Green Tea Tiramisu Cake

Green Tea Tiramisu Cake, originally uploaded by xterlim.

I made this birthday cake specially for my lovely hubby Joeel! :) He is 40 this year! A well wish for him in whatever things he does whether in work or play is always FUN & ENJOYMENT!

Happy Birthday Dear! MUACK!

Xmas Gathering @ Kweks' 2010

Xmas Gathering @ Kweks' 2010, a set on Flickr.

A BIG THANKS to Vincent's Bro who booked the BBQ just for us whom wanted to have BBQ for very loooooooooong time when Dennis and Eunice had stopped inviting us to BBQ at their place(where we find their place is the best place for outdoor bbq, well, nevermind) ;p We did the potluck bbq as we can eat what everyone would prepare for everybody. Needless to say, if we are not preparing anything at all, Kwek's Mother will surely fill our stomach with lots of her delicacy!!!!! She would prepare food for the children and the elderly and even US! Gosh, we really admire her spirit to COOK for so many people! Aunty! You made us feel so LUCKY! ;p

My Gingerbreadbabies in Jar

My Gingerbreadbabies in Jar, originally uploaded by xterlim.

YES! It has to be FRESHLY BAKED! for this Christmas ;)

My intention for this year end was to take a break for this year Christmas bakery... I'd rejected a couple of friends' order for my signature gingerbreadbabies in jars! I felt so bad about it... more and more orders just came in eventually! This show they love my gingerbreadbabies!!! No disappointment for anybody anymore! My Christmas spirit goes up and in my mind is JUST DO IT!

And I'm happily baking in the kitchen :D

Earl Grey Tea Cake

Earl Grey Tea Cake, originally uploaded by xterlim.

I have no idea, my bakery mood is back AGAIN! Maybe, I have not worked in the kitchen for a long time ;p I think all my equipments are calling for me... and all the waiting lists of things I want to do getting more and more... Joeel is smiling after he'd a bite from this cakes ;p And yes, I would like to share this with my love ones too ;)

Vegetarian Style Pizza

Pizza Veg01, originally uploaded by xterlim.

It was actually mixed mushrooms pizza with fresh salad toppings! It's a treat for ourselves after so many non-stop weekends work! Phew, finally we got to relax and had our comfort food ;p Yumyum...

Too bad, CK & JY had sore throat, else it will be a "bonus" dinner for them ;p Gosh, I'm beginning to miss Baby Avery!!!!!!!! Avery, Gugu misses YOU!!!!! ;p

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VALENE & VALENCIA!

VSB07, originally uploaded by xterlim.

It was a long weekend and I suggested to bake birthday cakes for the Kwek's twins as one of their birthday presents, they even cancelled their cake order to accept my home bake cakes just for their twins... gosh, I was so touch, not only that, my expectation to bake them a cake each is even higher... and I thought it was even more challenging comparing to fun! And eventually, my Joeel joined the fun too XD
Their parents requested for something bright for the children party and they think of the sesame street characters that resemble their twins, Cookie Monster and Almo Monster... Haha, there are my fav characters too! There, I baked cookies and a chocolate cake for Cookie Monster for Valene, strawberry cake for Almo Character for Valencia!

Happy Birthday Twins!

Devil's Curry Chicken

Devil's Curry Chicken, originally uploaded by xterlim.

It's yogurt and milk base curry replaced from coconut milk and asam ;)
Totally LOW in fat and appetising :) This recipe is shared by a friend Chunying :)
And I'm cooking my version by adding lemon grass with the chicken when cooking with the curry/chilli paste, not forgetting to add cherry tomatoes and quail eggs to add fun to this curry :) Love love its devilish hot and spicy taste and the sourness come from the yogurt! ;p

Baked Eggy Bread

Baked Eggy Bread, originally uploaded by xterlim.

A happy and filling breakfast to be served just this morning and we just love it!

It's easy to make.

I used leftover bread that I baked at home.

