Handling Holland.. (and now aidan too!)

I cant help it but to feel a little bit ‘merry’ this christmas! its the holidays! of course i’d be merry! most shops are on sale! and most importantly, hardy will be on leave till the new year’s! looking forward to spending time together, the three of us!

So as a result of being ‘merry’, i decided to cook us something special - Roast Chicken! it was my first attempt cooking roast chicken, my first time cooking a whole chicken! didnt have that much confidence in myself so i told ez and khaizul earlier that day that i’ll be doing some roasting, and told them i needed some luck!

I began my quest by searching for a good site on the net, for a good recipe. found a few and compared them. basically, it all comes down to the right tempreature, olive oil, salt, pepper, butter and garlic! oh, and i added some lemon slices as well as lemon juice. didnt follow the receipe 100% tho, only the important stuff like, the key ingredients (or the only ones that i have in my kitchen), the tempreature and most important thing, do not open the oven door for at least 45 mins! the rest, i followed my heart… 

Boiled some carrots (i never did like carrots but i swear, these ones are absolutely the best carrots in the whole wide world!) not to mention they look gorgeous as well! look at the colour!

Grilled the potatos (with their skin on) with some tuscany blend herbs and olive oil. (sorry no photos, i forgot to snap a single shot of those lovely potatos).

Grilled 4 trostomaten (tomatos). i must say i’ve never been a fan of tomatos. there are quite a few choices at the supermarkets, i should have tried grilling the tiny cherry tomatos instead. i do however love tomato ketchup but as for the real ones… well, its a struggle for me to have them, but i still do try!

Did a chicken pepper gravy.

AND………… voiiiillllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! It was just the 2 of us, enjoying our meal.. with no interuptions (aidan sound asleep). and what a meal it was!! as we would say it back home, whenever we’re full - "se-eh"! (se-eh means kenyang sangat sangat!)

And later, we had our christmas snowman ice cream for dessert! we only had their bodies…their heads were way to sweet! poor mr snowman..

I’m beginning to like baking and grilling now! and i’m begining to bond with my oven!

Thanks for wishing me luck guys, it was a success! next time you guys are here, i’ll cook you some roast chicken k? cooked from the soul!

Its such a shame we didnt have the right serving plate for my beautiful chicken tho! next on my bodschappen list (shopping list) - a good serving plate!

Do you think Gordon Ramsey would want to try my roast chicken? or maybe i’ll get featured in his ‘Kitchen Nightmares’? heheh… sayang?

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