椰的饗宴Coconut feast

昨天忙了一整天就為了這椰的事. 都說是挑剔啦, 小店明明就有刨椰機, 怎都要拎回家自己刨. 那刨椰機成天都在店門口, 想也知道那.....

So busy yesterday just because of a coconut. Sounds picky ah?The grocery shop has the coconut shredder machine why should I have to do it myself. The machine is always in  front of the grocery shop and you should know that ....

刮了零零碎碎的椰肉丟進了黑糯米粥煮. 取得椰漿之後, 

Dropped some pieces of coconut into the black glutinous rice porridge before getting the coconut milk. 

做了kaya 和煮咖哩菜

I made kaya(coconut jam) and cooked vegetable curry with the coconut milk.

Kaya ( Coconut Jam)

肉丸湯 Meatball Soup

小時候, 外婆很喜歡做肉丸子湯給我們吃, 當然我們也是很喜歡. 我已經很少煮豬肉, 今晚, 在周末的夜裡, 當晚餐. 吃一碗兒時的甜蜜...

在肉丸子裡加多了酒, 味道還真好, 當然, 我加的是洋酒 ....

不過, 還是有點怕, 看了生肉, 煮了也不太敢吃 :P

When I was a kid, grandma loved to cook meatball soup for us. We all loved it for sure. Now, I seldom cook pork but tonight just brought back a little memory for the weekend dinner.

I added more wine in the meatballs. It tastes good but I still not very comfortable with pork after I have seen the fresh meat :P

一口筍粿One bite dumpling(Yam Bean Dumpling)

周末下午茶 Weekend Teatime  ~

我很喜歡吃筍粿, 本地的筍粿是沒有筍的哦! 那為甚麼他叫筍粿, 不要問我我也不知道. 我想這裡比較不容易找到筍, 所以就用沙葛代替了. 我喜歡吃也是因為喜歡吃沙葛啦!

把它變裝, 變成像小點心, 一口就能吃完, 所以稱他為"一口筍粿TM "

I love "bamboo shoot kueh" but there has  no "bamboo shoots" in the filling, so why the locals still call it "bamboo shoot kueh". I have no idea either. I guess maybe we can't find bamboo shoots and we just replace it with yam bean. I like turnips and I think this is the reason I like to eat "bamboo shoot kueh"

I changed the traditional wrapping into a dim sum like. You just need a bite to finish it, so I call it "One Bite Dumpling TM" ....

for your reference ~ Yam Bean 沙葛

糙米米粿 Brown Rice Rice Cake

晚餐呢? 啊.... 時間不夠弄晚餐了, 那這個當晚餐行嗎? 肚子餓了能不行嗎?

Where're our dinner? Oh dear,..... no time for preparing dinner. How about this, OK? I guess no objection for starving stomachs :)

蜂蜜蛋糕 Honey Cake

蜂蜜蛋糕 Honey Cake

看到老同學做蜂蜜蛋糕, 我手又癢了, 當晚就烤了一個蜂蜜蛋糕, 記得之前自己做過蜂蜜蛋糕, 找來找去怎麼都找不著, 哈, 原來自己都忘了寫下來. 很多即興創作就是這樣, 做完就忘了. 有人說, 只要蛋糕有放蜂蜜就是蜂蜜蛋糕,  就做一個全蛋打發的蜂蜜蛋糕吧! 這次, 有新玩法哦!

沒有那種美美的模, 也沒有烘培紙, 就這樣烤了一個蛋糕. 這次只用了4粒蛋, 所以蛋糕沒有很高 :)

不錯, 家人還滿喜歡的 ^_^

I saw my ex-classmate posted her honey cake photo. I immediately left my seat and baked one. Where is my recipe? I remember I had made honey cake before. Ha! I forgot to write down the recipe. This happens most of the time, especially when I try something new in my ingredients, and forget after that :) People say any cakes has honey can be called honey cake, so there are a lot variety. I chose a whole egg whisking method to make the cake. Too lazy to separate the yolks and the egg white and need to wash two bowl .....

買醬油記~ 醬油如何選?

