tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48874919822788873452024-03-13T22:23:23.852+08:00home-cooked-ecstasysoo seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291779402934741470noreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887491982278887345.post-81423719290495794982016-02-25T17:10:00.000+08:002016-02-25T17:10:02.343+08:00Radish Cake<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bottom left: steamed radish cake</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I always want to make radish cake from the scratch, using rice. This is my first attempt and it is very nice. I am satisfied with the result. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Long grain rice 400g</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Radish 800g</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Wash the rice, soak in 400g water overnight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Drain the rice, put in 400g water, blend with high speed blender. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Wash mushroom, soak it for 15 minutes, cut into thin slices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. Cut radish into thin stripes. (You can use a grater too)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. Heat up some oil in a pan, stir fry mushroom and radish for a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Close the lid for 2 minutes at medium heat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. Season with some salt and pepper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">8. Brush a tray with oil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">9. Pour the mushroom and radish in the tray, follow by the rice milk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">10. Stir well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">11. Steam for 40 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">12. Put aside until it is completely cold then only remove the radish cake from the pan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Recently the weather is so hot, so I made chilled purple sweet potato sago dessert for afternoon tea. Since I have bought few pack of sweet potato, I steamed sweet potato buns too. Ta-dah. Purple bun and purple dessert for tea. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ingredients:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Purple sweet potato 300g(or you can use taro)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sago 100g</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Cut sweet potato into small cubes. Steam until cooked and soft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Keep one third of the sweet potato and mash the remaining sweet potato.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Bring the coconut milk and water to boil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. Add in the sweet potato puree and stir about 5 minutes until low heat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Keep in refrigerator when it has cooled down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. Bring a big pot of water to boil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">8. Add in sago, stir well. Cook until medium heat for 10 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">9. Turn to low heat and close the lid for another 20 minutes or until the sago has turned transparent in color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">10. Rinse the sago with iced water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">11. Add the sago and sweet potato cubes into the #6.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I like this recipe very much. Simple, healthy and delicious. Definitely a keeper!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">**This recipe makes about 18 pieces cookies**</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1. Mix oat, flour, baking powder in a bowl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2. Add in molasses, honey, milk and butter, mix well. Do not over knead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3. Close with cling wrap and place in refrigerator for about 30 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4. Use a tablespoon to scoop, then form into a ball, place on the baking tray, then use the back of the spoon to press on it genlty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5. Repeat until the dough is used up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6. Bake in preheated oven at 170 degree for about 25 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7. Once cool down, store in an airtight container.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is a very nice milk stick with mild cheese taste recipe, good as teething stick too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Parmesan/Cheddar cheese 10g</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Mix flour and sugar in a bowl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Melt butter, milk and cheese over low heat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Pour #2 into #1 and knead into a dough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. Put into a large ziplock bag, flatten it. The thickness should be around 1cm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. Cut into 5cmx1cm stick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Keep it as it is for original flavour or you can brush a layer of honey or egg yolk, sprinkle some white sesame on top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love a bowl of hearty soup to eat with bread for breakfast. Usually I will cook my favorite two soup which is the wild mushroom soup and pumpkin soup(Recipe <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.my/2013/09/wild-mushroom-soup-and-pumpkin-soup.html">here</a>) as the ingredients are always available in my kitchen. Lately I have tried something new and I will definitely add them to my breakfast menu. Broccoli potato cheese soup is one of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Note: Potato is just to get the creamy texture in replacing heavy cream or milk. Therefore a small to medium size potato will be enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Stir fry minced garlic with some cooking oil until fragrant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Add in broccoli and potato.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Cover with water. Water should be slightly less than the ingredients.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. Bring to boil and cook until broccoli and potato are soft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. Use a handheld blender to blend into creamy soup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I bought a pack of organic sweet potato. When I cut open, it is a mixture of different colors, purple, orange and yellow. Weird. Never encounter this before. Anyway, I made cheesy sweet potato balls for tea break. It is simple and fast, most important it is also healthy and yummy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1. Take one teaspoon of sweet potato and put on your palm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2. Gentle press on the sweet potato so that it sticks together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3. Place a cheese cube at the center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4. Cover with another teaspoon of sweet potato.