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Reanaclaire Cooks - Cheap and Pricey Meal

I have company at home now... at least for many months to come... so whether I like it or not, I will have to cook more often like I never before... This "tenant" is a simple eater... she can just take oats in the evening and I also have to end up taking oats along with her... I really detest oats as dinner, don't mind if it is for breakfast or lunch... but for dinner is a definite NO-NO...

Alright, so far, I have taken oats once for dinner and I thanked her very much for it.. but "please no more oats for my dinner?".. whether it is pre-prepared or not... once is good enough.... I ended up more snacks and junk food after an oatmeal meal... hahahaa...

As for dinner, as long as it is R-I-C-E, I will love it...
 Simple meal that cost less than RM10... One bowl of rice is consumed...
Porridge cooked in rice cooker...
Salted egg, minced meat and scallops did the job....

And for today's dinner, it was a bit more costly...
We bought two pieces of cod fish from AEON yesterday...
 Pan fried it a bit and topped up with shredded ginger and garlic....
 My colleague recommended me to use good oil for saute-ing my dishes....
So Olive oil it is....
 
Sauteed the greens with olive oil and pure garlic...
My Salt-less soup.....
Cos I totally forgot about the salt part!!
Anyway.... presenting....
 A Dinner for Two!!
We ended up eating more than our usual  portion...
And after our heavy meal, we walked twice as long than our normal evening walk....
Justified...
(I hope!)
 

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  1. Princess RibbonJanuary 18, 2015 at 8:47 PM

    I love all your homey dishes.. Chin tan chau choy baked beans steamed fish and abc soup.. Easy to whip up and sedap too.. I like..

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    1. ReanaclaireJanuary 19, 2015 at 7:56 AM

      Yat charn poon charn.. ching chai la... can stomach ok liow! :)

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  2. Irene TanJanuary 18, 2015 at 8:56 PM

    Nice homecooked food. Love them all especialy cod fish & soup. For cold & wet day over here, I need the piping hot soup. Slurpppppp!!!!

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    1. ReanaclaireJanuary 19, 2015 at 7:59 AM

      Yes, even on hot day I dont mind drinking soup.. hahaa..

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  3. Somewhere in SingaporeJanuary 18, 2015 at 9:07 PM

    I loves all the foods you cooked...

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  4. RealGunnersJanuary 18, 2015 at 10:17 PM

    Hahaha, you cook more, then you convert her into no-oats-for-dinner person :D !

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    1. ReanaclaireJanuary 19, 2015 at 8:00 AM

      I hope I can.. this girl of mine is too skinny!

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  5. Nancy ChanJanuary 18, 2015 at 10:35 PM

    Ya, start whipping up more simple, easy to cook dishes and you won't have to eat oats for dinner. Anyway, your dinner tonight looks very yummy lor...cod fish and soup...so yummy.

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    1. ReanaclaireJanuary 19, 2015 at 8:01 AM

      Once a blue moon only... since she is around..give her a good treat..

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  6. KenJanuary 18, 2015 at 11:54 PM

    Simplicity is the best, no?

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  7. ChrisAuJanuary 19, 2015 at 12:28 AM

    OK la...getting better and better...hahah

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  8. Ginny HartzlerJanuary 19, 2015 at 2:01 AM

    It looks wonderful! I have long known you are an excellent cook, but I think you do not like to cook? I cannot cook more than one thing at a time now. Because if I try to watch more than one, I burn or set food on fire.

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    1. ReanaclaireJanuary 19, 2015 at 8:02 AM

      No worries, Ginny.. I am not much better than you anyway... hahahaa.

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  9. munJanuary 19, 2015 at 2:17 AM

    Actually you can eat your oats at dinner with "soong" like vege and fish. That's what my friend did - substitute her rice with oats.

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    1. ReanaclaireJanuary 19, 2015 at 8:02 AM

      Oh, I really cannot... too "geli" cos very soft...

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    2. munJanuary 19, 2015 at 11:31 PM

      Just think of the oats as porridge/congee and you won't be geli.

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  10. suituapuiJanuary 19, 2015 at 7:13 AM

    With the rising prices these days, best to eat at home - cook one's own, can save a whole lot...unless you can find places that are cheap and affordable.

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    1. ReanaclaireJanuary 19, 2015 at 8:03 AM

      Right, Arthur... and outside food is quite oily... as long as I am not in the lazy mode, this can be done..

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  11. [SK]January 19, 2015 at 8:50 AM

    wow those are indeed "luxury" dinner for two, you have got at least three dishes!! now never mind cheap or expensive as long as you are happy (and no oatmeal for dinner, mushahahmuahahaha!!)..

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    1. ReanaclaireJanuary 19, 2015 at 10:49 AM

      Oatmeal... now actually having one.. and it is morning..so it is fine.. hahaha..

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  12. PHJanuary 19, 2015 at 1:07 PM

    Home cooked meal is simply the best! I like all your dishes. And yah, I also detest oats. Not just for dinner but all the time hah..hah..hah....

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  13. Ez VinaJanuary 21, 2015 at 1:55 PM

    Sometimes these simple food is more satisfying than some fine dining.

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