A student. Who cooks.

Regretful news

2009-06-25T22:12:00.002+08:00

Hi, I'm going to stop regularly updating this blog now as I need to devote more of my time to something else. I might still update with new and interesting stuff I cook, but don't count on it, as I've been eating in a lot these weeks and yet did not post it up. Sorry to those I might disappoint, and for those who feel like they still want to read any of my blog, try http://

Nobody likes to eat alone

2009-06-09T20:42:00.001+08:00

But hell do I love to cook for myself. And here's why: Tada! Jagung(corn), Tempura Oyster Mushroom and random Fried Chicken Breast! =PIt's so simple, so carefree. No pressure to 'perform', no going over the top to make everything perfect, no over-thinking who likes what and doesn't eat what...Only really starving people or unconventional eaters can top cooking for myself.This meal was supposed to

Fasting Commences

2009-06-01T18:18:00.002+08:00

Today, I have decided to start fasting. But it isn't a real run yet because I ate late in the morning, as I woke up late. So real fasting will begin tomorrow for 7 days. I hate it being referred to as "dieting". And, I especially hate all the retards out there who even gave "dieting" this very bad taste in the mouth. It's like "Eww you're dieting? What the hell's wrong with you?"Many people are

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2009-05-28T23:43:00.002+08:00

'Sell Out' is awesome. Go watch it if you haven't. Also, due to monetary issues I haven't been blogging about my cooking for a while. Oatmeals don't make good pictures. Neither do random-stuff-in-kitchen-thrown-together.

Salad...for meat lovers?

2009-05-17T23:31:00.002+08:00

Bacon Fruit SaladServing: 1Difficulty Level: Easy-peasyIngredients: Watermelon(cubes), Green pepper/capsicum(diced), tomato(diced), grapes, grey oyster mushroom and bacon slices.So yeah really, need I say more? This recipe is so simple I could cry over its simplicity and due to the inherent saltiness of the bacon I did not add any seasoning to it at all. Why did I come up with this weird

Fasting

2009-05-16T23:06:00.002+08:00

Mostly on a whim inspired by conversations with a friend, I've decided to fast. I'm thinking I'd do it for a week, but I'm pretty flexible about it as to when, as long as I get to do it for 7 days consecutively. Don't ask me why, because there really isn't a proper reason, although as usual the logical side of me always try to find reasons or excuses to justify my spontaneous and pointless

Baking @ Malacca: Butterfly cupcakes and Chocolate Cake

2009-05-16T22:52:00.002+08:00

Being in Malacca and all means more baking than cooking, since I have to take advantage of the oven that I don't have here in KL. With the nice little baking book I got for my birthday, I finally succeed at baking some cupcakes and a chocolate cake. (Finally because most of my baking attempts are not as "perfect" as this attempt) Cute butterfly cupcakes, photo courtesy of my little sisterPhoto

Break. Also, Green Apple Bread Pudding from Sugar(AFC)

2009-05-08T21:20:00.005+08:00

Sowwie, probably should have placed a notice earlier that I'll be taking a break for the moment. I'm having my semester break now and although I'm still cooking, I do get less motivation to take pictures of it and update my blog, especially since I didn't bring my camera cable back home. Also because I'm just plain lazy. Saw this extremely, extremely easy recipe in Asian Food Channel (AFC) today,

Homemade chicken broth and chicken biryani #2!

2009-04-21T19:48:00.008+08:00

Home-made Chicken broth! Sense of accomplishment? Definitely!Okay, so my need to cook real food and all that accumulated dislike of "instant crap" has led me to venture into something I've not even learned from my mum*, to make my own chicken stock/broth.Sure, I've never really thought about it with all those instant chicken cube stock around, but those are essentially just loads of chemicals,

Fried Chicken Cookout

2009-04-14T00:07:00.004+08:00

Cookout! Cutleries courtesy of FelitardSo, supposedly there was supposed to be a potluck dinner, in which the birthday girl asked for my "fried chicken" that I made last time (nothing soupy or something like that). So mm I looked up a few recipes, and found out some cool stuff about fried chickens I never knew before. And that zest for experimentation (along with the ambition/hope to cook some

Apron!!

