Luncheon Meat Pizza

 

Luncheon meat pizza...yum!!! I have a can of SPAM luncheon meat and I was wondering what I could do with it before it expires. My other half suggested of us to make "Luncheon Meat pizza"....tadaa!!!  We just ransacked our fridge and came out with this...ha!ha!  What is luncheon meat? Its a meat which has been processed, prepacked and shaped into a loaf which is ready to eat. Pizza is something which we often do in this household.  We just knead our own dough, ransack our fridge to see what's there for our toppings, bake it and voila!!! We can satisfy our cravings!!!

Fried Bee Hoon (Fried Rice Vermicelli)

This is another simple 1-dish meal which I tend to cook for lunch. This is another favourite dish in my household. This is another recipe which has passed down to me from my Grandaunt.  According to my Grandaunt, the beehoon has to be soaked in soya sauce water for at least 2 hours. I have asked her countless of times why I should do it and she just said "yap mei" (the flavour of the soya sauce will enters into the beehoon). For this dish, the ingredients are quite basic - garlic, onions, fishballs or fishcake, soya sauce, black caramel sauce, oyster sauce, any vegetables and seasonings. That's it...tadaa!!!

Kara-age Bento @ Tokyo Maki

I seldom eat out as I tend to cook at home. However, Tokyo Maki is one place which I will love to go to. Its really a "value-for-money" place to eat. You can get a huge bento box at $10. This is one of the bento boxes which is served there and this box is called the kara-age bento. 

So what is kara-age? Its fried chicken is japanese. The kara-age which is at Tokyo Maki is a little spicy. Not to sure if I am correct but I do taste "Thai sweet chilli sauce" in their kara-age. Its just yummylicious.

I seriously need to DIY this at home....when? when? when?
Soon! Soon! Soon!

Bienenstich with Bienenstich Topping and Custard Filling

Bienenstich....its a german word. It means bee sting cake.  This is a made from sweet yeast dough. It is a yeast product but I can't call it a bread though.  The sweet yeast dough consist of bakers flour, yeast, sugar and water which makes the sponge. And we have another dough which consist of bakers flour, butter, milk, sugar, egg and salt. Just combine both set together and knead it till its developed. Scale it, mould it and rest it for 10 mins. Then roll it out and apply the custard filling and the toppings. The topping is made from butter, sugar, honey, cream and almond flakes. Bake it in the oven for 20 mins @ 210 degrees C.  This photo is taken in my school just after we finished baking this bienenstich.  Its delicious!!!

Microwave Chocolate Cake

This is one cake recipe which I will keep as long as I cannot find something simpler. Why? If there's any emergency / surprise visits from family, relatives or friends, I can whipped out a simple chocolate cake within 5 mins. Just combine the dry ingredients together - flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt together. In another bowl, combine the wet ingredients together too - brewed coffee, oil  and vanilla essence.  Then, blend everything together. Pour into a microwavable cake pan and microwave on high for 5 mins. If I still have some time before the guests arrive, I will whip out some chocolate sauce and just glaze it.  I am always happy with the results and there's always some wows and yummies from everyone who have tried it.

As you can see from the photo, chocolate cake has always been the best seller...ha!ha! I took this with my handphone while joking about chocolate being girls'  best friends, etc, etc, etc....I guess chocolate is still girls' 2nd best friends. Its so sinful, its just so heavenly. My other half often jokes with his buddies saying "my wife prefers chocolates than diamonds". I read in one of magazines before that chocolate produces a chemical calls phenylethyamine and this is THE chemical that sends out the "loveeeee feeling" signal from our brain and we will feel so loved.  For me, when Aunty Flo comes to town, I will definitely bake or microwave myself a chocolate cake. Hmm....I am hearing Shakira's I am feeling the love........in my head now....ha!ha!

Tamagoyaki Burger

Ever since I found "water roux", I have baked all my bread with this roux. It is indeed so soft and fluffy. Even my 2 kiddos will ask for 2nds. Today, I decided to make myself some tamagoyaki burger.

I am one of those who loves everything simple and a buddy of mine told me that I could make myself some tamagoyaki within minutes without buying a tamago pan. Now...I was all ears.  Its quite simple actually. For the tamgoyaki, the ingredients which I used were eggs, water, soya sauce, bonito flakes and oil for cooking in a non-stick frying pan.  The above photo is the tamagoyaki...see the layers....yummy!!!

Now...the fun part, stack my burger.  Firstly, my lovely soft bread being buttered on both side, mayo, cheese, shredded lettuce, pickles and tamagoyaki. Some love it just the way it is but for me, chilli sauce is a must...ha!ha! So, here's my version of the tamagoyaki burger. Now...where's my green tea........

Asian Cabbage Rice

I love cabbage rice...its something which is so simple and yet delicious. Whenever I mentioned this 1-dish meal to my friends, they will refer it to a South Indian rice dish. I was also very interested to know what's the difference between my version and the South Indian's. From what I can see, the South Indian version uses green peas, tomatoes, green chilli, cumin seeds, coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and coriander leaves. Wow...sounds delicious!  My humble cabbage rice which was passed down from one generation to the next is very very simple. The ingredients are garlic, fried shallots (to sprinkle on top of the rice), cabbage, fish cake and seasonings. Just stir-fry it in a wok and mixed it with "just cooked" white rice.  If there's lap cheong (chinese sausage) in fridge, I will just slice the lap cheong into pieces and add as a topping. My aunt who loves mushrooms will julienne it and stir-fry it together with the cabbage. I guess this 1-dish meal is pretty versatile. When my other half cooks it, he will add chicken or pork slices.