醬油用完了, 跑到超市去, 一向都是用有機醬油和日本醬油, 可偏偏這時候常用的醬油都缺貨, 只好看一下本地品牌得醬油, 又是防腐劑, 又是色素的, 像觸了電一樣, 迅速的放回貨架. 也是啦, 當初就是這樣才會去買有機的 :p 

醬油本身就是一種發酵製成品, 放防腐劑和色素, 一直讓我不解, 也不太合理. 為了多了解一些, 網上搜一搜, 天啊! 居然有"化學醬油",  化學鹽就讓外食族受不了了, 這 ....

有個蠻普遍的牌子, 說是天然釀製的也加了

disodium inosinate 肌苷酸二鈉 (*增味劑) E631

disodium Guanylate 鳥苷酸二鈉 (*增味劑) E627

sodium benzoate 苯甲酸鈉 (*防腐劑)

柴,米,有,鹽,醬,醋,茶, "醬"可好? 

找了一些影片資料供參考

(1)  如何分辨 

(2) 快來上化學課 ~ 醬油的製做

看了都快要暈了 .... :(

(3) 那裡不同? 

多多開伙, 省下的錢買好一點的醬料 :)

榛果巧克力醬綠茶雲石蛋糕hazelnut chocolate spread green tea marble cake

看到桌上有一瓶榛果巧克力醬, hihi  不放過, 試試看用沒把握得方式作一個雲石蛋糕. 做法和牛油蛋糕類似, 不過, 我已經捨棄重油蛋糕很久了, 所以這個配方減油, 沒有泡打粉. 家裡只剩下3個A蛋, 那也好, 自己配一配, ㄟ 行了...(喜) ^_^

A bottle of hazelnut chocolate spread on the table. 3 eggs in the kitchen. Ding, ding, ding, no reason not to try to make a cake. I tried a different way making this cake. It's  similar to butter cake but I cut down the quantity of butter and no baking powder added. Wonderful! :)

木瓜檸檬蛋糕 Papaya Lemon Cake

木瓜檸檬蛋糕 Papaya Lemon Cake

這個周末的作品, 用來招待客人. 喜歡她的顏色, 也烤得很好, 有點酸酸的味道 ....

This is what I made for this weekend as the treat for the guests. I like the color and it's baked nicely. It tastes a bit sour....

還有一杯好喝的檸檬茶

Don't forget the lemon tea, hmmm.. ^_^

長豆炒豆腐 Long beans fried tofu

院子的新朋友 :) New friend from my garden

種在小盆的長豆苗長長豆了, 沒想到這麼快就有長豆吃 :) 原本想來個長豆炒雞蛋, 還有些豆腐, 那就一起炒了吧!

wow, the little long bean tree has long bean planted in a small pot. What a surprise! Plan to make a long bean omelette but I have some tofu left, so just mixed together for a dish, long beans fried tofu :)

自製葡萄醬 Homemade Grape Jam

去逛街買了2大包葡萄, 還買了很多水果. 一直想要做果醬, 真是個好機會. 用自己特製的糖醬, 好開胃. 早餐的全麥麵包有朋友了. 今天再做司康, 太....美味了 ^_^

Bought a lot of fruits from hypermart. Two big bags of grapes. It's a good chance to make some jam. I used the sugar syrup to cook with it, hmm good taste! I guess the whole wheat bread had found his friend that morning. Today, I made some scones ... Yes, just another wonderful teatime :)

自製葡萄醬 Homemade Grape Jam

芝麻巧果 Sesame crackers

香香脆脆, 小朋友怎會不愛. 做了兩罐全吃完了, 還想說嘴饞的時候, 喝咖啡的時候, 咬一咬. 那得做多少才夠呀?

好久好久沒做了, 依然棒 :) 雖然是油炸的, 卻沒油膩膩得感覺, 清新的芝麻香氣, 會讓你一口接一口 .....

p.s 我用有機芝麻 ( I used organic sesame)

I  made 2 tins, all finished. I would like to have it when I want to have something in my mouth or go with the coffee sometimes but I have the empty tins now...

After so long not making it, it still tastes good. Although, it is deep fried but not feeling oily . You just can't stop your bites for the fragrance of sesame ... :)

芝麻巧果 Sesame crackers

咖哩角 Curry Puffs

不做炸的, 用烤的, 酥皮的咖哩角, 香! 這樣的下午茶, 棒 !

好久沒做, 不失水準, 開心 ^_^

Best for tea time .. 