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5. Make into a ball shape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6. Spray or brush the sweet potato ball with water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7. Roll the ball on a plate of black sesame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8. Repeat until all the sweet potato has been used up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">9. You can either steam, bake or fry the sweet potato balls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">10. I opted for steam as it is healthier. I steamed for 10 minutes at medium heat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_428043703">Since I have half block of Parmesan cheese, I decided to try out cheese loaf recipe using my bread maker. The loaf is as fluffy as normal plain loaf with very nice cheese fragrant. It is even more delicious to spread a layer of butter on top, but calories are higher.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_428043703">High protein flour 250g</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_428043703">1. Put everything except yeast and butter in the bread maker bowl.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_428043703">2. Turn on P30 for 15 minutes and then let the dough rest for 10 minutes.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_428043703">3. Add in butter and yeast. Do note that yeast has to be put directly in the bowl.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_428043703">4. Turn on P30 for 15 minutes and then let the dough rest for 10 minutes. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="goog_428043703">5. Take out the dough. Split into half. Roll into two bun shapes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. Turn on P22. Take out 10 minutes before the program ends.</span>soo seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291779402934741470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887491982278887345.post-66296479473123871562016-01-06T09:26:00.000+08:002016-01-06T09:26:48.600+08:00Japanese curry with shabu shabu pork<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I bought organic curry powder from Taiwan. Instead of the spicy type I bought the sweet one, thinking that if I want extra spiciness I can add some chili powder. Anyway, I did not have to add chili powder as we feel that the taste is just right. I am glad that my family including my 4 years old loves it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Cut potato, carrot and yellow onion to desired size.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Heat up some oil in the pan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Stir fry yellow onion till soft and fragrant. Remove and put aside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. Stir fry potato and carrot till the surface is cooked. Remove and put aside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. Add in curry powder. Stir fry for a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Add in onion, carrot and potato. Cover with water and bring to boil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. Simmer for 15 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">9. Add in shabu shabu pork.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">10. Add few tablespoons of milk to get a smooth texture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I could not remember when was the last time I blogged. But then I think I should start blogging all the healthy and delicious recipe for future references.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yesterday is Winter Solstice. I discovered a healthy tang yuan recipe so I decided to give it a try. It is not Phin Zhe first time making tang yuan, but it is the first time he ate some. It uses only two simple ingredients and the texture is very nice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ingredients(4-6 servings):</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">200g orange sweet potatoes/purple sweet potatoes/chinese yam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">100g lotus root powder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Roughly mash the lotus root powder.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Steam the sweet potatoes/chinese yam and mash with a fork.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Add the lotus root powder to the mashed sweet potatoes or chinese yam.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. If you want extra sweetness, add some brown sugar at this point. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. Mix well and knead a little bit until the lotus root powder can not be seen. Add a bit of warm water if needed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Roll into ball shapes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. Bring a pot of water to boil. Put in the tang yuan, cook until it is floating on the water.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">8. Serve with pandan ginger sugar water or sweet soy milk.</span><br />
<br />soo seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291779402934741470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887491982278887345.post-15634229705345223402015-03-07T22:04:00.000+08:002015-03-07T22:04:00.240+08:00Chinese New Year's meals for a 3 years old<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Phin Zhe is 3yo now and he is more alert with what is happening surrounding him, so he knows exactly what is being served on the dining table. To keep him away from all the Chinese New Year's sinful dishes and snacks, I served similar home cooked food to him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hubby's family had steamboat for reunion dinner. I cooked separately for him. In the chicken broth, it had ramen, mushroom, toufu, prawn, fish, squid, shabu shabu meat and few veggies. He liked it and finished up the whole bowl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That morning, I baked a pandan vco chiffon. Right after the dinner, he brought out the cake and shared with everyone in the house. Yes, I have a big eater at home.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pandan VCO chiffon recipe:</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5 egg yolks</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">20g sugar</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">90g pandan juice</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">70g vco</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">125g low protein flour</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5 egg whites</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">70g sugar</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Add in vco and pandan juice, mix well.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Add in sifted flour and mix well.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites and lemon juice until foamy. Gradually add in sugar and beat until soft peak formed.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. Use a spatula and add 1/3 of the meringue to the egg yolk mixture. Mix well.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Repeat until step 5 until meringue finish. Do not over mix.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. Bake in 150-160'c preheated oven for around 40minutes.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">8. Once down, turn the chiffon tin upside down for cooling.