Honey Yuzu aka Citron Salad Dressing Recipe

4 serving of Salad

Ingredients
1 tablespoon Honey Yuzu / Honey Citron
0.5 tablespoon Soy Sauce
3 tablespoon Olive Oil


Mix all the ingredients well till combine! Pour and toss the salad well then serve.

We love it. Hope you will too! A very healthy dressing compare to cream base salad cream.

Enjoy~!!!

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Indulgence Cake Recipe

This is totally perfect for a fan of Peanut Butter and also Chocolate!


We're just going to prove links to the similar recipe shared previously.

Chocolate Fudge Cake. For recipe Click here!

Peanut Butter Frosting. For recipe Click here!


Our precious disney teddies, Chiaki Bear and Natsuko Bear just turn 3 years old on 31 Aug 2014. Baked this cake specially for them and to feed my craving of peanut butter and chocolate.



We love this recipe. It's a keeper.

HAVE FUN & ENJOY!!!!!!

Overall Feedback: Moist, Fudgy, Rich, Chocolate Peanut Butter Delight, Not Sweet.

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Peanut Butter Frosting

Ingredients
100g Peanut Butter
50g Butter
1 tablespoons Milk
1 cup of Icing Sugar

1. Place the Peanut Butter, Butter, Milk into the mixing bowl and beat until mixed well.
2. Gradually mix in the Icing Sugar well, it'll thick and will be spreadable.
3. Beat it for extra 3 mins for it to get fluffy.

HAVE FUN & ENJOY!!!!!!

Overall Feedback: Not Sweet, Rich, Peanut Butter twist.

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Tofu Exploration ::: Cold Tofu with Fried Dry Shirmp, Fried Crispy Garlic Slices and Pork/Chicken/Fish Floss Recipe

Ingredients
1 Silken Tofu
1/2 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
1/4 tablespoon Oyster Sauce
1/4 tablespoon Sesame Oil
1 tablespoon of Fried Dry Shirmp
2 teaspoons of Fried Crispy Garlic
2 tablespoon of Pork/Chicken/Fish Floss

Step 1 Open the packet of Silken Tofu, drain the excess water and place on a plate.
Step 2 Mix Light Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce and Sesame Oil in a pan over low heat.
Step 3 Top the silken tofu with the fried dry shrimp and fried cripsy garlic.
Step 4 When ready to serve pour the sauce over, decorate the top with Pork/Chicken/Fish Floss then serve immediately.

If you love garlic you can put more!


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Shrimp Avocado Salad Recipe

Ingredients
1 diced Avocado
32 peeled Shrimps
2 tablespoons Red Onion

Dressing Ingredients
0.5 teaspoon Italian Herbs
0.5 teaspoon Garlic Powder
0.5 tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar or 1 tablespoon of Lime Juice
0.5 teaspoon Chopped Parsley or Cilantro
1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
Salt & Black Pepper to taste

Step 1 Steam the peeled Shrimps.
Step 2 Place all the Dressing Ingredients in a small bowl and whisky until well combined, then set aside.
Step 3 Put the Shrimp, Avocado and Onion in a large bowl. Follow by pouring the desire dressing amount desire and give it a toss.
Step 4 Serve additional dressing on the side or in a bottle for your guest to add on themselves.


Enjoy~!!!

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Tofu Exploration ::: Cold Tofu with Century Egg, Salted Egg and Pork/Chicken/Fish Floss

Ingredients
1 Silken Tofu
1/2 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
1/4 tablespoon Oyster Sauce
1/4 tablespoon Sesame Oil
1/2 diced Century Egg (smaller the better)
1/2 diced Salted Egg (smaller the better)
2 tablespoon of Pork/Chicken/Fish Floss

Step 1 Open the packet of Silken Tofu, drain the excess water and place on a plate.
Step 2 Mix Light Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce and Sesame Oil in a pan over low heat.
Step 3 Top the silken tofu with the diced Century Egg and diced Salted Egg.
Step 4 When ready to serve pour the sauce over, decorate the top with Pork/Chicken/Fish Floss then serve immediately.

I used up the whole Century Egg & Salted Egg as we prefer our tofu to be more flavorful.


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Salad Exploration ::: Mesclun Mix with Roast Chicken Leg

60g of Mesclun Mix
2 tablespoon of Salad Dressing (your favorite)
1 Sliced Cheese
1 Roast Chicken Leg

Wash the Mesclun Mix and spin them to remove all the excess water. Put the Mesclun Mix in the salad bowl and mix in your favorite Salad Dressing. Dish it in plate and top with small pieces of Sliced Cheese. Place the Rpast Chicken Leg on top & it's ready to serve.

