Big Breakfast 2

I had pita bread for breakfast. There are many ways to prepare pita bread. You can use it as pizza base, make it as garlic bread, chips (snack), chessy bread, sandwich and many more.

I had made it into 3 different ways…

Cheese, ham and egg sandwich
Method: Fried an egg. Cut the pita bread into half. Put in the cooked egg, ham and top with cheese. Bake for 10 minutes until the cheese has melted and the bread is crispy.

Sausage Rolls

Method: Cut the pita bread into half. Put in some tomato sauce or mayonnaise and roll up together with the sausage.

Crispy Chips dip with strawberry jam

Method: Cut the pita bread into wedges and baked for 10 minutes. You may dip with the jam that you prefer.

Among these 3 recipes, I prefer the crispy chips the most! Light snack that you can dip with whatever jam or sauce that you like. It is so good to have it while you're watching TV. = )

Happy Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is the time of year which for lovers to express the way they love each others. Lovers will think of what is the special way to say I love you. Red roses are the traditionally gift on Valentine’s Day. Roses represent romance, true love and passion.

~Happy Valentine's Day~

Well, what is special about my Valentine’s Day? ^_^

Not much actually, this is the second valentine that we celebrated together. Last year’s Valentine’s Day fall on weekday when both of us were working. We only went to Evergreen for valentine’s dinner. This year, Valentine’s Day is on Saturday which is good! We had lunch at an Italian restaurant at Lygon Street. Just a simple one…we ordered a Calamari platter and a Barramundi fish.

Starter : Focaccia

Calamari serve with salad

Barramundi fish

After lunch, we went for shopping!

Time flies…when shops were closing only I realized it is already 6pm. We had very simple dinner at home which is pizza and chips!

Hmmm…hubby got me a valentine’s gift and a rose! There’s a cute bear together with the rose. = )

This is my old heart shape coins purse and this is new one! The old one really looks old when compare it. It is the time for it to “rest”…hehe

~The End~

Lunch Box 2

I had attended my fitness classes today - BodyCombat. Hmm...I am able to follow the step easily now. = ) Yahoooo! The following day after excersice I will feel hungry easily so I had prepared lunch box for tomorrow. This is my second lunch box for this week.

~Rice
~Stir fry vege with mushroom
~Braised chicken, egg and tofu
~Dessert : Peach

Variety Buns

My mind can’t stop thinking about baking bread. Since last weekend when I baked my first bun, I’ve been looking for bread / bun’s recipe everyday. Also, I like the smell coming out from the oven when i bake the bread. It really smells so so so good! = ) Ok, here are my “variety buns” with different stuffing and also I shaped them differently… hehehe

There are 2 plain buns, 1 tuna bun, 1 peanut butter bun, 1 tuna with cheese bun and the last one is nutella bun.

I tasted the plain bun after baked, it is so nice and soft! Hehehe…it is much better than the red bean bun that I baked last weekend. I am so happy…at least have some improvements. Actually I used back the same recipe but I replaced water with fresh milk. It taste really good!

Nutella & Peanut Butter Bun

Plain Bun

Tuna n' Cheese & Tuna Bun ( the shape a bit weird huh! = P)

Lunch Box I

I used to bring lunch box to work when I just started work. The cultural here is very different from Malaysia. In Malaysia, we will go to the canteen or eating out for lunch. Hardly see people bring lunch box to work. However, here, you can see most of the people bring their lunch box to work. I am happy to prepare the lunch box because I can "decorate" the food in the way that I like. = P

I stopped to bring my lunch box some time ago because I found that I am putting on weight so decided to diet! Hehe...My lunch now is only protein powder. Recently I also joined fitness classes and the personal training. I feel there are changes for my body. I easily get hungry after the gym / fitness classes and my personal trainer advised that I need to take some light food and not just drink the protein. So, I decided to bring lunch box to work BUT not everyday. Still need to keep in shape!!! Haha

Ok, here's my first lunch box in this 2009. Just a simple meal – tuna sushi, cucumber sushi, strawberries and miso soup paste. (Add in hot water then enjoy!) = )

Red Bean Bun

This week I wanna try to bake a bread! I found this recipe from My Home Kitchen .The ingredients and steps seem like not too confusing so I decided to try on this.

Well, here’s my first bun…

Outlook – not too bad. Hoho = P

Taste – inside is nice but not the top of the bun as it is a bit hard. I think may be is my temperature is too high??? Not sure…I will try again to make it perfect!!! Gambateh~~

OMG!!! I ate 3 red bean buns at once...cant stop myself! I love red bean, I love to eat bread, I love everthing...hahahaha. Gim Theng, you can have a try on this. It is quite simple. Hope you will enjoy it!