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On first day of Chinese New Year, hubby's family had meesua and red hard-boiled egg for breakfast. So, I prepared meesua with black fungus, dried mushroom and minced meat for him. I also tried to dye the hard-boiled egg with beet root, but failed. The color just won't stick. Does anyone know how to dye hard-boiled egg in a natural way?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">At 11am, all the kids were eating ice-cream. So I brought out the cashew nut ice cream which I had prepared. He was so happy and of course he did not complain that he was eating a different ice cream.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hazelnut ice cream recipe</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">180g cashew nut</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3 tbsp vco</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2 tbsp honey</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">240ml water</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Use high speed blender to blend until smooth. Put in freezer overnight.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Adult had steamboat for lunch again, so I cooked something similar to the first picture in this post, thus I did not take a picture of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bak Kua is a must for Chinese New Year, so I decided to bake one small tray for him. Even though I have skipped some seasonings, he still enjoyed it and finished all the bak kua within 3 days.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bak Kua recipe:</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">300g minced meat</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1 tbsp light soy sauce</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1 tbsp oyster sauce</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1 tbsp honey</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1/8 tsp five spices(I skipped this)</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1tsp rice wine(I skipped this)</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Marinate the minced meat with all the seasonings.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Use a chopstick or fork, stir the meat in one direction until the meat become gooey.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Lay parchment paper on baking tray.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. Spread the meat on the parchment paper.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. Bake ar 100'c with oven door opened for 15 minutes.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Take out the tray, cut the bak kua into smaller pieces.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. Bake at 200-220'c for about 10-15minutes.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Every 1st day of Chinese New Year, hubby house will have buffet dinner. This year, they ordered Nasi Lemak. So I cooked a kid version nasi lemak for Phin Zhe. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Steamed rice with lemongrass and vco, topped with pumpkin seeds</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stir fry french bean</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On second day, Phin Zhe had cheesy scrambled egg on bread, Greek yogurt with Manuka honey and Japanese cucumber. But he asked me why one of the compartment was empty. So, I put 2 pieces of cranberry butter cookies in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For lunch, we went to hubby's grandma's place. Again, they were serving spicy food. So, I cooked spaghetti for Phin Zhe.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Seaweed and white sesame cracker</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">80g milk</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4g yeast</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">30g oil</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">150g low protein flour</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1/8tsp baking soda</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1/8tsp salt</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2 tbsp seaweed</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1tbsp white sesame</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Melt yeast in warm milk.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Knead everything together except seaweed and white sesame. Knead until smooth.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Add in seaweed and white sesame. Knead to mix well.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. Roll into 2mm thickness, cut into desired shape.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. Use a fork to make holes.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Bake at 180'c preheated oven for 10 minutes.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hubby family went to restaurant for dinner that night. I was quite tired after the outing. So, I prepared something simple for him.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Baked chicken thigh(marinated with lemon, olive oil, sea salt and mixed herbs) </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After the dinner, we went back to my mum's place. From then, Phin Zhe's meals were taken care by my mother. </span>soo seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291779402934741470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887491982278887345.post-68156565930985864552014-06-15T14:08:00.002+08:002014-06-15T14:09:45.652+08:00Raw Strawberry Cheese Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>This is a very healthy yet delicious cake. I could not find a single flaw in this recipe, all healthy ingredients, simple steps and a presentable look. So I made this cake with a 7" springform pan for father's day and it was good for 6-8 person. The cake was best after it was taken out from the fridge for 15-20minutes, so I had enough time to decorate the cake with some fresh strawberries and followed by some camchore time.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Crust ingredients:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">40g raw organic macadamia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">20g raw organic walnut</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">30g pitted organic medjool dates</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">a pinch of salt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Cheesecake filling ingredients:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">250g raw organic cashew</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">90ml lemon juice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">20g honey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">80g virgin coconut oil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 tbsp vanilla extract</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Topping ingredients:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">150g strawberry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">40g pitted organic medjool dates</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. In a food processor, blend all crust ingredients until they are mixed well but still airy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Pour into the springform pan and press hard to form the crust</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Place the springform in freezer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. In a high speed blender, blend all cheesecake filling ingredients. Add just enough water for the blender to move.