Pork and Vegetable Stir Fry

I have been busy with so many different things lately that I couldn't be as systematic and organized as before. Not that I am THAT systematic or organized. But I could do better. The reason is because I've been diversifying my works to keep me away from being bored of doing the same routine. However, they have all been coming to me altogether lately that my days were close to crazy. I did try to be organized with the works, though, by making a list of which is important, which is due sooner and which I can postpone. It seemed to work though I still couldn't manage to write long for the blogs.

However, I feel the need to update this food blog. It's been a while.

The good thing is although I've been busy with things, I still found time to cook. I view cooking as a relaxing as well as productive activity. I feel relaxed when I cook, as opposed to my mom who is always frantic in the kitchen. I wouldn't really blame her. She always puts too much pressure on herself than she should. She cooks literally everyday and there is no exception not to. Even when she took a vacation in Bali and stayed at my house, she was never far from the kitchen.

Anyway, during the time when I'm busy, I need to come up with something quick to cook. Like this Pork and Vegetable Stir Fry. It only takes minutes to cook and some more to do the prep. Anybody can do it.

Guest Contribution: Chicory Pie

My good friend, Annerie, just successfully made this Chicory Pie (Witloftaart). She was so proud of it that she posted the photo of the pie on Facebook. Since it does look yummy and I may want to try it out myself one day, I think it's worth posting the recipe here (she doesn't have a blog).

chicory pie

Poulet au poivre

My Christmas dinner was almost ruined when I found out that my oven was broken that very morning. I planned to make Roasted Chicken and Apple Berry Crumble, but obviously no oven-related foods should be served that night. So I thought hard what I would do with the whole chicken that I already bought and I came up with cooking le Poulet au poivre that my boyfriend's mother taught me when she was here in July. Here's how to cook this simple but very delicious dish.

poulet au poivre