3 main ingredients I used are bread, tomatoes and eggs!

For 2s
Preheat the oven 200C/225C

Grease the bowls with butter/olive oil
1 slice of bread (half on each bowl), tear it into pieces.
Place 3 cherry tomatoes (6 in total) (cut in quaters) onto the crumple breads.
Add a slice of cheese (2 slices in total) (tear it into pieces) layer onto the cherry tomatoes.
Spread a tablespoon of ready made paste sauce (I used campbell traditional pasta sauce).
Sprinkle some salt and pepper.
Drizzle some olive oil.
Make a little well, crack an egg, drizzle some olive oil again and bake in the oven for 15-20min

Serve HOT in the morning!

You'll love it!

Grilled Chicken Thigh with Tomatoes Pasta Sauce Spagetti

Grilled Chicken Thigh with Tomatoes Pasta Sauce Spagetti, originally uploaded by xterlim.

I haven't been cooking for a long time!! as I was too tight up with work and find no chance to have really a gooooooood meal at home... But in my mind, I always crave to cook something nice for my Joeel! Yes, he missed the tomato traditional sauce pasta, to have extra "bonus" for his non stop hard work from his job, grilled chicken must have to be added on this dish... there, a wonderful dinner to cheer ourselves up on a lovely Sunday evening :) Bon appetit!

2 Chicken Thighs (marinated with soy sauce, pepper, white wine, garlic powder & olive oil for 30min) Grilled the thighs on the press iron grill for 10-15min, I used philip brand ;) For oven, preheat the oven (225C) before marinate the meat, grill them on the metal grill on the top shelf and cook for 10-15min.

Boil 2 portion of spagetti in a pan with some salt & olive oil (10min)
Drain the spagetti and season with some olive oil.

1 can of campbell traditional pasta sauce with fried chopped onions in the hot frying pan, add 1 cup of small prawns and cook together.

Serve HOT together on a plate as one dish meal, pour the hot cooked pasta sauce onto the spagetti, add some green ( I used lettuces for some crunches)

ENJOY!

Chocolate Chip Macadamia Cookies

Chocolate Chip Macadamia Cookies, originally uploaded by xterlim.

Geraldine Sis came and visit us for some foto shoot and Jeanne came along! "Jiumu, I wana bake!" Ok, let me see what do I have in my kitchen... here we baked chocolate chips macadamia cookies! Easy and fast to bake and also yummy too ;p

Jeanne is a happy baker today!

Homemade Lemonade

Homemade Lemonade, originally uploaded by xterlim.

Prepare this lemonade in the morning or previous night before your good night sleep ;)

2 lemons, wiped and slice
60g brown sugar
1 litre water

Mix the lemons with the water and sugar. Leave to macerate for 12hours in the refrigerator, stiring intermittently to dissolve the sugar, and best to serve and drink cold! ;p

Best to serve it with ice, drink it COLD on the super HOT Day! It helps to cool down the body! ;)

Love note from the LEMON: "I'm a natural disinfectant! I'm rich in Vitamin C and Citrus flavonoids that have a powerful antioxidant function. I will strengthen your immune system and prevent infection and disease! I'm your super hero!"

Blueberry Vinegar 26.04.10

Blueberry Vinegar 26.04.10, originally uploaded by xterlim.

I still have this big bottle of Sakamoto black vinegar waiting for us to consume... We'd finished the apple flavor one and we love the zipper scents! Joeel doesn't like strong vinegar smell, what should I do for this one cos it's just pure black vinegar?? Hey! Let's try blueberry flavor vinegar!!! I just bought a book called FOOD IS MEDICINE from kinokuniya and happen to flip this page! Let me share this recipe with all of you ;p

300g blueberries
700ml white wine vinegar or cider vinegar (I used Sakamoto Black Vinegar)

Put the blueberries in a hermetically-sealable pickling jar. Pour over the vinegar and seal the jar tightly. Leave to macerate in a cool, dark place for 2 weeks. Strain and bottle the vinegar.

