tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81822572012-02-24T17:56:28.919+08:00Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-51436086315005113992012-02-24T17:53:00.002+08:002012-02-24T17:56:28.941+08:00

This is an easy dish which you can make using either regular wok or happycall pan if you have.  For this, I used my happycall pan because it cuts short the cooking time.  I got the recipe from a booklet given to me when I bought a hard anodised wok from Tangs a few years ago.  I totally forgotten all about it until I found it recently while cleaning up my room.  This is a very simple dish, you

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Starting early this month, I always prepare a menu list for the week for my family.  Simply because I currently don't have a helper and have to prepare the meals early in the morning before I go to work.  My 2 older kids go home straight from school and I have to make sure that they have food for lunch :)   Weekday mornings are crazy for me so I usually whip something easy and one of them is this

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-39561699497633024212012-02-22T15:42:00.000+08:002012-02-22T15:42:00.088+08:00

A friend ordered a HarryPotter cupcakes for her son who is a big fan of the series.  12 pieces of chocolate fudge cupcakes with chocolate ganache.  It was my first theme cupcakes and actually had great time making them.  Let see what I can do with the balance coloured fondant :)

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You won't believe that this recipe is from my daughter's child care centre.  Recently, the centre held a food demo of the kids' favourite dish,  actually the program was held to encourage family bonding activity.  My youngest pestered me to cook this for the weekend and so I relented. You should know that this was a serving for her :) I won't really call this quick and easy.  Quick and easy

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-32873553491235034752012-02-14T17:28:00.000+08:002012-02-14T17:28:31.509+08:00

I love anything soupy especially when it comes to noodles.  Whenever I have a chance I will get myself a bowl of sliced fish noodle soup.   This time round, instead of buying I decided to do a homemade version.  To get a good tasting broth, you need to simmer the soup on the stove for about 1hr or so.  Due to time constraint, I decided to use my pressure cooker instead.   There is not much

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-45736817513205124932012-02-13T12:18:00.000+08:002012-02-13T12:18:47.728+08:00

This is definitely not quick and easy.  It's not that difficult but definitely not quick :-P  I will post the recipe in my other blog. This is my second attempt at making these lovelies.  It was quite a daunting experience with the humidity and heat here, I had to work real fast in order to keep the butter from melting.  Nevertheless, they came out beautiful, buttery and flaky.  My family loves

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-91557221087828426342012-02-10T10:58:00.000+08:002012-02-10T10:58:42.945+08:00

The 2 cakes that I made end of last year.  The first was my youngest daughter's birthday cake and the second was for my aunt.  Jump to my other blog to read at http://mybakingadventure.blogspot.com/ :)

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-84892496061563572452012-02-08T09:30:00.004+08:002012-02-10T10:15:02.431+08:00

The last 2 weeks have been a noodle week for us. I was thinking of nothing but having noodles over the weekend so we had ban mian, sliced fish noodle and xinjiang inspired la mian :) Xinjiang inspired la mian which looks far from the version that I had during my trip there many years ago. The colour of the sauce is way too dark. I used tomato puree instead of fresh tomatoes :-P But it came out

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-73562208582225998702012-01-17T14:29:00.008+08:002012-02-10T11:00:10.852+08:00

This is my husband's favorite snack and he never gets tired eating it *LOL*. Keropok lekor tastes very much like fish keropok but it is shaped like a sausage. There are 2 types, one is chewy and the other is really crispy to a point like eating sticks *lol*. You will usually need to cut them into pieces before frying. I decided to give it a try over the weekend and fortunately they came out

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-16017171934716805342012-01-12T12:39:00.008+08:002012-02-10T11:01:07.610+08:00

Japchae is a korean dish which is actually glass noodle salad. It uses the sweet potato glass noodle instead of the mung bean ones that we normally see in the supermarket. I like this one better as it is chewy and slightly thicker than the regular mung bean version. It is almost as thick as the laksa noodle, maybe slightly thinner. So in the midst of clearing my pantry and refrigerator, I

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-17375135484711516362012-01-10T14:23:00.004+08:002012-01-10T14:43:38.539+08:00

We had it with Chicken Bamiah and pickled cucumber+carrotThis is the first traditional dish I made for 2012. This was actually inspired after a chat I had with my dad recently. Nasi samin is made using butter made from animal fat like cow, goat or camel. Here, we can get ghee (clarified butter) which is derived from cow easily. So my version is using ghee. It is a relatively simple dish, not much

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-71568674166571199892012-01-04T10:19:00.003+08:002012-01-04T10:22:59.973+08:00

I would like to wish all my readers a good 2012 .. May all your wishes come true. Thank you for all your support and reading my blog. I know I have not been updating this regularly especially after my dearest mom passed away in June last year. Now I will try to update as much as I possibly can try to stick to quick n easy recipes as per my blog title :-DThank you again :)

