see pic below, agak2la. not too besar so it will become thick

hasilnya! sedia utk dibakar

Part IV:

Set oven to 180C, preheat for 10mins (buat awal2 before letak tepung pun ok).

Bake at 180C for 1 hr 10 mins.

Pics dimasukkan later, after cake dah tinggal 1/4 hehe.

The verdict? Nicely done! Sumpah abang x tipu.

slightly longer update:
went to TTFC alone at first, but then joined by my friend, Bunn. yay! To gym, alone ok. Mcm kuat gile willpower kan
i was on the treadmill for 1.5 hrs. the first 40 mins was on weight loss mode. like, slow gile ok! not running at all, not even brisk walking. it was more like naik bukit, with inclined platform at super low speed. itu pun i increased my speed to 2.4, before that the fastest was 1.0. macam segan je sbb org lain semua lari2 hehehe.
to make myself feel better, i googled for some info, whether or not i am on the right speed. turns out it is!

These treadmill weight loss tips are a great way to help you shed a few pounds and shape up. A treadmill is designed for the most natural form of exercise which is walking. You don’t need any special skills to use these machines because if you can walk, you can exercise on a treadmill. Treadmill weight loss is one of the most successful methods of losing weight. Just be consistent and work within your fat burning target range for 45 minutes or more per session at least 5 to 6 days per week.

Here’s how it will look; you’ll start with your normal three to five minute warm-up and then five minutes into your walk you do your first interval, one minute of faster walking (or perhaps jogging). At the end of that minute you should be “winded” and ready to slow down. You’ll slow down to your normal walking speed for the next four minutes and then your fifth minute is another one minute interval. This pattern continues throughout your exercise session“

Source:  e-zine

Losing fat requires burning more calories than you consume. You don’t have to be a runner to efficiently burn the extra calories. Walking can also be a successful method of losing weight if performed for long periods of time (45 minutes or more), at least 5 to 6 days per week. You won’t lose much weight by walking only 3 days per week. Frequency and consistency of walking are just as important as the duration of your workouts for weight control. Exercising on a treadmill for weight loss allows you the convenience of working out in the safety and comfort of a climate-controlled environment…anytime of day or night!

Source: smoothfitness.com

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Planning to go to TTFC with Bunn today, but LoML indicated that he might not need to stayback today. Hopefully his going home time will still be abt 6.30pm as usual.

While chatting to Bunn briefly on YM this morning, since we were so inspired by The Biggest Loser Asia last nite, we agreed to set our own target, which is…

TO LOSE 2 KG MONTHLY, means TO LOSE 2 KG BY 10 APRIL 2010.

Small start hehehe. Slowly, but surely!

For record, see fat girl pic as taken on 25th Feb 2010 (latest full-body pic that i have)

See the result on 10 April soon, IF 2 kg make a difference :p

so, since there’s no sign of my LoML stop staying back in the office anytime soon, but there ARE signs of my lemak2 nak take the limelight, i think inilah petunjuk dr Tuhan. I NEED TO GO TO THE GYM, finally.

i think i’ll start tomorrow. the plan is to join fitness first, but since my fitness first friend wont be in tomorrow, i’m planning to go to TTMC pay-per-visitlah, sbb some of my colleagues will be going there tomorrow. so…hehehe…SIAPLAH KO LEMAK2 SEKALIAN!!!

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Hahahahhaahahhahaha.
Pfffffffffft.

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I feel like a lot of things has happened in my life and i rarely had a time to properly record, reflect & plan.

And even bought a notebook for that, yesterday

chantek tak chantek tak

…which is still blank

see

A lottttt of things. A lottttt of feelings. A lotttttt of plans.

But where do i start? I can’t even make-up my mind whether to write them down, or to type them out-in my blog, or in my personal notes?

Been browsing the AppStore for some application like a diary or something but none really caught my interest.

yang mana satu pilihan kalbu

So as usual, i think, i’ll do both sbb xleh decide. ni jangkit Hubster yang – if xleh decide which one to order, order them both. hehehe

Ciss, ini semua gara2 bunn. Tetibe senyap menghilang, kata nak lunch sama2. Kannnnnnn dah terexplore feelings bagai. Hehehe. But it feels good to pour our thoughts out kan. No wonder some people blog quite frequently.

has become our ritual weekend dinner! (Makin) Gemukla macam ni weh

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Not a saint, but not a sinner,
Tapi diriku baik, cantik pula tu (muahahaha),
On the way nak pg dinner,
Singgah sebentar ke rumah itu.

Pernah menggunakan Clean & Clear,
Tapi tidak kekal begitu,
Gate n lampu belum pasang, tapi yard dah clear,
Cukup sudah menggembirakan hatiku

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