Last week I got back on track with cooking and I decided we’re having steak for dinner. I’ve never ever cooked steaks before. I was so clueless as a child in math class.

What I did: I rinsed the steaks first and then I added some spices to them. Fried my steaks for 2 minutes on each side. I prepared my marination which included black pepper, soya sauce, bbq sauce, smoked tobasco, lemon, green pepper and onions sliced into thin circles. Poured it over my steaks, covered my dish with foil and placed the steaks in the oven for about an hour and 30 minutes to cook.

While it was cooking, I prepared the side dish of mashed potatoes and steamed veggies. The last thing I remembered was the mushroom sauce so I called up a friend for some tips on that and before the steak was ready, I let out a huge sigh. I was done! The steaks were amazing. I didn’t know I can cook so damn well lol.

Hassan weaned himself off the bottle and now he doesn’t even drink any milk I offer him, and there’s no way he’ll drink milk out of the cup. He didn’t even like any of the flavoured milks I bought him. I’ve tried giving him other dairy products which he didn’t mind having when he’s pretty hungry otherwise he’d refuse to eat them. I’m not so worried as long as he’s growing up to be healthy, hamdillah.

New words: ‘oh no!’

I couldn’t sleep yesterday, my allergy kept me awake until the late hours of the night. My head felt so heavy and my body was so weak I couldn’t move. I gobbled down a zyrtec tablet and then I was able to fall asleep.