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-91672438266365143232011-12-01T15:49:00.002+08:002011-12-01T16:02:55.123+08:00

My family especially my kids love to eat bread. Eversince my eldest goes home straight from school, the olive oil spread consumption has gone up ! One tub of bertolli olive oil spread can only last slightly over a week and one tub costs me $7+ :-( So decided to be 'frugal' since butter and olive oil are the house's staple to make my own. The good thing about this is that I can control the quality

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-40472620978983380922011-11-24T12:47:00.002+08:002011-11-24T12:49:54.432+08:00

I am opening a class during the school holidays. The details as follows. I have 1 place left. Do email to me at zuamir@gmail.com if you are interested.Class: Basic baking, butter cakes (hands on)Date: 8th December 2011Time: 2-6pmCost: $65Number of participant required: 4You will be taught 3 methods of mixing and comparing the textures from these methods. Ingredients will be provided and you will

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-63036497688043791292011-11-24T12:40:00.003+08:002011-11-24T12:46:38.765+08:00

I was in the mood to bake something crispy and buttery. So what came into my mind was puff pastry. I was not prepared to do the classic pastry as it was a weekday night. Found one by Gordon Ramsay which is easy as it uses 1 block of butter (250g/9oz). Since most of the butters we get here is in 9oz or 250g, I love love recipes that uses the whole lot as I can be lazy to cut and weight it *LOL*

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-44963321643454204602011-11-10T15:58:00.006+08:002011-11-10T16:10:19.722+08:00

I have been wanting to try this out for quite some time. Although I roast chicken at home quite regularly, i want to find out it this off the freezer chicken is good enough for days when I do not have the time to bake one from scratch. At a glance, the packaging does not look huge but the chicken is actually pretty big. Definitely bigger than those spring chicken. You can use either the microwave

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-76993824621402916342011-10-31T15:00:00.010+08:002011-11-10T16:11:04.121+08:00

This easy recipe was shared by an online friend and not only that is easy to make, it's a lovely brownie. It is really easy that even your kids can do it to with minimal supervision :-D How not to when it requires only 3 ingredients and no mixer is needed.I made another batch but added marshmallow half way through the baking. I am not a great fan of marshmallow but if you do you may want to, bake

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-13167048788464509132011-10-31T14:34:00.005+08:002011-11-10T16:11:17.472+08:00

It's been a while since I update this blog. Have been busy with stuffs but could not find the time to upload things that I have done over the past months. Today, I will be sharing a simple cake which was introduced by a friend. It uses orange, the whole orange minus the white bids and blend all the ingredients in. Pretty straight forward and simple.The original recipe is taken from here but I

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-87917563121393796902011-08-03T12:03:00.004+08:002011-08-03T12:15:01.485+08:00

Getting a bit tired of eating the regular white version fried beehoon, I decided to make this for the kids. It is a phad thai inspired noodle as I omit some of the ingredients :D To make it extra spicy, you can add cut chili padi after it is almost done before you turn off the fire like I did after I took out the kids' portion.What you need500g bee hoon200g fresh prawns, shelled and deveined200g

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-8357782242213360632011-07-15T11:49:00.005+08:002011-08-03T11:55:48.003+08:00

Made this simple chilled cheesecake for my brother-in-law who turned 19 last month. He is into wushu and so to make it extra special, I did a silhoutte using chocolate for decoration. I had a bit of excess of the both the filling and base, so I made them into cuppies just nice for the kids :-DI used the recipe from the nobake chocolate+banana cheesecake (CLICK HERE) I replace the biscuit with

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-20702163027766628302011-07-12T11:04:00.004+08:002011-07-12T11:13:30.005+08:00

I made pizzas for dinner the other day and had some of the toppings ingredients left but not the dough. Fortunately, I had some instant pratas stashed in the freezer and used it to make these. Easy and delicious I must say *LOL*What you need:A few prata skins, enough to use up the pizza topping ingredientschicken ham or whatever cold meats that you likeshredded cheesepizza sauceegg wash (optional

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-57166959644172649342011-06-23T12:49:00.006+08:002011-06-23T13:09:51.708+08:00

I don't usually eat cakes that are heavily coloured, hence it took me a very long time before I decided to make these delicious cupcakes. Thanks to Chuck Hughes, after watching one episode of 'Chuck`s Day Off', I could not get this out of my mind. So I finally caved in and made these. They are very easy to make and delicious especially the mascarpone frosting. Do give it a try!You can get the

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-86563767165939540692011-04-18T10:45:00.006+08:002011-04-18T11:07:36.956+08:00