What is Mesclun Mix? It's a mix of the below in varies propotions.


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Tofu Exploration ::: Tofu with Century Egg and Salted Egg

Ingredients
1 Silken Tofu
1/2 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
1/4 tablespoon Oyster Sauce
1/4 tablespoon Sesame Oil
1/2 diced Century Egg (smaller the better)
1/2 diced Salted Egg (smaller the better)

1. Open the packet of Silken Tofu, drain the excess water and place on a plate.
2. Mix Light Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce and Sesame Oil in a pan over low heat.
3. Top the silken tofu with the diced Century Egg and diced Salted Egg.
4. When ready to serve pour the sauce over and serve immediately.


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Sauce Exploration ::: Ginger Vinegar Sauce

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This is definitely for non-Spicy & Vinegar fans out there.
Don’t worry it’s just measure and mix for this simple sauce.



Ingredients:::
1 tablespoon of light soy sauce
1 tablespoon of vinegar
½ teaspoon of sesame oil
Thinly sliced Ginger

Believe me! All into a small bowl or a small container and just stir them up & you’re done...

As promise IT’s SUPER SIMPLE..........! It’s so simple that I suggest making it when you need it.

Match with these recipes:
1. Pork Filled Dumplings / 水餃 / Shuigao
2. Chicken Filled Dumplings / 水餃 / Shuigao
3. More suggestions to come!

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Pasta Exploration I ::: Bolognese with Homemade Beef Meatballs with Fusilli

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Have you watch Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs? If you have not you better do! It rings a bell to make this dish......

Spaghetti Meatballs Bolognese is one of the most common popular dish. Our very first Pasta recipe sharing. Hope we can come up with more very soon.

Enjoy Cooking!



Beef Meatballs
500g of Minced Beef
Dash of Salt
Dash of Pepper
1 teaspoon of Corn flour
1/2 of Sesame Oil
Cooking oil

1. Mince Beef more to make it tender.
2. Place the minced beef in a bowl and add salt, pepper, corn flour and sesame oil.
3. Portion beef enough and roll it into balls about the size of 1.5cm round.
4. To stack up meatballs, sprinkle corn flour to make them not to stick them together too much.
5. Heat frying pan till hot and add cooking oil.
6. Place in beef balls and fry till brown, turn it to cook whole meatball.
7. Dish it to cool and absorb excess oil in kitchen tissue towel while you're cooking the rest of the beef meatballs.


Bolognese Sauce
1-2 cup of Bolognese Sauce from Prego Traditional Bottle

1. Heat pot and add in Bolognese sauce.
2. Let it boil, add in the cooked beef meatballs.
3. Simmer for another 2mins, and turn off the fire.


Pasta - Fusilli
5cups of Water
Salt
2 cups of Fusilli

1. Boil water with salt, and add in pasta.
2. Keep on boiling until pasta is Medium-Soft.
3. Use a big sifts to strain the water.
4. Add some Olive Oil so that it will be stick together.


TO SERVE:
1. Portion pasta in shallow plates.
2. Scoop Bolognese meatball sauce on top and it is ready to be served.
3. Top it with Cheddar Cheese.

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Remedies for Home Curing::: Cold and Flu - Honey Lemon Ginger Tea!

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Who is down with cold and flu this time around? The Dear. Warm cup of home remedy to cheer him up!


Time for some vitamin C ~!!! A very common in intake that needs to be doubled when you’re having Cold and Flu. However, dear and me have not been taking enough dosage of vitamin C to strengthen our immune and reduce the risk of catching a cold.
1000mg every 3-4hours at times like this.


Along with the Melilea Apple Orchard once every 3-4 hours, too!
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Regimen of restoring ones health, a lot and I mean A LOT of liquids should be consume when you’re down with cold and flu.

Somehow, this old old cold and flu tea remedy is pretty common to be consumed at times like this...

“Sharing is caring”


Ingredients:::
One-inch piece of Fresh Ginger
4 tablespoons of Honey
4 tablespoons of Lemon Juice
500ml of Water
500ml Thermos

you must be wondering why...there is reasons behind these ingredients!!!
WHY Ginger & Honey? Both are good to help the immune system.
WHY Lemon? They are high in Vitamin C.