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. Pour the filling into the springform and flatten the surface.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6. Place the springform in freezer again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">7. Clean the high speed blender. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">8. Place the topping ingredients into the high speed blender and blend well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Sorry for the low quality pictures again. Since this is for CNY, so I better post it quickly. :)</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Phin Zhe will have these two cookies for CNY. Emm...I figure out I won't have time to make more. :D</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">40g melted unsalted butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">25g castor sugar(I used ground brown sugar)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 medium egg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">175g unbleached flour(sifted)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2 tbsp milk powder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Mix flour and milk powder together. Set aside.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Beat the butter and sugar with a manual whisk until sugar dissolved.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Add in egg and beat until mix well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Fold in flour mixture to the egg mixture. Mix well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. Place on a pastry mat, knead for a while.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6. Put into a pastry bag, roll into a flat piece.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">7. Place in fridge for 30 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">8. Cut into sticks and place on baking tray with parchment paper.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">9. I brushed the sticks with some egg yolk for nicer color, but that is not a must.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">10. Bake in preheated oven at 160'c for 10 to 15 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Notes: If you want it to be more milky, you can add 1-2 tbsp condensed milk. I omitted that because I want to keep as simple as possible for my boy. And if you are feeding a smaller babies, please reduce the baking temperature(eg 140'c). In that case, you get a soft texture, not crunchy type.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">75g unsalted butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">35g castor sugar(I used ground brown sugar)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">150g unbleached low protein flour(sifted)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">22g corn starch/potato starch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">30g dried cranberry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">40g egg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1/4tsp baking powder(optional)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Mix flour, starch and baking powder together. Set aside.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Add in egg and beat until creamy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Fold in flour mixture.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. Mix in cranberry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6. Form the dough into a rectangular cuboid shape.
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>A very famous chinese new year cookies among Malaysia and Singapore bloggers since year 2011. It took me 4 years to try out the recipe. lol.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">125g unsalted butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">40g powdered brown sugar(I reduced to 30g)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">80g unbleached flour(sifted)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">125g potato starch</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Beat butter and brown sugar until creamy and pale in color.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Add in flour and potato starch. Mix well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Lay parchement paper on baking tray.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Form small balls(about 6g each) and place on parchment paper.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. Use the back of a fork to press on each of the balls.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Tips: After each press, dip the fork in water. This will avoid the dough to stick on the fork.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Even though I have reduced the sugar, but I still feel that the butter content and sugar is a bit on the high side for toddlers. Luckily my son prefer the </em></span><a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2014/01/flaxseed-crackers.html"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>flaxseed crackers</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>. He said it is pancake. :p</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I will try to adapt any recipes with the healthy ingredients on my kitchen shelf. This recipe is quite similar to the almond cracker recipe. For this recipe, you can substitute the flaxseed with sesame seeds. And if you have a digital scale that can be reset to zero, then you can prepare this with a single bowl and a spoon, which means less cleaning to be done later. ;) I use a salad bowl.</span> </em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">20g melted unsalted butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2 medium eggs(~100g)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">30g powdered brown sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">60g sifted low protein flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">100g flaxseeds</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Beat butter and sugar with a spoon until sugar melted.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Add in eggs and mix well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Fold in flour and flaxseeds.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Lay parchment paper on baking tray.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. Scoop a spoon of batter on the parchement paper, use the back of the spoon to spread out to average and thin layer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6. Bake at preheated 170'c for 10 to 15 minutes until slightly golden.</span>
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<u>Breakfast #1: Oat porridge</u><br />
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rolled oats and steel cut oats porridge with Elgaar farm organic milk, bananas and raisin</div>
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Oat porridge is a relatively simple breakfast to prepare. It is not easy to find organic steel oats in Penang. So I bought one pack once I landed in Hobart, Tasmania. I love to mix rolled oats and steel oats together. For me, fresh milk, bananas and raisin are must. I did add in walnut and other nuts for adult version.</div>
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organic toast with baby spinach, mushroom and scrambled egg</div>
