綠茶粄 Green Tea Steam Cake

星期天, 動手天. 真的好久, 好久沒有做這種粿類食品, 開始還真的有點手忙腳亂, 還好做著做著感覺就慢慢回來了....

會黏, 可我整型的時候一點油都沒用喔 :)

其實, 材料原本要做別的, 對那個沒什麼感覺, 怕材料放太久, 趕快想個東西出來, 拼拼湊湊出來的東西也不錯 ^_^

Sunday is the day to have your fingers moving. It has been long, long time not making cakes made of rice flour. Of course, I started clumsily but doing better after few tries and the feels coming gradually  ...

They will be sticky but I insist no oil is used for shaping :)

The ingredients were really for other but I  just didn't have any sense of it. I was afraid the ingredients were going spoil , so I had to think of something else and it turn out not too bad at all ^_^

奶酥麵包 Milk Butter Topping Bun

有人跟我提起奶油麵包, 我說很"肥"的哦! 好啦, 改天做. 想了一下, 把他做成topping, 那就可以減少牛油的用量, 果然, 做完還有剩, 冰起來改天還可以做 ....

Someone mentioned the Milk Butter Bun. I said: "Oh!Fat!" and I said :" I'll do it some other time ...". Yes, it is too oily for me because of too much butter to make the filling.  After a little thought, I decided to change the filling into topping. Indeed, it has more left to keep into freezer ......

榛果白咖啡葡萄乾貝殼面包Hazelnut White Coffee Raisin Shell Bread

哇, 好多相片都沒上, 整理也要花時間. 先上這個吧! 榛果白咖啡葡萄乾貝殼面包

 酵母愛喝咖啡嗎? 感覺還不錯. 在想要用什麼造型, 就這樣卷,卷,卷, 卷成了貝殼的形狀.

托盤放不下就做成圓形的, 反正好吃就行.

Wow! A lot of photos unloaded. I need pretty of time to tidy up. OK, I pick this "Hazelnut White Coffee Raisin Shell Bread"

Do yeasts love coffee? Maybe they should try :) I was thinking what shape for the breads. I just scroll, scroll, scroll and it became shell shape. Nice to see and nice to eat too, haha!

When the tray was full, I made the rest in round shape. Which one do you prefer?

手工紅蘿蔔面+ 魚肉蛋捲handmade carrot noodles +Fish egg roll

有機面好貴又好鹹, 看了幾台切面機, 總覺得會生鏽, 不買了, 還是自己"動手"吧!

從做麵, 熬湯, 現做現煮, 真是自討苦吃, 應該先做好麵, 改天才煮. 偏偏週末突然想吃麵就 ......

Organic noodles are expensive and salty. Noodles cutters which I saw on shelf are chrome-plated and the quality seems not so good, so I decided not to buy. Let my hands do it for me!

From making noodles to cooking soup is a hard job because it takes hours just to have a bowl of noodles. It's better to make the noodles first and freeze them then you can cook it some other day. However, I just felt that I needed a bite of noodle in weekend .....

魚肉蛋捲 Fish egg roll

香橙巧克力水果生日蛋糕 Orange Chocolate Fruit Birthday Cake

開party, 開party! 好久沒準備派對餐了,  從甜品到蛋糕一手包辦, 好累喔! 明天是公共假日, 今天來個小聚餐也不錯 :) 看看有什麼:

蛋糕 : 香橙巧克力水果生日蛋糕

獨家炒米粉

獨家香脆炸雞

香菇濃湯

甜品: 特製薏米水

Party time! A small family gathering birthday party, see what I have prepared (I cooked all no helper ) :

 Orange Chocolate Fruit Birthday Cake

Special homemade Fried Rice Noodles

Special Homemade Crispy Fried Chicken

Mushroom Cream Soup

Special Homemade Barley Dessert Soup

It's good tomorrow is public holiday after an exhausting day :)

今晚吃什麼?What for tonight?

"今晚吃什麼?" , 特別為了我的父母準備的晚餐, 我媽喜歡有酒的料理, 特別為了她想了一道食譜, "枸杞子醉雞", 爸爸喜歡豆腐, 那就"蒜香雞肉沙煲豆腐". 靓湯是"花生雞湯", 再來個"清炒菜心" 和營養豐富的"番茄炒蛋", OK嗎?

香蒜是自家院子種的哦?

Tonight dinner is specially for my parent. My mum likes wine cuisine, so I prepared a special dish for her which I have never tried before. I call it "wolf berries and wine chicken". My father like doufu, so I made him "Green garlic claypot doufu". The soup is "Peanut chicken soup" and two more dishes are "Fried Choy Sum" and "Tomato Fried Egg", sound OK?