Here’s what you do:
1. Fill up your pot and get the water boiling.
2. Grate the ginger or chop them up in thin slices.
3. Put the ginger, lemon, and honey in the thermos.
4. When the water boiled, pour it in the thermos.
5. Close the thermos tight, do a little shake-shake, and let it sit for 20mins to brew.
6. Strain into a tea cup and enjoy!



Found these 2 Pretty interesting websites to read for Home Remedies for Flu
14 Home Remedies for the Flu
Flu Remedy Blog

Share your home remedies with us! we'll be delightful to try it out!

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Appetizer Exploration ::: Cutie Tuna Cherry Tomato Bites

Second appetizer recipe here, Tuna Cherry Tomato Bites~ One of all of our favorite at Mother's Day Dinner! Flavored Tuna being served in Cherry Tomatoes makes it easier and more fun as you just need to pop it in your mouth!

Important to make sure the Cherry Tomatoes used are good-quality with firm, smooth-skin and pinkish orange! If they are green leave it to ripen at room temperature avoiding any sunlight.

This is definitely more towards all of our liking then the Honey Ham Baby Asparagus Roll-Ups. Have fun.......


Ingredients:::
1 box of Cherry Tomatoes
1 can of Tuna Mayo
1 teaspoon of Chilli Powder
1 teaspoon of Tabasco Sauce
Half inch size Chives for garnishing

1. Wash and soak Cherry Tomatoes for 15mins.
2. Put Tuna Mayo Chilli Powder and Tabasco Sauce in a small bowl and mix well. Place it in the fridge when done.
3. Preparation of Cherry Tomatoes: Cut the top and bottom off slightly for it to sit well when serve. Next is to slice it into half, take a small butter knife and remove all the seed parts leaving it hollow. Reason of doing this we do not want the sourness of the tomato to spoil this appetizer. Rinse it with filter water and shake a little to dry.
4. Take 2 teaspoons, spoon and push the tuna mixture to fill up the hollow tomatoes. Also leave a generous portion of Tuna Mountain!
5. Decorate it with chives. Place it on a nice plate to serve.

A delightful appetizer that will be loved by everyone. :)

You might love to try~~~

Home Cured 'smoked' Salmon 'gravlax' style

Honey Ham Baby Asparagus Roll-Ups

Learn to make Macarons and more at Taylor's University!

"More and more bakeries are introducing the macaron in their menus as this sweet sensation sweeps through the Klang Valley," says a leading local English newspaper, in opening up a fluff story about macarons. While the terms 'sweep' and 'sensation' are perhaps open to personal interpretation, it's clear that Macarons have been getting more attention in Kay-El of late. And what's not to love? Macarons combine fuss-free finger eating with a myriad of colours and flavours limited only by the baker's imagination. The only criticism, perhaps, is that it might be too sweet for some taste buds.

Anyways, the darling and I find ourselves on a Sunday afternoon, in Taylor's University's Pastry Kitchen with award winning Chef Karam for a quick and easy class on how to bake Macarons. Chef Karam has over 20 years of kitchen experience prior to joining the academic field, so we know we're in good hands!


After a quick demonstration by the Chef, we're let loose into the kitchen to whip up our own batch of Macarons!

Step 1: Mix crushed almonds, sugar, and egg whites.


Step 2: Boil some sugar.


Step 3: Add the boiling sugar to more egg whites and whisk.


Step 4: Fold in the crushed almond mixture.


Step 5: Mix in the food colouring of your choice.


Step 6: Spoon the mixture into a icing bag.


Step 7: Pipe the mixture onto baking sheets (yes, I know, I badly needed a haircut months ago).


Step 8: Admire your handiwork. Or as in my case, lack thereof.


Step 9: Bake!


Step 10: Leave your macarons to cool while you work on the filling.


Step 11: Use more icing bags to pipe jam, butter cream, chocolate ganache, or whatever you fancy, and sandwich the macarons.


Done!


You'll have noticed that we haven't provided any actual measurements or detailed steps - we're holding off for now because we want to try again in our own home kitchen. Because, you know, how many of us have industrial strength ovens and food service-style baking trays sitting in our kitchens? We'll cook up a batch in our home and will give you the recipe soon, promise!

For me, the hardest part of making the Macarons was probably the process of piping the unbaked mixture onto the baking sheets/trays. I guess I lack the skill and dexterity to get them round and uniform. Nothing a little practice can't change, of course :)

And if you're interested in learning more, Taylor's University offers weekend classes - typically over 2 months - covering cooking, baking and pastry making, both basic and intermediate levels. For details, please contact Ms. Anne Tay at 014-633 5114 / 603-5629 5000 (Ext: 5780) or email cpe@taylors.edu.my.

