New Kitchen Triumphs

I'm still on a roll trying out new recipes (or tweaking) new found recipes to be exact. I saw this chicken marinade from yahoo (can't seem to find it anymore though) and did it with drumsticks. The marinade was basically ketchup, brown sugar, chopped onions (I honestly forgot the rest) anyway, it wasn't that good (or I would've saved the recipe somewhere) but it wasn't bad either and the kids ate it.

baked chicken

fried chicken wings and pickled veggies

Obviously, we couldn't get enough of chicken so hubby and I cooked fried chicken wings. The kids LOVE chicken wings and it just amazes me to see them eat a whole lot without being forced to do so :P

 

This blog may contain 80% about food but there are days I don't feel like cooking at all. It's not hard to give me the boost I need though, all I gotta do is tune in to Food Network and it's more than enough of a jump start. I would have loved to try this street beef salad recipe but I didn't have the complete ingredients so I looked for another recipe to try and ended up with orange ginger beef and oven roasted broccoli. I loved the broccoli so much I almost ate everything. The orange ginger beef was good but it's not something I would cook on a regular basis. I love beef but sauce isn't something I enjoy unless it's dipping sauce.

Yup, I don't like sauce and sometimes gravy too but hubby insisted on trying out pot roast. I may not be a fan but knowing it doesn't need much cooking skills and that I only need to dump the veggies, beef and sauce in the slow cooker then who am I to disagree? But since it won't be cooked until after several hours in the meantime, hubby grilled a steak with garlic and herb potatoes on the side. Both dishes were big hits with the family. I need another beef sale (ASAP!

garlic and herb potatoes

steak and potatoes

Cheap this week and dominating my grocery list were ribs, potatoes and spinach. I made my usual fall off the bone ribs and made cream corn soup to go with it. It was my first time to make a successful creamy soup from scratch!

cream of corn soup

And before I forget, my little girl and I made apple cinnamon bread as well. I found the recipe on Facebook. It is one of those recipes being shared on friends' timelines anyway, I gave it a try and it turned out delicious (Yay!)

apple cinnamon bread

Last but not the least, hubby's successful attempt at latte art.

What's with the design? I have no idea but you have to admit it's cute :D