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I made this Hydrangea cuppies for Memorial Day..Well I guess it's a little too late to post now but it's better than never,right? This sponge cake recipe is really soft and light!!Ingredients: For Sponge Cake(A)200 gm granulated sugar(B)150 gm all purpose flour(C)80 gm melted butter(microwave or cooked)Frosting:8 oz cream cheese4 oz unsalted butter,room tempreture500 gm sugar powder.sifted2 tbsp w
Fresh strawberry is abundant and ample before and during summer. Strawberry and all the berries are relatively cheap during these season.I likes to use fresh strawberry to make fruit smoothies,cake and pie.Instead of cream cheese, I used mascarpone cheese as frosting for this strawberry cake.The cake is creamy,soft,light and easy to eat. Ingredients For Sponge Cake:(A)5 eggs150 gm sugar
Fried butterfly shrimp is one of my family favorite snack.The best way to enjoy butterfly shrimp is when the shrimp was fried hot from fryer to table.The butterfly shrimp must be crisp and juicy.I used some leftover white zinfandel to infused in the shrimp for extra zest flavor!!Ingredients:15 extra-large shrimp,peeled,cleaned and butterfly(deviened)`Seasoning:1 tbsp garlic powder1 tsp seasalt1 ts
I have 2 Madeleine pans but only used it once.It's been sitting in my storage for years.I think it's time for me to bake some Madeleine again..This recipe is really simple than I thought..I realize the cakes from silicon Madeleine pan was easy to remove but the cake texture was quite rough.In the other hand the cakes from aluminum pan was stick to the pan even thought&nbs
I have some leftover white zinfandel wine been sitting around in the kitchen for a week.Of course,the open wine is not suitable to drink after been open for a week but it's still alright to use a cooking ingredients.I think using wine to marinate chicken drumstick is ideal since white zinfandel have all the cooking wine ingredients. If you have open wine or leftover wine don't discard,try to
These days making your own salad at home is as easy as ABC.For your convenience ,you can get ready cleaned and washed lettuce,tomato or your favorite fruits at any supermarket counter.Just toss everything in your plate and drizzle with your favorite dressing and you can have a priceless salad in less in 10 minutes!! Viola!! Ingredients: 1 pack of baby spinach(8 oz)1 punnet of Sunburst t
It's Spring season now.We can see Spring flowers blooms everywhere..It's also time for fruity drink since our weather are going crazy from warm to cold and warm again.l bought fresh strawberry from BJ's wholesale almost weekly.Each box of strawberry is 3 pounds,quite lot just for Mishu.These type of fresh strawberry must consume ASAP before it's going bad.So before it's going bad I will toss all t
Blue pea flower or bunga telang is a perennial herbaceous plant. Its leaves are elliptic and obtuse. It grows as a vine or creeper, doing well in moist neutral soil. The most striking feature about this plant are its vivid deep blue flowers. They are solitary, with light yellow markings. They are about 4 cm long by 3 cm wide. There are some varieties that yield white flowers. In Southeast Asia the
Fish is a vital source of food for people. It is man’s most important single source of high-quality protein, providing ~16% of the animal protein consumed by the world’s population.Fish is a healthy source of food if eat moderately.Tilapia is rapidly becoming one of the most popular seafood in the United States.Fresh Tilapia fillets low in fat, low calorie, low carbohydrate and are high in p
Blueberry is relatively cheap everywhere.Nowadays,I realized we don't have to wait for summer for abundant of berries.We can get strawberry,blueberry and blackberries in any season all year long.I preferred to use blueberry for butter cake.This type of butter is really suitable for any berries especially blueberry. Ingredients:(A)250 gm unsalted butter,room temperature230 gm&n
It's been awhile since I make any home bread at home.Our weather is still cold and windy,so baking during this season is really suitable ,especially the aroma from the oven when spread all over the house is really comforting and homey.I adapted this recipe from chef Khoo See Yew's DIY Home Bread book.The recipe is simple and the step to step is easy to follow as well.