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organic toast with avacado spread and scambled egg</div>
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Another quick breakkie. It did not take up much time to mash an avacado, scrambled some eggs and stir fry some mushroom. Topped with wonderfully creamy Barambah organics yogurt, this healthy toast has made a smile on big boss and little boss.<br />
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<u>Breakfast #3: Pancake</u><br />
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When I had a little bit more time, I made the simplest pancake. For the batter, I mashed the bananas and avacado first, then slowly added egg until it reached the right consistency. Served with blueberries and warm milk. </div>
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<u>Dinner #1: Bolognese Spaghetti</u></div>
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beef bolognese spaghetti, blanched asparagus and orange juice</div>
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<u>Dinner #2: Japanese Ramen in broth</u></div>
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On the night we checked into Cradle Mountain National Park's Cabin, big boss requested something warm for tummy. So I cooked this Japanese Ramen in broth. White potatoes, carrot, onion, shredded chicken and scallop have made the soup very sweet and tasty. In fact, I had to cook a second bowl for each of us. </div>
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<u>Dinner #3: Rice with asian dishes</u></div>
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angus beef and rosemary lamb cutlet</div>
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angus beef with tomato fettucine, stir fry green leafy and mushroom</div>
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<u>Dinner #5: Seafood porridge</u></div>
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seafood porridge with prawns, scallops, salmon and chicken</div>
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<u>Dinner #6: Seafood risotto</u></div>
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This trip I brought a rice cooker with me. Whenever I checked into a room that does not have enough kitchen equipments to cook, I cooked one pot dish. This dish used exactly the same ingredients as seafood porridge. It was a hit! We love the Jasmine rice texture which was a bit sticky.<br />
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<u>On the go #1 Rice with Asian dishes</u><br />
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purple risotto(purple carrot, salmon, mushroom etc)</div>
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soo seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291779402934741470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887491982278887345.post-4481809342001457762013-12-25T22:42:00.001+08:002013-12-26T08:58:51.037+08:00Crustless vegetarian quiche(with egg and dairy)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Merry Christmas everyone!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Today is Christmas and I did not cook any fancy dishes tonight. Thanks to my dear friend, Mun Ching who passed us her club house excess card. We went there at 5pm with my freshly baked crustless vegetarian quiche. Phin Zhe had a good time there, burnt all his calories and he ate a lot of the quiche, ended up papa and mama didn't have enough food and have to munch snacks at night. Next round must cook more food. :p</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6 eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">110g shredded cheddar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 zhuccini(cut into bite size)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">150g broccoli(cut into bite size)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">150g cauliflower(cut into bite size)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 medium onion(cut into bite size)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4 gloves garlic(minced)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">some cherry tomatoes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1tbsp grape seed oil</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Heat wok with oil.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Stir fry garlic until fragrant.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Add in all veggies except cherry tomatoes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Stir fry until slightly soften. Don't overcook.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Season with some black pepper.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. Oil a 8" tart pan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6. Spread the veggies in the pan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">7. Mix the egg with half the cheese.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">8. Pour the egg mixture into the pan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">9. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">10. Decorate with cherry tomatoes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">11. Bake in a preheated oven at 180'c for 35 minutes.</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is meatless, but then it is so delicious. Today we only had meat during lunch. Yeah, less meat is good. :)</span></em>soo seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291779402934741470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887491982278887345.post-36067936366939396052013-12-25T22:15:00.001+08:002013-12-26T08:58:11.098+08:00Apple pancake and beet root pancake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">beet root pancake</span></em> </div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Phin Zhe loves pancake. So I have tried to make all sort of pancakes, banana pancake, pandan pancake, avacado pancake, sweet potatoes pancake, pumpkin pancake....everything you can think of and you can't think of, I put them in pancake.
I have posted easy pancake recipes that does not require flour and baking powder. But this time I am going to share my normal pancake recipe that uses flour and baking powder.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">130g or 1 cup flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1tsp aluminium free baking powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1-2 tbsp brown sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 egg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">puree of your choice(1 apple blended into juice or 1 beet root blended into juice)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Mix flour and baking powder together. Sift twice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Beat egg and brown sugar until sugar dissolved.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Add in puree and mix well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Add in flour and mix well. Add more water if require.
Do not overmix.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The batter should not be too thick or too diluted. Try to scoop a spoon and let it flow back to the bowl. It should be slow but smooth.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. Let the batter sit for 15 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6. Heat pan with a little bit of oil.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6. Scoop 2 tbsp of batter into the pan, use the back of the spoon to spread it out.
