White fungus with dried longan

Personally, i love this dessert. Not only it has a cooling property on the body, it helps in maintaining radiant skin. Keeping pretty and eating happily. Who doesnt want?

Ingredient:
- White fungus
- Dried longan
- Seedless red dates
- Rock sugar
- Water

Method:
- Soak the white fungus till soft and cut away any yellow or discoloured stuff.
- Place everything in a bowl and steam for 30minutes.
- Eat it hot or cold.
(Cold is definitely nicer)

Green Bean soup

Green bean is a good source of protein. moreover, it has a cooling effect.
Been eating too much junk food lately and we need to 吃凉.

Ingredient:
- Green Bean
- Rock sugar
- Water
- Pandan leave (i din use pandan leave cos it cost way too high in brisbane. And it is frozen which i don think it will work best too.)

Method:
- Put everything together and boil!

Easy to do and without pandan leaves, it taste good too.

Egg tart

This is my 6th or 8th time baking egg tarts. Yes!
i couldnt work out the right pastry. and when i got the pastry right, i got the filling wrong.
This recipe works finally! i got the recipe from topdessert .

I'm so happy this work out cos an egg tart cost $2.50 in brisbane. I can make my own whenever i crave for it!
Pastry

Ingredient:
- 125g plain flour
- 70g butter
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp cold water
- 2 tbsp icing sugar

Method:
- Cream butter and sugar together.
- Add in egg and the rest of the ingredient.
- Mix till a dough is formed.
- Allow to refrigerate for at least 40minutes.

Filling

Ingredient A:
- 250mL water
- 100g caster sugar

Ingredient B:
-100mL evaporated milk
- 1/4 tsp vanilla essence
- 3 eggs

MEthod:
- Place ingredient A in a saucepan and cook under heat.
- Continuously stir the mixture till sugar is dissolved.
- Add to ingredient B and mix well.

Preparation of the base:
-Work the dough on an area dusted with flour as the dough is really soft. (But it is not sticky which is great to work with.)
- Knead the dough with some flour till it is manageable and easier for you to work with.
- Work the dough and get the shape of the tart base.
- Fill the base with the filling
- Bake at 200C preheated oven for 40minutes.

I really love this pastry. It is so much easier to work and manage than the others that i had made before.

Matcha sponge cake

I admit the colour isnt that appealing. It may look like a huat kueh instead. But it is a green tea sponge cake. I like the texture of the cake and the best thing is the taste isnt that sweet. (I reduced the amt of sugar in fact. :P)

Ingredient:
- 4 eggs
- 75g caster sugar
- 150g self raising flour
- 3 tbsp water
- 1.5tbsp matcha powder

Method:
- Beat eggs till fluffy (Work at high speed) and mix in the caster sugar.
- Fold in flour and water.
- Pour mixture evenly into a lightly greased cake pan.
- Bake in preheated 180C oven for 20minutes.
- Allow to cool.

This cake can be spread with cream and icing.

Rolled oats cookies

I actually pong teng sch and went back home to do baking!
the first cookies i baked was the cornflakes ones. This time round i used rolled oats. It is actually the same recipe except that i used rolled oats instead of cornflakes. I feel that the recipe works better for rolled oats. Shall experiment new recipe for the cornflakes cookies. :P

Ingredient A:
- 180g wholemeal flour (plain flour works too.)
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 90g caster sugar
- 1 cup rolled oats

Ingredient B:
- 125mL cooking oil
- 1tsp vanilla essence
- 1 beaten egg

Extra ingredient:
-Milk

Method:
- Mix ingredient A well.
- Add Ingredient B and stir till a dough is formed.
- If you find it too dry, add a couple tsp of milk.
- Spoon the mixture into small balls and place on cookie trays.
- Bake in a preheated oven of 180C for 25minutes.
- Allow to cool and store in air-tight container.

Enjoy with a cuppa coffee or tea~~!
Healthy and light afternoon tea.

bento boxes

Yan went back to sg and i couldnt think of anything else to get her except making something out of my own hands. :)
Making cupcakes is my love.


With some fondant left, i made these for the glutton baby. :)

Making lunches is one of my daily routine and i had been looking for really cute bento boxes for some time already. But 舍不得。 Luke is so nice to get me one as a birthday present! Thank you LUKE! I think he read from my blog that i had been eyeing for bento boxes.
and baby got an advanced birthday present from him too! Heehee!! and now both of us have really cool bento boxes!!
Very exciting huh?

Black dragon is baby's. Sibei cool lei!!!

it came with 2 layers. I am really surprised that the compact boxes can in fact hold alot of food. Here is mine!!! SO CUTE isnt it!!!!
OH!!! i really don want to use it lo. too cute to be used. :)
I love my bento boxes!!!!

Simple, healthy baked chix

A simple baked chicken.
Only 2 main ingredient involve!

No sugar, no salt, no soya sauce or oyster sauce or whatever.