2009-04-13T16:01:00.001+08:00

Aha! Now I get to feel like a authentic chef! =P Or notI got an apron from a good friend for my birthday. Forgot to mention that in my last posts, that I've been using it...well I used it yesterday. Now I can keep my clothes from getting dirty! (Or actually, I use it for to wipe my hands on...I suspect it will get very dirty soon >.<) Well anyway having fun with it haha. PS: I love picasa now!

Slow Cooker Chocolate Cake

2009-04-13T15:46:00.001+08:00

I'm very much a dessert and baking person. BUT I have no oven here in my "student's house", not even a microwave oven. And it irks me. Very much so.Sooo, upon hearing somewhere that I CAN bake with a slow cooker, I decided to try it out (prepared for absolute fiasco really). I modified a 5-6 quarts(litres) recipe to fit my 1.5 litre and managed to "bake" this chocolate cake.That hole in the

This week's theme: Low-Fat

2009-04-13T01:41:00.005+08:00

Been feeling fat all week. Because of the heavy assignment doing, therefore:Did not went out much - not even to college, Sitting all day - didn't get up much, not even to go downstairsExtremely unhealthy diet of chocs and candies ONLY -yes, many meals were skipped;Stayed up late so screwed up health and the feel-goodness that comes with itHuge amount of stress and failure to handle it - all bad

Nasi Briyani #1

2009-04-06T00:21:00.010+08:00

Made Nasi Briyani Ayam for the first time! Yay :) I despise using those instant packets thing because I mean, I can't say I cooked something until I COOKED something, ya know? I mean, any idiot could make instant bryani. I wanna try out thereal spices =D Hehe this is actually my roommate's because I finished mine before I remembered to take a picture of it. First, deboning. Also a first

Pancakes!

2009-04-06T00:16:00.007+08:00

So this is what we do in stats class: discuss about what's for dinner and exchange recipes. Bquah shared his easy to understand recipe for pancakes (that concept of using graphic to represent words was actually stolen by IKEA and others, poor kid didn't patent it). After grocery shopping at Giant, got back to prepare the batter as per instructions of the great Bquah...Got a twin banana! (Actually

Insanity

2009-04-05T15:51:00.008+08:00

"ACD See rocks."- Albert Einstein.....or maybe not. I think it was:"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."- Albert EinsteinInsanity, perseverance, what's the difference? We Aries can't stand both. Or rather, to us Aries, perseverance IS insanity. Assignments, lack of ACD See and other factors have prompted me to review a fact that I was willing to

Sure-to-be-popular Students' Recipes!

2009-03-18T20:33:00.015+08:00

Heya! Although I've been pretty much bogged down by assignments lately (EN102! y'all know what I've been going through...@@), that isn't the main reason I haven't updated. It's because I'm normally so dependant on ACD See for my photo-stuff and ever since the repeated mutiny of my laptop I've had to restore it to a previous version WITHOUT my beloved ACD See. So now I couldn't be bothered to go

Chicken, potatoes and vegetable! (Western-ish)

2009-03-11T14:17:00.001+08:00

Wellll...I've finally been able to catch up on my post debts and am posting something that I cooked not too long ago. Pardon the horrible picture, but I invited some friends over for dinner and *ahem* they were late and I was pretty hungry and couldn't be bothered to take nice pictures. Sorry! I have to realize that good photography is 90% of a cooking blog soon >.

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2009-03-10T21:41:00.003+08:00

Well, I've decided I do need an outlet for my thoughts and just trying to keep this cooking blog "clean" of my rantings is too hard. So for those folks who are interested, this is the new blog: Foster Home for Stray ThoughtsIt's a mouthful I know, but it'll be fun =) For me at least haha.

Another pasta...

2009-03-10T11:55:00.000+08:00

Okay, so I can't cook new stuff 365 days per year. Heck, I can't even cook new stuff 1/2 the time I actually cook. I don't think this needs much describing and I certainly can't remember what I put inside it anymore. So yeah, this is more a picture than an actual post =P Hmm...ingredients? I don't know...what do you see in there *squints*Costs: Cheapish Serving: 1Difficulty Level:

Really simple Dong Fen Soup

2009-03-09T13:56:00.000+08:00

This is a really really really really really simple dish. Something akin to instant noodles, just a little extended on the instant part. Again, I had this some time ago, so I can't really recall much, but it's child's play to cook this. And the best part is that it's really versatile, you can do practically anything with it. From a plain and simple meal this can be transformed into a full-blown,

Simple Chinese Cabbage and Scrambled Eggs

2009-03-08T12:13:00.001+08:00

I should probably name my dishes. I feel so stumped by the titles nowadays. According to Freshman English I & II, we're supposed to look for "sexy" but "relevant/informative" titles. Hmm...I don't think that works well with recipes.Another long-overdue post, but don't worry, I'm just sorta getting them over and done with. Well, these two and really simple dishes, and very hard to mess up with.

