Playing Cook

I will be away for a few days.My husband and I have already stocked up the fridge with enough foodstuff for the children.Now they have to learn to play cook.I think they have enough knowledge and skills to do so. Sorry I have not enough time to prepare the sauces and freeze them since I only received a short notice to go on an outstation trip.

I have already bought some meat and dory fish.Zaty can coat the cut fish fillets with a bit of flour, sprinkle with salt and pepper and dried mixed herbs and then fry the fish in hot oil.The fish can be eaten with plum sauce or black and pepper sauce. the sauces can be improvised by adding water and pepper or chilies and some vegetables like carrots, capsicums or cilantro.This can be eaten with rice or chips.Voila, you've got a complete meal.

The meat can be marinated with barbeque sauce added with some pepper if you prefer a hot marinade and some oil and mixed dry herbs.You can grill in the oven or cook over the stove at low heat to prevent the meat from being overcooked.

Or if you prefer, cook the meat in soya sauce. Look up the recipe as I can only post it later in the future.

Alternatively,the tougher meat can be pre-boiled for use in use in fried rice or fried noodles.

The children should not go hungry if they take some initiatives in the kitchen.Making omelettes, hotdogs and burger sandwiches is easy enough. They must learn to cook up easy meals as the price of everything has gone up since the hike in petrol and diesel prices earlier in the week.Everybody must learn to save.Someday even hawker food may not be affordable to the ordinary person.Sometimes I feel its not worthwhile buying when you can prepare more delicious and clean, nutritious food if you only try.