Garlic Painting

"passion cannot be forced, but it can be caught." That's what I once heard someone said. I've been passionate about learning watercolour. When I get time, I paint bits here and there..and eventually a piece of art work is formed.

My children sometimes observe me practicing and began to "feel" the strokes and colours..and soon  asked if they too could practice painting. They've caught my passion.

So i gave my little JD (5 yrs old) her first art lesson, using watercolour. Here's her very first watercolour work.

an art work by Jd. (5 yrs)

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AND here's some art work by me done during the last week of February 2011

all about GARLIC

May I pound the garlic please?

 Garlic … I love its aroma, especially when it goes into my sizzling hot wok. I love the flavor it adds to my cooking, and I love that it has health benefits. So I use it often, in most of the dishes I prepare.

 What I also love about it is that my girls loves pounding it for me, which gives us wonderful bonding time in the kitchen.

Being a working mum doesn’t allow me the luxury of spending hours and hours in the kitchen. Whatever I do has to be quick and efficient. Thus, I’ve found that the fastest way to peel my garlic is to pound it in a mortar, then peel its skin off. That way I can de-skin many bulbs of garlic at one time. My girls got so intrigued with this, especially my 5 year old, who has taken a love to cooking.

So, often when I’m about to start cooking, she comes running into the kitchen and asks excitedly “how many garlics mum? May I pound the garlic please?”