Thank you for all your birthday wishes! I had a great party last night, I had great help when I was about to lose it in the kitchen, made great memories during an exhausting round of Charades and realized I, kinda, love my friends?
I put together the presents I received and guess what, they all relate to cooking/food! And yes, the words on the green apron reads BHO’S BITCH! (Bho’s the shortform of what my friends call Ben.) I love that haha, my friends. Party pictures to come!
So I turn 25 today! Meet my inflatable buddy, my newly ‘chewed off’ fringe that my hairstylist gave me that I really love and a 25-year-old Melly! I’m throwing a party this Saturday and a friend mocked me for ordering my own cake, haha. Toot toot!
Boy oh boy do I have a problem with my memory! It’s deteriorating. Fast. Age is catching up. And fast. So what I forgot about was to share Adeline’s Photographic Diary, this entry is on ink or tattoos. My small tattoos made it on there together with Liz and Diana’s massive sleeves! Was super stoked to be included. Plus Adeline’s recently banged out a new neat layout which was done by Katrina and well, short story short, I’m pretty much in love with how tight this blogging community is.
So from tattoos to food, here we go with food on film #2.
pan-fried salmon, kenyan green beans, zucchini & tomato & avocado salad
penne with pork sausage (minced up) & kenyan green beans, in a chicken broth sauce (I followed a recipe for the sauce but switched up the greens). It’s nice change from the usual tomato/cream base and Ben was very quick to say he liked it (yay for me)! If you’d like the recipe, I’d be happy to scan a copy.
breakfast of zucchini and avocado on wholemeal toast
clear-the-fridge-and-throw-it-all-in fried rice for lunch
I rarely snack on chocolate but the new packaging gave me a reason to put it in the basket. It’s boxy and nice to hold now.
How’s everyone’s weekend going? I’m desk-bound and working on more twigs, watching the new season of Project Runway and hopefully, eat some ice cream tomorrow.
Sarahs-loft that is! I can’t believe I forgot about these pictures. This was… early July. She invited some of us over for home-style pizzas! There, I got to meet her ridiculously obedient mini kewt! toy poodle, Momo.
Cupcakes from yokebakery
Starving wagging tongues were first fed a cream-based seafood pizza
Followed by this! Prosciutto or parma ham, I forget but oohahh together with spinach and all that cheese.
I’m torturing myself, I’m hungry sleepy but surprisingly, not grumpy. Anyway the pizza lady is waltzing around Melbourne right now and for many more days! Come home soon!
I made bolognese sauce last week – a lot of it – because I’ve become a freezer meal person. I took the recipe and freezer meal idea from Real simple, I’ve uploaded a copy of it here. Remember to write the date down! (Same with all the ant & cockroach baits! Which I never do. And sorry for mentioning cockroaches when talking about food.)
Anyway if cooking isn’t your thing, here’s some worthy links to check out:
• New on The Selby; Rockaway Taco – I want to be a customer there or better yet, their homie!
• Street art at Pioneer Square in Seattle, the one of the hand… j.a.w.d.r.o.p.p.i.n.g
• Scroll down half the page to see some seriously good camera porn
I’m running late, I have to get ready and buy some shizz from the supermarket before heading to my folks’ for dinner and catch the National Day Parade on telly. It’s Singapore’s 45th birthday today!! Why I’m excited I don’t know!!!
Hi! I’m Melly. I share photos of my life & my handcrafted goods here. I live in Singapore & currently shooting with an Olympus Pen-F.
