Memories in the Cooking

This is a refreshing crunchy salad which will serve as a good side dish.  Ingredients: -1 bunch celery  - 2 apples  - 1 block of Feta Cheese  - 1 cup of dried cranberries  - 1 cup of chopped walnuts  - 1 bunch of mint leaves  - juice of 2 lemons  - 1 bunch of dill  - olive oil  - 1 teaspoon of minced garlic  Procedures: 1. Chop celery and apples. Place them in a salad bowl. Add cranberries and chopped walnuts.  2. Make salad dressing by mixing lemon juice with chopped dill, olive oil and minced garlic.  3. Add salad dressing and toss the salad.  4. Top up with crumbled feta cheese and mint leaves. 

This is a lamb leg recipe that is easy, fast and delicious.  Ingredients:  - Lamb Leg (Butterflied)  - 10 cloves of garlic (crushed) - 1 can of pineapple (chopped) - 3 tablespoons soya sauce - salt, Italian herbs (amount as preferred)  Procedures: 1) Marinate butterflied lamb leg with crushed garlic, chopped pineapple and soya sauce for 24 hours, in the fridge.  2) Let the lamb leg rest at room temperature.  3) Sear the lamb leg on stove. After that place it on a baking tray. Add salt, herbs and olive oil.  3) Oven roast it at 220 degree Celsius for 10 mins (fat side up first).  4) Meanwhile reduce the pineapple garlic into a sauce.  5) Turn the lamb leg over, spread the sauce on the lamb leg. Roast for another 10-15 minutes. Let the lamb leg rest for 30 mins. 

I always thought that Olive Rice is a Thai dish until I found a recipe of it in a Teochew cookbook. If it is really Teochew, then I guess it is closer to my heritage. Anyway, Olive Rice is another hassle-free rice dish for a medium-size party of around 20 people. The olive leaves is so flavourful that no additional seasoning is necessary. Ingredients: - 5 cups of rice - 3 cups of cashew nuts - 3 huge tablespoons of olive vegetables - 3 cups of raisins  - 100g of fried shallots  - 6-8 chinese sausages  - 2 slices of oil preserved fish  - fish sauce  Procedures: 1) Cook rice in rice-cooker. Place chinese sausages on top of the rice when cooking.  2) When cooked, remove the chinese sausages and slice it.  3) Add to the rice - olive leaves, fried shallots, preserved fish, cashew nuts and raisins. Mix it well.  4) Add fish sauce to taste.  5) Arrange the sliced chinese sausages on the rice. Serve.