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Tuna Cheese Meltz

Sometimes, I just dislike opening a can of tuna because I can only eat that much and the rest must be kept in the fridge. After throwing away a few half cans of tuna, I was feeling guilty and the next time I had tuna leftovers, I am ready to turn them into edible snacks that I can nibble with.

I used these ingredients:

crusty bread (I used batons, or baguettes will be fine too) slice 3 cm thick

tuna flakes (whatever leftover tuna that you can’t finish) mixed with mayo and seasoned with salt and pepper

cheddar cheese (any other cheese would be great as well)

butter or vegetable spread (optional) to spread on the bread.

This is how I did it:

Butter up the sliced bread and spread tuna evenly on top of the bread. Arrange neatly on a baking pan. Repeat for all the slices of bread. Slap on the cheese and and put them to bake at say, 180 degree celcius, or until the bread is crunchy and the cheese melts.

Serve with chilli sauce or your favourite sauces.

Simple, eh?

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Simple Baked Fish

A simple baked fish meal, something that isn’t fit to be called a recipe actually, because I bet anything this simple should be fail proof, unless the fish is burnt. LOL! This baked stingray is done by cleaning and arranging the fish and topping vegetables, pouring the sauce, and off to the oven it goes. Special thanks to JY for alerting me about this wonderful sauce.
What about the sauce? Simple.

A1 Portuguese style steamed fish sauce! This steamed fish sauce rawks I tell you, even better than those ikan bakar stalls in the food courts. The spicy taste, coupled with the sourish and sweetish hint is very appetizing. Best served with steaming hot rice!

With sauces like this everyone could make decent steamed or baked fish at home, yours truly included.

This steam fish sauce could also be used to stir fry meat and vegetables, but of course it will taste best with fish. I’ve used stingray this time round, but any other fishes should be fine. The next time I am making it I will include more vegetable toppings such as lady’s finger, pineapple slices and more beans. One more thing before I forget, prepare some sliced Bombay onion to top on the freshly baked fish to make it yummier!

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Canned Mac and Cheese

For the past few weeks, due to irregular sleeping hours, aside from eating outside in 24 hours food stalls or McDonald’s, I survived on canned food and simple meal.

One of the food that will make me feel full even when I eat small portions of it is macaroni and cheese. I think a can of it could last for two to three meals. The macaroni and cheese came cooked and canned, and I bought them off Tesco’s shelf.

Just pour it out, add some milk and heat it up. Be careful not to let them boil. A simmer is enough.

Garnish with some freshly grounded black pepper and parsley flakes, and dig in. In front of the computer if you like. They are very, very cheesy, and yummy too.

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Vermicelli with Salted Egg Yolks and Canned Crab Meat

This is something out of ordinary, because I just want to do something with the canned crab meat, and since I have extra salted eggs, then vermicelli with salted egg yolks and canned crab meat it is.
Ingredients:

150g vermicelli, soak to soften
300g canned crab meat, or the whole can
2 salted egg yolks, minced
1 onion, sliced
5-8 stalks of spring onions, cut into one inch long
3 tablespoons light soy sauce
2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
4 tablespoons of cooking oil
salt, fish sauce, black and white pepper to taste

canned crab meat

salted eggs, whites discarded. I like this picture. So the cute.
Method:

1. Soak the vermicelli beforehand. I soak them around 15 to 20 minutes to ensure that they are really softened. Then, drain and set aside.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil and put in the minced salted egg yolk. Still fry until fragrant. The salted egg yolks will form foams when heated. When the egg yolks are thoroughly cooked, dish and set aside.
3. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil and add in the onions. Stir for a minute and add in the spring onion, along with the crab meat.
4. Add in the salt, white pepper and black pepper. Stir until thoroughly mixed.Add in the vermicelli and mix both the light and dark soy sauce together, forming a mixture, before pouring into the vermicelli.
5. Stir thoroughly and cook in high heat for a few minutes to ensure overall heat spread. Add some water to moisten, when necessary.
6. Dish and serve with your favourite chilli sauce. Mine is the Maggi Thai Chilli sauce.

Alternatively, the dark soy sauce can be mixed together with the drained vermicelli, if you are not so good in stirring them evenly. This is a beginner method that I have learned.

The crab meat were just too fine to be seen, but they taste great nonetheless. The saltiness of the salted egg yolks in vermicelli is something new to me. I can see the improvements to be made already.

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