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If we make something in our kitchen three days in a row, we know we're on to something good. We first made this cinnamon and raisin loaf during the long weekend and it was so good, that we made it again and again.Cinnamon and Raisin LoafOne of the reasons why we love it so much is that it is very easy to...
Mother's Day falls on 10 May this year (this Sunday!), and if you're thinking of baking your mom something for this special day, here are 8 easy desserts which you can consider. Click on the names for full recipe.1. Moist butter cakeButter cake is MY mom's favorite cake, so I make it pretty often for her.
Right after making the gingernut biscuits, the kids declared "Mummy, we want to bake more stuff!""Okay little bosses." I quickly flipped through my recipe book to find another easy recipe and we settled on this spiced rock buns. Rock buns (or rock cakes) are a traditional British tea time treat, which are...
Since it's a long weekend here in KL, I promised the kids that we could do some baking. So here we are baking another easy biscuit recipe from Delia Smith's cookbook - gingernuts.I usually try to find recipes which uses cup measurements as it's easier for the kids, but this time the recipe uses gram...
We're having a long weekend here in KL, thanks to the Labour Day and Wesak public holidays. Since the kids are off school, we are planning on doing some baking this weekend. If you are thinking of doing the same with your kids, here's a nice, easy recipe for you to try with them.Carrot cupcakes with cream...
I was looking for an easy biscuit recipe that I can make for the kids while they were in school. I flipped through Delia's cookbook and bookmarked a few recipes. This whole oat crunchies recipe in particular caught my attention as it is described as "the quickest and easiest biscuits I've ever made". Sounds...
So, I've transformed from a person who fears baking bread to an enthusiastic baker, all thanks to my successful attempt in making hot cross bunsand other breads.Quick Easy No-Knead Wholemeal BreadAnother bread recipe which I recently tried from Delia's cookbook is this quick and easy no-knead...
One ingredient we always have in our fridge are lemons. We especially love adding them to our drinks, and one week we had a surplus of them, so I decided to make muffins with the kids. We chose to make lemon and orange poppy seed muffins.When life hands you lemons, make lemon muffins ;)This recipe appealed...
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending a cooking class with celebrity chef Edward Kwon at InterContinental Hotel Kuala Lumpur. Chef Edward Kwon, one of South Korean's top celebrity chefs, is in KL as part of the luxury hotel's World Celebrity Chef Series in 2015. Chef Edward has held...
The other day, we were chatting with my in-laws on Skype and they were telling us about a nice Chinese takeout that they had the evening before. Which got me thinking of my favorite dish from the Chinese takeaway when I was still living in the UK. Presenting the Chinese Takeaway-style chicken with...
How do you decide what to eat/cook for dinner? For us, it's simple - I'll just cook what my kids/family likes eating. My kids love tofu, so we have it for dinner often. One of our favorite tofu dishes (currently) is this tofu with minced chicken and mushrooms.This is a quick and easy dish which you...
A couple of months ago, I made roasted pork ribs for dinner, and as a side dish, I also made a Japanese potato salad. Japanese potato salad is made with (yes, you guessed it) Japanese mayonnaise which is slightly sweeter and tangier than regular mayonnaise. Other ingredients in this potato salad include red...
Other than vegetables and herbs, we also plant fruit trees in our garden. Currently, we have kedondong (ambarella), guava, passion fruit, soursop, custard apple, Vietnam apples, pineapple and bananas. And last month, we harvested our first bunch of bananas.It was actually an unintentional harvest, as one...
Our kids get lunch in school, but sometimes we would pack some biscuits or muffins for them to snack on. I would always make the muffins in cute cases as this gets them excited - simple things that make them happy! Sometimes, I would pack extra for them as their friends would also ask to share the muffins...
Good morning ... on a sunny day let us cook :) for our beloved family. On the Friday we ate delicious roast duck seems. To make it reasonably requires quite a long time, but it will all pay off with a delicious roast duck ragu. The following recipe can be used to make it : 1 Duck, try to get a...
Every year when Easter approaches, I would think of hot cross buns. And every year I would tell myself... "I'm going to make hot cross buns this year", but never got around to it. After much procrastination, I finally did it this year and it turned out way way easier than I expected... so I guess baking hot...
On school days, I would sometimes cook dinner when the kids are in school (usually a one-pot meal) and then simply reheat when the kids are home for a quick meal. Last week, I made one of my family's favorite, beef stew. After trying many recipes for beef stew, I'm back to square one - my own recipe for...
Happy to share some good news with you all! This month I'll be flying daily on all Firefly routes, both domestic and international. How is that possible I hear you ask?Simple - I am featured in this month's Firefly Official In-flight Magazine, FireFlyz - Malaysia's Mistress of Makan (page 42-43). You...
We always have a pack of Mission tortilla wraps on standby at home, and they're great as express pizza bases. Last week, we tried recreating our favorite pizza from hereat home - funghi pizza with mozzarella and mascarpone cheese with an optional egg.For this pizza, we used sliced grey oyster...
During the CNY period, we will serve prawns quite often, due to its Cantonese name 虾 "ha" sounding like laughter "ha ha ha" and thus symbolising happiness. But mainly because we are a prawn-loving family! When my kids see prawns, they get super excited and they will not be shy to ask for more ("peel more...