Green Garlic is from my garden :)

( 湯種)意香起司麵包(Scalded Flour Method) Italian herbs and cheese bread

做這個麵包讓人快樂, 胖鼓鼓的不覺得很可愛嗎? 麵糰揉打至可拉出薄膜很不簡單, 但也很有成就感, 尤其用這種無添加, 能做出這麼柔軟的麵包, 真的很感恩.

起司加了義大利香料的口味, 融化你了嗎?

I love this happy bread. It's looked so chubby, so cute!! Kneading and beating the dough until it can be pulled out a thin membrane is not that easy but full of satisfaction. Especially, the bread is soft without using natural bread flour.

Italian herbs and cheese topping. Does it sound good to you?

紫色愛心粥 Purple Porridge

我們的傳統, 生病要吃粥. 為甚麼生病要吃粥? 除了補充水分, 碳水化合物補充能量, 清淡易消化.生病吃粥, 我覺得是我們的飲食文化裡, 很有智慧的食療. 記得小時候, 白粥配罐頭菜心, 看到菜心, 就知道有人生病了....

時代不一樣了, 小朋友不吃罐頭菜心, 這反讓父母可更花心思準備. 蔬菜有很多營養, 白粥加入蔬菜, 補水同時也加了營養, 對生病, 不舒服, 沒胃口的人很好的讓他們補充體力.

紫色愛心粥, 顏色漂亮, 感覺就很不一樣, 用了比白米更有營養的糙米, 加了馬鈴薯, 玉米, 增加一點甜度, 再加入紫莧菜, 鹽, 醬油調味, PS: 醬油不要放太多搶味, 也可不放.

When we are sick, traditionally, we eat porridge. The reason is simple :
- To rehydrate our body
- Provide Carbohydrates to increase energy
- Easy to consume

I always think that eating porridge is brilliant in our culinary culture and it's a good food therapy. When I was young, plain porridge, simply boiled rice, and canned cabbage(pickled cabbage) was given by parents. Every time, when you see canned cabbage, you will guess somebody is sick ...

Now, children are no longer eat canned cabbage. It's less healthy as well. Parents can have more options for them. Vegetable consist a lot of  nutrition. If adding to the porridge, not only rehydrating but also gives more nutrition. It's good for patients or who are not feeling well or less appetite to increase their energy.

Purple porridge has beautiful color and felt so different. I used brown rice instead of white rice which has more nutrition. Add some potatoes, corn and Purple Amaranth. Salt and soy bean sauce for seasoning. PS: Soy bean sauce is optional and less to add to avoid the taste is covered by the sauce.

蘋果麵包Apple Bread

讚讚讚, 水果上場嘍! 我居然把想像的, 變出來了. 哈哈哈!!

想在碳水化合物加入更多的營養素, 纖維素, 還是得動動腦筋.....

Wonderful! I successfully made my imagination become truth. Ha!ha!ha!

To add more nutrients and cellulose besides carbohydrates, I think more brainstorming is needed ;)

自家香腸比薩Home Made Sausage Pizza

別以為弄個Pizza 比煮一頓晚餐來得簡單, no, no, no, 很花時間的, 從做餅皮, 準備材料一點都不馬虎. 我還煮了奶油湯. 這次比較特別的是, 我沒有用到番茄, 比薩的番茄醬我都是自己煮的, 我們家已經很久沒有瓶裝的番茄醬了. 因為沒有買到番茄, 我想了一下, 調了一個醬取代, 沒想到這個比薩, 好吃到不行, 湯也不錯... 只是弄完這一餐, 真累, 也讓家人就等了 ......

It will never easier to make a pizza than to prepare a nice dinner. From making the pizza dough and preparing the ingredients, always spend you a day for it. Besides, I also made a cream soup to go with it. There is no tomato this time. Normally, I'll make some tomato sauce for topping. Bottle tomato sauce in my house has disappeared for long time. No tomatoes in my fridge, so I needed to think of the alternatives... mmm, how about a little secret recipe ... hahaha the mysterious sauce is wonderful mixing with other ingredients no doubt to make it extremely delicious. The cream soup is nice too. Dinner is ready !!

紅豆包, 銀絲卷 Red Bean Steam Bun and Curly Steam Bun

整理相片, 欸, 怎麼漏了這個沒發表. 自製的紅豆沙, 做了紅豆麵包, 剩了一些拿來做紅豆包, 沒餡的就做成銀絲卷, 想說做多一點冷藏, 肚子餓了, 就有東西吃 ....

