Pork Chops - Western #2

Pork Chops - Western #2!! My MIL's special request...she wasn't able to be home in time to cook dinner today & asked me to backup. So this is what I whipped up for 8 pax for dinner.

Pork Chops ~ marinated in Light Soya Sauce, L&P Sauce, Siew Heng Jao (Cooking Rice Wine), Master Food's Honey Mustard. Oven grilled @ 220'C for 20mins (but in a pan instead of plain grill). So I had lots of pork juices to make my sauce. But I again forgot to pound the meat a bit to soften it up. :p Boo-boo #2 with my Pork Chops!

Roasted vegetables ~ Combo of Indonesian Potatoes, Red Onions, Traffic Light Capsicums sprinkled with salt, pepper, a dash of wedges seasoning salts & dry chopped Basil. Roasted in oven for 20mins or so @ 180'C.

Roasted Butternut Pumpkin ~ Drizzled in Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt & Black Pepper. Popped in oven also for 15-20mins @ 180'C.

Complimentary dishes ~ Fried Chicken Nuggets (love the Tempura Veggie Chicken Nuggets - seem to be sweeter & tastier), Grilled Marmite Chicken Wings, Cucumber Slices, 3 types of Mushroom cooked in Terriyaki Sauce + Siew Heng Jao + Light Soya Sauce.

Mushroom Onion Sauce ~ Cooked with Gravox Instant Chicken Sauce, added the pork chops' juices with fresh Brown Buttom Mushrooms & Onion slices.

My lovely spread of Pork Chops dinner :)

Pork Chops - Western #1

Had my lovely friend EM over for lunch about 3 weeks ago. I decided to prepare Pork Chops western style lunch for the both of us.

Pork Chops ~ marinated overnight with L&P Sauce, Master Food's Honey Mustard Sauce, a dash of Dark Soya Sauce, and chopped garlic. I tried pan-grilling it. Did a slight boo-boo by adding the balance of the marinade to it :p ... made it burnt faster on the grilling pan! Sort of panicked a bit, but managed to salvage it - Hahaha!

Portebello Mushrooms ~ Grilled in Extra Virgin Olive Oil, chopped Bacon - Tomatoes, and sprinkled with cheese.

Baby Asparagus ~ Pan fried in Butter & Garlic

Tomato Salsa Fusion ~ Pan fried Chopped tomatoes, garlic, onions in tomato ketchup and 1 Tbsp Basic Rempah. Surprisingly delicious!

Impromptu dishes - Western

Improvising on whatever's available in the freezer and fridge. Ok - my FIL was away... then only my MIL suggested I prepare us a Western dinner for a change :p

Don't you think my dinner plate looks appetising? kekeke!

Dragon Phoenix Mushroom ~ cooked in Terriyaki sauce

Smoked Salmon sprinkled with Black Pepper ~ grilled for 20mins

Our dinner spread ~ yum!

Happy New Year - western style

Happy New 2009 everyone! Forgive me for not updating this blog for a long while now.

School holidays flew past us with the public holidays, family trips & festivities... my MIL's family also suffered the loss of their beloved Mother. Grandma was 82 yrs old & left us on 29th Dec'08. So that also explains the subdue tone & lack of reason to celebrate the new year with much joy.

Anyway,s I've finally tried something for this family's dinner. I did a western style meal (FIL was overseas.. he's more of your typical Chinaman when it comes to his diet :p ).

Here's the happy camper with the dinner spread ;)

This was set aside for my dearest hubby who was going to be home late for dinner.

My pumpkin soup turned out too thick eventhough I didn't add cream. This was made with precooked & preblended pumpkin puree. My MIL initially had it made for her Steamed Pumpkin Paos, it was frozen & asked me to make soup with it instead. So I think I had too much pumpkin puree & not enough water. I added 1 Large Onion diced, 2 medium sized potatoes, 1 cube of chicken stock, 1/2 of a carrot diced into the puree & water. Once everything was soft & boiling, I blended it.

Gravox Gravy with added diced onions & shitake mushrooms, Mashed potatoes & Garden salad.

Roasted veggies : Medley of Potatoes, Onions, Carrots & Capsicum (Red & Yellow) tossed in Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Sprinkle of potato wedges seasoning. These are over done abit. Just have them in oven at 200'C for 15 min would do.