behind my glasses: 2015

Aug 7, 2015

[2nd Series] 50 Simple Recipes for Students

Hello again! This is the 2nd part of my Simple Recipe Series. In this post, you will find the next 25 recipes I made within the past 6 months (recipe 26 to 50). The 1st part (recipe 1 to 25) can be found here.

Why do I make blogpost of my recipes? First and foremost, to keep an archive of my recipes so as to ease me recalling past recipes when I need them. I treat my blogpost and my Instagram as my "cookbook" :-) Second, I'd like to share my cooking experiments to not only fellow students, but also everyone who has limited time and budget to cook, but wishes for fancy dishes!

Similar to my previous post, the recipes shown here contain no more than 5 steps of cooking (or at least I tried to make them look compact :))). Moreover, I managed to use Halal ingredients and to limit the use of artificial food additives for my dishes. So here they are!

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26. Egg Drop Soup

27. Agedashi Tofu

28. Bulgogi

29. Cured Meat Platter with Natural Sauce

30. Katsu Don

31. Beef Pepper Rice

32. Chicken Popcorn

33. Wonton Soup

34. Martabak

35. Tahu Gejrot

36. Fruit Lumpia

37. Shabu-shabu

38. Peri-peri chicken

39. Salted-egg Prawn

40. Oriental Chicken

41. Chawanmushi Express

42. Dubu Buchim

43. Kangkoen Cah Seafood

44. Spicy Tuna Spaghetti

45. Green Fried Rice

46. Perkedel Jagung

47. Okonomiyaki

48. Sambal Tomat

49. Banana Pops

50. Minty Berry

Happy cooking! Eet smakelijk :-)

Mar 15, 2015

[1st Series] 25 Simple Recipes for Students

When I was composing my first Instagram recipe , I made a promise to myself to publish my very first 25 recipes on my blog. Thankfully, I could finally writing after 5 months. That means 5 recipes in average per month. Not bad as a starter.

These past 7 months have been one hell of a ride for me here in Delft : the abundant study load, the astonishing weather (esp. the wind), and the new duty as a full-time wife while keeping my status as a graduate student (my fav part!). Nevertheless, me & hubby always manage to cook on our own for breakfast, lunch, and dinner whenever possible. Not only it saves approximately 60% of our food & beverages budget, but it also matches well with our appetite and Halal food requirements. The only time that I hesitated to cook was during the exam (and will always be).

Enough with the story. Now I would like to introduce you to my simple recipes! I am excited to get warm reviews on Instagram from friends, families (including my mother in law :D), and fellow Instagrammers. Inspirations for my recipes mostly come from the internet, which then to be modified in certain ways. I always manage my recipe to have no more than 5 steps of cooking, to ensure the simplicity of the dish (or at least to ensure that my readers will give it a try). Here they are, sorted by my preference!

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1. Bibimbap