We just wanted to make this day (yesterday) a 'kitchen war day'

Humble Beginnings..
The whole idea started when Swee n mel got bored during a mamak conversation..and we came up with the idea of a gathering among the three crews of JH..We were juggling with a few ideas to name this historic event..due to the lack of creativity at that moment, we choose to settle with "Kitchen War"..the sad part,yeemei couldn't join swee n mel at swee's kitchen for the war as she was fighting another battle in another kitchen..

The Missions..
Swee : green tea short bread and chocolate pretzel cookies
Melisa : caribbean smoothie and mango smoothie
Yeemei : tomyam spagetti n samosa

Mel's say of the event:
Since i have no skills in cooking, i couldnt be a part of the event by doing nothing..So i did 2 type of smoothies for the day..well it's better than doing nothing right??
Swee's say: actually, i wanted to do the cookies for the cookie swap event organized by the domestic goddess. :)

melisa cutting mango for her smoothies

mango,bananas n pineapples for carribbean smoothies...

all fruits in the blender..with a scoop of smooth vanilla ice cream, a splash of tropical juice..and couple of ice cubes...

TADA~~~

Caribbean Smoothie

Mel's Say : I dont have the exact recipe for the Caribbean Smoothie..Y?That's cos i first tasted this drink at JuiceWorks..n i kinda remembered the stuffs they put in..so i just gave it a try..the smoothie turn out pretty fine other than the fact that the mango taste was probably drowned by the other fruits...

Next..my 2nd attempt was Mango Smoothie..got the recipe from a site and tried it out as the ingredients use were almost similar..

Ingredients..
1 mango - cut into cubes and leave to freeze for about an hour
1 banana
1/2 cup of milk
1 banana
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla
--> combine all in blender and blend until smooth..

i obviously did not follow the ingredients exactly...i added some ice cubes and a scoop of vanilla ice cream..the outcome was ok..still have room for improvement..the texture was alil thick though..may have to add in more ice cubes next time...
we even did a "photo shoot" for the Mango Smoothie..isnt it pretty..haha..reminds you of the tropical resorts..the sound of waves..the breezy winds...ehehe...

mango smoothie

such a beauty..


oh my god

while swee was busy snapping away..i did alil snapping of my own too..haha..dont the pic look like 1 caught by paparazis..ehehe..that was just break time entertainment..


Swee's turn for her cookies ...

swee mixing the chocolate pretzel's ingredients


eh !?!? anticipating... how will it look like. .hahaha


tada ... not that pretty anyway. hahaha


how how ?


looking a lil better after quite some pretzels


bbzzz.. tanning in the oven....

after some amatuer decorationg skills... hahahahahah


green tea shortbreads


cute ke ?!?!

mel's say: i did those faces..ehehe...green tea monster...

colour bags...


still hot.. hahaha


in the end.. it's assorted cookies ! .. (even tho only 2 types. ahahha)

Swee's Say : ok so the chocolate cookie was abit .. DARK .. the colour i mean.. the texture was abit like cake.. it's soft.. haha
and the green tea cookie, it's great.. it would be better if there're more greentea flavour in it ..

Green Tea Cookie Recipe HERE !
Chocolate Cookie Pretzels Recipe HERE !!



Mel's say: The cookies were great..umm..would b nicer if the choc biscuit had some nuts in it..n more green tea flavour in the cookies..
All in..it was a great day..would be even more fun if we were a complete team.hehe..there will be a second episode without a doubt...

Thursday, November 24, 2005 05:08 pm by justheavenly

	Glutton-Rabbit November 26, 2005   11:48 PM PST   The smoothie looks so good. I'm getting really thristy! BTW, nice photographs (the one with the blue moziac background). Nice work of art ;). As for the cookies. They're really cute - especially the monster one! Bet they're yummies! Nice work!

	babe_kl November 25, 2005   11:29 AM PST   you gals are cool chicks!!! fantabulous recipes there and hehehehe i lurve the spyshot...

	swee November 24, 2005   09:14 PM PST   smoothie day ?? cool !! hehehe. yeah took on the fish pond's cascading water thingy...

	boo_licious November 24, 2005   07:41 PM PST   There is also a chocolate pretzels recipe in Martha Stewart's Holiday Cookies. Dark means rich and chocolatey rite? Today is smoothie day, looks like Babe also made some.The smoothie on the blue tiles looks very nice, reminds me of a swimming pool.