Chicken Pie

My niece, my home buddy is on work training for two days. The training will run for two days morning shift, Monday and Tuesday this week. We both work at night. Monday and Tuesday are my day off, too. Soon as I got home yesterday morning, I started tossing clothes in my washing machine while cooking lunch for myself and dinner for my niece.  At three in the afternoon, I cannot resist the invite of my bed. I was sound asleep when my niece came home.

I woke up at seven in the evening I checked on her inside her bedroom.  She was sound asleep. On our dining table is a small box with label, chicken pie and the dinner I prepared. I thought, she probably had dinner after the training. I went back to my bedroom. I woke up at nine in the evening for my dinner. My niece was awake, working as usual on her laptop. The dinner I prepared for her was gone, the chicken pie was spared? It was for me! I thanked her with a wide grin on my face.  They had free lunch at the training. She brought home the chicken pie for me. 

I ate rice and the lady finger veggie I prepared for my dinner. At around four in the morning, I prepared a cup of black coffee. I peeled off the wrapper of the chicken pie put it inside the oven toaster. The yummy chicken pie was gone in few bites. Black coffee and chicken pie, equals great breakfast! With the fork still in my hand I came to her room and teasingly, I said - “ I want some more! “ 

Squash in Coconut Cream

Yup, another quick cooking for busy me, and perhaps for working guys and gals who do not have much time to cook. Vegetables are healthy but the tedious way of preparing them for cooking make us think of having meat instead. I promised myself of having healthy diet. The thought of slicing washing and preparing veggies for cooking at times makes me think otherwise. Oh, yes, it feels good to be lazy after work. Lie down on my red couch and watch the news. If I still have spare time before I go to sleep, I go online and read blogs.

It is good this veggie is easy to prepare. I would buy about a quarter slice of this squash at the supermarket. To prepare, wash thoroughly, peel off the skin like you are peeling off carrots or potatoes. Cut in smaller quarters, put in a pan, add thinly sliced onions, peeled clove of garlic, pepper corn and laurel leaf. Pour enough water bring to boil for about three minutes. Add a sachet of coconut cream add long green pepper. Stir with a spoon to remove the lump while pouring the coconut cream.  Let it simmer for another three minutes.  Be careful not to overcook as the squash could look like baby food if you do. Notice I did not write add salt. The coconut cream is already seasoned with salt.

How do you choose a good variety of squash? Well, chose one that has yellowish orange in color close to the color of an egg yolk.  Pale yellow does not taste very good.