自製紅豆沙費時, 想必是追求天然飲食需付出的代價吧? 然而, 心裡卻有一絲絲的成就感. 健康飲食料理, 選材, 用料, 烹調方式, 還是得花一些心思. 但也在這樣的研究中, 得到了樂趣 ......

整理相片花了很多時間, 又夜深了, 今天沒時間說很多, 其它的下次見

晚安 :)

蔥蛋餅Green Onion Egg Rolls

今天的下午茶. 原本配上昨天留的Roti Canai (印度煎餅)的豆醬, 不過, 天氣太熱, 太遲收入冰箱, 餿掉了, 還好這樣吃, 就很好吃了, 不必搭配任何醬料 :)

獨家配方的蔥蛋餅是沒有用油的, 如果用不沾鍋煎, 可說完全可以不用用到油. 我用的是不鏽鋼平底鍋, 要用一點油熱鍋, 第二片後就不需加任何油. 比起印度煎餅, 蔥油餅, 不用油的蔥蛋餅健康多了. 

蔥蛋餅的香氣, 來自自家種的蔥, 還有炒得香香的黑芝麻, 吃起來, 有香氣, 有咬筋. 只吃一片, 配上一杯茶, 就飽足了.....

Today teatime dessert is Green Onion Egg Rolls. I made this for the  Roti Canai(India cake) sauce left over yesterday. However, the weather was too hot and I was too late to keep it in the fridge, it was spoiled. It's OK. It still taste good without any sauce.

With my own secret recipe, the egg rolls recipe does not contain any oil. If you use non stick pan, totally not oil is used. I used stainless steel pan. After heating the pan, just put a litte oil to heat for a while for the first piece and  no oil is needed for the rest. Compare to Roti Canai and Chinese Onion Oil pancake, it's healthier with no oil.

The fragrance of the egg rolls is from the green onion planted in my garden and the fragrance of fried black sesame. When you eat, your mouth will full with the fragrance and nice to bite. One piece and one mug of tea is good enough, satisfied and full, for the afternoon ... 

(冷藏法)香腸小卷包sausage rolls

我們家很少吃加工食物, 很久都沒吃香腸了, 這種香腸麵包不秒殺才怪. 麵包很鬆軟,  我沒刷上蛋液, 麵包天然色, 我最愛

We seldom eat processed foods. Thus, it has been long time not eating sausages. People just like not so healthy food. When the sausage rolls were ready, they were almost finished up. They are soft. I did brush egg on the top. They all have natural color. I just love it :) 

袋袋平安-袋子麵包Pocket Happy Bread

天氣熱, 不想吃飯, 可以弄點不一樣的, 弄個可愛的袋子面包吧! 覺得這個比漢堡好吃多了, 也有趣多了, 可以一邊做一邊吃, 沒有油炸也比較健康, 還可以加很多新鮮蔬菜哦!

Less appetite in hot weather for rice meal. If so, just make something different. Pocket bread is not too bad at all. I feel it's better than burger, have fun to do it yourself ,healthier with least oil and add more vegetable whatever you like :)

螺旋藻糙米雞飯Spirulina chicken rice(brown rice)

很久沒有發佈"今晚吃什麼" 的貼文了. 那晚, 我們又吃了什麼? 有時候就想弄點簡單的套飯, 來點不同顏色再增加一點營養, 花了一些功夫煮了雞飯, 加了有機螺旋藻, 光煮完飯就有點累了, 想想雞肉就醃一醃, 拿去烤, 再去準備其他配料. 剛好買了昂貴的蓮霧, 那就拿來拼成一個晚餐套飯吧!

It has been long time not posting "What for tonight?" theme post. Mmm, What we have for that night?
Sometimes, I just want some simple dinner set, change some colors and add more nutrition. I had spent some time to prepare the chicken rice and added some organic spirulina. After cooking the chicken rice, I already felt a bit tired. To fast up the preparation for dinner, just marinated the chicken and put it into oven,. By the time, I could prepare the side dishes. I had just bought some expensive wax apples. It's just fine to be included in my dinner set. :)

(冷藏法)蒜香小面包Garlic leaf Bread(Cold rise method)

肩膀有點問題, 需要復健, 為了減少肩膀負擔, 還是減少手揉麵包比較好, 家裡沒有麵包機, 也沒有麵糰攪拌器, 想想那就用冷藏法吧! 沒有節省很多時間, 麵糰還是要揉出筋, 只是不必揉得那麼累. 

