Ramen with a fork?

Have you tried eating ramen/udon/soba with a fork and spoon?

Hmm... well i always did, at the primary school canteen whenever i had noodles.

And even in secondary school when i detested that fat tip chopsticks.

J asked me just this afternoon over a noodle lunch, if it would be possible to enjoy asian noodles with a fork.

Hmmmmm i have to try it again in Singapore.

Lunch over weekends are mainly noodles so we can slurp and get done with quickly.

And whatever stuff i have in the fridge, i have learnt to put them together to make a meal, resulting in very fusionistic lunches these days. =P

Large leeks are in season now, and the green portion being so long, i now use them like a regular mustard green. This was what we had,

Leeks and maguro patty topped over hot soba, with lots and lots of sesame seeds!

I managed to get raw sesame seeds from the koganei farmers and toasted them on my own. Boy are these addictive! Can we ever go back to store bought ones again?

Days when i feel like cooking dinner in the morning, curries can never go wrong.

And all i have to do is put together a salad and tuck in without fuss.

Beef curry packed with root vegetables

topped with a poached egg

Did you know you could make poached eggs in the rice cooker? Just wash them clean and pop them in right after the cooker beeps. 50minutes is the ideal.

My little cookie monster has decided he is on a strike with his dinner spoon. He would happily chew on the spoon but refuse to take any other food on the plate other than the rice cracker he would happily chomp away without fail. Each meal time is a war, and i am honestly tired out. Less solids means he still nurses very VERY often. Even at night. =( So in the day, when my energy level is at its highest, i try to make dinner somehow so that in the evening when my battery is almost flat, i don't have to stand in the cold kitchen battling with time and the quite cranky monster.

The festive season has obviously tweaked his body clock and we are now working hard at establishing a regular pattern for him to get comfy with again. My body is craving time out from his crankiness!!!