Marinara Sauce

Ingredients:
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 can (400g) chopped tomatoes
1 tbs tomato paste
350 ml water
2 tsp chicken stock powder
1 tsp oregano
Salt and pepper
1 tsp sugar
2 tbs olive oil

• Preheat 2 tablespoon olive oil in a cooking bowl over medium heat, add onions and garlic, fry until fragrant. 
• Add the tomato paste, cook for about 3 minutes, add in the chopped tomatoes, water and stock powder. Once boiled, turn the heat to low and let it simmer for about 45 minutes until 1 hour.
•  Add in the oregano, sugar, salt and pepper. Serve it hot over some tasty meatballs or simply over some pasta.

Fanny´s Oven baked Meatballs

Ingredients: 

500g ground beef

1 tsp beef stock powder

75g fried onions (i´m using store bought)

1 egg

2 sliced white bread, tear into small pieces

1 1/2 tbs all purpose flour

Salt and pepper (about 1 tsp of salt and 3/4 tsp black pepper)

Olive oil

• In a large bowl combine all the ingredients except olive oil, the best way is using one of your hand to blend them well.
• Preheat oven to 190 ºC (umluft) or 375 ºF, prepare a large baking sheet or you can do batches. Line your baking sheet with parchment paper. 
• Take 1 tablespoon of the meat and shape them into balls,  lay them on the prepared baking sheets about 1/2 cm apart. Drizzle them with olive oil, remember to not excessively drizzle the oil because the meat itself contains oil (fat).
• Bake them for about 18 - 20 minutes. Remove and transfer them to a serving dish. Serve them with marinara sauce.

Indonesian Coconut Rice (Nasi Uduk)

Ingredients: 
2 cups of rice (preferably basmati), rinsed
2 cups of coconut milk
1 cup of water
3 stalks lemon grass (take the white parts only and bruise them)
1 large or 2 small bay leaves
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp coriander powder

Additional:
Fried shallots
Egg omelette, sliced
Fried anchovies (optional)

• In a rice cooker, add 2 cups of rice and the rest of the ingredients, mix it well. Cook rice and 3 to 5 minutes before your rice is done stir again until well mixed and to make sure that the bottom of the rice is not burned. Remove the stalks of lemon grass and bay leaves before serving. 
• Serve the rice with fried shallots, egg and dried anchovies (optional).