What the new year blew in...

2009-03-08T00:26:00.002+08:00

(This post is approximately 3 months late)I'm not sure what calendar I follow, but the new year just started for me. The fresh new energy, motivation and whatnots have finally arrived at my doorstep, three months later than the western calendar. However, right at the beginning of the semester, there has already been some nice changes around the kitchen. I finally got around to defreezing the

Bitter Gourd with Pumpkin ala Adelia

2009-03-02T19:33:00.002+08:00

I was chatting with a good friend(also my ex-housemate actually) the other day and she was telling me how she'd "reverted" back into a cooking student now way Down Under(UQ, Aussie) Here's the extra simple recipe from her! Bitter Gourd with Pumpkin ala AdeliaCosts: N/AServing: 1Difficulty Level: LowIngredients: Bitter gourd, pumpkin, ginger, thai sweet curry sauce, salt, sugarUtensils + Process:1

Kettle-cooked Pasta

2009-03-01T20:45:00.006+08:00

Ever had those really desperate days or desperate times when you have no stove, or in my case, no gas for my gas stove but you had to eat?If you've been/you are a cooking student, you'd know what I'm talking about when I mean desperation. Couple it with inaccessibility to food and some funky stuff appears. This is a sequel to my rojak kettle instant noodle from last year. This was after my gas

Delicious and easy Chinese meal!

2009-02-23T23:02:00.011+08:00

Hi guys I'm back~! =) Hallelujah internet!!Thanks for being patient and also for those who "kicked" me back into motion with all those snide remarks about the dust gathering on my blog.Here's a meal I cooked right after I got back from my Chinese New Year break.Simple Bak ChoyMixed Vege ala KaurinScrambled Eggs with Chinese Sausage and Dong FenJapanese Tofu with Chicken and GingerCosts: Approx

Sorry for the inconvenience caused...

2009-01-13T16:48:00.002+08:00

Hello my darlings and happy new year!I'm really so so sorry, but I sorta don't have internet for a few weeks, so updates will be slow, excruciating or even non-existant for the time-being.It isn't even just about the internet. I'm having a little crisis now, since I'm thinking of giving my blog a makeover, but as it is with me and makeovers, I have NO IDEA HOW. So yeah, gimme some time =)On the

Author's note

2008-12-21T13:51:00.002+08:00

Hey for those of you who don't know, semester break started for me and well, one would think I'd have more time to deal with my blog right? Sadly no. I'm currently quite busy with other stuff and just want to tell everyone not to expect a update until next year. =) Thanks and bye!xoxo,Kaurin

Heaven on Earth

2008-11-30T21:19:00.004+08:00

*Not a cooking update!Ah...heaven on earth...is the mum miracle. Considering the fiasco that was my first final exam paper in college, EN101, I am amazed at my nonchalant attitude towards the other papers. Instead of studying, I rushed back to malacca after my paper to attend a AFS dinner, had tons of fun and am reminded of how much I love my family. An hour ago, when I first wanted to update

Desperate Leftover Dish

2008-11-24T22:59:00.006+08:00

For any true cooking student, no other saying resonates to their very soul more than this one:"Desperate times call for desperate measures."Instant noodles a la désespéréSo why was I desperate?We ran out of gas for the stove.I still had stuff that had to be cooked –including a little bit of instant noodles soup from the other day.I didn't feel like eating out.I wanted to update my blog with

Updating via Microsoft Word!

