inapaarman – Queen Pam Cooks

Beef Strips with Sweet Potatoes

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019

“My fellow believers, when it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties, see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can!”
‭‭James ‭1:2‬ ‭‬‬

Greetings Beloveds

Being a believer is something else hey, believing in God especially because wow 😯 sometimes I do not get how He is able to give so much credit to our capabilities as human beings. I mean did you read today’s scripture? At least twice please. Can you in your right mind go through the most and not think that people hate you, sob and cry “life is not fair”, “this is not working out I’m giving up” and, and? A normal person would but not us – us believers see our difficulties as opportunities to experience joy, oh I love this translation so much – we are in fact supposed to be happy and rejoicing when trials come in our walk of living our purposeful lives because that’s when we are able to experience the greatest joy there ever is. Don’t look for joy when all things are going well for you because you will only find it when trials come your way. Now I get why “happiness” isn’t part of the fruit of the Holy Spirit but joy is|we will one day tackle the differences, for now let’s head to the kitchen 👩‍🍳

Tonight we are making a stir fry, I don’t know why I don’t take enough pictures honestly. See how we face trials even on things we deem petty, but we will be okay..

I bought already cut beef strips because #convenience, added bell peppers – I cut them myself in strips and mushrooms.

Waited for the vegetables to cook a bit then added beef stock powder from Inapaarmans Kitchen.

Seasoning time is my favorite because I like experimenting with these flavors – tonight I added garlic and herb, white pepper, corn flour and sea salt. Y’all can tell it does look yummy.

I made sweet potatoes on the side

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed

Saucy Beef with Veges

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019

“God, you give true peace to people who depend on you, to those who trust in you.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26:3‬ ‭

Greetings Beloveds

A part of me wants to make excuses upon excuses about why I have been away but another part of me knows very well that I actually have no valid excuse at all so let’s just talk about today’s verse for a minute, shall we? Is that okay with you? I knew it would be😊. So much happens in our lives, so much comes in our way of living our purposeful lives, we come across so much that tries by all means to disturb our peace but here, today, right now we are being assured that God, God gives TRUE PEACE, you know that peace that Paul speaks about in Philippians when he says it surpasses all human understanding, when people can see and from their observation you are justified to break down but they see you are glowing because you are dependent on the God you trust and in return He grants you TRUE PEACE that even enables you to sleep peacefully at night with no care whatsoever about what happens next. Okay, this was my word🙌🏽, let’s just see what we are having tonight.

The last time I blogged we were wrapping up our Seafood Theme right, so can I please have a drum roll for the introduction of this week’s theme 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 we are BEEFING😅 it is all about beef this week and I am super excited because I haven’t beefed in a long time.

This won’t be long because it was such a quick, yummy meal. I got my rump steak at Woolies and seasoned it with this Cajun spice from Inapaarman’s kitchen, pan seared it for a few minutes.

I then added, caramelized onion chutney , jalapeño chutney and oyster flavored sauce all from Woolies. The combination adds a very lovely flavor, you should definitely try it.

In the meantime I steamed my vegetables which consisted of butternut, baby marrow and cauliflower.

Just like that my meal was done.

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋😋

Mussels in Garlic and Mustard Sauce

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019Leave a comment

Greetings Beloveds❤️

I am finally back from a very well deserved break😅 I was not just lazing around😊, I was away for a few days. Well actually my friend (Millicent) was celebrating her birthday and being the selfless soul that she is; she suggested that we go to the #DstvDeliciousFestival to be fed like there was no tomorrow🙈, I wouldn’t say no to an event that requires me to have food, never. To say we enjoyed ourselves would be an understatement, we are definitely going back next year💃🏽

We met so many chefs there, professionals and self taught alike, which brings me to our scripture. Well it is kind of harsh but honestly it got me thinking that as much as we talk about our gifts and purpose, we should not make the mistake of thinking that our passions are more important than those of other people. Our God of abundance has gifted some of us with the same gifts and there’s absolutely no reason to compare ourselves with ourselves – the Bible tells us that we are foolish if we do that. The pie is so big – all the food stalls that were on that festival were occupied😊. If you are a chef, excel in your lane and don’t think you are better than the other chef – that’s what I am saying basically.

Look at how long my introduction is, let’s get straight to our meal of the day or night💁🏽‍♀️. I have never made mussels before so tonight I thought why not try them out – what could be so hard🤔. I bought mine at Pick n Pay.

I don’t know because obviously I have never made mussels before but I think their make or break would be their sauce. I started mine by sautéing garlic in butter then added cream.

Cooked in medium heat until the sauce started to thicken then I added oregano.

In the meantime, I made sure the mussels were dry and placed them in a pan. Added white pepper and seasoned sea salt on my almost ready sauce.

Poured the sauce over the mussels.

Into the oven they went. In literally 10 minutes they were ready.

