Craving a Cheese Risotto but don't want to pay for a high price for a good one ?

I've found a pretty good solution to this!

So - while my boyfriend and I love pastas and pizzas, we love our risottos as much! His love for cheese risotto is definitely stronger than mine - I'm happy to skip having those because I'm more of a "tomato base" sort of person.

Anyway, we've found the perfect product that allows you to have cheese risotto in 12 minutes that tastes as good as what you can get in some restaurants!

One day after we bought the first pack to try - i was back at Jason's supermarket the next day, buying another 6 packs that will last us a long time!

Name of product : Riso Gallo - Risotto Pronto ( 4 cheese risotto)

Cut out instructions that you can save for future use! Follow the instructions carefully because it does make a difference! you're either gonna be eating hard dry risotto, or one that's overcooked if you don't!

So as the boyfriend has been fantastic at keeping up with his diet - he is only having half a pack each time with some chicken breast which is what he did last night! BTW - he also skips the butter needed and apparently it still tastes amazing!

this was the final look! he had half the packet of risotto and chicken breast! Satisfying and really delicious!

You can find this in Jason's supermarket - although paragon doesn't carry the product and I've managed to find it in Cold storage in orchard! Retailing between 5.45 to 6.50 SGD at various supermarkets!

Baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken - Recipe - first time trial

As we embark on the whole trying to eat healthy lifestyle, we try to make it fun by finding recipes that can change the way we cook chicken breasts. This weekend, i found the baked garlic parmesan chicken recipe. You can find the recipe here at this link: 

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/baked-garlic-parmesan-chicken/ ( photo below taken from the link..) 

So the recipe gives the portions for 6 chicken breasts, but we were only cooking for 2 - so we just sorta divided everything into 3 and just played it by ear. 

The taste was great - the bread crumbs give it a great texture while the parmesan flavour is strong and tasty. However, the chicken breast didnt have a nice beautiful brown when it came out of the oven, and unfortunately we overcooked the chicken which rarely happens but it did on this one occasion. 

that's how the chicken breast looked like ...... and i had mushrooms to accompany the chicken breast... definitely a healthy meal overall. 

Oyster mushroom chips

Trying to eat healthy and keeping it up certainly isn't easy, so tonight I tried to do something different and decided that I would bake some oyster mushrooms till they are crispy! 

Drizzle some olive oil on the fresh mushrooms and some salt and pepper if you like. 

And spread them out and into the oven they go! 

Check out how great they look! 

They were so good! I'm definitely going to bake them again! I had these with a baked chicken with bruschetta. Healthy and delicious (caved in and had a couple slices of bread) 

Still a healthy dish overall and very very yummy! 

Bedrock Bar & Grill - Somerset

I work around Somerset and probably walk past this restaurant 5 days out of 7 in a week, yet I've never really paid attention much to the restaurant as it always had dim lights and not much of a crowd, however, I'm glad I didn't miss this gem of a restaurant along the Discovery Walk at 313 Somerset.

After much research to satisfy a meat craving, I found Bedrock. As I walked in, I was greeted by the very warm and friendly staff, and was offered some beautifully made naan/flat bread that were warm, soft and fluffy and it came along with some garlic and butter - different from most restaurants, but I LOVED it!

So the options of food at Bedrock is what you would expect of a steakhouse which needs no introduction.

We went simple - the bf ordered a rib eye with the red wine sauce and I had the chopped steak burger. The bf enjoyed his meal - while I felt like mine was simply put - normal. It didn't blow me away, teaches me a lesson for trying something else other than steaks in a steakhouse! We ordered the mac n cheese to share and it's definitely the highlight of our meal. Gorgeous looking and tasting crust with the soft cooked macaroni - I was sold!

Here's some photos of our night

Fooling around with the camera

The menu can be found here: http://bedrock.com.sg/menu/

Baked Herb Lemon Chicken - Weekend Cooking

The boyfriend and I have been pigging out over our trips - and dragging ourselves to the gym is always difficult, so in line with trying to lose weight, we decided we shall try and eat healthy and of course trying different recipes are a must! 

I do have to admit that I play a very small role in the cooking. I am extremely lucky to have a boy that cooks very well, and I am happy to assist with the cleaning and that makes us very productive in the kitchen! 

Anyways, this weekend, we tried our hands at the Baked Herb and Lemon Chicken recipe we found online here. 

http://www.andicakes.com/2011/01/07/baked-herb-lemon-chicken

Visit the link for the full recipe, basically we did everything we were told to do, however we had skinless chicken breast which meant the colour post cooking didn't turn as brown as the recipe had intended. However, the recipe was a success, the chicken was moist, the flavor was strong, yet not overpowering and it was just delicious. I shall let the photos do the talking. We left out the Thyme on the recipe because we didn't have it on hand.

Prepping the chicken before we added the wine sauce.

Bought a bottle of the cheapest wine :) 

Extra virgin olive oil, minced garlic, white wine, lemon zest, lemon juice and dried oregano.

Before it goes into the oven! 

TADAH! 

End result! 

Absolutely delicious- top plate belonged to the boyfriend who had it with some cheese risotto, and bottom plate belonged to me with sauteed mushrooms and bak-choy! 

Truly an enjoyable meal!