自製轉化糖漿 Homemade Invert Syrup

自製轉化糖漿 Homemade Invert  Syrup

中秋節快到了, 先準備準備, 如果太忙做不了月餅, 這個也很好用 :) Get ready for the moon cake festival. If I have no time for making moon cake, it can be used in many ways. No worry :)

楊桃蛋糕 Starfruit Cake

Hmm, 好滿意, 還是用回自己的食譜好, 嘗試了用不同的方式作的蛋糕, 不是很滿意, 或許是我更動了配方, 為了配合自己的健康概念. 不過, 我還是會繼續嘗試, 繼續研發, 健康不失美味嘛 :)

最近特忙, 沒注意到楊桃熟了. 自家種的楊桃有種花香味, 早就想能不能用在自己的食譜上, 正是個好時機, 說做就做. 淡淡的楊桃香味, 雖然放了蜂蜜好像有點搶味, 但還是有種田園風. 剛開始吃會覺得有點淡, 越吃會覺得越想吃, 因為香氣都留在嘴裡, 吃了也不會膩哦 ^_^

I tried different ways of making cakes recently but seem to have some problems. I did change the formula in order to fit my healthy and simple cooking concept. Glad to say first try with my new recipe with star fruit flavour is satisfied. However, I will continue to try .Healthy but yet delicious is what I believe :)

Starfruits were ripe without my notice on recent hectic days. Starfruits planted in my garden have a special flower fragrance. I always think that if they can be used as an ingredient in my recipe. Now,it's a good chance to try. They don't have strong fragrance and the honey has stronger smell but still have garden style. First bite has a light taste. After few more bites, you will love it because it taste good with the fragrance in your mouth .... hmm..

香蘭地瓜饅頭 Pandan Sweet Potato Mantou

香蘭地瓜饅頭 Pandan Sweet Potato Mantou

哈哈. 終於給我找到沒有放 Benzoyl Peroxide(过氧化苯甲酰~麵分飄白劑)的麵粉. 可是, 包裝上沒標明成分, 也不知有沒有加其他的, 所以, 持保留態度. 好久沒做養生饅頭了, 先來個地瓜饅頭吧! 來個香氣, 來個顏色, 加上龍眼乾, 葵花子, 健康的饅頭, Mm...美味

I just found the wheat flour without  Benzoyl Peroxide, kind of flour whitener. I won't comment on this because no ingredients list printed on the package, so I can't tell if any additives added. 

For quite some time I did not make mantou(steam bread), I think I should start with the sweet potato mantou. Natural fragrance and color with some dried longans and sunflower seeds, is always the healthy mantou. Mmmm .... delicious as well :)

給他一個玫瑰花造型吧 ! :)

Do you like the rose shape ?

綠茶蜂蜜蛋塔 GreenTea Honey Egg Tarts

綠茶蜂蜜蛋塔 GreenTea Honey Egg Tarts

乘有假期做一點點心, 很久沒做高熱能的點心, 有點饞嘴了, 外皮香脆加上蛋的甜蜜, 嗯, 好好吃 ! 下次, 多做一些.

Time for pastries. I know they are  high caloric but just can't stop my mouth from the desire of tasty foods. The fragrance of butter and the sweetness of honey eggs filling made the taste just nice. I'll make more for next time :)

香橙蜂蜜蛋糕 Orange Honey Cake

香橙蜂蜜蛋糕 Orange Honey Cake

簡單的下午, 簡單的下午茶

Simple tea time bite

換了模具, 換了一下製作步驟, 加了一點牛油, 嗯, 還不錯...(樂:) 

I changed the cake pan, amended some cooking procedures, added some butter.... Mm, not bad at all, he he ! 

菠蘿蜜鬆餅 Jackfruit(Nangka) Muffins

這得感謝媽媽把種子埋在們前, 菠蘿蜜總於收成了, 能把自己種的植物用在自己的料理上, 你說能不叫人感動嗎? 我覺得那是一種幸福, 雙份的愛 <3

鄰居婆婆說: "不會結果的啦!"...

我媽說:" 誰說不會.. 你們看這是什麼?"...