種在廚房窗邊的青蒜可要派上用場了, 之前做過香蔥軟麵包, 這回輪到青蒜上場啦...

做出來的麵包也是很柔軟哦! 手工麵包很難做到像機器打出來那麼柔軟, 我用的無添加的高筋麵粉, 當然也無法像麵包店的那麼柔軟, 組織那麼細緻. 手工麵包軟中帶有嚼勁, 天然香氣, 健康啦!

I have some problems with my shoulder and finger joints. Hands kneading bread dough becomes difficult. I don't have bread machine or dough mixer, waiting for sponsors :P. I tried the cold rise method to make the bread. Not much time saved, I still need to knead it until it's stretchy and smooth but do not have to knead it until very elastic to have  a thin translucent membrane. This have saved me a lot of strength.

Green garlic planted in my kitchen is ready to use. It's the first time I tried to plant the garlic bulb to grow the leaves and it's also first time I tried to use it for baking. It's good to know that the cold rise method still can make soft bread. Hand made bread usually can't be as soft as the mixer kneading bread, especially when I use organic bread flour or natural bread flour, no additive added flour. The  texture can't be cotton candy like either. Hand kneading bread can be soft too and a bit chewy. You can always taste the natural fragrance when you chew.

茉莉綠茶手工面Jasmine Green Tea Handmade noodles

茉莉綠茶手工面Jasmine Green Tea Handmade noodles(1)

身體不舒服, 吃了兩天稀飯, 突然想吃麵, 想做麵, 第二次做手工面, 看起來還不賴吧! 不曉得是不是很累, 從煮湯底, 到把麵做好, 做了好久, 結果湯汁都熬到快沒了, 面湯不夠濃, 還好綠茶茶葉蛋嚕得很入味. 

I was not feeling well. After eating porridge for two days, I felt like to have noodles and would like to make some. This was my second try for handmade noodles, looked nice? From preparing the soup till the noodles was ready, it took a lot of time, extremely tired at last. The brewed tea eggs are nice but the soup is not thick enough.

剩下的麵糰放冰箱, 有人說要吃板面, 正好, 就拿來煮板面, 這回湯底夠味了, 面也好吃 :)

I kept the rest of the dough into fridge. One day, someone requested for wide noodles. I  used the dough to make wide noodles. The noodles tastes good and the soup is nicer too.

茉莉綠茶手工板面(麵粉糕)Jasmine Green Tea Handmade noodles(2)

恬院咖哩雞Garden chicken curry

今天的咖哩雞就這麼煮, 沒放椰漿, 也沒放牛奶, 清清淡淡又很香, 加上院子裡種的咖哩葉, 心裡想這樣會不會帶有一點葡式呢? 可, 這是我自己的食譜喔. 我也忘了自己有沒有吃果葡式咖哩 :P
從院裡帶來的香氣, 那就叫恬園咖哩雞吧!

Curry chicken without coconut milk or cow milk. It's light and full with fragrance. I added some curry leaves planted in my garden. First I thought, it looked like portuguese curry but it's my own recipe should be my style. Anyway, I don't remember I have eaten portuguese curry before, do I???
Since the fragrance is from my garden, I should name it "Garden Curry Chicken".

恬院九層塔豆腐雞Noryayard Basil Doufu Chicken

院子的九層塔長了, 我是客家人, 長輩都稱他為"金不換", 我都唸成"金谷飯", 因為從小就不知道他的中文名為何, 也是從網上搜的. 他的香氣, 我稱他為主觀氣味, 因為不是人人都喜歡而且很兩極化. 在我們的料理力很少有加九層塔, 我大概想了一下, ㄟ, 也挺不錯的, 味道也不會很突兀

The Basil has strong fragrance which I call it "subjective flavor". People will hate it or love it. I can hardly remember that which cuisine in my family has used it. I had to think before cooking. Hmm ..just nice to eat and the flavor of basil is not too strong to upset you :)

1/1手作全麥椰絲麵包Handmade Whole Wheat Coconut Bun

手雖然還沒好, 肩膀痛也沒好, 又忍不住做了麵包, 沒有找到椰絲麵包的食譜, 只好自己想了.
麵糰打得不錯,  用手打的喔,  椰絲內餡也很香.

