Dizzy Dee

I found Kristyn’s post on Romancing the kitchen: Aphrodisiac foods extremely interesting, and I’ve been reminded of how passionate I am about cooking. I love cooking and baking, and especially love to try out new recipes.

We’ve been sharing some ideas on what to cook for Valentine’s day, and some great recipes surfaced.
Personally I would love to try out Kristyn’s Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe (which, by the way, I think she got from her Mom :P). Not for Valentine’s day in particular, just because I love Chicken Cordon Bleu, and its something new for me to try out.

Once I started thinking about how to make chocolate fondue (I usually just make it according to what looks right), I searched for some recipes on the internet, and found this Original Chocolate Fondue Recipe pretty interesting. The cake together with the chocolate fondue sounds really delicious, but I’ve never tried it before. Maybe I’ll give it a shot!

What are you cooking for Valentine’s day? And I’m asking this specially to the MALES who will be doing the cooking this year. I know its easier to take your honey out for dinner to a fancy restaurant, but honestly we’d like it much more if you’d cook for us yourselves (except maybe the stuck up chicks :P)

So if you have any plans already, share them, and if you don’t we’ll help you with some ideas

[January 30th to February 5th - 2008]

For the pancake lovers among us, this is probably great news!!

There are some lovely pancake recipes on All Recipes.com which you can use to vary your pancakes from the normal cinnamon sugar filling.
Personally I’m not keen on all the sweet fillings, so I’ll be reading up on the savoury fillings

Still, I don’t know if I’ll be able to eat pancakes every day for a week…

I also read up on the history of pancakes, and found it rather interesting. Pancake Week is grounded in ancient tradition. During the Middle Ages, it was common practice to prepare for the austerity of Lent by purging the pantry of luxurious foods such as eggs, butter and milk. These ingredients often became big batches of pancakes. To this day, many communities around the world feast on pancakes all the way through Shrove Tuesday–also known as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras–before the season of moderation begins on Ash Wednesday. In fact, another name for Fat Tuesday is Pancake Day.

I spent part of the weekend @ the hospital again. Nothing too serious, and I wasn’t the patient either, but still not nice.

At least I had breakfast with a good friend on Saturday before going to the hospital. The breakfast was great. Except for the chats, the food was also great. I had a BBQ Bacon & Mushroom omelet at Maxi’s - you should really try it. It was YUM.

Other than that I’ve developed a sore throat / cold / flu. Don’t know where that came from since I’ve been taking my vitamins.

Yesterday I went home early because I felt awful. I slept the whole afternoon till 7pm, and went to bed again at 9pm. Which is why I didn’t write yesterday. Sorry.

I’ve also signed up with Pownce, so if you want an invite, just leave a comment. These invites are obviously not scarce, so I wouldn’t be surprised if no one wanted one. I’m indeed impressed with Pownce, and I have to agree with the general opinion, its a bit better than twitter. If you’re already a member on Pownce - add me as a friend!

Hope you’re all doing well. I’ll post again soon. Just wanted to let you know that I’m still here.