Ingredient:
-White wine
-Rosemary

Method:
-Marinate chicken with rosemary and white wine overnight.
-Baked at 200C for almost an hour.
(Remember to cover the chix with aluminium foil so the chicken will retain the moisture and not dry out. And covering the chicken will means the baking time is longer.)

Sprinkle some parsley over the chicken to garnish.
Not oily. Tender and juicy chicken. Not salty too!
This is why i called it healthy.

Most imptly, the kitchen is not oily which means i will not have too much cleaning to be done. :P

Zesty pork chop

I am desperately wanting to finish up the bit of Italian dressing in my fridge. So I came up with this! But i think i read this recipe somewhere which I cant remember.

Ingredient:
- Pork chop (Only cut the pork when it is cooked)
- Italian dressing
- soya sauce
- dash of pepper

I didnt include the amount of ingredient to be added. Pls bear with me cos i didnt do any measurement. But the key point is the Italian dressing. Just Add!

Method:
- Marinate the pork with italian dressing, soya sauce and pepper overnight.
- Drain the pork chop and set the sauce aside.
- Heat up the frying pan.
- Add oil and garlic. Fry till fragrant.
- Fried the pork chop till cooked. (Cover the pan works better.)
- Drain and place on plate.
- Cut the pork chop into smaller pieces.
- Back to the frying pan, make sure that the pan does not contain too much oil.
- Add in the sauce and fried.
- Serve over the cooked pork chop

Taste really citrus.
Get drown with the dressing!

Pandan Chiffon Cake

Couldnt find chiffon cake tin in Brisbane. That explains the shape of my chiffon cake.

Ingredient A:
- 3 egg yolks
- 50g caster sugar

Ingredient B:
- 3 eggs white
- 50g caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar

Ingredient C:
- 100mL coconut milk
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 1/2 tsp pandan paste
- 75g plain flour
- 1/2 tbsp baking powder

Method:
- Whisk Ingredient A until creamy.
- Mix in Ingredient C. Continue till well mix.
- Add Ingredient B.
- Bake for 45 minutes in 180C preheated oven.

Amount of ingredient listed fit nicely into the shape and size of my silicon mould.
Double the ingredient if your tin is bigger.

Apples & Cinnamon Muffins

Not very appealing picture. But they definitely taste wonderful!
I wasnt a fan of cinnamon but nv expect the muffin to taste great.

Ever sick of eating bread for breakfast everyday?
Perk ur day up with 2 muffins and a cuppa coffee or tea.
(I don take caffeine so MILO for me! :>)

Ingredient A:
- 320g plain flour
- 200g caster sugar
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon

Ingredient B:
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 50g unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 175mL milk

Ingredient C:
- 2 peeled and finely diced apples.

Methods:
-Beat Ingredient B until well combined.
- Add Ingredient A a little at a time. Mix well.
- Stir in Ingredient C.
- Spoon the batter into muffin cups. (3/4 full will do the job. The muffin will HUAT.)
- Bake for 20 minutes in a 175C preheated oven.
- Allow to cool.

Store in fridge and simply heat it up the next morning!
Best to finish within 2 days to maintain freshness.

Cornflakes Cookies

Ingredient:
- 180g plain flour (I used wholemeal flour)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 125mL sunflower oil
- 90g caster sugar
- 1 beaten egg
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 cup cornflakes
- a few tbsp of milk depending on ur liking of the dryness of the dough

Method:
- Mix flour, baking powder and baking soda together.
- Mix in sugar and cornflakes.
- Add oil, vanilla essence, egg and some milk and mix till a dough is form.
- Spoon into small balls and place on cookie trays. (Remember to leave some space between each ball, as they tend to expand when cooked.)
- Bake in preheated oven of 180C for 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool and store in an air-tight container.

The end result of the cornflakes cookies is quite chewy. Not sure is it due to the wholemeal flour used. Shall try with plain flour again and see how it goes.

The bf loves it! And I love it too! :)

Baked cheesecake

I'm not a fan of cheese. However, the bf been craving for cheesecake these few days. So I baked these mini cheesecake.

Ingredient A:
- 62.5g digestive biscuit crumbs
- 2.5 tbsp butter

Ingredient B:
- 225g ricotta cheese
- 225g cream cheese
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 70g icing sugar
- 1 egg

Ingredient C:
- Strawberries / Blueberries

Method:
- Mix Ingredient A.
- Spoon tablespoon of ingredient A into mini cake cases and press firmly.
- Chill until it set.
- Mix Ingredient B and beat till smooth.
- Add the mixture to the set cases.
- Bake for 25 minutes in a preheated oven at 160C.
- Allow to cool and chill. (This is important. As when the cake is freshly out from the oven, the cake tend to collapse.)
- Serve chill with berries.

Result:
Not too cheesy. Taste is light. Excellent for people who dislike cheesy food.

However, will need to work harder for working on the base of the cake.