My hands haven't recovered yet and I have frozen shoulder on the left. I couldn't wait and started to make some buns. I found not recipe of coconut bread, so I had to make my own recipe. The dough was kneading quiet well. Yes, hands kneading. The grated coconut filing is full of  fragrant and tasteful :)

糙米香雞壽司, 雞蛋壽司 Brown Rice Chicken Sushi, Egg Sushi

今晚吃什麼?

糙米香雞壽司, 雞蛋壽司. 紅豆湯, 還給不吃壽司的人, 準備了炒飯.

忙了半天只為一餐, 好累, 算了, 英文翻譯就免了...

家裡沒日本珍珠米, 就地取材, 用了本地糙米, 內餡也是自創的, 想不到雞蛋壽司超出想香的好吃. 覺得, 壽司有點乾, 煮了紅豆湯甜品, 果然大受歡迎 :)

夜了, 長話短說

祝大家周末愉快 ^_^

晚安 Zzzzz

鹽酥雞Salt Crispy Fried Chicken

今晚吃什麼? 

蔬菜, 鹽酥雞, 海帶湯

清炒蔬菜, 台式鹽酥雞, 外祖母海帶湯

鹽酥雞, 少了一些材料, 不過, 還是一級棒, 我沒有放很多鹽, 其實不該叫鹽酥雞, 應該是香酥雞吧!

煮了小時候外婆常煮的海帶湯, 不是台式, 日式, 韓式, 就只是外婆的方式, 我其實也沒有食譜, 憑喝過的味道, 去留住心愛外婆的記憶

What for dinner?

Vegetable, Salt Crispy Fried Chicken,  Seaweed Soup

Pan fried vegetable, Taiwan Style Salt Crispy Fried Chicken, Grandma Seaweed Soup

Salt Crispy Chicken, I missed out some ingredients but still delicious. I didn't add much salt, less than half tea spoon. I think I shouldn't call it Salt Crispy Chicken. It's just the fragrant crispy chicken.

The seaweed soup is special. Not Taiwanese Style, Japanese Style nor Korean Style. It's Grandma's Style! I don't have recipe but only the memory of taste, the memory of grandma ... I miss her so much :'C

木瓜葉汁~ 骨痛溢血熱症食療(登革熱)papaya leaf juice extract ~ food treatment for dengue

登革熱肆虐, 好多人得病, 又有家人得了登革熱, 只好把種在盆裡木瓜樹的葉子給喀嚓了. 這個配方是由馬來西亞衛生局推薦. 如情況嚴重還是得送醫治療.

I just prepared the papaya leaf extract for family who is suffering dengue. This formula is recommended by Malaysia Health Department. If the sickness is serious, please send the patient to hospital for treatment.

製作方法: Method of extracting papaya leaf juice

1 取木瓜葉數片 Cut few pieces of papaya leaves ( 6 medium size leaves can get about 20ml juice)

我用6片中型葉子, 可榨出20ml 的汁

2. 洗淨, 浸泡15分鐘, 再沖洗乾淨 Wash the leaves, soak for about 15 minutes, and wash again 

3. 弄乾葉子, 撕成小片, 用榨汁機, 榨出汁 Dry the leave, tear into smaller pieces, then use fruit extractor to extract the juice.

服用方法: Dosage

每天服用一次, 2湯匙, 連續3天

2 table spoon one time per day, 3 consecutive days

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/07/05/Papaya-leaf-juice-can-help-in-recovery-from-dengue-fever/

芝麻香蔥蛋捲餅 Sesame Spring Onion Egg Rolls

當你肚子餓了, 家裡又沒食物, 有沒力氣煮, 簡單的蛋捲餅, 是非常好的選擇. 印度煎餅油份比較高, 做工也比較複雜. 這個香蛋餅, 有香氣, 做法簡單. 香香的芝麻味, 熱熱吃, 好吃... 

飽了.. ^_^

When you are hungry, no food in house, no strength to cook, the simple egg rolls is the best choice. Compare to Roti Canai, which has more oily and more complicated way to make, I prefer the egg rolls, simple and fragrant. With the smile of sesame and onion, eat when it's hot, just delicious.....