I don’t know what happened to my lemon juice and mustard sauce picture💆🏽‍♀️ but I added those two together and poured all over the cooked mussels hence the color💛

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

Stuffed Snoek with Avo

September 18, 2019Leave a comment

I have noticed that I don’t greet you guys, such a bad habit🙄.

Hello Beloveds❤️, I hope you like that pet name I have for you because I think it is the most appropriate based on how I feel about y’all☺️

Let’s get right into it – today’s verse teaches us that our God given gifts are not to benefit us but are for the benefits of other people. Imagine how it won’t make sense to cook delicious food that only you get to eat🤦🏽‍♀️. I learned recently that we are not responsible for the gifts that God didn’t give us meaning that if I can’t sing God is not expecting me to sing like Adele [insert your fav musician]. I am responsible for the gifts I know He has given me and may I just ask that we don’t “copy” other people’s gifts – make it a point to flourish in what you are gifted in and you will know if your motives are wrong, your conscience will let you know. We will obviously stumble and fall because this is a journey, good to know that the Holy Spirit is here to help us.

Tonight we are having my husband’s favorite meal to make – I thought why not also try it, hopefully I do justice to it like he does. I started off by defrosting the Snoek.

I decided to stuff it with sweet peppers, mushrooms, garlic, ginger and chili.

Spice of the day was this yummy flavorful Cajun Spice from https://www.paarman.co.za/

Then I gently opened the snoek, rubbed it with olive oil and added my stuffings.

Covered it with foil and into the oven it went.

Beloveds, how amazing does it look, I will start timing #NoteToSelf☺️ but I kept opening it up to see if it’s coming along okay until I was satisfied with how it looked and tasted🤤.

I cut it nicely then, added avocado then… I Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed 😋😋😋

Seafood Paella

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

I believe the Holy Spirit led me to this verse to remind me that we need each other as we embark on our servitude journeys, I mean we are serving His people right and in that way we have to be able to carry each other’s burdens one way or the other. I was reminded particularly of this when I introduced the weeks’ theme. Some people really look forward to what is next in our kitchen💁🏽‍♀️ so when I introduce a theme they are quick to think of things I should definitely try and that to me is a definition of bearing one another’s burdens and by doing so the law is fulfilled because Jesus wants us to be of help to each other at the end of the day.

I’m thankful to Zinzi for suggesting I try PAELLA; to tell you the honest truth I had no idea what it was but I was adamant to search for it and find it so I can try it out because there was no way I could be making the same old hake for the whole week😂

Off I went to the shops in pursuit of Paella, I was hoping for a “Paella Mix”😁 lo and behold I found it at Pick n Pay.

***NB: Drain all the water on a paper towel.***

First things first – yes you guessed it. Peppers😀 in a Masala spice.

I then mixed them with my Paella, fried the mixture together for a while then added a chicken stock, let it simmer.

I made basmati rice on the side then added it to the Paella.

I Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

Chicken Gizzards with Quinoa

September 10, 2019

If there’s something I say a lot and sometimes in a form of a joke is that “I AM HERE TO SERVE”💁🏽‍♀️. I was at a wedding last weekend, after the reception ended and people started leaving I found myself getting up to clear the tables by removing all the decoration so that its owner will just arrive, count her things and pack – when the other ladies saw me doing it they got encouraged and started helping me. The wedding planner was amazed and couldn’t stop thanking me but to me it was not a big deal at all. I don’t want to miss an opportunity to live out my purpose and now that I know it is to SERVE I will do it faithfully🙌🏽

Tonight’s chicken delicacies come in a form of chicken gizzards. I like them but I don’t like the fact that they take a long time to cook and for someone who is in to quick meals this can be a bore🙄.

Anyways, I started cooking the gizzards first in salt and pepper then did my vegetables actually I didn’t “do” them, I sautéed them 😅🙈 in butter; I had baby corn, mushrooms and sugar snap peas all together seasoned with a Veggie spice from Robertsons.

Gizzards were all cooked by now so I added them to my veggies.

Some of you know by now that we use this stock from InaPaarman’s a lot so tonight I used the chicken flavored one.

Look how amazing this already looks and the aroma is out of this world.

I made quinoa on the side.

Mixed everything together. Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

Chicken Livers and Garlic Bread

September 5, 2019September 6, 2019

A little background of today’s scripture. Picture a group of prophets cutting down trees with axes, one of the prophets loses his ax head into the water and he becomes really upset and worried because well well the ax was borrowed. Wait a minute and quickly imagine the ax as anything you have lost that actually God borrowed you – yep that skill that only you have, that passion, that talent, that heart of serving, your purpose🙆🏽‍♀️, your love for blogging😉. Our introduction can’t be this long🙈 we will carry on with this story tomorrow.

It’s a new week and we have a new theme. We shall call it 🥁🥁🥁 “Chicken Delicacies”. Yep, all things inside a chicken😋 and we start off with the ever so yummy chicken livers.