媽媽萬歲! 誰敢挑戰媽媽的精神, 媽媽連葡萄都種得起, 媽媽家還有一棵台灣蜜棗... :)

Thanks mum for burying a seed in front of my house. Now, we got the jackfruit. It's kind of touching I can use my plants as the ingredients for my cooking. I feel happy, yes! double the love :)

Neighbor said : " It won't fruit "

My Mum said :" Says who? What is on the tree"...

With the spirit of persistence of my mum, what can't be done? She has planted grapes in tropics and she has Taiwan jujubes trees... Proud of you, mum <3 :)

菠蘿蜜鬆餅 Jackfruit(Nangka) Muffins

忌廉蘑菇湯 Mushroom Soup

小時候, 第一次喝到舅舅買回來的罐頭濃湯, 就愛上了這種味道濃郁的湯. 長大後, 不會煮, 也是買罐頭的. 罐頭的鹽份太高, 也不知添加了什麼, 我就一直想要學會煮. 從複雜的程序到自己簡化後的程序, 現在隨時想和就可以煮. 

不過現在很少煮, 嫌她油份高. 做一些簡餐時, 我想搭配一下也不錯. 其他料理可以選一些少油份的.

Separating Egg White and Yolk 簡易蛋黃蛋白分離

看到網上教人分蛋法, 忍不住要分享自己的經驗. 以前拿了蛋, 敲破以後, 帥帥的左倒右倒, 像個大廚一樣. 可是後來發現蛋殼很髒, 又很懶洗雞蛋, 弄濕了, 又怕影響打發. 雖然, 有些雞蛋有經過沙門氏菌殺菌處理, 我又怕有殘留, 所以就想到這個方法, 又快又衛生, 不必使用分蛋器具, 嫌麻煩. 看過有些師傅是用手的, 我想我的這個方法還是比較好吧! ^_^

I can't hold myself back when I saw some posted ways of separating the egg white and yolk and want to share with you my experience. At the beginning, I felt good to crack the egg and pour left and right until the they are separated, like a chef. However, later on, I found that the egg shell is really dirty. I'm to lazy to wash the eggs and I'm worry the eggs won't be whisking well if they are wet. Although, some of the eggs are treated with Salmonella sterilization. I'm afraid of the remain, so I have an idea which is quick and hygienic. Too troublesome to use egg separator too. Some chefs use their hands but I think mine will be better :)

一雞三吃 One Chicken for 3 dishes

簡單但健康. 看似簡單, 準備起來也挺花功夫的, 三道都需要熬煮, 也花了我一整個下午的時間, 別忘了煮完還要清洗的哦! 又花更多的時間.....

Simple and healthy. They looked simple to cook but I have to spend lots of the time for preparation. They all need longer cooking time for stewing which had been taking me for a whole afternoon. After cooking, yes, clean up time.. :)

糙米雞肉粥 Brown Rice Chicken Porridge

馬玲薯雞 Potato Chicken

淮山雞湯 Chinese Herbs Soup

隨意蒸蛋糕 Just a steam cake

在FB的烹飪團體看到餅乾蛋糕, 很好奇他的味道, 用了自己的食譜做, 噢, 還不錯, 也很健康. 在自己的配方裡又加多了一種口味 :) ~ 燕麥餅乾

今天病了, 想說可以整理一下食譜, 還是有氣沒力....

I saw some biscuit cake in Bakery Group of FB. I just wondered how it tastes, so I tried to make it with my own recipe. Not bad at all and health. Happy to have one more flavor in my healthy cake series :) ~ Oats biscuit

巧克力蛋糕 Chocolate Cake

在切蛋糕的時候, 第一感覺是再淋上巧克力醬會更棒. Cheese Cream 也不錯. 反正, 這是基本款, 要加什麼配料都行, 對嗎? :)

其實, 我不是很喜歡巧克力蛋糕, 不過, 總覺得得會才行. 自己做的就覺得好吃 , 鬆鬆軟軟^_^

When I first cut the cake, something came into my mind. Yes, creamy chocolate. Add some chocolates on it will make it more delicious. Cheese Cream is nice either. It can go with any you like, right?

Frankly, I don't like chocolate cake very much but I still need to know how to make it. Proud to say it tastes good and soft ^_^

卡士達馬鈴薯麵包Custard Potato Bread

昏昏沉沉了一個月, 精神好點, 還是選擇進了廚房. 利用休閒的星期日,今天中午12點就開始鑽進廚房, 做了兩樣點心.