Full by now ... ^_^

7色晚餐 Seven Colors Dinner

食物由顏色分成五大類, 五色均勻攝取, 對身體好, 看看今晚我們吃了那些顏色:

褐色, 橙色, 綠色 ~ 番薯糙米飯- 番薯, 糙米, 香蘭葉

黃, 紅, 綠 ~ 香蔥蛋捲 - 青蔥, 雞蛋, 枸杞子

黃, 白 ~ 炸豆腐炒豆芽 - 豆腐, 豆芽

黑, 綠, 紅 ~ 黑木耳炒青菜 - 黑木耳, 小白菜, 枸杞子

黃 ~ 大蒜

都有了耶, 無肉也能精彩喔! 香蘭葉, 青蔥自家種 :)

It's good to take 5 different colors of food evenly in our  diet. Let's take a look what we have for our dinner tonight:

Brown, Orange, Green ~ Sweet Potato Brown Rice -Sweet potatoes, brown rice, pandan leaves
Yellow, Red, Green ~ Spring Onion Egg Roll - Spring onion, eggs, wolf berries
Yellow, White ~ Fried Toufu and bean sprout -Toufu , bean sprout
Black, Green, Red ~ Fried Black fungus and Vegetable - Black fungus, Chinese cabbage, wolf berries
Yellow - Garlic

OK, we have all. No meat meal can be colorful and tasteful too! Pandan leaves and Spring Onion are from my garden :)

花花手工麵包Flower Handmade Breads

新鮮出爐啦!! 好一陣子沒做麵包, 突然想吃上面有牛油加砂糖的面包. 不知道要做什麼造型, 那就來個富貴花開吧 :) 我關節痛, 不能手打甩麵糰, 又沒耐心做免揉麵包, 得等上一天, 弄了好久, 還好成品柔軟. 今天元宵節, 也祝福大家元宵節快樂 ^_^

喔, 忘了說第一次做加了雞蛋的麵糰.

It's been quite some time I did make breads. I felt like to eat a traditional bread which has butter and sugar on top. I had no idea what shape will be nice. How about blossom flowers? It is so blessful in the new year time.

I have a lot of pain on my joints. The kneading and smashing the dough becomes difficult to me. I have no patient for waiting at least a day for non-kneading breads. Anyway, I still have the soft breads at last :)

Today is the last day of Chinese New Year, the "Lantern festival". Happy festival to all of you ^_^

蘋果戚风蛋糕Apple Chiffon Cake

不喜歡蘋果不脆的口感, 那就讓我把它便好吃吧! 第一次嘗試用蘋果做蛋糕, 意外的好吃. 厲害的蛋糕不用戚风蛋糕模也可以發得很好(其實是我沒有戚风蛋糕模, 在等人贊助:)). 用紅蘋果做的蛋糕, 居然是淡淡的綠色, 圓圓的蛋糕還真有點像個大綠蘋果 ......

When apples become not crunchy, let me make them taste better! First try on making apple cake, wow, not bad at all. I guess a good chiffon cake can raise nicely too without chiffon cake mold.(Frankly, I don't have any, waiting for sponsor :P)

I made the cake with read apple but it turned out with light green. The round cake looks like a big green apple. Don't you agree? ^_^

羊咩咩餅慶新年2015 Goat Shape Cookies Celebrating Chinese Goat Year

好多事, 好多事, 新年前, 新年中都好多事, 希望今年真的是"好好好". 還是湊了個時間做了羊羊餅, 是牛油起司餅喔. 這幾天, 臉書專頁加入了好多新朋友, 謝謝大家的支持, 也祝福大家, 年年快樂, 事事順利, 羊羊得意, 喜洋洋 ... :)

Happy goats wish you a happy happy new year

Butter Cheese Cookies hope you like too :)

茉莉綠茶蜂蜜蜜豆蛋糕Jasmine Green Tea Honey Cake

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wow, 雞蛋不新鮮, 蛋白沾到了蛋黃, 打完蛋後, 直接打蛋白, 好像不該犯得都犯了, 心想應該成不了了吧! 沒像到, OK勒, 可又想起, 牛奶也忘了加, 這味道行嗎? 覺得, 有點"老人"口味, 沒想到小朋友會喜歡 :)

Wow, the eggs were no so fresh. The egg white had been mixed up with egg yolk a bit. After finishing beating the eggs, I just beat the egg white directly without cleaning the beaters. It seemed that I had made lots of the mistakes. I thought I would failed. Unexpectedly, it turned out OK. However, I just remembered I forgot to add milk, O dear, how would it taste? It looked like "old folk" taste to me but the kids just like it out of my thought :)  ...

牛油檸檬醬麵包Butter Bread with lemon cream topping

剛打掃房間, PO一張秒殺面包吧. 最近都忙到很晚. 原本想做波羅包但又點懶, 這個味道多層次的自創牛油檸檬醬麵包, 軟軟香香甜甜酸酸, 不秒殺都很難 ....