This is a very delicious cake and a good way to use up your egg whites. This recipe is from Rose's Heavenly Cake book and just to add, I simply love the recipes from this book. Do get a copy for yourself :) For the ganache, I use the recipe of Planet Cake which I had some left from a mud cake that I baked earlier. Ingredients: 90gm egg white 160gm milk 1.5tsp vanilla 200gm cake flour/all purpose

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-48660554341256762602011-02-23T15:46:00.005+08:002011-02-23T15:56:55.914+08:00

We had a long weekend early this month due to Chinese New Year. I have been a bit busy for the first 2 weeks of February doing some baking and here are the pictures of what I did. White Velvet cupcake with dark chocolate ganacheDelicious Red Velvet cake I did for CNY gathering Mini cupcake cakepops with left over mud cake and ganacheChocolate Banana cake ala Secret Recipe for my other half's

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-49528049701193599342011-02-23T15:27:00.006+08:002011-02-23T15:44:59.928+08:00

I love Thai food, well who doesn't ? *lol* I like to order this dish whenever I have my meals at a Thai eatery or restaurant simply because it is a great one dish meal. It is usually eaten with steamed rice and a sunny side up egg, simple yet satisfying. I have always been wanting to make this at home. Coincidentally, I bought a pack of thai basil from a supermarket and it has been sitting for a

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-44301674980904873822011-02-15T11:10:00.007+08:002011-02-15T11:19:46.425+08:00

It was one of those days where I wanted to try making something a little bit different. I had quite a stash of scallions and sesame seeds and happened to find a recipe that uses both. It is pretty easy to make and lovely to eat it on its own or dip it with some thick gravy like curry, stew or even chilli dip.This recipe is taken off the book Dim Sum Kitchen by Tan, Melody. I just estimate the

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-66931788478949575402011-02-15T10:34:00.003+08:002011-02-15T11:04:52.102+08:00

My first experience having Japanese curry was about 20years ago during my first visit to Japan. I wasn't very intrigue by it as it was more sweet and tasted totally different from the curry that I am used to. However, I got pretty much accustomed to it by adding some chilli sauce to go with it *lol* My children do eat curry but their spicy threshold is still pretty low. So to get them used to

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-13637134523856184232011-01-12T15:58:00.004+08:002011-01-12T16:12:12.565+08:00

I have a very bad habit of stocking stuffs which I 'think' I will need but end up being chucked for months. This is a result of it and after sifting through recipes in my collection, I decided to make this simple no-bake dessert for my mother-in-law's birthday. The wording on it was made of chocolate using a chocolate mold. The words are in malay meaning 'Happy Birthday'. BTW, this recipe is

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-39181830892849850442011-01-05T12:35:00.004+08:002011-01-05T12:45:50.646+08:00

I made a few months back as the weather was pretty chilly. I could not resist myself from having a hot bowl of porridge with runny egg especially the yolk *lol* This is a real comfort food and really great to eat it hot. Those little brown slices of you tiao was store bought. I toast it a while before adding to the porridge. I love the slight crunchiness of the you tiao when mixed with the hot

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-52381381812138394762010-11-10T22:51:00.005+08:002010-11-10T23:08:43.169+08:00

I have been trying to eat healthy lately with lots of salad and I am enjoying it, seriously *lol*. This time round, I made something simple with roasted duck which I bought from the supermarket. My family is not into duck meat and since it is not cheap either, I decided to try roast duck breast which I found at carrefour suntec city. Extremely easy in which I just need to reheat it and sliced it

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-90837721325169862672010-11-02T13:13:00.003+08:002010-11-02T13:16:45.730+08:00

I know that some readers were asking me where I purchased my digital spoon. I got mine from Amazon but now you can get it here locally in Singapore. You can purchase it at Kitchencapers priced at $35. However I have been told that this item runs out fast, so you may want to call up and book a set for yourself. Hope this helps :)

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-76553636726903978152010-10-05T10:28:00.002+08:002010-10-05T10:31:42.033+08:00

This year's eid has been a rather lazy one for me. I didn't bake much but just made what I think my kids and visitors would like :-) I made these in the first week of Eid for my guests. If you notice, most of my bakes are vanilla or chocolate flavoured. My kids are not into colorful bakes, maybe they got intimated by the colours *lol* Anyways, I will update the recipe later :)

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-15254749264807827762010-10-05T10:15:00.003+08:002010-10-05T10:27:30.273+08:00

These are really great naans, chewy and soft even when they are not hot. I made this after reading so many great reviews about it. The suggested method is to cook it over the stove but instead, I used the baking/pizza stone and have it baked in the oven. If you don't have you can use a baking tray. Please check that your oven has a top grille otherwise you might risk overbaking it and will end up

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-89375255779840515782010-10-04T10:42:00.006+08:002010-10-04T11:04:37.042+08:00