Started by sautéing (let me use this word for a lil longer🙈) mushrooms and bell peppers in a garlic and ginger paste.

Then I added my chicken livers in this mix, kept stirring because we don’t want burnt livers here but don’t overdo the stirring lest they lose their original shape (you know what I mean right)

In went this curry and smoked paprika from https://www.woolworths.co.za and my favorite sea salt from https://www.paarmans.co.za

Favorite part has to be sauces, I love sauces you guys. I used prego, tomato and sweet chili

Forgot to take a picture of the garlic bread I used but I am certain any can be used💁🏽‍♀️ be sure to follow the instructions on its packaging.

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

Butternut Rounds meet Sweet Chicken and Creamy Spinach

September 4, 2019

I don’t know if it is because I declared that I will not only be excited about serving but I will wake up everyday looking forward to it. Indeed there is so much power in declarations, I woke up this morning so glad thinking that this is the day that the Lord has made, this is a brand new day and blogging like serving just takes a day at a time.

We are wrapping up our “Rice, Chicken and Veggies” theme, I got WhatsApp messages from my contacts saying they have tried some of the recipes and enjoyed them. Glory be unto to God🙌🏽

We close off our theme with a “Sunday Meal”. First things first – chicken seasoning, this is what I used. Then into the oven it went.

For the spinach, I started with frying mushrooms then added my washed spinach, seasoned with my favorite sea salt.

I made a sauce for my chicken in the meantime, which consisted of sweet chili, monkey gland and lime juice. No measurements there – your chef intuition must just come through 😅. Poured it on my almost cooked chicken and put it back to the oven.

Took out salted butter and sautéed (I’ve always wanted to use this word🙈) the butternut rounds, no seasoning required here because our butter is salted💁🏽‍♀️

Added cream to my spinach and mushrooms mix – please do forgive me because I honestly don’t remember which one I used, forgot to take a picture but you can see it looks delish already.

Paired my rice with sweet corn this time around. This is how my chicken came out like.

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

Fried Rice with Wings

September 3, 2019October 15, 2019

I legit take this blog as a form of serving, I say it over and over again to myself when I don’t “feel” like blogging – that actually this is not at all about me, it is about serving The One who has given me this passion and this gift (it is a gift😊). I couldn’t be more convinced that my energy, my time, my commitment to this blog is a form of serving God and I won’t be lazy, I want to wake up everyday looking forward to and being excited about serving Him.

You know there are meals we hear about or see on Pinterest and think I don’t think I can make that, maybe because we think it’s out of our league or we just won’t enjoy it. I have plenty of those but for this theme it had to be fried rice, it looked so complicated for me but I can’t be cooking rice the old same way on a daily so why not try make fried rice💁🏽‍♀️

Plus the husband bought me proper non-stick frying pans. I’ve been deceived for so long💆🏽‍♀️. I believe my meal is definitely going to make a proper turnout. The pans are Baccarat from https://www.home.co.za

Who else is here for the word “Chef”🙋🏽‍♀️

I started off with my vegetables which consisted of bell peppers, green beans and tiny cut carrots, added diced bacon and this Garlic Man (Crushed Garlic and Ginger).

I told you how the husband isn’t a fan of onions right? I used my green onion seasoning from https://www.paarman.co.za instead of real onions.

While that is frying, I quickly marinated my chicken wings to get them ready for the oven. I used these sauces… and put them on the oven.

I started cooking my rice on the side – have you noticed how I don’t take pictures of my rice? I assume we all know how to cook basmati for about 10minutes😅. I mixed it well with the vegetables and started the fun part.

The wings were also ready and oh so yummy.

I opened up a well in the middle and poured my scrambled eggs. Make sure the eggs are medium to well then start mixing everything together and that’s your fried rice😉

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed 😋😋

Drumsticks Stew and Rice

September 2, 2019September 2, 2019

You know sometimes we are troubled by even things we thought would never be a problem in our journeys, let’s take this blog for an instance – I decided I will open with a scripture every time I write a new blog post. I did not think it will be an issue because how many verses does the bible have right? Wrong, as much as we have verses to last us a lifetime finding the relevant one for a specific opening is not an easy thing. Now you can imagine how ecstatic I was when I came across the assurance in His Word that as much as I will be facing troubles in this journey, God will come to the rescue each time.

With that being said, we are still on our rice, vegetables and chicken theme. To avoid making trips to the shops, I bought one mixed pack of chicken with 4thighs, 4drumsticks and 4wings, separated them accordingly in my ziplocks. So tonight we are going to have drumsticks.

I fried carrots, baby marrows, and the drumsticks in garlic and herbs, then added a chicken stock from https://www.paarman.co.za I love, love their products as most of you have noticed. They are flavorful for my liking.

On the side I prepared my jasmine rice with turmeric.

Less than 30 minutes type of meal, I dished up, served and we enjoyed😋😋