The Occasional Cook

Bread and Batter, Cakes and Cookies, Desserts, Snack

Strawberry shortcakes

November 3, 2013March 3, 2021 7shasha7

Yesterday Aisyah wanted to bake. Ever since she’s been following masterchef junior, Aisyah’s been in a cooking mood. She wanted to bake strawberry shortcakes but I had already made some scones earlier. Basic scones. So I told her to make the filling and use the scones I had baked as the base. She whipped some double cream, bought strawberry jam and fresh strawberries and did the assembly. The result was pretty good. She gave most of it to her grandparents and cousin and they were a hit. Looks like every weekend will be a baking lesson for both of us.

Bread and Batter, breakfast, Snack

Sardine Ciabatta

October 28, 2013March 3, 2021 7shasha7

I learnt how to make delicious crispy store bought ciabatta from my aunt. She’d drizzle a bit of olive oil on the gut bread and put it on a hot pan till it browns. The result- crispy delicious goodness. So simple yet I never thought I doing that.

For breakfast yesterday, I made this sandwich using leftover sardines from the previous day’s fried sardine egg bread.

I will do this from now on whenever I have ciabatta. The fun now comes from filling ideas!

Asian Dishes, Bread and Batter

Roti telur gulung sardin

October 26, 2013 7shasha7

This morning I made something I’ve been wanting to do for years – a snack which is so oily and fattening. Ironically I am currently trying to shed a couple (OK a lot) of kilos.

Anyway I made them and am happy that I’ve tried. I will never make them again.

The first three I made, I used bread crumbs. For added texture. But I felt that the breadcrumbs absorbed more oil and added to the gazillion calories already so after that I did it the traditional way.

Noodles and Pasta

Penne Alfredo bake

October 19, 2013October 19, 2013 7shasha7

This is what you can make within minutes using all ready made ingredients and leftovers.

You can add vegetables to the dish but I didn’t have any vegetables I needed to finish so it was just plain. But still delicious for children. I like to use Leggo (because its the only halal one in the market). The red which you see is from smoked paprika for added flavour. I simple love smoked paprika.

breakfast, Salads and Vegetables

Saturday breakfast bliss

October 19, 2013October 19, 2013 7shasha7

What makes this a blissful breakfast is the fried mushrooms in garlic and butter. Lots of them! Mmmmm… Make sure to cook the mushrooms till they are dry and then sprinkle good quality sea salt flakes. I used Maldon’s smoked sea salt flakes.
Am still smiling from the lovely juicy garlicky shrooms. 🙂