My youngest daughter's school had a Children's Day celebration last Friday and the school was asking for some food contribution for the party. Since my kids love cake, I decided to make vanilla+chocolate chip cupcakes with buttercream frosting. A simple one without any swirls or anything fancy. Actually it was my decision to forgo the swirls as it will be too messy for the kids :) To make it cute

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-19542672926551070882010-09-15T22:22:00.005+08:002010-09-15T22:39:17.987+08:00

This is one of the popular cookies during Eid and it is really easy to make. I believe this is similar to the coconut macaroons but this is baked till dry and crispy. I love making this because it uses very little ingredients and you can be creative with what you want to add to it. For this, I have added crushed cornflakes and chocolate chips. I also tried with nutella and ground hazelnut, very

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-16992964834758497862010-08-31T14:01:00.004+08:002010-09-02T15:27:26.372+08:00

I had a bunch of over-riped bananas but tired of eating banana cake so I decided to make this instead. Well, it was a rather impromptu decision, that is why the layers are thick, I was baking this at about 8pm and wanted to complete it before midnight :-P Since this is not exactly an easy thing to bake, I have put up the recipe here at my other blog. Enjoy !!

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-62851755598596933672010-08-19T06:47:00.007+08:002010-08-19T07:08:22.704+08:00

This is a very hassle free dish except for the frying of the chicken pieces. For the sauce, I used 3 off-the-shelf ones which I normally keep stock at home. My kids love sweet and sour sauces so I usually make various versions with different ingredients. As for the chicken pieces, I only use flour, salt and pepper. The sweetened plum sauce which I purchased from Sheng Siong if you are living in

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-73880894945640978842010-06-18T10:43:00.003+08:002010-06-18T10:45:59.456+08:00

I have yet to decide what kind of cake I will be making for Father's day. Especially now with the World Cup going on .. it's between soccer and tie maybe .. hmm Anyways, if anyone of you need some inspiration for a tie themed cake, do check this out - http://www.tiepedia.com/tie-blog/49-crafts/155-tie-cake

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-88982437233815787792010-06-09T14:43:00.004+08:002010-06-10T10:52:57.280+08:00

I made this a couple of weeks back when the weather was scorching hot. It's really easy to make and very refreshing especially if you have it chilled. I added lime to give it more zest. You also add little bit of Sprite or 7-UP for the slightly sweet fizziness to it.What you need:3 stalks lemongrass, take only the white portion and bash it a little1 litre waterenough rock sugar - adjust according

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-10252022250647277572010-04-29T11:58:00.004+08:002010-04-29T12:19:10.577+08:00

I love vietnamese food as I find them very light and appetising. I was lucky to grab hold of a vietnamese cookbook at the library - The Vietnamese Cookbook by Diana My Tran and like the recipes. The look very simple for a FTWM like me. So I gave this one a try as it sounds delish looking at the ingredients used. I am very happy to have tried it as my family loves it. The taste is light but very

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-20935782843546538542010-04-21T10:28:00.005+08:002010-11-02T13:09:49.302+08:00

This cheese cake recipe caught my attention because it doesn't use cream cheese. Instead it uses sliced cheese which I always keep stock in the refrigerator. It is not difficult to make really and it yields a very soft cake which my kids love. It is best served chilled.I got the recipe from myresipi.net which is originally in malay. I have translated it and make minor changes to the ingredients

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-7049936498096645402010-04-06T13:45:00.004+08:002010-04-06T13:57:28.964+08:00

I always associate sweet and sour sauce to be red. However this one is on a brown side due to the beef but I am still ok with it *LOL* My sister made something similar during our holiday trip to Phuket and I just have to make it at home to have it with hot steamed rice. I am red meat person and this is just nice for us. It is very easy to make, you can use your own sauce or just use the ready

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-40781897744472811502010-03-08T10:25:00.003+08:002010-03-08T10:28:26.416+08:00

A request for CNY from my sister. It's an 8 inch cake, simply decorated. You can get the recipe HERE :-)

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-80108498390069528432010-03-05T10:53:00.006+08:002010-03-05T11:04:57.208+08:00

We have sandwich dinner at least once a week. Usually it will be on nights where my eldest daughter has her tuition at home. My kids are bread eater and they always looking forward for sandwich dinners. Their favourite is Tuna although we will have cold meat slices which is not very often though. While the girls are happy with their soft bread, the hubster likes it grilled like this.A simple and

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-22943941094686318972010-03-05T10:43:00.004+08:002010-10-04T10:58:06.100+08:00

I could not resist not making these during the CNY break.Alot of readers were asking me about replacing the milk powder, so I tested it and replaced all the milk powder with plain flour. The result is still the same BUT without the milky flavour. It is still delicious and still melt-in-your-mouth if you follow the instructions in the post here. You can also reduce the milk powder if you don't

