聖誕吐司Christmas Toast

聖誕節快樂!! 

出門好幾天, 聖誕節就該好好休息, 輕輕鬆鬆, 早上就弄了應節的蔬菜土司, 用了全麥吐司, 雞蛋, 番茄, 後院新成員~ 野生香菜. 紅紅綠綠慶聖誕, ho ho,ho .... :)

Merry Christmas!!

After few days travelling, I would like to have good rest and relax a bit on Christmas day. I made some vegetable toast for breakfast this morning. The ingredients are simple: whole wheat bread, eggs, tomatoes and new comer from my backyard, the culantro. Green and red celebrating Christmas, ho, ho, ho .....

雞肉咖哩叻沙 Chicken Curry Laksa

熱啊, 熱啊... 趁熱吃.. 大家都吃得好快. 都吃完了, 剛剛才吃完, 自家少油叻沙, 好吃嗎? 起鍋爆炒香料植物用了一點油, 就這樣而已. 椰奶有油質, 不需要再加油了. 香,香,香, 煮的時候更能享受到那個香氣.  家裡有小孩所以沒有煮很辣, 味道剛好.
天氣轉涼, 來一碗, 在家也有叻沙吃, 真好 ^_^

hot ! Let's eat while it's hot... They finished it so fast, all finished. I just finished eating too. How does it taste, the least oil laksa? After heating the wow, add a little oil to fry spice plants. No more oil is needed because coconut milk itself contains oil, why more? Oh, it smells good,  You'll have more pleasure to cook it because more fragrance coming out while cooking. It's not too spicy for kids. The taste is just nice.
The weather is getting cold. It's so good that we can have bowls of laksa in our own house.

番茄豆腐魚湯麵 Tomato Doufu Fish Soup Noodles

這魚原來熬煮後更美味, 濃郁的魚湯加上清新的豆腐和番茄, 真的棒,棒,棒! 還有蔬菜, 蛋卷, 這樣的午餐夠了 .....

The fish is nicer if cooked longer. The fish soup is rich, so nice to mix with the taste of tomatoes and doufu. Some more vegetable and egg rolls. I guess it's good enough for  lunch ...

牛肉丸米粉湯 Beef Ball Soup Rice Noodles

很久都不煮牛肉了, 想給家人補一補身子, 弄了牛肉丸. 這是小時候外婆常煮給我們強健身體的料理, 外婆其實是不吃牛肉和乳製品的, 為了我們的健康還是煮給我們吃. 不曉得她是怎麼煮的, 只好又是憑想像給它煮出來......

I didn't cook beef for long time. In order to strengthen the health for my family, I made some beef ball to cook soup and rice noodles. This dish was always cooked by grandmom to strengthen our health when I was a kid. My grandmom did not eat beef and dairy products. She cooked it just for our health. I do not know how she cooked. I cooked it out with my imagination ...... 

水餃手工面 Handmade Dumpling Noodles

剛買了另一個牌子的無漂白麵粉, 揉出來的麵糰有點帶黃,  筋度感覺比較低. 做麵條的手感還不錯, 做出來的麵條也很好, 煮久一點也不會爛, 所以, 要有嚼勁或軟一點自行決定. 

做了一些水餃,  和上次不一樣, 這次用有皺褶的包法, 皮做軟一點, 做不多就和面配著吃 ^_^

I just bought a new brand unbleached flour. After kneading, the dough is a bit yellow and less gluten. However, it's quite good to make noodles. You can boil a bit longer if you like soft noodles but I prefer they are a bit chewy.

 I tried to make some dumplings in different way, softer skin and folding. I made just a few and cooked them with the handmade noodles. :)  

水餃有約 Meet Dumplings

真的好久好久沒做水餃了, 久到都忘了上次煮是什麼時候. 這次做了雞肉包菜水餃. 水餃兩吃: 水餃 + 鍋貼 , 任君選擇. 

留學大學的時候常買了水餃當午餐, 好久沒吃有點忘了口感如何. 沒學過, 就憑吃過, 去尋找那個味道 ..... 當然, 最不會忘的是烏醋薑絲

煮了蕃茄豆腐湯搭配, 這樣的晚餐也很不錯 :)

It's been long time not cooking dumplings, long enough to forget when was the last time to cook it. I made chicken cabbage dumplings. Two choices for you, boiled and fried. 

When I was in University, I used to buy dumplings for my lunch. I have been not eating dumplings for long time, almost forgot how it tastes. I have not learned how to make dumplings. I just followed my feeling to try it out..... 

I cooked tomato doufu soup to go with dumplings. The dinner was fine with them .......

巧克力麵包Chocolate Bread

終於都輪到了巧克力出場, 剛烤出來真的熱呼呼, 香噴噴,  迫不急待要嚐. 柔軟的巧克力麵包, 也很快就吃完了, 成功!

Finally, it's turn for chocolate. I was so eager to try when it just taken out from the oven, hot and rich of chocolate fragrance. The soft chocolate bread was finished up quite fast. Yes! Success!

甜甜牛奶麵包Sweet Milk Bread

撒上砂糖, 再加上濃濃的奶香味, 想吃嗎? 原本做成螺旋狀, 覺得不是很好看, 弄個辮子的也不錯 .....