Ingredients A:
Bread flour 200g
Cake flour 20g (I replaced with plain flour as i do not have cake flour)
Castor sugar 25g
Salt 1/4 tsp
Instant yeast 3g (1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp)
Milk powder 15g
Egg 25g
Water 115g

Ingredients B:
Unsalted butter 15g
Red beans paste 200g

Ingredient C:
White Sesame Seeds 20g

What to do
1. Using low speed of your mixer, mix all ingredients A till it forms a dough. Change it to medium speed and knead till dough becomes smooth.
2. Using low speed, add in the unsalted butter. Change to medium speed and knead dough till it becomes elastic.
3. Place the kneaded dough in a mixing bowl, cover with cling wrap. Let it ferments for about 60 minutes.
4. Divide dough into 8 equal parts. Round them up and immediately put the fillings inside. Shape the individual dough. Cover with cling wrap and let the shaped dough rest for 15 minutes. After the resting period, use your hand to slightly flatten the rounded dough.
5. Using a scissor, cut an inch at 8 sides of the flatten dough:- First, cut the top & bottom, left & right. Follow by a cut on each portion.
6. Brush the doughs with egg wash. Wet the tip of a rolling pin and coat it with white sesame seeds. Imprint the rolling pin (with the sesame seeds) onto the dough.
7. Bake in a preheated oven at 190 deg C for about 15 minutes.

Big Breakfast I

Yayyyy!!! Is weekend again…I love weekend so much. Well, the reason is I have marked down some recipes into my “to do list” but there’s always not enough time to complete it. So, weekend I can stay in the kitchen to do some baking. = ) Besides, I will also prepare “big breakfast” for myself and hubby.

So, 2 task to be completed which is “Big Breakfast” and “Baking”. Here’s my “big breakfast" ~~ Scramble eggs + cheese on toast + strawberries

Scramble eggs - Put 1 tsp butter in the frying pan and heat up. Add in 2 eggs and scramble till cook. Add some pepper on top to taste.

Cheese on toast - Toast 2 slices of bread on one side. Spread butter on top and cover with a slice of cheese. Grill until cheese melt and sprinkle some sugar.

After breakfast, me and hubby went for shopping. On the way, we saw everyone in the street were looking up to the sky. Out of curiosity, I also looked up the sky and `#@ tang tang tang tang `@# I saw this "Stay Cool". Today's weather temperature is 46 degrees...we were boiling over here. It is really hot! No joke! When the wind blow at you, you will feel like the heater is blow right exact to you. It is damn hot!

Can you see that??? Look into it..."Stay Cool"

Simple Bak Kut Teh

I had running out of idea for dinner, so decided to cook this easy and tasty soup – Bak Kut Teh. I bought this “A1 Bak Kut Teh Herbs” from Asian grocery shop. I had also prepared some simple ingredients which are fish balls, fried tofu, mushrooms, crabmeats, meats, garlic, fried tao kee and some veges. The package already has the cooking instruction. It is very simple!

Instruction

Boil 500g water in the pot.

After boiled, put in "A1 Bak Kut Teh Herbs", garlic, meats and bring to boil again.

Boil for 15 minutes and add in the remaining ingredients : fish balls, fried tofu, mushrooms, crabmeats, and fried tao kee.

Boiled for another 15 minutes and add in the vege. Serve immediately.

45 minutes later…here’s my “Bak Kut Teh”

Mini Lemon Cupcake

I have some lemons left in the fridge and I had bought the mini muffin pan long ago which I haven’t tried on it yet. So, this is my baking today. The ingredients and ways to do this cupcake is very simple. Enjoy!

Ingredients
100g self-raising flour
80g butter
40g sugar
1 egg
3 tbsp of lemon juice
Zest of one lemon
1 tsp poppy seed


What to do
1. Melt butter then add in sugar and stir till sugar dissolves.
2. Add in eggs and beat till well blended.
3. Sift flour into the mixture till well combined.
4. Add in lemon juice, zest and poppy seed. Gently mix into the batter.
5. Pour batter into small cupcake moulds.
6. Bake at 180C for 20-25mins.

It is so cute! ^_^

Waffle for breakfast ~~ Sushi for lunch

I can’t wait to try on my new waffle maker. As this is the first time for me to make the waffer batter so I search for the easiest recipe from the internet – Basic Waffle.

Ingredients

1 egg separated
¼ cup castor sugar
1 cup of milk
¼ cup of water
1 ½ cups of self raising flour
pinch of salt5
0g butter, melted

What to do

1. Beat egg white (with half of the sugar), till stiff. Keep aside.
2. Beat egg yolk (with remaining half of sugar) until creamy.
3. Then beat in milk and water. Then add sifted dry ingredients.
4. Mix in melted butter.
5. Fold in egg white.
6. Place batter into your waffle maker (amount will depend on your waffle maker).
7. Eat hot! You can choose with butter, bananas, yogurt, honey, fresh berries, strawberry jam, whipped cream and many more.

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All the while I am not really a fan of sushi but not sure what happened ever since I came to Australia, I felt in love with sushi. I had been buying a lot of sushi from the sushi shop. Now, I had decided to make my own sushi. Below are my sushi creations! Looks good, eh? It was my first time…= P

Ingredients (For Rice)

1 packet Japanese sushi rice

1 bottle sushi vinegar

What to do

1. Measure three cups sushi rice into rice cooker. Wash well and drain.

2. Add three cups water to cook. When rice is cooked, add three large tablespoons sushi vinegar (to taste) to rice while it’s still hot.

3. Stir well to combine and fluff up. Set aside to cool completely.