Upsss... I didn't bring anything, but I had something share about. As I was inspired by Penne in Vegetable Marinara Sauce of Bellissimo Restaurant which we had on Sunday (July 13, 2008) at Winnipeg Folk Festival, I tried to make my own at home two days ago. At the festival, some restaurants had their booth to serve people who came to enjoy the music.

On the next picture, you will see a red long pepper. Whilst I was doing my grocery shopping at Superstore, I was curious with those red peppers. On the package, it was said "very sweet red pepper". They were really sweet and taste just like bell pepper, sweeter that red bell pepper and have less seed.

In this recipe, I used roasted garlic marinara sauce ready to use; in addition, I put garlic, basil, spinach and the new variant of red pepper. Please enjoy the photoset of Penne in Vegetable Marinara Sauce.

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Tempura for the craveness! Have you ever get bored of of this Japanese crunchy deep-fried? I never ever get tired of them; furthermore, you will perceive another post of tempura next time. that I have kept since I have been busy with my routine. Eventually, I will post them.

Red Pepper Tempura
Modified by me

Ingredients:
2 red peppers
1/2 pkg tempura mixed flour ready to use
3/8 cup cold water (4C or 40 F)
1 - 2 tbsp coconut cream powder

Directions:
1. Remove the stem and seeds from each pepper, cut them in quarters, then cut them a half.

2. Combine flour, coconut cream powder and water; whisk quickly. Dip gently red pepper slices into batter. Deep fried in hot oil until it turn golden brown and cooked through. Serve with tentsuya.

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Received some message from Dwiana of The Adventure of My Cooking Diary, my Foodie fellow. Together with Fitri and Dhi, she has coordinated Foodie Photography Event "Red & White". Red and White is the colors of Republic of Indonesia flag. The Red and White or known as Sang Saka Merah Putih is the national flag of Indonesia. Red represents bravery, while white represents the spiritual element.

The flag itself is based on the flag of the 13th century of Majapahit empire. This empire was an Indianized kingdom based in eastern Java from 1293 to around 1500, which was the last major Hindu realm in the Malay archipelago. It is considered as one of the greatest states in Indonesian history. The successful era of this empire was from 1350 to 1389 when it dominated other kingdoms in the southern Malay Archipelago, Borneo, Sumatra, Bali, and the Philippines.

The month of August is getting closed now. People who live in the North part, are familiar with the warm feelings of this month bring. This also means mid summer for some........ vacations to others.... or sitting on a beach watching sunset with a glass of margarita in hand for a few.

However, do you know that in August, some years ago, a couple had their parachute wedding for the first time in the world, a man name Priestly discovered oxygen and Galileo demonstrated his first telescope to the Venetian lawmakers. Therefore, it was also the day when Indonesia declared independence from the Dutch Colonial, August 17, 1945.

In the spirit of celebrating the Independence Day, the freedom in every aspect of life hopefully, we would like to see the creative spirit within YOU. If you have a talent in cooking or baking, food styling or food photography, show it to us, flaunt it.

Even if you don't think you have a talent, just send it anyway. We would like to see it! The theme is "Red and White" but it may be stretched as far as you can think of. Anything red and white, visual or concept wise, taste wise... anything. You don't have to be an Indonesian to participate this event.

Be creative as much as you can. There are some cool door prizes waiting for you. Remember, winning isn't everything, but having fun is. So let's have fun and let that creativity spilling over. One participant can only send one entry.


Just don't forget to send in your entry to redwhiteevent@gmail.com by August 15, 2008 by midnight GMT+7

Ensure that you submit all details below

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Thank you to Margot of Coffee and Vanilla for nominating my blog on her food photography blog event, Inspiring Food Photography. Thank you to everyone who voted for me. Here is the trophy that I received.

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