Never once in my life I ever thought that one day I'd be like this...like now....that I would cook and bake so happily, with no grudge, anger nor laziness.

Before I got married, I hate going to the kitchen. I'd only go to the kitchen if I have to. Even when I was living alone in Singapore, I'd only make instant noodle, fried egg, a lousy fried rice, green bean, etc.

Somehow or rather, the moment I'm in LA with hubby...I just want to cook for him. I'd happily go to the kitchen and stir something for him. I still remember the 1st meal I made for him was Chicken Soup with potato and carrot (my grandma's recipe) coz that's the only decent soup I could make.

Hub ate with no complaint, which excite me further. I then stir fry some veggies, hub, again, ate with no complaint and said "niceeee". Again, I make more and more stuff. The 1st 6months we mostly ate only soup or stir fry veggies.

I don't let hubby cook much since he's working and I'm just staying home do nothing.

After that 6months, I somehow became more and more inspired to cook. I'd google around to find recipes to cook for hubby. Anything that's not too tough.

One day, after made Ayam Rica-Rica (Indonesian meal) I decided to take a picture of it for memory. That became a habbit. Soon enough, we almost took picture of every new meals that I made. Looking through all these pictures, I realised how far I've come.
From being able to only make fried rice, I could now make a variety of meals for hubby.

I'd steam, deep fried, stir fry, sautee, bake, grill....or boil.
Wow..apparently cooking is fun ehhh...

After getting a hang of cooking, I started to try on baking. Started from baking a simple chocolate chip cookies from the pre-mixed boxes in the market that I only need to mix it with egg and milk. Then proceed to variety Sponge Cake, Indonesia dessert and now....cream puff.

Oh ya....I also made pork steam bun twice already, and hubby loves it. One of the meal that I like to make the most is dumpling. I've tried boil it, deep fried, pan fried, bake and steam. I've recently discovered the trick on how to steam it nicely.
In the past, I only like the dumpling if it's being pan fried, but it's so oily and fattening.

Gosh...who knows cooking and baking could be this fun and interesting.

I realised....the main reason why I'm doing this with no complaint is coz I'm doing this for my beloved hubby. He's the best eater ever. He won't complaint much on what he likes and doesn't like. He doesn't make much demand of wanting to eat certain foods (thou I still cant make his 2 most fav meals), and he'd give me honest answer. He just knows how to tell me how good is my food nicely without insulting me....

Almost everyone were surprised to discover that I can cook...and cook quite well. Especially my mom. She really can't believe it coz moments before we got married, mom still nagging me that I refused to learn how to cook and do house works. I told her "take it easy...I can do it once I'm married"

Funnily enough, it's true. I could just do all those out of my love to my husband

My mom always said this "I should have just used all that money you used to study your Master degree for something else, since you are only staying home and become housewife"
haiyaaa.....

Shall post more of my cook here. I know it's not perfect, but I'm happy enough that Hub loves it...

Love you, hub ^^