Pet Project: huey&wah @ Etsy
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I used to bake for the dogs back then but I have to admit that with so many things in my to-do list, this is just not the priority now.
A few months ago I met a wonderful Etsian in the forum, who was very kind and shared with me one of her dog treat recipes. I’ve been wanting to try my hands on it since then! And finally when I had most, if not all of the ingredients ready yesterday, I decided that it’s about time for me to bake for the dogs again.
The recipe called for some chicken broth. I didn’t have any but I did have a piece of chicken breast, carrots, and Italian Parsley. So I made some in the morning.
After all the mixing and stuff, for some reason the dough was too soft / sticky, and when it was my favourite part of cutting them up with my new cookie cutter, IT JUST WON’T CUT because it was too sticky! So as you can see, I had to bake them in one whole sheet…
About 30-40 minutes later, I think it was almost done, so I took it out and I DON’T CARE I HAVE TO USE MY COOKIE CUTTER. So I cut them into shapes, put more egg wash, and bake for another 10-15 minutes. Lovely! :)
And what did I do with the chicken breast in the broth? I made yummy chicken salad for the family at night. I swear it tasted as good as it looked.
This morning I thought I’d take a photo of how the dogs sat and waited for their new treat but gosh it was like a circus, or carnival, or some sort. Coco ran towards the table where I put the treats and snatched one without my permission, and ran ALL OVER the yard to get away from me. When I finally got her after like 5 or 10 minutes of running, I can’t believe that she was still having the treat in her mouth – not chewing on it yet!
Crappy little black dog.
Both the dogs are having ticks and fleas problem lately – something that I really hate. I’ve just had this with them about a month or two ago, and I thought I’ve killed all the little buggers. This problem is so much difficult to handle when they are outdoor dogs.
I don’t quite like using chemicals on them. I know I’m mostly the as-natural-as-possible type a.k.a vet’s enemy (I haven’t found a vet who totally like my idea, yet), and I just couldn’t get myself to use those heavily-poisoned drugs on them. Notice that whenever you are handling those things, they’ll ask you to wear gloves?
Natural remedies don’t always have instant results. It’s just like when you are taking herbal medications. They don’t always give you the instant-OK. But one thing for sure, they are always healthier.
So this round for the battle with the ticks and fleas, I’m using diluted Eucalyptus Oil. It has a strong but refreshing smell that bugs like ticks and fleas, or even mosquitoes don’t fancy.
I added a few drops in the water and spray some over the dogs after bathing. Making the dogs clean is not enough – their living area has to be clean too. So I mixed up extra and pour it over their living area at the yard. And then of course, I still continue to manually pick out the buggers on them every evening – and I love to see that it’s getting lesser and lesser. It’s a little slower – this is a repellent, not a killer – but it’s a lot healthier.
My father got little niece a new bubble-blowing toy, and they decided to blow some this evening. While Coco was a little reserved with the whole idea, Xiao Bi went all OMG BUBBLES!
Notice Coco watching from a distance?
WARNING: Nobody gets near the bubbles and Xiao Bi the Bubble Buster!
Ever since we came back from Kelantan last weekend, Wah has been, well, let’s just say that his holiday wasn’t over yet and it’s like all he ever wanted to do was sleeping, eating, playing FishVille on Facebook (which according to him, was for the sake of his nieces and nephews), reading books, watching movies, and occasionally using his brain to think of our next plan.
I’m not complaining but it’s so hard to get him up to work. If you know how it feels to get an 8-year-old up to go to school after the holiday, you’ll understand how I feel. I swear if I could, I’ll do EVERYTHING myself. I mean, come on, those banners were there since three weeks ago, and they are still there! What about our targets? What about the new supplies coming in next week? Huh? Huh?
But. Someone woke up and decided that he’ll start working today. Phew.
P/S: Yes we are quite poor and sometimes we work on the floor, sitting on our beloved cutting mat. That’s why we need to get ourselves a workshop.
I have this weird ‘habit’ – or I’m not sure how should I categorise it. I often got into this ‘craving’ mode whereby I just CRAVE for a type of food, and if I don’t have it, I’ll go crazy. I know I sound like a pregnant women – my mother thought I was pregnant when she realised I behave this way too.
Anyhow. Last night I was suddenly craving for baked rice with cheese and tomato paste. Mmm… sounds good. It was almost midnight and of course, not only there is no one out there selling this, I didn’t want to go out at that hour just for that funny habit of mine too. So I googled, and realised that, hmm, perhaps I could simplify the already-seemed-easy recipe (which by the way, I’ve only quickly glanced through two recipes) and fix my crave at home.
I went down and found some leftover rice. No meat, so I thought I could just fry an egg. No mozzarella cheese, so I thought I could use the cheddar cheese slice for little niece. And no tomatoes! OK never mind, I’ll just use tomato sauce. See when I told you I’ll go crazy if I don’t eat what I was craving for?
So I preheated the oven, heated the pan, fried an egg, added the mixed vegetable, stir in some tomato sauce, and added the rice. And then I placed everything in a bowl and topped it up with a piece of cheddar cheese, and placed it in the oven. This is what I’ve got after approximately 7 minutes.
I swear it will taste really good if I have a tomato, some meat, and mozzarella cheese.
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