7. Fry both sides and continue with second piece of pancake.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">8. Continue until the batter finish. In between, add some oil to the pan if needed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">9. I like to serve my pancake with manuka honey. :)
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. I added 1tsp cinammon to my apple pancake. But it is optional.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. After I pan fry Phin Zhe's beet root pancake, I added 1tsp cocoa powder and turned our's to red velvet pancake.</span>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The idea of this recipe comes from Barbara's Smackimals cookies. I bought one pack and found that it is too sweet so I decided to make my own. I like this recipe because oats and molasses are good. All my cookies recipes use minimum sugar, so if you find that store bought cookies are too sweet to your liking, you should try making your own cookies. Making cookies is fast and easy!</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">120g oats(I used rolled oats, instant oats is fine too)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">120g flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1/2 tsp baking powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1/4 tsp sea salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">70g molasses sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 cup/220g oil(I used grapeseed oil)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Take out the mixture, knead into a dough. If too dry add a bit of oil, if too sticky add a bit of flour.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Keep in refrigerator for 20 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Roll out and shape with cookies cutters. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. Bake in preheated oven at 150'c for about 10minutes.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>It is really different with a toddler around. If you enjoy learning together with them, everything in life can be interesting and fun. :-) So this Christmas, I decided to have 3 projects at home. Since I made the first felt activity for Phin Zhe, I just loved it and bought more felt with different colors. It is so convinient because felt can stick to another piece of felt easily. The first project has to be a felt activity. I sticked an empty Christmas tree and passed Phin Zhe other shapes. "Can you hang the Christmas decoration on the branches?" He did it happily. And now everytime when I need a 10 minutes break, I will remove all the decorations and ask him to do it again.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Phin Zhe has involved in every steps of making the cookies. It took longer time compare to if I were to make it alone and it was a little bit messy. But I felt so happy when I saw Phin Zhe smiled to the gingerbread men cookies and shouted,"I made gingerbread men cookies!"</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I only managed to make 10 packs because the rest was not nicely moulded. But nevermind, Phin Zhe will finish them.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Ingredients:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">125g melted butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">60g brown sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 egg yolk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2 tbsp ginger juice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 tsp cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 tsp baking soda</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">300g unbleached flour</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Method:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Mix flour, cinnamon and baking soda. Set aside.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Beat the butter and sugar until creamy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Add in egg yolk and beat until creamy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Stir in flour mixture and ginger juice. Mix well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. Put the dough on pastry mat or flat surface and knead until smooth.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6. Place in refrigerator for 20 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">7. Roll out and cut with cookies cutters.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">8. Bake in preheated oven at 140'c for 10 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Do note that different cookies thickness will need different timing.</span> </span>soo seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291779402934741470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887491982278887345.post-69303622313461486242013-12-03T14:23:00.001+08:002013-12-03T14:23:19.600+08:002 years old meal plan<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I received requests to post Phin Zhe's menu on this blog. Now at 2 years old, this is his standard menu on weekdays. On weekends, I will be trying out new menu.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Phin Zhe's menu from Monday to Friday</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times;"><u>Before breakfast</u></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">breast milk(direct latch)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><u>Breakfast and Morning break</u></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>On weekday morning, we will have 15 minutes breakfast together. It will be one or two mains with one beverage. Then I will pack some for his morning break in daycare.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Mains</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bread(<a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/04/super-soft-plain-white-loaf-super-soft.html">plain white loaf or cranberries white loaf or raisin wholemeal loaf</a> or <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/05/black-sesame-flaxseed-soft-loaf.html">black sesame flaxseed loaf</a>) with or without spread(avacado banana spread, black sesame spread, tahini spread, fruit spread) or</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bun(<a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/11/purple-sweet-potatoes-buns.html">purple sweet potatoes bun</a> or <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/11/taiwanese-green-onion-savoury-bun.html">green onion bun</a> or <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/09/hot-cross-bunhealthy-version.html">hotcross bun</a> or <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/09/dinner-rolls.html">dinner rolls</a>) or</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Steamed Cakes(<a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/04/purple-sweet-potatoes-steamed-cake.html">Purple sweet potatoes steamed cupcakes</a> or <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/03/millet-raisin-steamed-cupcakes.html">millet raisin steamed cupcakes</a> or <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/03/pandan-coconut-steamed-cupcakes.html">pandan coconut steamed cupcakes</a> or <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/11/banana-steamed-cakerice-cooker-version.html">rice cooker version banana steamed cake</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Muffins/Cupcakes(<a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/11/orange-sponge-cake-with-greek-yogurt.html">orange sponge cupcakes</a> or <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/11/carrot-muffins.html">carrot muffins</a>) or
