Bread and Batter, Salads and Vegetables

Breakfast wrap

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I think I’m liking this WordPress app on my phone. This really has made it easier for me to update and keep on posting. Finally all the pictures of food I’ve taken can be shared. Am so happy right now. (Though the word ‘jakun’/’suaku’ keeps shouting in my head).

I love grilled caramelised sweet peppers. One day I realised it’s very easy to get them grilled and soft without baking them in the oven.

I melted some butter and olive oil in a regular pan and then pressed the halved peppers down with a wooden spoon ensuring that the surface gets cooked. The result was really yummy. Oh, don’t forget to salt them.

I put it on top scrambled eggs and salad in a wrap. Perfect healthy breakfast wrap.

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Asian Dishes

Eid Adha 2013 Lunch

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This year for Eid was super simple. Then again the only people who did any visiting was us. We visited the mothers. And the mothers this year cooked chicken. One did chicken rice and the other chicken soto. It was simple fare that pulled at the heart strings. Something I know if I were away staying in some Ang moh land, I’d miss right away.

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Cakes and Cookies, Desserts

White chocolate cornflakes

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Last year I visited an aunt for Raya and tried this awesome cookie. I didn’t manage to get the exact recipe but she did tell me they contained cornflakes, white chocolate, cranberries and nuts. And this Raya, I was determined to make them. Lucky I did, because a lot of people liked them. 🙂 The beauty of this is, it’s no bake!

Melt two packets of white chocolate. I used Cadbury Dreams.
Melt two packets of white chocolate. I used Cadbury Dreams.

 

Stir in cornflakes, cranberries, almonds flakes (toasted). You can add anything you want to the mix actually.
Stir in cornflakes, cranberries, almonds flakes (toasted). You can add anything you want to the mix actually.

 

Pour a teaspoon of the mixture into paper cups.
Pour a teaspoon of the mixture into paper cups.

 

Set chocolate cups in the refrigerator for a few hours. After that, you can store in an airtight container without refrigeration and they will keep well for weeks. If they last that long...
Set chocolate cups in the refrigerator for a few hours. After that, you can store in an airtight container without refrigeration and they will keep well for weeks. If they last that long…

 

Chilled white chocolate cups. :)
Chilled white chocolate cups. 🙂

 

 

 

 

Cakes and Cookies

Gingerbread Cookies

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It has been more than a year since I last posted. I cannot believe I was that busy, and ironically, I am on part-time load this year. Ha ha. Now it’s just a bit of a lull at work and at home, and hence, the blogging shall continue.

During Raya this year, I made gingerbread cookies following Chef Wan’s recipe and used the cute cookie cutters bought from last year! Like finally! They turned out all right. It’s the soft kind of gingerbready cookies and a hit with younger children. I can vouch for that because I brought them for my nieces and they were wiped out. 🙂

Adam trying out pressing the dough with the cutter.
Adam trying out pressing the dough with the cutter.
Some of them cracked quite badly. Wrinkled Kitties and Mice.
Some of them cracked quite badly. Wrinkled Kitties and Mice.
Kids working together in almost perfect harmony.
Kids working together in almost perfect harmony.
Easy as ABC.
Easy as ABC.
Adorable unbaked shapes.
Adorable unbaked shapes.
The best part of the job - letting the kid do it!
The best part of the job – letting the kid do it!