When is the right time to braised corn beef for your family? For me,I braised corn beef once a year during St Patrick Day only!! This year I mixed the spices on my own but hubby complaint about the cinnamon stick and star anise that I tossed in with the rest of spices.I took the idea from Alton Brown's Food Network but he said the flavor is too powerful and not what he used to it.Well,I
For Mishu violin graduation ceremony,I made this batch of muffin.To be more specified it's for her Twinkle Theme graduation. Her music teacher told me that usually the parents will bring in some snack to celebrate when the children graduate from certain level..I adapted this muffin recipe from Joy of Baking since all school discouraged parents to bring in cupcakes.This muf
The weather at our area or Northeast is still very cool and chilly.In facts these few days we still landed with snow,rain and slush.So the best things to eat during this cool weather is some hearty stewed meat.Hubby preferred beef than pork,so I prepared this Stewed Beef with Steak Spices for him.(I didn't consume beef at all due to religion reason,so I have to drag hubby to test the sea
Yesterday,I made this Valentine cookies for Mishu's classmate.Recently,I admired few popular cookies decoration from facebook.These ladies are really really good with their decoration skill and creative ideas.After reading their posting I tried to follow their recipe and method but fail miserably.Anyway,I think this Valentine's batch is better than the one I make for Monster High cookies.One
Wishing all my beloved readers,friends and family a very Happy Lunar Snake New Year or Gong Xi Fa Cai 2013!! ????!May this coming snake year will brings you and family prosperity,great luck,happiness,peace and good health!!
I made a bunch of banana and chocolate chips muffin for Mishu's classmate on the day of her birthday. Nowadays the new rules for any school for birthday is so strict.No cupcake with frosting or topping,candies or soda are allowed for any birthday party held in class or school.So the best we can do was to bring muffin, pretzel,fruit and juices if we want to celebrate our child birthday in
Last weekend was Mishu 8th birthday.She requested Monster High Theme for her birthday.Too bad her mommy was lazy and lack of skills to make the whole cake,so cupcake is what she get!!Long story short,Mishu suggested her mommy to look into YouTube for the direction and idea how to make the Monster High cupcake when mommy complained she is not creative.Since her mommy want to pleased her a
I invented this so called snack or appetizer while I was making another dishes.Since I have some leftover minced chicken,I used it to mixed with my special ingredients and deep fried it with bread crumb. Taa...dah!! What a delightful snack to have accompany with my favorite mayo and spicy sauce!!Ingredients:(A)300 gm minced chicken1 small onion1 tbsp garlic powder1 tbsp salt1 tbsp ground pepper po
Mishu requested her mommy to buy her frozen chicken pot pie whenever they shop at BJ's wholesale but her mommy promised her that she will make a delicious chicken pot pie myself instead of getting the frozen food.Instead of making the pastry skin,I bought a ready made pastry in box.Read here:lazy!! I guess I always gave myself an excuse that making my own pastry skin it's time consume an
I make this Creamy Broccoli Soup for our Christmas Dinner.This is my first time making this type of creamy soup.I used chicken broth in can as the soup base and fresh broccoli to make this creamy soup.Hubby loves this soup,said it's the best soup he had ..I guess maybe I fried the garlic first and used half and half to make this soup more interesting.If you're up to challenge for creamy brocc
Happy New Year to all my faithful readers,friends and family.May this new year 2013 brings happiness,luck and prosperity to you!!Here is one of Christmas cookies posting that was overdue!! May I present you my creation : Coconut Flake and Peanut Butter Cookies..This cookies is full of coconut flavor that is sweet and exotic.Beside that this cookies is also added with creamy buttery
First of all I would like to wish Merry Christmas to all my beloved and faithfuls readers.May this Christmas and New Year brings joy,peace and happiness to you and your family..I adapted this sugar cookies recipe from joyofbaking.This recipe is easy and simple to make.You can used any type of cookies cutter as long as it's Christmas theme.Enjoy!! Ingredients:Sugar Cookies:3 cups (39
I adapted this Spritz from allrecipes but altered the method and the recipe slightly to suit my liking and convenient.I found this recipe is really good!! Soft and easy melt in the mouth..Instead of using cookies press, I used cake pipping tip and bag for this butter rich soft cookies.I like pipping bag because it's easy to handle and manure while making the pattern.If you like cook
Christmas Day is around the corner.Just last week,I started to bake Christmas cookies.I should start posting my baking sooner but I still having severe cough and sore throat for almost a month.Each day by the time I finished baking,I was exhausted after washing and cleaning.No energy to take photos or write any posting at all.Well ,after weeks I took so much medicine this week,now I feel much bett
I made this dessert:Cream Cheese with Raspberry Sundae for our Thanksgiving .Hubby and Mishu loves it.This week I re-make this dessert again when I get some fresh raspberry since hubby and Mishu loves this dessert very much.This dessert is so easy and simple to make as long as you have three of the basic ingredients in hands.So refreshing and scrumptious delicious!!Ingredients:1 pack cream ch
I adapted this recipe from one of my Delicacies of China Town cookbook.I found this recipe is a real keeper if you're interested to make donut.The texture is fine and soft.Even after 2 days the donut is still very soft.I intended to use panko(bread crumb) for the coating but unfortunately I don't have any panko at home.What I had in my pantry is sweet coconut flake. So sweet coconut flake I used.
