The Laundry Room Tips

A portable laundry rack that runs on wheels is very convenient to have in the house.



It is good for days when it looks like it is going to rain but there are clothes to be washed.  You can push it to the corner where the sun is shining and push it back in when it starts to drizzle.

You can hang many items on this laundry rack as its poles are extendable.



These circular hoop hangers are suitable for hanging heavier clothing such as jeans, pants, thick clothings or sweaters.  There are also useful for hanging bed sheets and pillow cases.



If you hang the bottom of the pants with pegs as shown in the photo, the weight of the pants will pull the creases out as it dries so that there will less creases for you to iron out.



However, instead of using these loop hangers for drying all items in your laundry, it is best that you use the kind that you regularly hang your clothes on in the wardrobe.  These are heavy duty hangers which can be used to hang pants or thicker clothing.  You are likely to get free hangers like the black one if you send your clothes out for laundry service.



The ones below will not take too much space in your wardrobe.  Try not to choose one with smaller hook as it will make hanging it difficult if the poles of your drying rack or wardrobe is of a bigger diameter.



You can remove dried clothes, that do not need ironing, from the laundry rack and store it in your room without the hassle of changing hangers.  Leave the remaining dried clothes on the laundry rack and push it into the room where you do your ironing.

There should also be a fordable umbrella rack for smaller pieces of clothing, such as, inner wear, socks, shorts, mop cloth and small kitchen towels.  One that is strong and large enough that you can hang a few items together is better.



As it is installed with grips at the end of each hanger, you can slip your items into the grips to hold them securely to the rack. An extra clothe peg can be used to prevent the longer pieces, such as,  towels from being blown off by the wind.



Can you count the number of loop hangers you will need if you do not have an umbrella rack like this?  No mad rush to get the clothes in when it rains as you just need to grab this one piece of hanger.

Easy Creamed Spinach (Spinach Gratin)

I found this Quick Creamed Spinach with Cream Cheese Recipe recipe on Masala Herb.  It is an interesting way to serve Spinach.  

I made some modifications to the recipe as I do not cook with olive oil.  I also do not keep stock of herbs usually used in Western dishes.

Here is another variation of it which you can cook with just onion and cream cheese.  It can be served: 

-spread over pancake and rolled up to be eaten.
-with the rolled up pancakes topped with cheese and baked in creamy sauce. 

You can watch this video for instructions.

TENDER LEAFY GREENS BROTH

You can use vegetables to make soup.  You can decide what you would like to add to the soup by looking at the optional ingredients listed.


This is how the cooking process looks like.



Here is a unique way to cook soup with Spinach, century egg and salted egg.

BLANCHING VEGETABLES TO COOK WITH OYSTER SAUCE

This is a 3-ingredient dish.  You will need:

1) Vegetables with heartier stem
2) 2-3 Tbs of oyster sauce
3) Fried garlic with oil

Watch this video to have a look at how the blanched vegetable is cut and served.

 

SPICY RED SPINACH OR BAYAM

Here is how you can fry red spinach or bayam with spices or without.

Jemput Jemput Pisang

We ate Jemput Jemput Pisang for breakfast this morning.

These are the ingredients in it:

500g of ripe banana
3 Tbsp of sugar
3 Tbsp of grated coconut
1/4 tsp of salt
120g plain flour

Here is how it is made.

Leftover rice? Boil porridge with it.

If you cooked your rice with too much water, you can solve the problem by making porridge with the leftover.

Put rice in a pot.



You can add leftover dish like steamed minced pork or oyster sauce chicken to the rice to add flavour to it.  Bones, if any, should be removed from the leftover dish.

If you do not have any leftover dish to add, you can use marinated sliced or minced pork, chicken or fish.  Add fresh ingredients to the pot of rice once the water is boiling.

Ingredients for marinating sliced or minced pork, chicken or fish:

1) Soya sauce
2) Sugar
3) Garlic Oil
4) Corn flour

Add ginger slices or ginger juice to fish.

This is the bowl of leftover steamed minced pork which will be used to make the porridge.



Fill the bowl of leftover dish with boiled water.  That will make it easier to pour dish into the pot of rice and make cleaning up the bowl easier.



Pour the ingredients into the pot of rice.  Add more hot water to cover over the rice.  Turn on heat.  Reduce the heat once the water starts boiling.

Watch the fire, as you do not want the water to boil over and mess up the stove.  Lifting the lid off the pot a bit will prevent that from happening.

Add salt or soya sauce to taste.  This is how the porridge should look like once it is cooked.



You can add pepper to the porridge if you want to.

If you do not add any ingredient to the porridge, you can eat the white porridge with salted egg, salted fish and preserved vegetable.