Just finished cleaning up my room before posting this irresistible bread. I planed to make polo bun but feeling lazy, so I made the butter bread instead. I made this with my own recipe. The variety of taste, soft, smell nice, a bit of sweet and sour, left you an empty tray .......

自製花生醬Homemade Peanut Butter

第一次做不成功, 第二次, 就是這次OK了, 家裡沒有食物調理機, 用的是普通的果汁機, 是有點勉強, 不過還好完成了. 花生烤好, 就被吃了很多, 所以, 這次沒做這麼多, 成品只有半罐. 吃自己做得花生醬這樣比較不擔心有反式脂肪或氫化的問題, 比較健康喔!

Failed on first time but this time I had made it. I don't have food processor, so I used normal fruit blender to blend the peanuts. It's a bit harder but finally I had it done. After the peanuts were roasted, some of them had gone into stomach. Thus, I didn't do many this time. It's only half of a peanut butter bottle. Home made peanut butter ease the worry of trans-fat and hydrogenation. I think it's more healthy :)

檸檬層層蛋糕Lemon layer Cake

哇, 檸檬醬成功! 疊疊層層加上檸檬醬, 好吃! 蛋糕烤好, 好香又好看(別人說的 :)), 大家都等著吃喔!

Wow, the lemon cream is well done. Layer by layer with lemon cream filling, so.... delicious! When the cake was moved out from oven, it smell so good and looked so nice (this was the comment from other). Everyone was waiting ...., ya !!

香蘭卡士達面包Pandan Custard Breads

上回, 照食譜做的卡士達醬不是很滿意, 這回自己調吧, 這樣才會有感覺. 還不錯, 有被喜歡喔 :)

而且, 可以很快速煮好, 不結塊

I tried to make custard cream by following the given recipe but it did not look like what I want. Thus, I just simply cook it in my way this time to have some feeling about it. Alright, it turned out great and people like it. By the way, it could be cooked faster and won't turn rough.

The pandan juice gave the color and fragrance, all natural ... :)

獨家釀豆腐Exclusive yiong tio fu (stuffed bean curd)

客家釀豆腐. 我一直都是用魚肉作內餡, 這次冰箱只有絞肉, 沒辦法啦, 只好做傳統的釀豆腐內餡. 我不喜歡絞好的的肉, 對我而言太多肥油了, 人在異鄉可沒能挑剔喔! 

一個人做, 感覺有點孤單, 得有一些人一邊包餡一邊閒話家常, 才有那種"傳統"的感覺, 也比較有生氣. 有別於傳統的湯底, 用了自己的慣用的煮法. 其實, 準備一餐釀豆腐, 是很健康的一餐, 營養很均衡, 像我少油的烹調, 就不怕油份太高.

Normally I use fish for the Hakka yiong tio fu filling but this time I only could find minced meat in the fridge, so I just made more traditional type. I don't really like the ready minced meat because it has too much fat. Inconveniently, I couldn't be so picky since I was in  foreign country.

A bit lonely to prepare the yiong tio fu, should have some people to do the filling together and chit chatting to have a kind of "traditional" sense, but also more alive. For the soup base, I used my own cooking method other than the traditional way. In fact, yiong tio fu is a very healthy meal. It has good balanced nutrition for a meal. I cook it with less oil and this will not be too oily for the diet.

美祿巧克力蔓越莓杯杯蛋糕 Milo Chocolate Cranberry Cup Cake

今天的下午茶, 主角其實是烘培紙摺的紙杯. 上次, 看到摺得很好看的紙杯, 很想嘗試. 有一次紙杯脫色, 被嚇到了, 我想用烘培紙會比較好而且也滿好看的, 對嗎? :)

味道太好了, 搶了紙杯的鋒頭. 我自己不是很喜歡巧克力蛋糕, 要讓我覺得好吃, 就得讓味道更有層次 .... 成功 !!

Today afternoon tea snack,  Milo Chocolate Cranberry Cup Cake. Actually, the main role is the paper cup. I  was learning how to fold the paper cup using baking paper since last time I saw the paper cups were beautifully folded. I had a bad experience once the paper cup decoloring I thought using baking paper will be safer and it looks good too, right?

The taste of the cup cake is too good to grab more attention than the paper cup. I don't really like chocolate cake. To let me eat, it must  have more different tastes in my mouth.. I think I have just made it right, Hurray !!