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My other half and myself need something a little spice to go with our rice. Since I made fish soup for the girls, I made this extremely simple side dish for the adults at home :-) We don't eat chincalok very often but this has been our favourite recently as it goes very well with steamed rice. It's usually as a dip with cucumber, winged bean (or known as kacang botol) and other local salad. For

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I got a bunch of bananas in the fridge that has ripen to a point where the skin has turned black *LOL* Desperately looking for something to make use of it and finally settled for this sponge cake. The banana sponge is adapted from Richard Goh's recipe and I love it alot because it is really spongey without having to use any emulsifier. To my surprise, it also yields a pretty big cake with only 3

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I had some leftover rice in the fridge but it was not enough to make fried rice. While going through one of my bread machine book, I came across a recipe which was just perfect. Rice bread using some left over rice. I won't say this is one of the best bread but the family finished it up in one sitting right out of the oven !Fortunately I didn't see grains of rice in the bread. But I will sure

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We had a long X'mas weekend and was in the mood to roast something. Instead of roasting turkey I opted for chicken instead. I took the opportunity to use the vertical roaster which I purchased more than a year ago and have never used it till now *LOL*. I roasted this at a very low temperature about 130C - 140C for about 2hrs and at the last 30-40mins, I threw in the carrots and potatoes which I

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I got a small tub of whipped cream, left over from my second's daughter birthday cake which I made recently. Don't feel like wasting it and so decided to use it to make eclair fillings.For the choux, I used the same recipe as my durian puffs http://quickneasytreats.blogspot.com/2009/07/durian-puffs-2nd-take.htmlbut I increased the eggs to 3. It is recommended that you bake the choux one tray at a

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My kids are not exactly a rice eating bunch. Our meals are usually made up of rice, noodles, bread, pizza, pasta etc etc .. So one of the days when we got sick of eating the same type of noodles, I made fried udon with seafood. This takes less than an hour to make provided you have all the ingredients ready. I usually prefer buying fresh udon as they taste much better.This is a variation of the

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I love oily fish and cod is one of them. They are not the cheapest fish around but it is sometimes a treat to have them for our meals. I usually buy the frozen ones and normally will either steam or make fish porridge with it. This time round I got a pack of quite huge fillets and it is just a waste to chop them up *LOL* so inspired by a dish I had during lunch at work, I made something simple

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Hi everyone, I have decided to create another blog which is strictly on my bakings or rather bakes that do not go under the 'quick and easy' criteria. However, I will still post baking recipes which are easy in this blog. Do have a look at http://mybakingadventure.blogspot.com/ Thanks again for your support :-)

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This is a rather popular breakfast dish that one can get easily here in Singapore. It's relatively cheap and usually eaten with sunny side up egg, sausages, otak-otak, fillet etc. I usually have a problem buying this and can only get it either from Old Chang Kee or vegetarian stalls. My eldest daughter loves this and I have been trying a few times to get it right. I am now pretty happy because I

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This is my family ultimate favourite chocolate chip cookie. The dad and girls love chewy cookie but for me I am more for crunchy ones. This doesn't last very long, usually 1 day or 1.5 days tops. The recipe yields quite a big dough so I usually keep them in small portion and freeze them. Bake them as and when I need. It's dangerous to bake them a big portion because the cookie jar will be forever

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This time round I am going to review the sambal goreng paste which I got from a local supermarket. I am not exactly a great fan of off the shelf paste but there are exceptions when I am either to lazy to buy the ingredients for the paste or running out of time. I was intending to make sambal goreng but changed my mind last minute due to some last minute chore that I have to attend to. So with the

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I made this for my guests who came for eid celebration recently. On a day like this, I will try to prepare something that is simple so that I will have time to sit and chit chat with them. This is best serve when it just out of the wok :-)The choice of noodles is entirely up to you. I chose hokkien yellow noodles and bee hoon as my kids prefer this compared to kway teow.Ingredients:1 packet

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My kids love this, an alternative to the old boring tuna sandwiches that they usually would have on days when I am super lazy *blush* It is extremely easy if you buy all the ingredients from the wrap to the shredded cheddar cheese *LOL*Ingredients:Tortilla wrapsCanned tuna or whatever filling that you likeShredded cheddar cheeseMethod:1. Heat pan2. Place one wrap on the heated pan let it warm up3

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Ok, I know I am lagging .. been busy with ramadhan and eid. Only now I managed to get some space to update this blog. This post has nothing to do with food but just sharing with you my space in the kitchen where all the cooking and baking are done. This is my kitchen long and narrow. Sometimes can be a little dark which is not a good thing but otherwise it is alright. And this is where most of

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It's been a while since I last update, Ramadan is here and during this time I am always busy *LOL* I did have some things that I would love to upload but not there just yet. In the meantime, I would like to share one of my favourite dish but the emphasis here is not about the dish but rather the sauce. I made this quite sometime back but didn't manage to update it here. Nothing beats a good

