Food connects people

I had finally done something I have always wanna to do today.

I decided to go simple, start simple.

Chicken chop it is, everyone likes chicken chop.

Menu of the night 

Chicken chop

 with mushroom sauce

though in the end,
I made some black pepper sauce too.
The chicken didn't turn out very nicely in the end when I used up the last bit of the bread crumb and reheat the chicken at 9.30pm.
Another thing, one particular brand of mushroom soup doesn't blend in well with the chicken.

The spicy potato wedges was a failure because the spices I used didn't turn out okay.

Lesson of the day was to not mess with different spices if you don't know them well.

I made the salad, 

just some butterhead lettuce with thousand island,

just to lighten the meal a little.

Mini apple pies

Bought some ready-to-use dough from the market,
the whole wheat dough was quite nice,
the apple pies was nice and crispy
with the aromatic cinnamon apple filling that was nicely caramelized.

Orange ice cubes soda

This simple beverage was very much appreciated!
With my effort to prepare the ice cubes in the morning to allow them to set and ready for the night.

I gotta say,
I practically lived a housewife's life yesterday.
I did lotsss of laundry, cleaned stuffs and prepared foods.
It was tiring because I had been preparing the meals throughout the day.
The pre-preparation, marinating chicken, baking the desserts,
and the amount of dishes I'd done.
Thanks to the anti-allergy medication and cream, my fingers are still okay.
Then the last touch-up of each plates were done several batches.
First in late afternoon, I prepared one for myself, tasting purpose, knowing the fact that I won't be able to really sit down and eat later.
Then at 6pm, for Sange (third brother);
7pm plus for Erge (second brother);
9-9.30pm for XiaoYi (aunt), little cousin and Dage (eldest brother).

Though things weren't smooth,

it's the satisfying, happy faces of the loved ones 

that tells you "it's tasty" 

that's worth all the love of the world.

Most importantly,
I can sit together with my loved ones on the table.
Enjoy the moment, small talk, ...

The is the second time I prepare a western meal of at least 3 courses.
1st time was last Christmas,
prepared for dearest bro LiWen during the Christmas eve 2010.

Looking forward to the 3rd one ;)

appreciate life,