As usual we had roasted Turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.Of course,we can't finish the whole bird in one dinner even though I choose the smallest bird.I tried several recipe for the leftover turkey.One of my favorite and simple recipe is this :Roasted Turkey with Shredded Mexican Cheese on Artisan Roll!! Ingredients:1 cup shredded turkey meat,chopped3-4 tbsp mayonn
I adapted this recipe from Anncoo Matcha Marble Chiffon Cake.**http://www.anncoojournal.com/2012/11/matcha-marble-chiffon-cake.html#more**Instead of whole cake I make them into cuppies because we're giving the cuppies as gift to Mishu's Chinese school teachers and parents. The special of this recipe is that it's doesn't have tartar cream and baking powder which is healthy because it
Broccoli Rabe was on sale a week before Hurricane Sandy. I bought 2 bunch of these fresh ,crisp and green broccoli. The price is relatively cheap during these season.The best way to cook these broccoli rabe is sauteed with garlic and anchovies!!Ingredients:1 bunch of rabe broccoli about 1 1/2 lb,remove the end stump about 2 inch and trimmed3-4 cloves garlic,peeled and slice50 gm fried an
I bought 3 loafs of Italian bread for $2.50.The store sold one for $0.99 and 3 for $2.50.Italian bread must eat within one or two days before goes stale..Of course,we can't finish 3 loaf in two days.In order for the loaf to maintain it's freshness,I have a weird idea to make garlic bread myself since we still have 1 1/2 loaf left..Mishu and hubby love this garlic bread dearly..Both of t
I intended to post this entry last week when Hurricane Sandy is coming but unfortunately in the middle of uploading the photos,I had power outages.It's took almost a week for our electricity to come back.We been living in the dark with flashlights and candles for 6 days.I really appreciated when the power came back.Long story short ,let's me start &nbs
Taco is one of our favorite snack or you can called our lunch or dinner.I think my hubby visits Taco Bell almost everyday.For me I like certain type of taco but not as crazy as him.Taco wrapper sold everywhere and easy to get at anytime.We can also make our own taco at home with any of our leftover food or our favorite meat or seafood..Usually,I used leftover roast meat as the main ingre
I still have a half box of mini wheels pasta leftover from making Mishu's school craft.I wonder what to do with it.At last I decided to use it with beans and make some cold salad as side dish.This pasta salad is really simple and easy..It's also suitable pairing with any bbq meat or roast meat. Ingredients:1/2 box mini wheels pasta,cooked al dente1 cup green pea,frozen1 can red bean,wash und
I adapted this Rum Scented Marble Cake from Nick Malgieri "The Modern Baker" baking book.Marble cakes are both homey and festive.A marble cake looks slick when you slice into it and reveal delicate pattern created when the two batters are swirled together.This recipe is a keeper!!Makes one 10 inches (25cm) tube or bundt cake,about 24 slicesIngredients:Base Batter:(A)2 2/3 cups all
Previously, I bought a pack of Italian sweet sausage from BJ's wholesale.A pack of Italian sweet sausage sold in BJ's comes in large or big quantity which is 5 pounds (12 casing) a pack.I stored the other half in freezer for later use and divide this half for two different types of cooking.I used 3 casing for pizza and the rest for this with Oregano.This dish is so
One of the sweet bun I like from Chinese bakery is red bean bun.I used Alex Goh "No Time Dough Method" to make this sweet dough.The preparing time of this method is shorter then his others method.Since I'm lazy to make my own red bean filling,I just used red bean in can.If you think making your own red bean filling is better,why not? Ingredients: (A)480 gm bread flour (high pr
Personally,I like to Boston lettuce and Red Leaf lettuce but hubby preferred iceberg lettuce for his salad.Since we still have a piece of leftover Porterhouse steak,I used it to make salad for hubby and Mishu for their lunch..They said this steak salad is delicious !! Ingredients:2 small heads Boston lettuce,washed and rip with handsI head Red Leaf lettuce,washed and rip w
Straight dough method is the most commonly used method in making bread.It's needs one basic proving for about 45 minutes.This type of sweet bun dough is suitable to use to make any type of sweet bun with or without filling. Ingredients:(A)480 gm bread flour(high protein flour)120 gm plain flour(all purpose flour)110 gm sugar10 gm salt20 gm milk powder4 tbsp instant yeast1 tbsp bread improver(