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Last week was a hectic one for me. The girls were falling sick one after another and I had to work from home to take care of them. It was very stressful as I could not get our of the house *LOL* Couped up with sick girls was no fun at all but I made myself happy by doing this in-between my busy schedule.As usual, my dad bought another bunch of bananas and I got like 4 of them left and they were

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Another way to get rid of fresh strawberries ... made strawberry chiffon cake and had it frosted with white chocolate frosting. This was made for my pil and bil during one of our regular monthly visit. The sweetness of the white chocolate blended well with the slightly sourish strawberry chiffon - nice combination :-)

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I love beef but seldom cook them because my kids don't fancy them that much. But I could not resist buying some after seeing some nicely sliced stir-fry beef at the supermarket. After much thought, I decided to try making stroganoff and I was soo happy that the girls love it but they didn't eat the beef of course *LOL* There are loads and loads of stroganoff recipes in the internet but this

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With a tub of valrhona chocolate and cocoa powder to clear, I decided to make Nama chocolate made popular by Royce. This one of course is far from the original but to me it is delicious enough and true bliss especially for chocolate lovers ! It wasn't difficult to make but you have to fast with the Singapore weather, otherwise you will get a pretty messy fingers. To me this chocolate is more like

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My second attempt of durian puffs with a different choux pastry recipe. My first attempt was this one and I wasn't really satisfied with the choux pastry although it was ok. They kinda flattened on me after cooling :-( So I tried with another recipe taken from Small Cakes by Roger Pizey and it turned out great. The puffs kept their shape after cooling. I find the puffs are perfect with ice-cream

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Being a FTWM and having to prepare dinner on weekdays can be a real challenge sometimes. I am always open to recipes that are easy to prepare and fast. So by the recommendation from friends, I decided to get Rachael Ray's 365 book and this was the first dish that I made. To me it tasted very much like Japanese curry and very kids' friendly. I used my trusty thermal pot and cooked this in the

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I don't know what to call this dish. This is my all-time favourite easy meal. However, I cannot make this very often because my hubby is prone to gout. My dad used to make this when we were young and I think his tastes better than my mom's *lol* We usually make this when we have plenty of bread (to get rid off) or when mom's not cooking. I love to have this with french loaves .. yummy.I know

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I finally took up a challenge to do a large fondant cake (large as in anything bigger than 6inch in size :-P) for my baby brother's engagement. Time is always an issue for me, after coming back from the holidays, I had very little time to prepare - either I was bogged down with work or simply too tired. Initially, I was very sure that I will have enough time to prepare marshmallow fondant, but

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-60101742605492656312009-05-29T11:32:00.015+08:002009-05-29T12:14:01.663+08:00

These are some old food photos that I took during my work trip to Xinjiang. That time, my photo taking skill was still in infancy stage and I managed to took some photos of the food I had. This is only like half of it. There were alot of other stuffs that I did not take because I was just too shy *LOL* The best thing about the food there is the hot pepper that they use, man ..it's hot hot hot but

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I got a pack of 500g crab meat in my freezer and it has been sitting there for quite a while. Inspired by a suggestion by a mom from a forum that I frequent about making patties with fish paste as finger food, I decided to give it a shot with crab meat instead. This is a simple dish with very minimal ingredients. You can use your favourite seafood meat and add more ingredients like mix vege to

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This is the recipe for the vanilla sponge which is adapted from the book 'A Profit-Making Bakery Shop' by Wendy Kor. I believe this is a malaysian book. It doesn't really matter that the acknowlegdement and some parts of the book is written in chinese, all the recipes are bilingual though. I have tried many sponge recipes and this one is the one that I have been looking for. It could be the milk

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Don't call me crazy but I have been on a mission to find a perfect vanilla sponge cake for creamed cakes for a couple of years already. I have tried many many recipes, not that they are not good but it didn't taste right for me. I know some of the people I know will ask why would I want my cake tastes like those from bakeries? Well, of course I admit that it can be difficult to replicate the

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I would like to wish all mothers Happy Mothers Day. For me, mother's day is just like any other days but I do get cards and self-made gifts from my daughters. However, every year, since a few years ago, I will bake a cake for both my mom and mother-in-law. Usually it is something simple and both will have the same design *LOL* This year, I decided to make something different ie. to have their

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The weather has been pretty hot humid for the last week or so. To beat the heat, I made this dessert for our dinner and it was sure heaven *LOL* The pudding was store bought as my fridge currently has no space for me to make one from scratch.What you need is good mango pudding (cut to cubes), 1 can of fruit cocktail or whatever fruit that you like with the syrup, plenty of ice or crushed ice and