Jokes On / April Fools Exploration ::: McD mini Hamburger & Cinnamon Fries

April Fool happens only onces a year...where you can actually play a joke on anyone or everyone making them believe it & at the end they receive a surprise "April Fools'" no one can actually be angry with you!!! Here is something interesting about April Fools' Day all around the world.

On a April Fool eve mood, I planned out Dear's surprise as his arrival back in KL that falls nicely on April Fools' Day, "Mc Donald's" Hamburger set meal. Didn't really went well as it was too last minute & Dear was actually craving for maggie mee rather then mcD. :(



My prank wasn't as real & funny as Dear's sister Su-Ann, where she actually asked around the house "anyone wanna buy anything. i'm going to South City Plaza." then she and Su-San headed out with her mom's car. Suddenly out of the blue, she called her mom telling her she is an accident, the guy banged her when she was reversing. With that Dear was sent out to check out and resolve the problem. Shortly after Dear went out she called her mom again! Since i was there observing without knowing it was a joke. Aunty's face was extremely serious and agitated. After a while i receive a Whatapps msg that it's a April Fools' joke that Su-Ann is playing on Aunty! That's when i know it's a joke. S-Ann called about 2-3 times with her mom explaining to her that Big Bro is on his way to help. To have her revenge on her mom, she actually wants her to come out immediately that Uncle (her daddy) need to come in the scene to bring Aunty out to get her. Boo!!! "April Fools'...." Su-Lynn & I can actually hear them laughing all the way in. **extreme prefect way of fooling a person**

Continue on this exploration of mine...

Let's start with the Hamburger. This involves no cooking nor baking... It is just creativity & having tons of fun making these adorable mini burgers which not only can be made for April Fools, it can also be made to serve as dessert for Parties or BBQ Gatherings. I have left some extremely important best suggestions for greater taste & better outlook beside the ingredients.





Ingredients Needed:
2 tablespoons of Shred Coconut
1/2 teaspoon of Green food Coloring
1 small transparent plastic bag
1 teaspoon of Warm Jam Spread
1/2 teaspoon of Sesame Seeds
Red Frosting **self made / ready bought from supermarkets**
Yellow Frosting **self made / ready bought from supermarkets**

These two ingredients need to match in size:::
2 packets of Mini Chipsmore Cookie **Best is Butter Cookies/Vanilla Waffle Cookies**
Mc Vitie's Mini Short Cakes with Milk Chocolate **Best is Round Mint Chocolate**

Step 1: Preparation for "lettuces". Place the Shred Coconut in the plastic bag and add the Green Food Coloring little by little after shaking them till even out!


Step 2: Preparation of the top bread. Take a Mini Cookie and spread it with the warm jam prepared. Sprinkle Sesame Seeds on top immediately so that it can stick.


Step 3: Assembling the Hamburger! Take a upside down Mini Cookie put a little Red Frosting as Tomato Sauce and also Yellow Frosting as Cheese!


Step 4: Place the Chocolate Petty on top.


Step 5: Press more little Red Frosting as Tomato Sauce and also Yellow Frosting as Cheese! Then sprinkle with "Vegetables" the Green Coconut Shred.



Steop 6: This time 2-3 drips of Red & Yellow Frosting only before you cover them with the "top bread". You're DONE!!!


Next is the Cinnamon "Fries".




Ingredients Needed:
Vegetable Oil to deep fry 1 inch deep of your pan
White Bread
1/2 cup of Sugar
2 tablespoons of Cinnamon Powder

Step 1: Heat 1 inch of vegetable oil to 365 degrees F in deep skillet.

Step 2: Mix Sugar and Cinnamon Powder on a plate.

Step 3: Cut white bread into sticks and fry until golden, about 1 minute.



Step 4: Drain on paper towels or rack, then roll in the cinnamon-sugar while still hot. Note: Beware of over dosage of cinnamon-sugar..


Step 5: can be serve with warm strawberry jelly as ketchup.

Packaging is as truthful & important. I dropped by McD to have my lunch there. emptying the French Fries and Nugget box and fill them with Mini Hamburgers and Cinnamon Stick. Of course not to forget that McD drink makes a set & kept my drink fresh and un-drank. Arranged and packed nicely in a McD paper bag!



There you go... Professionally Real enough to Prank your family or friends or colleagues! hehe~

Have fun!

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