Hubby and Mishu loves pizza very much.They must have pizza at least once a week.But some pizza store don't have their favorite topping like sweet pizza.So in order for them to enjoy their urge I promised to use their favorite topping to make pizza at home..Sweet sausage is an ideal topping to use on pizza. Ingredients:2 cups bread flour(high protein flour),plus extra for dusting1/2 tsp salt2 tsp
Bought 4 pounds of bottom round roast beef on sale .Decided to stew with home grown oregano and safrron in my newly bought Le Creuset iron cast pot.Hubby and Mishu love this hearty dish..Both said yummy delicious!!Ingredients:4 pounds bottom round roast beef,cut chunk and discard any fat4 large Idaho potato,peeled and cut 4 or 61 pound baby carrot5-6 cloves fresh garlic,peeled and sliced4-5 spring
Watermelon is relatively cheap and abundant during summer.Although watermelons can now be found in the markets throughout the year, the season for watermelon is in the summer when they are sweet and of the best quality. Ingredients: 1/2 quarter red seedless watermelon,removed skin2 tomato,washed and cut2 tbsp honey2 cups ice cubeMethod:1:Combine all the ingredients in blender,blend until smooth o
In States, chicken drumstick is relatively cheap and abundant.Chicken meat is very versatile for any type of cooking.The best place I like to get chicken is place like BJ's ,Sam's or Costco. Ingredients:10 chicken drumstick,cleanSeasoning:2 tbsp Montreal Chicken spices(Mc Cormick brand)2 tbsp sugar1 tbsp garlic powder1 tbsp seasalt1 eggCoating:1/2 cup all purpose flour1/2 cup
I like sweet bun dough or any sweet bun sold in Asian or Chinese bakery because very mouthful is feather-like and tastefulness remains inseparable in my taste buds.I adapted this recipe from Alex Goh "No Time Dough Method".This recipe is really straight forward and simple to follow. Ingredients:(A)480 gm bread flour120 gm plain flour110 gm sugar10 gm salt20 gm milk powder4 tsp instant yeast1
Chicken cutlet is popular meat dish among children and adult.Cooking this dish is no brainier at all.You can use any of your desire seasoning for this chicken cutlet but I still prefer the simple and easy seasoning:salt, pepper and garlic powder..Enjoy!! Ingredients:1 whole boneless chicken breast,slice it horizontally from the thick end to the thin end into 1/4-inch-thick cutlets or int
Spaghetti is one of the most popular pasta among all the pasta out there.Children and adult alike loves this tiny and long shape pasta.I make this spaghetti accompany with Breaded Fried Chicken for our lunch.Will post Breaded Fried Boneless Chicken following this entry. Ingredients:1/2 pack spaghetti,cook accordingly to the instruction on the box1 bulb fresh garlic,peeled and slice1 smal
Wild salmon sold in Walmart is pretty cheap compare with other store or supermarket.The only place I bought my Wild salmon is Walmart.I won't use wild salmon for sushi because of the appearance: dull color .I prefer to use farm raise salmon for sushi because they have attractive powerful orange color. Since I have some leftover ground almond sitting around,I might as well used it to coat on t
To make this dish is no brainier at all.This rice dish look similar with Paella but it's NOT!! Why? because I didn't add any saffron into it.All I need is a pack of Goya yellow rice and seafood of my choice.This priceless seafood dish can be ready in less than an hour!!Taadah!!Ingredients:1 pack of Goya yellow rice *seasoning included*1 large white squid,sliced3 pieces boneless tilapia,sliced abou
It's the season of berries now:Strawberry,blueberries,raspberry and all kind of wild berries. Last week when I was visiting my GYN office,I saw a wild berries tree fill of ripe berries at the parking lot.I purposely parked my van in front of the wild berries tree.The wild berries look so beautiful,sweet and ripe.Of course, I can't resist not picking it..Luckily I have a spare plastic bag in
As I mentioned before I bought couple of baking books from Malaysia.I always interested to find out why and how most of the Asian or Chinese bakery cake's is so spongy, fine,smooth and soft.Beside the perfect soft texture,I also wonder why the cake is spongy and not greasy..It's there a way or secret to make this type of cake at home? One of the Malaysia's baker that I really