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mantou(<a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/11/purple-sweet-potatoes-mantoubread.html">purple sweet potatoes mantou</a> or <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/03/molasses-wheat-mantou.html">molasses wheat mantou</a> or
<a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/01/pumpkin-mantou.html">pumpkin mantou</a> or <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/01/flaxseed-and-ghee-steamed-bun.html">flaxseed and ghee mantou</a>) or</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oatmeal(similar version <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2008/09/resident-inns-breakfast.html">here</a>) or
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pancake(I noticed that I have only blogged about <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/01/healthy-pancake-abcd.html">banana pancake</a>, but actually I have tried apple pancake, pandan pancake, beetroot pancake, sweet potatoes pancake, cheese pancake and many more combination)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cooked breakfast (cheezy/mushroom scrambled egg, boiled potatoes in rosemary infused olive oil and cucumber/cherry tomatoes, similar version <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/08/breakfast-plate-3.html">here</a>)
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<span style="font-family: Times;"><strong>Beverage</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Chinese sweet soup(Red Bean with lotus seeds and lily bulbs, Green Bean with sweet potatoes, barley with bean curd sheet, white fungus with red dates) or
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Western soup(<a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/09/wild-mushroom-soup-and-pumpkin-soup.html">Potatoes Mushroom Soup and Pumpkin Carrot Soup</a>) or
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Chrysanthemum licorice root drink or
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Honey Lemon drink or
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Milk(Soy milk, oat milk, nuts milk) or
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">5 grains/10 grains drink
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<strong><u>Lunch</u></strong>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><u>Before afternoon nap</u></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">4oz breast milk
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><u>Tea Break</u></strong>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fruit(Apple/Kiwi/Avacado/Banana etc)
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">4oz breast milk
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cookies(optional)
<a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/08/cheddar-cheese-cookies.html">cheddar cheese cookies</a> or <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/09/italian-cookies.html">italian cookies</a> or oatmeal molasses cookies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Left over bread/bun/cakes from morning(optional)
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><u>Dinner</u></strong>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Rice with Chinese dishes or
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pasta(Tomato Sauce, Pesto Sauce, Aglio)
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><u>Before sleep</u></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">breast milk(direct latch)
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">At first, I was very skeptical about using bread maker to make bread. When I was searching for bread recipes early last year, I bumped into a few Taiwanese bloggers who have invested in Panasonic bread maker and able to make good bread out of it. Having visited Taiwan for a few times, I knew that Taiwan is very popular for their breads and buns, so I trusted their reviews. On the other hand, I am tempted by the bread maker preset timer where I can get fresh loaf every morning. In the end, I got myself the latest model, BMS105-T.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><u>Highlights of BMS105-T</u></strong>:</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">1. separated compartments for yeast and nuts/dried fruit</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is very important as the yeast and nuts/dried fruit should be added at correct timing. Many bread makers in the market do not have these compartments or either they have only one compartment.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">2. Controlled temperature for yeast proving/bread rising</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">After the kneading is done, the bread maker will provide a optimum temperature for the yeast. Therefore everytime the bread will turn out the same size regardless of the weather/temperature.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">3. up to 12 hours preset timer</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I use this function very often. I just need to place all the ingredients, preset the completion time and I will have a fresh loaf for breakfast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>4. thickness of the crust</strong> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">There are 3 selection for the crust, which are light, medium or dark. I found that many bread makers produce a slightly thicker crust. So it is good to be able to select the crust thickness I like.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">5. 30 programmes</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Honestly I have not experienced all the programmes. But this bread maker really can make a lot of things besides bread, which I will explain later in this post.</span></div>
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<u><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here is a summary of the bread functions:</span></strong></u><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">1. <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/04/super-soft-plain-white-loaf-super-soft.html">Bread loaf</a>(fully auto)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">2. Steamed bread(semi auto, will need to move the dough to steam bowl)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">3. <a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/09/dinner-rolls.html">Breads and Buns</a>(semi auto, will need to shape the dough, put in filling or toppings and bake in oven)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">4. Cake(fully auto, do note that the texture is more like muffins as there is not beating involved) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">5. Dough kneading(it can do all kind of dough kneading, example pizza, noodles, udon, mantou, chinese pao etc)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">6. Fruit jam(fully auto)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">7. Chocolate truffle(semi auto, need to shape it with mold)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">8. Muaci(semi auto, need to shape and coat with peanut powder)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">9. Read bean paste(fully auto)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">10. Home made yeast(fully auto)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">11. Home made yogurt(fully auto, using the yeast function)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">12. </span><a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/08/homemade-fish-balls.html"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fish Ball</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(semi auto, using the bread dough function, still need to shape and cook)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">13. Meat floss(semi auto, using bread dough function) Yes! Meat floss for Chinese New Year! