Fried Spaghetti with Bacon

Primary school has started few weeks ago and secondary kids will be back (hopefully) to school in April. For the past weeks, I've seen so many parents asking for recess food ideas in FB groups. Here's one that is fast, easy and yummy food that you can make.

Fried Spaghetti with Bacon

It's dry noodles so it won't be soggy after sometime. And it still taste yummy although it's not warm. 

Ingredients used: garlic, bacon, brocolli, carrots, spaghetti, Uni Sauce (refer pic below) 

Some tips to share:

Tip #1: If you're cooking spagetti the day before, prepare extra and keep in fridge so it will save you some time the next day.

Tip #2: Precut all ingredients the night before and store them in containers so that cooking time will be shorten. I usually cut all my carrots and put in my fridge.

Tip #3: Use sauces as short cut. I personally like Uni Choice's sauce. You can make lots of different dishes with it.

 Stay safe and happy cooking!

Homemade Garlic Spread

Hello! It's been a while since I've written in this blog. I've been busy with work, moving house(s), yeah moved 3 times in a short span of time, kids and so much more. So now that I've settled down I think it's time to restart my blog 😊

So here's my first post after long hiatus- Homemade Garlic Spread. Prepared some to be stored in the fridge so my boys can prepare their own food when they are hungry. You know, teenage boys and their eating moment 😅

You need minced garlic, parsley and salted butter. Mix them up, keep them in a container and keep chilled in fridge. 

Just spread it on your bread and toast it. I air fried mine. 

And you can enjoy it on its own or pair it with mushroom soup. It's so easy and yummy! 

The remainder is kept in the fridge. My kids can just spread it on baguette, bread or even on cracker just like that. 

Teaching Time

Found this in one of the FB pages. Great idea from a teacher. So I printed out the numbers on coloured paper and laminated it.

To save my time, I added "suku" and "setengah" . Stick all the numbers of my cheap ikea clock and added battery. All done very quickly and ready to hang up the wall :)

Teaching "Hari dalam seminggu".

My Standard 1 son is learning "Masa dan Waktu" in sekolah kebangssan now.  Nowadays the questions are not straight forward anymore. They ask questions like what day comes before Monday? Or what is the day between Sunday and Tuesday? and so on. If it's in English it would be easy peasy for him but the nightmare is when it was asked in BM since he is still weak in understanding the BM language. To make learning more interesting for him and since he likes crossword puzzle, I made this just for him. It's like a game, but they are actually revising what they learn in school.
If you want a copy, you can download it too ^_^!

Step by Step : Minion Sponge

Teacher gave him a sponge last week for art class. They are supposed to create something using the sponge. So we goggled and it kept telling us the only thing we can create is Spongebob. Luckily I spoke to Merryn, she suggested Minion. That's a great idea! So after sketching the draft and listed the things that he need for the minion, I went to the craft shop and bought some materials and also used some from my craft supplies.

You need:

2 wobbly eyes

2 big grey button (as goggles)

Black ribbon (as goggle strap and gloves)

Blue ribbon - (small) as the overall strap

Blue ribbon - (big) as the overall

2 yellow straws - as the hand 

UHU glue 

4 Small buttons or eye pins for plush dolls

Wire for making artificial flowers or if you can find black pipe cleaners is better

Markers

Scissors

First cut 2 squares as the overall top. Apply glue at the back and paste on the sponge. The glue and secure around the sponge as the overall bottom.

Then glue the black ribbon around the sponge and paste 2 buttons on it.

Then apply glue on the button and paste the wobbly eyes on it.

Then measure and cut the overall strap. Remember to glue it.

Wait for a while for the glue to dry and then glue the push pin or glue the button on it. 

Next draw the minion's mouth with a marker.

Now for the hand. Measure and cut the straw according to your liking.

Make a hole under the overall strap with one side of a scissors. 

Then apply glue on the straw and push the straw in. 

Next, cover the bottom of the straw by gluing black ribbon around it. That's the gloves.

Since we couldn't find black pipe cleaners, we have no choice but to use craft wires and colour it with black markers. 

Measure and cut the wire. Then apply glue on the bottom of the wire...

and poke through the sponge on top of the minion's head.

Repeat the step above and bend the wire to create effect of the hair slanting down.

He can't draw circle with free hand so he used a 50 cents coin. Draw 2 circles. These are the legs and also to balance the sponge so that it won't topple over.

Cut it out.

Apply glue , only half of the circle. And paste it below the minion.

Then colour the legs with your marker pen.

TADAA!

The final artwork. He is so pleased with it.