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The hubby likes eating waffles with ice-cream, for me, I prefer to have it with jam/fruit preserves. Got this recipe from the manual that comes with the Philips snack maker and I like the fact that it is easier than the ones using eggs. This one uses whipping cream instead but you will still need to whip it till stiff to lighten the texture of this wonderful waffles. Surprisingly even without

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I received this via email would like to share those who are interested. All the classes look interesting but unfortunately I am not able to attend all of them. Epicurean World @ The Spice Queen Restaurant24 & 26 Race Course RoadSingapore 218548Tel: 6458057262552440Email: info@epicureanworld.com.sgWebsite: http://www.epicureanworld.com.sg/* All classes are priced at $40 each, in line with the

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This talk about panini started in a parenting forum which I frequent and made me crave to have one. I love sandwiches but not those cold ones. If it is not hot, it has to be at room temperature *LOL* So all these talk about panini excited me but the problem is, it is not very easy to get a low price panini presser (even the over the stove kind would cost a lot more). There is one selling at

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My eldest daughter turned 9 in the middle of March. I wasn't in the mood to do any baking but it just didn't feel right not to prepare anything for her. So as usual, I baked a cake for her to share with her friends at the day care centre. I know kids just love chocolate so I decided to bake a chocolate & banana cake with a simple chocolate ganache. Excuse the decor as I was like really pressing

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I know I am totally behind in updating my blog. I have some photos but no mojo as yet :-( . The daily routine is catching up on me since the last couple of weeks as the girls started school. I am still struggling to get use to it but getting there *LOL*. I hope it is not too late for me to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Kinokuniya, one of my favourite book store is currently having a 20%

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I had one orange sitting in my refrigerator for about a week or so. I wasn't in a mood to have fresh orange but decided to use it for a cake. So I came out with this easy orange cake. The original recipe was taken from KC but I modified it based on a suggestion by a member and I got this ! Ingredients250g self raising flour, sifted150g sugar125g butter, softened2 eggs (60g each with shell)120ml

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My family just love pasta apart from pizza. Recently, I took the opportunity to use my new Le Creuset dutch oven which I purchased recently with this simple baked pasta. Like many of my other dinner, I 'cheat' using ready made sauces.I got abit tired of just using the traditional sauce. So I decided to make it abit like lasagna but using pasta instead.Here I used 2 kinds of sauces. One is the

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When was the last time I did something that is quick & easy? I know, i know that I have not been posting much lately on quick & easy dishes *feeling guilty* Today, I am just about to do that.Now I am back to the same routine like 2 years ago? I have to prepare dinner after work ever since I am now back to be helper-less *LOL* Got tired of eating rice and pasta, so came up with this wrap dish

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My second daughter turned 6 last weekend and I promised her that I will make her a castle cake. My initial plan was to make a fondant covered cake but changed my mind at the last minute because I wasn't sure whether the kids will like the marshmallow fondant and dense cake. So I stick the usual standard chocolate sponge cake with fresh cream. The birthday girl was ecstatic when she saw it and I

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Ran out of ideas what to prepare for dinner, so made porridge with simple side dishes for a change. This is actually inspired by teochew porridge but you can see that the porridge is no way resembles teochew porridge because it's almost smooth and you can't see any grains of rice which is a characteristic of teochew porridge *LOL*We had fried ikan bilis, peanut, omelette, salted eggs, easy

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My youngest daughter's birthday falls in the month of November with her paternal grand-ma and aunty. Since yesterday was our monthly visit week, I made a simple cake which is supposed to be a Japanese Strawberry Shortcake adapted from Yochana's blog to a fruity one because I didn't have enough strawberries for the fillings. So I replaced the filling with fruitcocktail and use the syrup to brush

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I had to test my oven's top double grill function after I had it fixed a couple of months back, after sifting through all the lapis cake (aka thousand layer or speckok) recipes I have. I decided to try this one simply because it uses less eggs, 8 eggs to be precise (as compared to those over 10 or 20 egg yolks) and it is relatively easy. The recipe is taken from an old malay recipe book which my

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I have to thank an online friend for mentioning sloppy joe yesterday. I bought a pack of minced meat a day before and still haven't decided what to do with it. So we had sloppy joe for dinner yesterday and it reminded me soo much of A&W connie dog.I am happy that my kids love it and the best thing is that my second girl actually ate the celery !! The recipe is adapted from recipezaar with minor

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I wasn't planning to make anything for the girls' teachers but after feeling guilty, I decided to whip up a simple chilled (no-bake) cheesecake for the girls' teachers at their day care centre. Since it was a very last minute decision (I made it the night before), I settled for a simple decor with what else? Oreos !!I am very happy that all the teachers enjoyed it :-) It's just a small gesture to

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I know it's a way overdue wishes but better be late than never *LOL* My schedule has been pretty hectic eversince I transferred my helper to my mom. Now it's back to my old routine plus with a toddler is very much challenging than before. Now I have to cook more often on weekdays but unfortunately I am not able to upload or even snap a picture of what I prepared :-( I am now slowly getting used

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-36173175133625375002008-09-08T09:10:00.004+08:002008-09-17T10:16:38.632+08:00

This is for all muslims and may this holy month brings joy and happiness to all both spiritually & phyiscally.