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Function #1 to #10 are provided in the user manual. From #11 onwards, these functions are tested by either me or other bloggers. I hope to see more wild ideas that this wonderful machine can do. :)</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yesterday when I saw shark's fin melon in organic shop for the very first time, I put it in my recycle bag without hesistation. Shark's fin melon tonifies Qi and blood, expels cold, harmonises the blood, induces bowel movements and has many other wonderful benefits. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times;">It is very easy to boil shark's fin melon sweet soup. Just cut the shark's fin melon to smaller pieces, remove seeds and boil in water. After about 30 minutes, take out the shark's fin melon, use a fork to mash it, it will turn into shreds easily. The shreds look like the real shark's fin, that is where it gets its name. Put the melon shreds back to the pot, add in dried longan and slow cook for another 15 minutes. Add sugar to taste and it is done. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times;">I packed the sweet soup into few thermos for everyone to bring to office/school. Then I filled two ceramic stew pot and kept them in fridge. Phin Zhe's daddy will love this after his badminton tonight. :)</span></em></div>
<br />soo seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291779402934741470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887491982278887345.post-79180136442138628112013-11-26T10:13:00.002+08:002013-11-26T21:42:17.438+08:00Carrot Muffins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">the one without pecan on top is for Phin Zhe</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">My mum used to make tasty and healthy carrot cake for me and now it is my turn to make for my son. :) I would not want to bake a whole cake on a working day morning, so I tweaked the recipe and changed it to muffin recipe.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I measured everything the night before(step 1 done and sugar in a separated bowl) and kept the grated carrot in fridge. This morning I just need to mix and bake. What a lovely morning with carrot cake fresh from the oven and a glass of homemade black soy milk.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I passed one to Phin Zhe's teacher. She has a cupcake project for the kids and they will bring the end products to old folks home. Before I could reach office, I received her watapps message saying that it is very delicious and feel like getting an oven to pick up baking. Please try the recipe and tell me that she is not trying to be polite. ;)</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This recipe makes 8 muffins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Ingredients
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 1/4 cups(150g) all-purpose flour(sifted twice)
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1/2 cup(50g) chopped almonds/walnuts/pecans(I used walnuts)
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 teaspoon baking powder
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1/2 teaspoon salt
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 1/2 cups(195g) grated carrots
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2/3 cup(68g) vegetable oil(I used grape seed oil)
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 cup(145g) brown sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(I used 75g only)
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3 eggs
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">** I might further reduce the sugar to 70g because now Phin Zhe can finish one muffin on his own. I do not want him to develop a sweet tooth.**</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Method
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Mix flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon together. Set aside.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Whisk the eggs and sugar until mix well and sugar are almost melted.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Add in carrots, vegetable oil to the egg mixture and mix well.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Stir in flour mixture and mix well . Don’t over mix.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. Scoop into cupcake liners and bake in preheated oven at 160’c for 15 to 20 minutes or until tester/toothpick comes out clean.</span>
soo seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291779402934741470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887491982278887345.post-26246016322140682242013-11-24T21:57:00.000+08:002013-11-26T10:15:05.808+08:00Purple Sweet Potatoes Buns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have a </span></em><a href="http://home-cooked-ecstasy.blogspot.com/2013/09/dinner-rolls.html"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">bun recipe</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> that I keep repeating almost every Sunday. The recipe makes 12 buns and I will normally make 6 with fillings or toppings, and make 6 plain to keep for Monday. Today I just want to finish up the left over purple sweet potatoes from yesterday mantou. I added 2 tsp brown sugar to the hot mashed sweet potatoes. Once cool down, they are ready to be used. I just love the way they are, organic and real. I can put as much fillings as I want, and they are not very sweet so I won't feel guilty eating them. :)</span></em>soo seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291779402934741470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887491982278887345.post-90841236433863533382013-11-24T17:39:00.001+08:002013-11-26T10:15:16.868+08:00Purple Sweet Potatoes Mantou(Bread machine version)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">To save time, I am trying to pass all the kneading and proofing job to my bread machine. My bread machine proofs bread in a temperature control environment, so the timing is more consistent. Since it is easier to make mantou with bread machine, now I have more time to shape the mantou. :) This post is just to record the measurement needed for bread machine.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Ingredients:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">300g unbleached flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2 tbsp sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 tsp yeast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">70g purple sweet potatoes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">140ml water</span>
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