Zucchini Fritters

The new school year started towards the end of last week. It's back to routine and preparing lunchboxes for my two girls.

This year, I am trying to keep lunchboxes interesting to ensure my girls have enough nutrition to keep them going throughout the day. I decided to give them the responsibility to create their own list of food that they want in their boxes for morning teas and lunch. This way, it gets them involved and gives them ownership of what they eat. They have create a long list of choices which will hopefully make it easier for me to prepare.

This week, I made zucchini fritters for their lunches. I was planning to make zucchini slice, but I forgot to buy some bacon and it was too late to head to the shops. A quick search on www.taste.com.au and I found an easy fritter recipe.

Deep-Fried Onion Chicken in Special Sauce

This dish was one of my sister's favourite dish when we were growing up in Malaysia. There was one restaurant near PJ Hilton, called "Nam Fong" where we go for dinner and this was always something we ordered. Sadly, I don't think the restaurant exists anymore. When I saw this recipe in a "Hawkers' Fare Simplified" recipe book at the Popular bookstore when I was in Malaysia, I had to buy it.

The recipe is a little fiddly because of the deep-frying, but it's tasty. I'm going to cook this for my sister when she visits during Christmas/New Year.


Along with this dish, I also tried a new dish "Steamed Silky Egg". Apologies for the photo - I forgot to take a photo before serving.


Since it's spring/summer time, we can buy 'kangkung' (Water Spinach or Water Convolvulus). So I stir-fried kangkung and leftover shimeji mushrooms with some sambal, not too spicy for hubby.