Wasn’t Danny Gokey rockin’ it last nite?? LOVE IT.
Anyway, here are the results, if you don’t already know.
Ah, the joys of technology and the internet. Where would we be without it. Seeing as tonight we won’t be able to catch the Results Show on account of the family heading to Hubby’s annual company dinner.
Guess we’ll be watching the repeat then.
At least we know who left.
Do you Twitter? I do. And that’s how I get all the firsthand accounts of Americans watching Idol that I can’t keep up!
Anyhoo. It sounds pretty exciting.
So my fellow Idol addicts, here is a recap BEFORE we watch it. (Just couldn’t resist saying that again yaknow.)
*UPDATE: For a change, let’s hear a Man tell it like it is.
And then REMEMBER TO WATCH IT at 6pm Malaysian time.
My Man and I will.
At a discussion on recipes with a friend some time ago, she commented that my cooking repertoire was unusual. It is neither Chinese in its truest sense nor is it the ‘western’ that she’s familiar with. I told her that just like the fact that my family is of mixed cultural heritage, my cooking tend to fuse the best of both worlds. I have made whole chicken roast on a bed of ‘western’ staple root veges (carrots, celery, onion) that I’ve rubbed with the Chinese 5-spice. Sounds unusual I know, but the taste is just the right blend of sweet, savoury and spicy, and the aroma is mouthwatering. My family loves it!
I am a fan of western dishes. I find them to be less cumbersome and simple as opposed to all the chopping and shredding of chinese stir-fries. And then I married a born and bred Chinese-Native man who is more accustomed with his chinese tastebud than his native one. So what’s a girl to do but learn the rule and rigour of chinese cooking, and then bend it!
When I first served my Roast Chicken to the Man he said, “Is this Crispy Chicken, Roast Chicken, err… what Chicken?” I told him to first taste it and then tell me how he liked it. After that first bite, this dish has made a regular appearance on the dinner table ever since.
Back to being a cheat.
I’ve been known to use the method of using CANNED TOMATOES, to cook local dishes. Ha!
According to Chef Michael Smith of the Chef at Home fame on Asian Food Channel, canned tomatoes are picked at its ripest prior to canning, therefore retaining their juiciest flavor. I remembered this when I was happily preparing to cook Assam Fish only to discover that my tomatoes were nowhere in sight. I thought I had them, but I didn’t. That was when I decided to put that canned tomatoes idea to the test.
Well, it worked.
The Hubby was slurping away at his Assam Fish with no thought of where the ingredients came from, and said that it was a wonderful dish. (HIS words.)
So Wonder Women, when you are out of freshly picked tomatoes, cheat there’s always the freshly picked CANNED ones. Just remember to add a bit more sugar (I use brown sugar in all my cooking) as some of these tomatoes, like freshly picked ones, can be a tad more sour than we like. And always use the best that you can find.
Thought of anymore dishes that you can use canned tomatoes with?
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That I’m now the proud owner of the gorgeous Ipanema flip flops by Gisele Bundchen.
Comfortable, discounted (weee!) and beautiful!
Love it.
And no. This is not a paid post and I have no affiliation with the retailer other than my Aunt works there and I AM LOVIN’ IT.
Have a good week ahead y’all. I certainly will.
After an activity filled Easter and post-Easter, this week’s lessons fell mostly around Problogger’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge.
I learned that in the world of ‘pro’ blogging, I am what is called the Toddler Blogger.
Despite the fact that I started blogging in 2004, the world of ‘pro’ blogging is a million miles away from just updating friends and family about the latest happenings of our home. I have SO MUCH more to learn from it all.
In the course of learning however, I ‘met’ many stay-at-home Mommies like myself who are making waves out there, and I have enjoyed every single one of their blogs. (Like the owner of THIS blog Carnival. 
) They have been helpful, informative, endearing and at the very least, ‘takes me out’ of the four walls of my home and the loads of laundry for a while. And all the talk of laundry among Blogger Mommies this week make me want to revamp MY laundry corner!
Blogging for a stay-at-home Mommy like me connects me to the world wide web. That, is a vast ocean of resource, information and connection.
It’s no wonder then that Mommy Blogs Are The Blogs To Watch this season. I hope mine will count among them sometime.
So, go ahead, connect with Musings to see what She’s learned this week.
Didn’t y’all just lurve Kris’ She Works Hard For The Money last night? I watched the repeat again this morning and I STILL love it!
On the two that will be sent home tonight, my cards were on Lil and maybe, possibly, Matt or Anoop.
As it turns out, it’s …….
Find out after the Break! (channel Seacrest)
Just kidding.
Here’s the results, again BEFORE we watch it.
Now, the competition gets REALLY exciting!
Thanks to Blogger Moms who are rockin’ the blogosphere, here’s a recap of the show before WE watch it this evening.
Go Boomama!
Was doing pantry inventory recently and discovered that my Savoiardi Ladyfingers is expiring by month’s end. Exclaiming this over the kitchen counter, Hubby quips, “So quick. Make me your Tiramisu!”
Mmmkay.
Hence I present my Tiramisu.
I first asked for this recipe from the Mommy of my daughter’s friend when I had it at her little Girl’s birthday party. “Oh, I got it from this month’s Astro Magazine!” said she. “Really?? I must go rip mine out too then.” said me.
Coming home, that magazine was the first thing I dug around for and behold, I finally laid my hand on a Tiramisu recipe. Yay! I had wanted one for the longest time, but as in all things, life tends to move along and you just forget about the inquiries for the day as it passes. Read: old.
Here’s what I used (and didn’t use) for this recipe:
Once again, happy is the pastry chef when her Husband comments, “Mmmm… This is good.”
Here’s that elusive tried and true recipe if you too want to impress your Love. Try it and let me know how you went.
p.s I also make a mean Orange Tiramisu that’s a hit with my ‘eaters’. That, for another post.
My friend is nominated for the Supermummy Amazing Blogger Award.
Calling all Mommies out there. Go give Aunty J some Lurve…
Alrighty then.
As I mentioned recently, I’m bringing some changes to this blog. The main one being positioning of the blog’s layout so that my posts takes centre stage. And to do this, I’ve opted instead for the two column layout in place of the three column layout that I had previously.
Then there’s my blog’s tagline. Writing that Elevator Pitch really stretched my thinking cap to the seams as I began answering the question ‘what is your blog about?’ Mind you, being the slow learner that I am, I took two whole days to mull over just this task alone! (Hence the length in between blog posts while I was going through that process!)
Finally I came up with this.
A Woman’s Weekly is the tale of one Mom raising three Kids on two hands and a foot, while contending with mountains of dishwashing. Powered by coffee, she writes about everything from parenting to personal style, and often about her faith. Inspired by the cakes she bakes, she’s crossing her fingers to someday write about going from SAHM to WAHM.
Out of that pitch is the tagline you now see above.
Finally, I’m putting some work in for the header image.
Ok. Now the real work of putting up posts that will encourage you, inspire you and just bless you, needs to continue.
I hope you like the change. Tell me what you think in the comments!
I'm Didi. Housewife and Mom of 3. Desperate sometimes. Most times blessed. 