It has sugar sprayed on the top and rich of milky fragrance. Would you like to eat? I made the spiral shape but felt not really looked good, so I tried braid shape. hehe, no bad at all :)

四季豆雞飯French Bean Chicken Rice

昨天有點累, 就做簡單的晚餐, 喜歡這次的調味, 很香.  這次直接用鑊煮, 飯也煮得不錯耶 :) 吃完再配上一杯咖啡,  覺得滿足又放鬆 ......

A bit tired yesterday, so I made simple meal for dinner, French Bean Chicken Rice. I like the seasoning. It really smell good. This time, I used wok to cook the rice and the rice is well cooked. After finishing the rice, just to have a cup of coffee. It was so satisfied and relaxed ......

石磚拼圖蛋糕Brick Puzzle Cake

這是為樂兒童節準備的香橙味的小蛋糕. 獨創了一款石磚拼圖蛋糕, 可惜沒辦法拼成一個完整圖帶去, 這樣小朋友可能會覺得好玩些. 拆散了帶去就變成了奇形怪狀的小蛋糕, 用新鮮的雞蛋, 天然的水果香味, 蛋糕當然好吃, 可是, 好傷心喔, 收回了好多. 沒關係啦, 我們就像這樣, 解決掉了, 哈哈, 大家這樣子搶著吃, 樂也 !!

Orange flavor mini cakes special for children day. I invented a new style of cake, the Brick Puzzle Cake. What a pity, I was unable to bring a whole plate. It would be more fun for children to play the "Puzzles". After split them up, they all become weird shape mini cakes. The cakes is nice with fresh eggs and natural fruit flavor but a lot had been returned, a bit sad about this. It's ok. We just finished them like this. We had fun eating together either :)

蔬果起司螺旋, 文數字義大利麵Fruit Vegetable Cheese Fusilli, Alphanumeric Pasta

這是昨天的午餐, 今天是公定假日, 心情比較輕鬆一點, 才會有心思吶. 牛奶, 蔬菜, 起司煮成的湯汁, 香香, 鹹鹹, 一點甜甜. 加個蛋補充蛋白質, 新鮮的水果, 加上自種的薄荷葉, 增添香氣.

這樣好吃嗎?

Yesterday lunch, cheese pasta. Today is public holiday. I think I was more relax to prepare lunch. Milk, vegetable and cheese are the ingredients for the soup. It has nice fragrance, a bit salty, and little sweetness. Boiled egg to increase protein, fresh fruit, and mint leaves to add more fragrance, do you think it's yummy?

椰子面包 Coconut Bread

最近創作的椰子面包, 完全沒用到乳製品, 也沒有加油, 非常適合不喜歡奶味, 乳製品或對乳製品過敏的人, 也適合素食者.  很開心能夠想到什麼口味, 就能做出來, 不需要面包機, 不需要攪拌器. 只要有心情就可以了 :)

My lately new recipe is coconut bread, totally does not have any dairy product ingredients and no oil added. It's good for those do not like the smell of milk or dairy products.It also suitable for those allergy with dairy products and vegetarians. I'm so happy that when I think of a flavor I can just make it out. I don't need a bread machine. I don't need a mixer. All I need is just a mood .... :)

靜態圖片看不出面包的柔軟, 看影片吧!

You can't see how soft the bread is with the photo. Let's watch the video

種豆芽, 煮豆芽 Magic pot grows bean sprouts

聽說, 外面賣的豆芽"加料" 之後, 頭小身體胖. 不小心, 可能還會買到毒豆芽. 心血來潮, 將剩下的綠豆約半個米杯, 拿來發豆芽.

發豆芽其實很簡單, 注意基礎的兩項:

1. 要乾淨 2. 控制好水分, 這樣豆芽在發的過程中才不會爛掉

發豆芽步驟:

1. 準備乾淨的容器

2. 洗淨的綠豆放入容器浸泡 6- 8 小時

3. 沖洗綠豆 1 天 3-4次, 綠豆濕濕的就好, 不要浸泡

4. 等豆芽長到自己滿意的長度就可以收成了, 約需 3-4 天

I was told that the bean sprouts selling in market are added "something" to make the bean sprout stem grows "fatter" and the seed coat becomes smaller. We probably have bought some poison bean sprouts. It's time for me to start growing bean sprouts and I had some green beans(mung beans) left, about half cup of rice measurement cup, to grow.

It's quite simple to grow the bean sprouts. Just remember two important things:

1. Cleanliness 2. Control of the water, to avoid the bean sprouts become rotten.

Steps of growing beans:

1. Prepare a clean container

2. Wash the beans and put them into the container to soak for 6 to 8 hours.

3. Rinse the beans 3-4 times a day. After rinsing, don't soak the beans, just leave them moist.

4. Wait for the beans to grow and you can harvest if you think they are long enough. It normally takes 3-4 days.

第四天, 今天忍不住拿一些來炒, 口感棒極了, 又脆又香, 還可以咬到豆子, 又沒有一種怪味, 總之, 就是新鮮. 

Day 4, I couldn't wait to taste them. Took some and pan fried with garlic. They smell good and crunchy. The seed coats are nice to eat. I always love it. They don't have odd smell as the bean sprouts brought from the market either. They are so, so .... fresh!!

收成了, 有一小鍋哦, 放了冰箱2天, 拿出來要煮了

I got a medium pot of bean sprouts. They had been kept in the fridge for 2 days. I just got them out for cooking...

挑好, 洗淨

Pick and rinse for few times

要煮炒米粉

Ready to cook

Sambal 炒米粉

Sambal Fried Rice Noodles

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?