What's Cookin, Good Lookin?

Q: What’s the most popular question asked by either me or Anak Joglo after we moved in?

A: Is it “What to eat today?”

Yes, blame me the lousy wifey.
I can’t cook.
And I honestly clueless on what food ingredients compulsory to be available in our kitchen.

Especially considering that I still remember vividly the phone conversation between my ex-flat mate when I had just moved to another apartment, during my study in SG:
“Dinda, did you clean up the refrigerator before you move out?”
“eerr…I’m sorry! I was in hurry at that time. So I didn’t have time to clean up. What happen?”
“Well, your 5 months onion and garlic had grown another plant and roots…And there is some greenish fluid spilled all over the place”

Jeez…was I embarrassed (sstt…I actually, intentionally, moved out when she was in Jakarta, so I didn’t have to clean up hee..hee…)

Based on that, I now solemnly swear that I will not buy any spices or food ingredients, unless I know what to make. Or how to make it.

Yet, my title as a wife has forced me to at least think about what to eat that day.

Alhamdulilah, in almost a week living independently, we managed to survive the food challenge!

Well, we're so lucky, since we've enjoyed almost all of 'em by the easy way (translation: sumbangan dan keberuntungan haha...)

Here’s our menu for the past week:

On Saturday (the moving day), Anak Joglo already bought pizza and pasta for dinner. So, lancar lahhh...

On Sunday: we still have some leftover from last night. So breakfast with cold pizza it is! (we still have unpacked the oven toaster). For Lunch, thank to Okky's Mom Nasi Kuning birthday, I secretly whispered to Okky to eat like a horse, since this might be our his last real meal for that day. Alhamdulilah bukan. We, once again, eat like a pig during Okky's mom birthday dinner. Hooray! And since they're worried that we don't have anything to eat the next day (which was so true!), they forced told us to order take away.

Which we obeyed, hence the chicken sandwiches for breakfast on Monday! haha... Since it's weekdays, so we had lunch at the office. I, once again, played a good wife role, texted my husband to remind him to have big lunch, since there is possibility we don't have anything to eat for that night (loh, malah nakut-nakutin). Nah...I finally bought some basic essential emergency food for your home (bread, eggs, butter, cooking oil, cereal, milk, tea, coffee, sugar and salt). You know, just in case. But again, the universe was so nice. My mom told us that some of our clothes and stuffs were still in Pejaten and told us to pick 'em up. So, we had (big) dinner in Pejaten plus brought home martabak manis buat camilan kata mamah And my sister also made us chocolate pudding...*yummyy..*

So, on Tuesday morning, we finally decided to unpack the toaster and had toast and martabak manis for breakfast. We had lunch as usual at the office. And for dinner, I asked Okita to buy Sate Ayam and Soto and I finally couraged myself to use our new rice cooker and cook the rice for both of us. Walau grogi dikit (nelfonin Okky terus cuma untuk nanya takaran air), but I was happy when I asked Anak Joglo how's the result. He gave me thumb up and said: "Pulen, beib!" mantaf....

Nah, Wednesday was the best lah...Despite the fact that we had the same old brekkie, but Okky had to pick some stuffs at Pejaten and my mom packed him Nasi Gudeg komplit for lunch. AND, she already made us 1 plastic bag of her famous dendeng kering, 1 plastic of kering kentang, sambel balado and sambel terasi siap pakai, completed with 1 plastic bag of kerupuk(semua makanan andalan gue untuk di bawa pas di SG lah pokoknya..penyelamatku!) Moma! I luv you so...! Next, it was also Okky's bestfriend's wedding at Balai Sudirman! Huhauhaua... We hit the new low: Perbaikan gizi di kawinan orang...! Ya Allah...enak ya Allah... *sujud syukur*

For Thursday, we had cereal for breakfast and lunch at the office like usual. The new thing was: we decided to have home cooked dinner this time! And most important thing was, we finally used our stove for the first time *terharu, dia suda tidak perewi lagi..*

kebanyakan nonton Master Chef, he insisted to do the cooking

Masak apa sih? huahuhauhua..TELOR DADAR DOANG! :))

Weits, but remember we still have plenty of foods from me Momma..!

ketauan siapa yang selera Padang, siapa yang Sunda. Hint: telor dadar sebelah kiri dikecapin

So, nasi putih (buatan gue tetep harus disebut), telor dadar, dendeng balado, kering kentang dan bakwan goreng (ini tambahan beli gorengan hihi..) dimakan pas sambil nonton Master Chef, rasanya super enak sodara-sodara...

Well, today is Friday already. We're going to KMC tonight and will have Friday dinner date (kalo ga jadi, tinggal melipir numpang makan di Pejaten hihi..). So, nampaknya tidak perlu khawatir :D

For tomorrow, I'm going to attend senam hamil class at KMC semoga bisa bangun pagi so we're going to have breakfast there, and will have lunch at Pejaten (curang), then in the evening, we're going to my baby shower...So, all checked!

For Sunday, Okky's cousin is having Lamaran.. I think you can guess what we're going to do right? Numpang makan, dan (berharap) dikasih bekal buat makan malem huahuahua.. *cough! pathetic! cough!*

Wow, the universe was so kind to us this week...danke Universe! (or mom(s), Okky's bestfriend, my sister).

Yet, after this week is over, I promise to start thinking about making our own dinner.

Wish us luck!