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-51315897608841758522008-08-14T17:57:00.005+08:002008-08-14T18:10:03.723+08:00

I am in the midst of 'renovating' this site. You may find some of the list of my previous entries on the right missing. I apologize about that as I am now sorting them out. The site should be completed in the next few days. Thank you for your patience :-)

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-42640685524286505042008-08-14T15:16:00.005+08:002008-08-14T18:07:07.541+08:00

I made this cookies for the Masak-masak challenge #4 since it has been in my to-do list recently. The original recipe is by Gina from KC, you can get it here but as usual, I change it slightly to suit my taste ;-)Ingredients 115g salted butter180g Self Raising flour1 1/2 Tbsp cocoa powder80g castor sugar50g light brown sugar1 egg, lightlybeatenpinch of salt1 tsp vanilla essence (optional)1 1/2C

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-63463340744052251552008-08-13T22:36:00.003+08:002008-08-14T18:08:11.401+08:00

This was inspired by the focaccia cheese toast we had at madjacks a couple of weeks ago. My other half has been bugging me to make it for him. So I made this earlier for dinner to satisfy his cravings *LOL*This is really easy to make. I used store bought focaccia for as I didn't have time to make one yesterday. Ingredients1 9" herb focaccia sliced into 2 layers (or whatever size that you fancy)4

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-60811618976132019782008-08-09T19:18:00.001+08:002008-08-14T18:08:54.510+08:00

Today 9th August 2008 is Singapore's 43rd birthday. Had a small gathering at my parent's place earlier and decided to make this simple cupcake cake for the kids and my mom *LOL* My mom loves eating cake. Sorry for the ugly decor as I was rushing for time. The crescent didn't come out nice *sob sob* To all Singaporean, have a wonderful holiday!

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-16708485045442685942008-08-07T17:49:00.003+08:002008-08-14T18:09:24.730+08:00

I still have some old kimchi left in the chiller and looking for ways to use them other than eating it with rice *LOL* I love beef and kimchi, so I happened to find a kimchi stew in the internet and oh it's so delicious.The original recipe can be found here. I made some minor changes to it and it came out perfect for me.Ingredients100g sliced beef (stir-fry type)1 Tbsp sesame oil3 small clove

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-86511952271321747672008-08-07T09:17:00.003+08:002008-08-14T18:07:47.653+08:00

This is the 3rd challenge and we have to use the following ingredients: puff-pastrymeatfruit (in the food or part of the meal)Since my kids and hubby love pizza, I decided to make this simple finger food, Puff-pastry Pinwheel Pizza. It's really easy to make, you need:Puff-pastry (store bought or homemade)Pizza saucePineapple & tuna for the toppings (you can use your fav toppings)Grated mozarella

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-17292321111801001362008-08-06T09:38:00.002+08:002008-08-14T18:07:24.146+08:00

This was done for a masak-masak challenge. I married a couple of recipes and made some changes to them and this is what i made ;-)CrustIngredients200g crushed digestive120g butter, melted1-2T sugar (you can omit this if you don't like sweet)Method1. Combine the digestive crumbs and sugar2. Add melted butter and blend well3. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of an lined 9inch springform pan

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This is the second masak-masak challenge and the challenge was to create a dish not more than $10 and it has to include the following: Protein (meat/fish)Carbohydrate (rice or noodle)Vege/FruitSo I came out with this Assam Laksa ! My version wasn't really satisfying as I would like to as the main ingredient, torch ginger was not used because I could not find it !! It's really frustrating when you

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-73602326106674756762008-08-04T14:26:00.001+08:002008-08-14T22:01:35.560+08:00

We had a masak-masak (cook) challenge at one parental forum that I frequent and the first challenge was to cook or bake something that has the following ingredients: CheeseChocolateFruit So I came out with thisSorry about the picture, I could not get a nice decent photo of it *LOL*

Zuryneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469831179197736408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182257.post-74606585793137005242008-08-04T13:50:00.002+08:002008-08-14T18:09:42.280+08:00

Apologies about the late update. I have been tied down with the kids activities and also lack of mojo to update what I have done over the couple of months. Back to the topic, I made this typical malay dish after seeing my hubby's lunch at Hjh Maimunah, a very popular restaurant that serves very traditional Malay dishes. Traditional dishes is something that I hardly cook at home simply because

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