2008-11-19T19:22:00.001+08:00

Wow, I just discovered that I can update via Microsoft Word 2007. I know, I didn't really explore the new possibilities Word 2007 provided so I never knew about it.Anyway, I'll be checking this out and seeing how useful it is after my finals. This update is basically just to try this new feature out.Oh and also to announce: My nightmare has come true! We ran out of gas for the stove. Hmm…no

Laziness + Excuses = Delayed Updating

2008-11-18T19:49:00.006+08:00

So, this update is really late, considering the food I cook here was just the day after the gnocchi thingys, and that update was already late. But let me tell you a well-known student recipe. With the simple basic ingredient of laziness, spiced up with a lot of excuses (no time lar, got assignment leh, sien lar, have to balik kampung wor, etc), you'll get the grand dish of procrastination, in

Sunday mania

2008-11-15T00:23:00.004+08:00

Potato gnocchi a la KaurinWell, on Sunday, I invited a few friends over to (be my guinea pigs and) try out potato gnocchi, an Italian recipe that I found (through a cooking blog which I could later no longer relocate) and was quite intrigued with. Fortunately, some bailed out. I said fortunately because my small pots and pans couldn't possibly cook for the amount of people I invited =PHowever,

Meatz

2008-11-09T14:33:00.010+08:00

Hmm...blogger is failing on me again. Now I only see in HTML mode and not Compose mode. This is extremely painful for those so inexperienced in HTML as I am. But I shall persevere and update with this post.I wondered if it is necessary to tell about my life and its going ons in a cooking blog, especially since this huge amount of self-centeredness is probably very bad for health. There are a lot

Cooking runs in the family

2008-10-28T19:01:00.014+08:00

Hi guys! I'm sure all of you are as caught up in assignments as I am. Plus I've done a lot of re-evaluating nowadays. Along with loosening my budget, I've allocated more time to friends...thus less cooking. Last weekend I went back to Malacca again. It was my brother's birthday last saturday and the week before that my dad's birthway was on Friday. I know many people think birthdays are no big

Italy + Asian = Italasian!

2008-10-23T20:35:00.023+08:00

Finally, something new! No more pseudo-Chinese meals! =)My very own everything-can-lah pasta, I shall call it: Kaurin's Rojak Pasta! (Yes, my naming skills are beyond human)Kaurin's Rojak PastaIngredients: Garlic, carrot, long beans*, filament stick, sausage(ayamas frozen sausage), grey oyster mushroom, Prego Pasta Sauce(Herb & Cheese), capsicum(green pepper), tomato, pasta, spices and parmesan

I haven't died of food poisoning! =P

2008-10-18T15:59:00.016+08:00

Tada! Here's the evil can opener I told you guys about! XDHahaha, I know, I was pretty much lacking in motivation these weeks(not just in blogging, in general), so that explains the lack of updating. It's not because I suffered from food-poisoning after eating my own food.Okay, here's another challenge of the cooking student: Not having a car. Why's that a problem? 1. Only able to buy puny amount

Mm...dilemma of the cooking student

2008-10-06T20:44:00.009+08:00

I didn't cook today. It's not really a big deal, I mean I never said that I have to cook every day right. =P But, I did eat at McDonald's with my friends. Now that, is a considerable hole in my RM800 per month budget.However, I don't regret it one bit, because the company that I hung out with is worth every cent.Which brings me to the next question: Friends or $$?If I were to cook and eat at home

Hello again my darlings!

2008-10-05T22:23:00.007+08:00

Well, I hadn't posted anything this week because I was back home. In other words, I slacked off and didn't cook! =PAnd here're the some of the stuff I've been fed in this gloriously wonderful week:Leek & co.Fishy!!! God I've missed them sooo much. I can't bring myself to eat fish in a non-coastal area >.

This week's foodies...

2008-09-26T17:04:00.003+08:00

Since I'm just starting off, I'll just post a few pictures of what I cooked for dinner this week. Eventually I will post important details such as costs, time taken, ingredients and utensils needed for the meals. First up is a very basic meal with brown rice, Japanese(I think) bok choy + mushrooms and eggs + mushrooms. Aha, when I don't feel like cooking a whole meal, I get out my ultra healthy

It starts...

2008-09-26T09:57:00.004+08:00

Yay! After much procrastination, this blog is finally up for viewing! Just a brief introduction to start off:As the title suggests, I'm a student and I cook. I'm a female by the way and I don't believe that we're better off at cooking than guys(if anything, I think guys are better, just lazier) Strangely enough most youths nowadays can't cook, and I've always wondered what they'll do when they

FAQ

2008-09-24T09:45:00.018+08:00

1. What is "A student. Who cooks?"This blog is going to be a documentary of my cooking (mis)adventures as a university student. There will be pictures, there may be recipes, there may be rantings.2. Is the blog title really "A student. Who cooks" and must I refer to it as such all the time?No, you can refer to it as AS.WC if you want. Just kidding XD. The blog title is actually