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Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Pan fried mini layered cake
We didn't follow the ingredients closely as all the measurements have to be converted from grams to mL. We also didn't follow the steps closely, but just threw everything together. And, I didn't think rolling takes any skills, but I was wrong. After the first test roll, we became more creative and add in some dark chocolate spread in between the layers.
Test roll:
Finished:
Monday, December 11, 2006
Gingerbread Cookies
Makes about 24 six-inch gingerbread people
Ingredients:
6 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter,room temperature
1 cup dark-brown sugar,packed
4 teaspoons ground ginger
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
1 teaspoon finely ground black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 large eggs
1 cup unsulfured molasses
Steps:
1. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Mix in spices and salt, then eggs and molasses. Add flour mixture; combine on low speed. Divide dough in thirds, and wrap in plastic. Chill for at least 1 hour.
3. Heat oven to 350°. Line baking sheets with Silpats (a French nonstick baking mat). Set aside. On a lightly floured work surface, roll dough 1/8-inch thick. Cut into gingerbread people shapes. Transfer to prepared baking sheets.
4. Cut out desired decorations and place on cookies. Press currants into dough to create eyes and buttons. To create hair, roll a piece of dough into a ball and pass through a clean garlic press. Attach hair to heads. Bake until crisp, but not darkened for about 20 minutes. Let cookies cool on wire racks.
5. Decorate with royal icing.
Note: When making very large cookies, use two spatulas to transfer cutout dough to baking sheets, or roll dough directly onto the baking sheet. Press cutter into the dough, and remove the excess before taking away the cutter.
Royal Icing
Makes about 2 1/2 cups
2 large egg whites, or more to thin icing
4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar, or more to thicken icing
Juice of 1 lemon
1. Beat the whites until stiff but not dry. Add sugar and lemon juice; beat for 1 minute more. If icing is too thick, add more egg whites; if it is too thin, add more sugar. The icing may be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Note: Raw eggs should not be used in food prepared for pregnant women, young children, or anyone whose health is compromised.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Friday, September 08, 2006
Chinese Borsch
Steps:
1. Boil beef in water for 20 minutes. Rinse and cut into cubes.
2. Heat up oil and add garlic, onions, beef cubes, ginger, salt and pepper.
3. Add in chicken broth and water. (1:1)
4. Add in tomatoes and cook for 50 minutes at low heat.
5. Add in carrots and cabbage. Cook for another 20 minutes.
6. Ready to serve.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Beef Stew
Steps:
1. Boil beef rib finger in water for 20 minutes.
2. Rinse to clean and cut into 4 cm cubes.
3. Heat up some oil and add in garlic and 1 onion to stirfry.
4. Add ginger, beef cubes, soy sauce paste, cooking wine and chili bean sauce.
5. Stir fry until beef turns in nice brown colour.
6. Add in 3 cups of water or enough to cover the meat.
7. Add in tomatoes and cooking sugar.
8. Cook until it is boiling. Then, reduce to low heat and cook for 50 minutes.
9. Add 1 more onion and carrots. Cook for 20 more minutes.
10. Serve and garnish with green onions.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Baked Pork Chop Rice with Cheese
Steps:
1. Fry rice with eggs, shrimps, veggies with tomato sauce.
2. Marinate pork chops with garlic salt, sugar, soy sauce. Pan fry them with a bit of oil.
3. Put the rice in a glass container and then pork chops on top.
4. Cover the dish with shredded chedder and mozzarella cheese.
5. Bake for 15 min at 375 degrees until the cheese are golden brown.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Sausage Jambalaya
Step 1:
Chopped onions, zucchini, mushrooms, bell peppers in cubes and pan fry them with oil and butter. Add some salt and pepper for seasoning. Put it aside.
Step 2:
Cut the sausages in slices and pan fry them.
Step 3:
Add in all ingredients together and the can of stewed tomatoes. Stir fry everything until it's mixed well.
Step 4:
Add in 2 cups of rice and 2 cans of chicken broth. Bring it to boil first and then slow cook it on low heat for 20 min. Mix it to make sure it doesn't get burnt on the bottom.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Baked Chicken & Shrimp Alfredo Pasta
Steps:
1. Cook pasta in boiling water.
2. Pan fry chicken cubes and shrimp with some oil.
3. Mix alfredo sauce and add in pasta, chicken and shrimps.
4. In a glass baking pan, put pasta, shredded cheese, more pasta and more cheese on top.
5. Bake it at 450 degrees for 10 min.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Curry Chicken Rice
Steps:
1. Cut all the ingredients in cubes.
2. Stir fry onions with butter, oil and garlic.
3. Add in carrots and chicken and stir fry until meat is golden brown.
4. Add potatos and water. Bring it to boil for 10 min.
5. Add in curry cubes and cook in medium heat for 30 minutes.
6. Serve over rice.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Perogies in garlic bacon mushroom sauce
Steps:
1. Broil the perogies and cut bacon into small pieces
2. Heat up the pan with oil and pan fry the periogies until one side turns golden brown.
3. Add in the bacon bits and the can of garlic mushroom soup with some milk.
4. Simmer the perogies in sauce and serve in perfection.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Cinnimon Apple Wafer
Ingredients: green apple, ground cinnimon, sugar, triscuit crackers, marble chedder cheese
Steps:
1. Mix sugar and cinnamon in medium bowl. Add apples and toss to coat.
2. Place crackers on cookie sheet; top each cracker with 1 cheese slice and 1 apple slice.
3. Bake at 350°F for 4 to 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve warm.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies
2/3 cup of butter
2/3 cup of brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups of old-fashion oats
1 1/2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 1/4 cup of dried crangerries
2/3 cups of Hershey white chocolate chips
Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs and mix well.
