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Friday, September 14, 2012

An Obligation to Cook

Earlier this week spelled exhaustion for me.

In the span of 8 hours, I could barely stay home for half an hour. And each time when I wanted to catch up on Facebook, I had to scoot off within a few minutes to start my "mom/wife taxi service".

So I decided that on such busy days when I am required to cook, I was gonna make dinner ultra simple. I don't even consider it as cooking! So all you mamas out there who claim you can't cook, surely you would agree to my lazy cooking version!

I happened to pass by Cold Storage and bought 2 pcs of smoked duck breast meat at the deli section. One in original flavor for the kids and the other black peppered one for hubs and I.  It costs $3.95 per piece. Got hold of fresh tomatoes to add into my bottled pasta sauce and a packet of spaghetti. And wala! Whipped this up in under 45 minutes.

 
I made some croutons for topping on soup but I didn't even have time to prepare soup!
So I used it as garnish here. (psst, it didn't go well with the pasta by the way.)
The smoked duck is super-delicious! Tender and flavorful.
 
Care to share what do you cook if you are tired out but still want a meal at home?
 
Till the next post, have a blessed week!


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11 comments:

  1. MamamieSeptember 14, 2012 at 8:44 AM

    Sure look very delicious, all ur food is making me drool as usual :)

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    1. UnknownSeptember 14, 2012 at 10:08 AM

      You should get a pail ready every Friday morning to catch your drool. :p

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  2. pcSeptember 14, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    Well, i have so many time of tiredness but still want to have meal at home! So once in a while, after work before head home, I'll hop to sushi bar @ FP Fineest or CS! sashimi for the big boy and maki roll for the girls;)! Doesn't that count? ;p.

    Sometime, i get those marinate meat & butterhead lettuce. cook rice, grill the meat, wash the veges, and wua-la~!

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    1. UnknownSeptember 14, 2012 at 10:09 AM

      haha! as long as the food is eaten at home is a home meal? :p Eh, I've not tried those marinated meat from CS before. Should do that next time when I am pressed for time. Thanks for sharing that!

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  3. DinoMamaSeptember 14, 2012 at 9:33 AM

    The smoked duck breast meat are pre packed? Next time if you are in Marks & Spencer grab a few cans of their delicious soup. Its abit pricey but sometimes they will have promo. We love their soup n ditched Campbell out of our "favourite list" unless we ran out of M&S and have to make do wit Campbell.

    BTW, whats the sauce you use for your pasta?

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    1. UnknownSeptember 14, 2012 at 10:11 AM

      The duck breast meat is already cooked at the hot deli section at CS. Not pre packed ones though you can get pre packed ones too. Never tried M&S soups before so yeah! Should go look see. Pasta sauce by Prego brand - traditional sauce. :)

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 9:58 AM

    Looks yummy! And the kids loved the duck? Usually those hawker braised duck ones are a bit too dry for kids.

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    1. UnknownSeptember 14, 2012 at 10:15 AM

      Yeah the kids love the duck! Because its smoked duck, the meat is probably cured thus tender and has a unique flavor. Should try it some time. :)

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  5. Madeline HengSeptember 14, 2012 at 10:50 AM

    Haha that's the only dinner I know how to cook too lol

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  6. jeanSeptember 14, 2012 at 11:13 AM

    This post make me extremely hungry!!! I need to check out cold storage for other meat type similar to this as we don't take duck :)

    Thanks for posting!

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  7. Dominique@Dominique's DeskSeptember 14, 2012 at 3:13 PM

    Whao..smoked duck. Not really into eating Duck but it really looks super yummy.

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