Who will be my guests in 2 weeks time ;p Hehe...

Shitaki Mushroom Pizza Toast

Shitaki Mushroom Pizza Toast, originally uploaded by xterlim.

A good treat for ourselves for the beginning of the day... we had been painting for last 2 days non stop under the hot sun with the windy cloudy day!

I happened to find there're 2 more slice of wholemeal bread left in the fridge, a cheese sausage in the freeze and shitaki mushroom! There, we had this pizza toast to give ourselves a BIG TOAST for completing the post box painting! CHEERS!

Homecook Curry Fish Head

See what I'd prepared for my bro CK and Sis-in-law JY, of course Joeel and I also get to eat it too ;p To prepare homecook curry fish head is very easy! FRESH Fish Head is very important!

Everything FRESH from the Chong Pang wet market and cooking method:
1) 1 Medium Size Fish Head (Ang Gou Li) wash and clean
2) 1 packet fresh fish curry paste (S$1.50) stir fried with veg oil and wedges big onion in hot wok
3) 300g fresh grated coconut (3 bowls of water to mix and squeeze out the milk with the filter bag) bring to boil in medium heat in a claypot
4) Add the curry paste with onions in the boiling coconut milk, add the vegetables and tou pok follow by the fish head
5) Close the lid and cook in med heat for 15min, add sugar and salt to taste
6) Serve Hot :p

Easy rite!

You can try it at home!

Cheers!

F1 ROCKS!

F1 Bento 27.09.09, originally uploaded by xterlim.

Again, we're watching F1 from the LIVE telecast on the TV and enjoying our delicious F1 Bento at home ;p YUM~

Yummy Breakfast

I learned this Italian style recipe from David Roco, and it has become our breakfast almost every time we want to have it! Because, we became to enjoy having it, it was a cheezy experience! You must try! It's very easy to make: Just use any toast bread (I used wholemeal bread) sliced the mozorella cheese and sandwich in between the breads, trimmed the bread skin and cut into triangle, dipped the triangle bread into the beaten eggs and some milk (I used 2 eggs for 4 sliced breads), fry em onto the hot pan with olive oil until golden brown on both sides :) Serve HOT! Yummy!

Encouragement Bento 19.08.09

Encouragement Bento 19.08.09, originally uploaded by xterlim.

Joeel's back pain attacked him :( He couldn't get up from his morning bed, his hands and feet were shivering cold that he was so afraid to hurt his back spine :( I was so helpless, I wanted to call an ambulance, but Joeel stopped me. I cancelled my classes for his unbearable back pain, cook lunch and dinner. Thought bento can make him feel better after sometimes that he managed to get up from his bed. After lunch, his pain was still unbearable, after some thoughts, I decided to call an ambulance to help us! After a long wait at the TTS Hospital, the doctor gave him a pain killer injection and more pain killer pills and sleeping pills for him :s All I know is Joeel needs a lot of rest...

Yummy HomeBake Carrot Cake

My baking mood is BACK! This is my first try to bake this carrot cake. I baked it for my mum and my 3rd aunt :) It's a sunday treat for them and ourselves :p Yes, they love it! :D

Belgian Waffle with Healthy Toppings 22.06.09

Belgian Waffle with Healthy Toppings 22.06.09 , originally uploaded by xterlim.

Our yummy breakfast for the beginning of the week ;p

Waffles Making with my nieces :)

Another dough making session with my nieces and this time we made Belgian Waffles! Surprisingly, Janice can stand right in front of the waffles maker patiently waiting for the dough to get cooked! After a few dough cooking... her attention fall on somewhere else! Haha! Then it was Jeanne's turn to continue the waffles cooking ;p Not only that, Chef Patrina even prepared sumptous Japanese dinner for all of us and we'd waffles with fruits and ice cream! What a school holiday for my nieces! For me, I was dead tired as my Sunday break had spent on our nieces but think again we had great fun together! :D