BLT Sandwich

BLT sandwich is a very popular type of sandwich here. In the metro itself, it seems like every cafe has BLT..its a must have kind of thingy.  My other half loves bacon and BLT seems the easiest thing for me to whipped up in the morning when I am plain lazy to fry noodles and such.  What is a BLT? As the name states it, B - Bacon, L - Lettuce and T - Tomato.  For me, I will pan fry the bacon with some butter till crispy as my other half loves it crispy. Then I will spread some butter, mayonnaise and stack the BLT accordingly and lastly sprinkle some seasonings.  Here's a photo of my other half's BLT Sandwich.

I am glad that my other half is a easily pleased kind of guy...if not, I really have to slave in the kitchen to whip-up a meal for his breakfast...phew!!! :)

Sandwich Bread Loaf (Pullman Bread Loaf)

I am going nuts as I could not find a pullman bread loaf pan in my area.  I went to all the bakeware shops and they do not have a pan with a lid....golly!!! I tried using the normal bread pan and used something to cover the top of the pan  but the bread did not turn out well. I guess that's why it needs the pullman bread pan to do the job.  Over here, its better known as sandwich loaf.  In french, its known as pain de mie. Oh well...here's a photo of the "failed" Pullman Bread Loaf.

Oh well....thankfully, even though the bread looked out of shape, but my family still ate the whole loaf. :)

Deep Fried Fish Soup with Rice & Fish Nuggets with Thai Chilli Sauce

This was the first time that I could not resist buying 2 pieces of fish fillet...it looks so fresh and juicy.  With these 2 pieces, I made nuggets and deep fried fish soup with milk which we ate with rice.  Oh me, oh my...its really awesome on rainy days.

Deep fried fish soup with / without milk is a popular dish in my household.  Some of my friends prefer adding 1-2 tsp of carnation milk into the soup to make it more milky. Others just prefer the soup by itself.  This soup dish can be eaten with plain white rice or with noodles.  One of my friends loves to add XO into the soup.  However, even though I love XO, I do not use any as I have 2 kiddos in my family. To do the soup, I will fry some garlic and ginger till fragrant. Then I will add the ikan bilis stock, salted vegetable, tomato and seasonings. To serve, just add in 1-2 tsp carnation milk and seaweeds.  Here's a photo of our Deep Fried Fish Soup which we ate with rice.

While I was deep frying the pieces of fish fillet, my other half and my prince were happily eating these nuggets. My eldest called it fish nuggets. Discovered that it taste delicious when we dipped it into some sweet thai chilli sauce.  Here's a photo which my other half took - Fish Nuggets with Sweet Thai Chilli Sauce

Ain't it plain awesome when everyone in the family enjoys the food which we cook? What's more awesome, I created 2 dishes out of it...ha!ha!

Chinese Fried Rice & Beanshoots Fried Noodles

As its the holiday seasons, visitors do pop by now and then and the fastest way to whip up some tummy filling food is to fry some noodles or rice (that's if you are lucky enough to have overnight rice in your fridge).  I am also pretty happy when these 1-dish meal turns out to be yummylicious and my guests ask for seconds. Here's two photos which we took before we gobbled up these 1-dish meals.  I am trying to improve my photo taking and one of my friends suggested for me to have a red background....it looks pretty good, ya?!  *wink*

Simple Chinese Fried Rice

Beanshoots Fried Bee Hoon

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New Project - S E W I N G

Yup, you heard right. Besides cooking, I am going to start sewing. My other half bought me a Toyata Sewing Machine. He said that its time for both of us to start sewing....ha!ha! Well, I have sew a few simple clothes before...a recon of my other half's Polo Shirts to toddler's pants, onesies to dresses, etc. That really saved lots of money for me as kids' clothing is as and even more expensive than adult clothing.  So, what's on my sewing list so far:

a) Ben10 printed pants for my prince
b) Dora printed dress for my princess
c) Jeans pants for my prince and princess
d) Summer dress for little old me

Wish me luck!!!

Strawberries

I am not a person who has a green thumb in the family...my other half has that. He said that its true relaxation when he does the gardening. For me, baking is my true relaxation. He has been trying to create his own magical garden at the back of our house which he can show his kiddos.  Too much of Better Homes and Gardens...ha!ha!

One of the first plants he wanted to grow were strawberries.  He did his research and ta-daa....here's the outcome of his hardwork. Our own strawberries... Verdict - Very Sweet!!!

Gingerbread House made from Sugar Cookies Dough

My little prince of 4 years heard so much about gingerbread houses from TV, school, friends, etc and he wanted to decorate one this year.  He was very insistent and since no one in the house likes gingerbread cookies, I decided to build a gingerbread house with sugar cookies dough.  It was quite sturdy and it really made my prince and princess's day.  My little prince commented that it looks like the witch house he watched at Super Why - Hansel and Gretel!!!  As my 2 precious are still young, I did not want to spend the rest of the day cleaning up my carpets. So, I decided to use a tray....ha!ha!....lazy mummy, ain't I.

Here's a photo where my 2 precious started decorating the house.  As you can see, I did not buy much decorations.  I only used what's in the house ~ M&Ms, Candy Canes and Wafer Rolls.

Here's another photo where my 2 precious started eating the M&Ms and wafer rolls and left the house unattended...ha!ha!

Here's another photo where my 2 precious decided that they have finished decorating the house and enough is enough...ha!ha!

I must say that I am really happy that the sugar cookies dough turned out quite sturdy and seeing my 2 kiddos happy faces really worth it (spending so much time in the kitchen baking the walls, roof, assembling the house, icing the house, etc). One of my buddies commented that its so plain looking, nothing to shout about, etc...well, I really don't care coz this is just something for my 2 precious to play with and experience the whole process of decorating the gingerbread house.  Its pretty magical watching my 2 kiddos at work.. :)

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Cinnamon Rolls and Mixed Fruits Ring Bread

I wanted to try something more creative with my bread dough and I decided to add in more sugar to make it a sweet bread dough. This enables me to create cinnamon rolls and mixed fruits ring bread.  My other half and my 2 kiddos really wallop these babies in a day. Hmm...I guess they got tired of my plain old breads....ha!ha!

Talking about cinnamon rolls, a buddy of mine calls it honey buns. It sounds delicious and she made some for me recently. It really taste and looks like cinnamon rolls. So, when I baked some cinnamon rolls and gave some to her, she thought it was honey buns...ha!ha! Oh well...cinnamon rolls, honey buns, cinnamon buns, cinnamon snails...whatever...it just taste delicious.  Here's a photo of my cinnamon buns...

Here's a photo of my mixed fruits ring bread.  I cut it into 2 as my kids wanted to look at the fruits inside of the ring bread....curiosity kills the cat as they say...ha!ha!