卡士達馬鈴薯麵包Custard Potato Bread

想做馬鈴薯麵包, 自己調了一個食譜. 卡士達醬也是, 因為沒有雲泥香精(我不用香精), 我也得自己調配香味, 結果都還不錯,..樂 ^_^

I have been thinking to make a potato bread for some time, so I made a recipe. Same as the custard, I don't have vanilla flavor, I need to find some ingredients for the flavoring. I prefer natural ingredients rather than artificial flavor. 

Happy to say they turned out to be nice ... yes! :)

蜂蜜香蘭蒸蛋糕 Honey Pandan Steam Cake

和的時候沒和好, 有點瑕疵, 還好味道不錯, 也很柔軟, ....已經掃光了 :)

Soft and tasty, all finished :)

手打香蘭海綿蛋糕 Hand Whisked PANDAN SPONGE CAKE

就不信用手打的做不成… Ya! 成功了. 海綿蛋糕是全蛋打發, 會比較難. 我想試試看,第一次做用隔水加熱法(約40C ), 沒發得很好. 再研究了一下, 這次室溫打發就可以了. 用自己後院種得香蘭葉, 好香哦 

First try on whole eggs whisking and heating up the eggs with hot water for easier whisking but seemed to be  failed. After readjust the recipe, it looked so good even I whisked the eggs in room temperature. The fragrance of the pandan I planted made it smelled so nice :)

蕎麥麵+有機螺旋藻麵 Soba & Organic Spirulina Noodles

上次煮關東煮還有一些材料, 晚餐就煮個蕎麥麵, 為了讓麵更豐富我又加了有機螺旋藻麵. 是健康得啦:) 配料有: 昆布, 雞蛋, 紅蘿蔔

I have some ingredients left after cooking Oden last time. I tried to cook Soba for the dinner. In order to have more variety, I added some organic spirulina noodles. Sounds healthy?

Topping ingredients: konbus, eggs and carrots

自家養生茶 Home Made Natural healthy Tea

最近都提不起勁, 來一碗泡蔘美美茶吧:)
Recently feeling tired and lack of energy. I love food therapy. Why don't I make myself a healthy tea? So I started to think what ingredients I needed. Ta ta ! This is what I get :)

來看看有那些材料

Let's see what ingredients I had for the tea

P/S: Ingredients photos are collected from internet for showing purpose. 

有機糙米粉 Organic Brown Rice Noodle

【經濟米粉配素咖哩】~ 今天的晚餐

哈哈, 終於都調配出我的風格的調味. 小時候很喜歡這種經濟

米粉, 不要問我為甚麼叫經濟米粉, 我想可能他沒什麼配料,

 就是米粉和醬油. 越是簡單的料裡, 越考技巧. 他們說有放

蠔油, 可我沒用蠔油好久了, 當然, 我家也沒雞精粉, 味精

之類的人工調味劑. 今晚全素, 用有機糙米粉 , 加了三種

蔬菜, 雞蛋, 炒了一盤早市也未必找得到的經濟米粉. 經濟

米粉一定要淋上咖哩汁才叫絕配 :) , 所以又煮了素菜咖哩.


【Economic Fried Rice Noodle with Vegetarian Curry】~ Tonight Dinner

When I was at teen age, I loved  economic fried meehoon (rice noodle) with curry sauce. You could find the economic meehoon at breakfast stalls but hardly can find now. Now, they becomes more common in catering or you can find them in hotels buffets. Why it's called "economic meehoon"? I guess because they are quite plain only rice noodle and sauce. Some stalls will add some vegetables, normally bean sprouts. Because it's a simple cook, the sauce becomes essential for the taste. However, I was happy I finally get the taste I want :)

Let's add more vegetables and eggs in the rice noodles. I used organic brown rice noodle. I think it can't be that economic anymore ^_^. Don't forget the curry, so I cooked some vegetarian curry to go with the fried noodle.

【花茶涼凍 Flower Tea Agar】

Cool down the hot season with healthy agar or agar-agar :)

炎炎的熱天, 想說準備一些涼涼的, 放在冰箱. 就來一個自創健康的花茶涼凍吧 !