4. Combine oats, flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.
5. Add to butter mixture.
6. Stir in dried cranberries and white chocolate chips.
7. Bake for 10-12 minutes and cool on wire rack.
I've gone crazy and made about 50 cookies to celebrate my next project launch!!!
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Monday, June 26, 2006
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Steak Dinner
Steps:
1. Cook pasta in water and pan fry it with olive oil, basil, oregano and garlic salt.
2. Slice mushrooms and fry them with butter, salt and pepper.
3. Wash lettuce and baby carrots.
4. Pan fry beef tenderloin with butter, olive oil, garlic salt and steak pepper.
5. Plate everything together!
Friday, June 09, 2006
6 Rules for Eating Wisely
Rule #2. Avoid foods containing high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It's not just in cereals and soft drinks but also in ketchup and bologna, baked goods, soups and salad dressings.
Rule # 3. Spend more, eat less. All this "cheap food" is making us fat and sick. It's also bad for the health of the environment.
Rule #4. Pay no attention to nutrition label or the health claims on packages.
Rule # 5. Shop at the farmers' market. Eat foods in season, when they are at the peak of their nutritional value and flavor.
Rule # 6. How you eat is as important as what you eat. Eat moderate portions, don't go for seconds or snacks between meals, never eat alone. But perhaps most important, eat with pleasure, because eating with anxiety leads to poor digestion and bingeing.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Seafood Penne with Garlic basil cream sauce
Steps:
1. Marinate prawns and squid with oil, bazil, pepper, chopped garlic.
2. Stir fry item 1 and set it aside.
3. Cook penne in boiling salt water and drain it.
4. Make sauce with Knorr cream sauce mix, butter and milk.
5. Pan fry cooked penne with sauce and then add in cooked prawns and squid.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Friday, May 05, 2006
Spicy Ground Pork with Tofu (麻婆豆腐)
Ingredients: tofu, ground pork, green onion, spicy oil, soy sauce, garlic powder,corn startch, white pepper, hot bean sauce.
Steps:
1. Marinate ground pork with soy sauce, garlic powder, corn startch, and white pepper.
2. Pan fry the marinated ground pork and set it aside.
3. Heat up the pan with oil and cut tofu into cubes.
4. Pan fry tofu and add in spicy oil, hot bean sauce and soy sauce.
5. Add in cooked ground pork and mix well.
6. Serve and garnish it with chopped green onion.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
3 Cup Chicken ( 三杯雞 )
Ingredients: 12 chicken drumsticks, 20 cloves of garlic, 20 ginger slices, 1/3 cup of cooking wine, 1/3 cup of soy sauce, 1/3 cup of sesame sauce, 3 tsp of sugar, green onions and basil.
Steps:
1. Cut chicken into small pieces. (this took me 45 min. and my hands hurt like hell afterwards)
2. Heat up the pot with sesame oil and put in ginger and garlic first.
3. Add in chicken and stir fry it until the meat changes colour.
4. Add in soy sauce, sugar and cooking wine. (I couldn't find any cooking wine in the house and used smirnoff vodka instead)
5. Cook with high heat until it boils, then turn it down to low heat and cook for 20 min.
6. Turn the heat back up and cook for another 15 min until some of the sauce evaporates.
7. Lastly, add in basil and green onions on top.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Smoked Turkey Sandwich
Steps:
1. Pan fry the egg and turkey thigh.
2. Put the toast in the toaster.
3. Shred the cucumber into small pieces
4. Spread the mayo on both toasts.
5. Layer the toast, fried egg, shredded cucumber, smoked turkey thigh and pepper.
6. Top it up with the 2nd piece of toast and cut in half as desired.
P.S. It was soooooo juicy and yummy!!
Monday, May 01, 2006
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Cod with Soy Sauce
Ingredients: Cod fish, green onion, soy sauce, brown sugar, water, oil, oyster sauce
Steps:
1. Microwave the fish for 3 min.
2. In an empty pan, put in oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, green onion and a bit of water. Cook until boiled.
3. Pour the sauce over the fish and microwave for another 2 minutes.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Korean Style Kimchi Seafood Pancake
Steps:
1. Mix flour, corn startch, water, eggs, salt
2. Wash and cut green onion, red pepper, onion, carrot into small pieces
3. Heat up the flat frying pan with oil.
4. Pour in the pancake (step1) mixture into the frying pan.
5. Add in all the chopped ingredients, prawns and kimchi on top.
6. Flip over and fry it until it's cooked.