Sunday Food Prep

Last Sunday I cooked for my parents, brother and partner. I usually wake up around 4:00am but since it was a Sunday (and I watched TV till late the night before), I got up at 5:00am.

Shortly after that, it rained very heavily. Arghh!!! How I wished I could stay in bed hah...hah...hah...

First thing was to take out the marinated chicken (to come to room temperature) and roast the veggies.

As usual, cherry tomatoes. They were washed and air dried the evening before. So I just needed to rub them with olive oil and roast them in the air fryer.

Then it was the capsicums' turn.

Next thing was to roast the chicken legs in the (big ass) oven.

While all that was happening, I terlebih rajin and decided to prepare extra food for my parents and brother.

Bacon, sausages and eggs.

I packed these for them so that they could have it for dinner with bread. I also supplied a big can of baked beans.

I know that pre-fried bacon, eggs and sausages may not be ideal but I think they are convenient. If you are not fussy of course. I can eat these things straight out of the fridge. But that's me.

Then I cooked spaghetti which is not in the photo. 

Time to assemble.

The spaghetti was a bit of a disaster because I did not fry enough garlic and onions. So it was a bit dry. I felt sorry for the less than stellar grub. 

Very sadly that afternoon, my dad had to be rushed to the ER due to massive bleeding. So the bacon/eggs/sausages were left uneaten. My poor brother had a long day accompanying our dad at the ER. When he left the hospital (it was already evening by then), dad was not even warded yet. That is how congested the medical system is. Mum waited at home.

As at the time of writing, dad is still in hospital and my brother and I make our daily rounds to visit him. Everyday (except for Sundays when I drop food and then leave to take care of my own stuff) I make my trek from office to visit mum and then back again.

As a result of this I clock up more than the 6,000 steps set on the app on my phone (I still haven't figured out how to fiddle with this thing yet. Prior to this, my step count is way less than 6,000).

I am sure I clock up much more because my phone is not on me the whole time (like at home or at the office, I do walk quite a lot in the house).

One day I even clocked up more than 10,000 steps.

Good exercise for me!

So yesterday, I quietly took back the two boxes of uneaten bacon, sausages and eggs. Don't want it to go to waste lah, ya. I reheated the balance of the bacon (I ate some cold at the office) and one sausage (I realized one sausage was already eaten, good!) for dinner. Oh, the bacon came out so crunchy! 

That's not all I had. On Sunday, I also food prepped chicken wings for myself.

For lunch Sunday, I gave myself a Black Angus sirloin treat. It was so good!

So that's my life these days. Lots of walking and hospital visits.

Well, updating my blog is part of my stress relief measures. I wish I could update more frequently but alas time does not permit. Till next time, eat well, exercise and stay healthy!