| Sunday, November 27, 2005 |
this picture's quite some time ago it was taken in my friend's house when we had pot luck Her name is Lola, she's 3 months old (as according to the friend's vet) she's very very very small. i think smaller than my dog when he was 6 weeks old -.-" 
*yes, i think my dog will be jealous..* HAHAHAHA for more doggie pics, please proceed to Sweetnicks :) |
as u all know, when this foodblog started, i joined a food-blogging event called Blogging By Mail click to read more about BBM3 here! ok so my sender's Michelle from Pennsylvania, USA. i think she's a mother, because she mentioned about baking cakes with her girls... so.. yeah I came back to find a BIG HUGE BOX near my door  actually i've never ever received such a BIG PACKAGE before.. haha.. i was a bit shocked anyway. so i double checked to see if its really FOR ME!.. haha *however the box condition was abit... not really good. it must have been squeezed badly or something* and yeah when i opened up.. there were lots of bubble-wrappers. then there were 2 disneyworld plastic bags (because she just came back from disney world.) it's really cute.. so i took out everything.. and..TADA!!  ok let's list the stuffs..(clockwise from top) a pennsylvania dutch cookbook, a mickeymouse peppermint sweet, cute mickeymouse bag, photos of kitchen, 2 banana chocolate chip bread, 1 lemon almond biscottie, 2 recipes (carrot cake & choco chip banana cake) 3 local grocery papers and 1 food section from the papers.. and also a card that's not in the pic lets see 1 by 1 
 really a WHOLE lot of recipes.. i think i can open a restaurant with pennsylvania dutch food.. hahaha.. it covers everything from appetizers, main dishes, desserts, and even beverages !!! i think i was really really lucky... because i seriously did not expect a cookbook !!  this's the beautiful card. i think Michelle ddint really mentioned about her favourite holidays, but she mentioned that her favourite cake is the Carrot Cake, and she's making it for Thanksgiving (on friday 25th,)  this's the chocolate chip banana cake. erm, truthfully, i was abit reluctant to eat it because it's already 11 days old, but the aroma was really strong. but the texture of the cake was a bit odd for me. sorry, but, i am not really sure if the cake can stand this long without preservatives -.-" but actually i took a bit.. haha.. no worries Michelle, if u're reading this, dont worry, i'll make it with your recipe :E  the lemon almond biscotti. ok this one was nice.. because i think biscuits and cookies can last that long.. so i ate it.. haha but there's no recipe for this, so maybe i should ask Michelle.  the MickeyMouse & pal peppermints.. the casing's really really cute! i really adore it.. haha..  see.. cute!!  mickey, minnie, goofy, pluto, donald ... sweet~~~!!!! thanks Cathy of My Little Kitchen for hosting this fantastic event. it's definitely a way to learn about other cultures and food around the world! for more, click here now i'm starting to think .. whether my package has arrived or not. :P |
| Friday, November 25, 2005 |
Sweesan and Melisa had a war in the Sweesan's Kitchen while me, on the other side was having another battle in my Grandma's Kitchen. However, my battle was a much simplifier one...no fancy decoration. Just simple and yummy banana cupcakes. You know what, when you have extra banana at home, you dont have to worry stuffing everything into your mouth. Instead, you can make use of them to make banana cupcakes. Its simple. Well, when yeemei says its simple, it means its simple. Knowing that im a rather clumsy and blurry girl. Well, lets take a look at the cupcakes before i share with you the recipe.
 Before baking them in the oven....
I told you, its simple and nothing fancy but its quite yummy....you can try this out with the recipe below:
Ingredients
(A)
250g butter
230g sugar
(B)
5 eggs
(C)
300g flour
1/2 tbps milk powder
1 tsp baking powder
(D)
200g banana
pinch of salt
1/4 tsp banana essence
Methods
Cream (A) till light and fluffy
Add (B) and cream till light and smooth
Fold in the sieved (C) and mix well
Mash the banana and mix with the rest of (D) ingredients till smooth. Add into the above mixture mix till well incorporated.
Pour the mixture into a greased and lined loaf tin.
Bake at 180oC for 50-60 minutes. Serve.
Happy trying....
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| Thursday, November 24, 2005 |
as part of the .gif){kind=small} , i also made these cookies..i thought they were really cute.. haha i got the recipe from Hershey's Kitchens  Ingredients: 1/3 cup margerine, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 egg 3/4 cup all purpose flour 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1/4 tsp baking soda pinch of salt  Directions Preheat oven to 350 F Beat butter, granulated sugar and vanilla in large bowl unilt fluffy. Add eggs; beat well. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Divide dough into 24 pieces. On lightly floured surface, roll each piece with hands into pencil-like strip, about 12-inches long. Place strip on ungreased cookie sheet. Twist into pretzel shape by crossing left side of strip to middle, forming loop. Fold right side up and over first loop. Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake 8 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. 
i think adding a lil more nuts (macadamia or almonds) it would be great.. haha.. it looks bit too dark actually, the colour. thts' why i added some buttercream icing on top :P |
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. :)
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~~~
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..
Swee's turn for her cookies ...
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... |
It's been a while since i wanted to cook pasta with a tomato base..so today..i finally did it..Geared with everything else i can find in the kitchen..fingers crossed before i begin..knowing the lack of cooking skills in me will spell disaster even with the simplest dish.. so i came up with the below stuffs.. the stuffs.. * spiral pasta * tomato paste * ham * 2 eggs * 1 piece of ham * butter mushrooms
i think it looked alil scary (dont worry..no violence involve while making this pasta)than yummy.. When me n my bro finally tasted the pasta..the verdict was..abit too sour..damn! The sauce was too thick too..but other than that the others are fine..ham slices..mushrooms..n scrambble eggs.. Any pasta experts out there who wanna offer me some advice??Please do so...hehe..
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i wanted to join this .. so i decided to make some cookies earlier.. i got this recipe from Marta Stewart's living page 1 cup all purpose flour 1 tbsp green-tea powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 pound unsalted butter 1/4 cup sugar  method : Sift Flour, tea powder and salt into a small bowl, set aside Place butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. cream on medium speed till fluffy, 3-5 minutes. Add sugar; continue to beat until very light in colour and fluffy; abt 2 minutes. Add flour mixture until well incorporated. Place a piece of parchment on a clean surface; dust with flour. roll dought to 1/4 inch thickness; chill refrigerated or freezer until firm, abt 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 325 F. Line baking sheets with parchment. cut chilled dought with cookie cutters of your choice. Gather scraps together, reroll, chilil and cut shapes. Bake until firm and barely starting to colour, 15-20 mintues, rotating halfway throught. Cool on wire rack   the green tea taste was fine.. maybe a lil bit more would enhance the cookie's flavour.. |