水果迷你比薩 fruit mini pizza

早上弄一份這樣的早餐, 真得有種單身的感覺. 心情格外的輕鬆. 全麥吐司, 水果再加上起司稍微的烤一烤, 起司融化就行了, 不要烤得太焦. 配上一杯淡咖啡, 早上您好 !! :)

Having a breakfast like this made me felt single again. Nice mood indeed in the morning. Whole wheat toast, fruits and cheese baked for a while until the cheese melted, don't over cook the toast. Plus one  mug of light coffee ... All I have to say is "Good Morning !! " :)

人心果香蕉蛋糕Sapodilla(Chikoo) banana cake

三更半夜做蛋糕! 沒辦法啦, 忙玩已經很晚了, 這些水果一定要儘快處理掉. 香蕉被帶回來的時候, 壓壞了, 那好, 做香蕉蛋糕吧! 發現了一個過熟的人心果, 那好, 拿來做蛋糕吧! 二合一, 會是什麼味道呢? 我只能說, 又多了一個食譜. 想不到那麼就沒做蛋糕, 竟能一氣呵成 ...

在做的時候, 人心果的味道很濃, 或許香蕉不是很熟. 烤的時候, 香蕉的味道會慢慢出來. 烤好的蛋糕別有一番風味. 水果香, 綿綿帶有一點溼溼, 完全無添加, 無牛油少油份, 吃起來無負擔.. :)

I have no choice to make a cake in the middle of the night. Too many chores to do and those fruits have to get rid of it. Bananas were mashed when bringing back. Ok, just make a cake! One chikoo was over ripe. Ok, just make a cake! Two in one. What will it taste? All I can say I have one more recipe. It has been time I did not make cake and I made it!

When making the cake, the fragrance of chikoo was strong, maybe the banana was ripe enough for cake, but when baking the cake, the fragrance of banana was getting stronger. When the cake was done, it has a very special fragrance. Fragrance of fruits, soft and little bit wet, no additives at all, no butter and less oil, nice to eat and good to health :)

2014冬至 ~ 天然湯圓 紫色系 All Natural Tang Yuan for DongZhi Festival (purple theme)

因為發生了一些事, 好久都沒有更新, 希望大家沒有忘記這個部落格. 昨天, 有人問我:"今天是不是冬至?", 想一想, 好像是, 趕緊買材料做湯圓, 想說沒什麼準備, 內餡來不及做, 就做簡單的湯圓.

我不是很喜歡吃湯圓, 因為不喜歡糯米粉的味道和那種哽喉的感覺. 記得小時候, 紅白湯圓加上加了姜(沒記錯的話)的糖水, 沒有很吸引我, 所以, 我不是很記得"冬至".

想了想, 沒了內餡要用什麼去壓過糯米粉的味道? 首先, 先要把湯圓弄得美美的, 要有好看的顏色, 當然, 那一定要用天然的色素, 找來了紫萬年青屬, 楊桃, 紅蘿蔔做了三色湯圓, 做了不同的造型, 傳統單色圓形, 混色圓形, 圓柱形, 還有彩蛋 :)

湯底大概是只此一次, 下不為例. 舅媽送的紫竹蔗, 紫萬年青要我煮湯水喝, 那正好就拿來當湯圓的湯底好了, 沒想到意外的大受歡迎, 一大鍋沒剩, 大讚好吃. ^_^

我搞錯了, 今天才是冬至, 祝大家冬至快樂!!

Somethings had happened to me. I was unable to do the updating. Hopefully, people will still remember my blog.

I was asked yesterday  :"  Is today Dong Zhi?", I guessed it was, so I immediately prepared for making tangyuan (Glutinous rice balls) but I had no time for making fillings. Thus, I made some simple Tangyuan.

I don't really like Tangyuan because I don't like the taste of glutinous rice powder and the choking feeling of eating it. When I was kid, red and white tangyuan with ginger(if I'm no wrong) sweet soup did not attracted me at all. I guess this is the reason I always forget the Dongzhi festival.

After some thoughts, how to cover the taste of glutinous rice powder without fillings?First of all, I needed to make some beautiful tangyuan to make it more attractive. O! Color is important. No doubt, we must use natural colors. I used rhoeo Spathacea, starfruit and carrot to have three colors tangyuan.
I made different shapes for this year, single color traditional tangyuan, mixed colors round, cylindrical shape and colorful egg shape.

I only can make once soup base for this year because the ingredients are from my auntie's garden. She gave me some rhoeo Spathaceas and purple bamboo canes for making dessert. I thought it might be a good idea to make the soup for tangyuan. Unexpectedly, they love it, whole big pot finished and praising delicious ^_^

I was wrong the Dongzhi Festival is on Today not yesterday. Hope you all have a happy DongZhi !!