Kacang Putih Quinoa

I am in LOVE with quinoa recently.  This morning, I whipped up a big bowl of kacang putih quinoa (chicpea quinoa) for me and kids lunch box.  Recipe here, I added 1 cup of canned chicpea into it.

Deep Fried Yam Cake

'Do you know, deep fried yam cake tastes really really good?' my MIL says to me when she was eating the steamed yam cake I made.  Really? I have try it out.  I purposely steamed a new tray of yam cake for deep frying.  After steaming the cake, I let the cake cool in room temperature and cut into bite size the next day.  Just heat some oil in pan and deep fry the cake to golden brown color.  These cake are crispy outside and soft inside.  It goes best with some soy sauce.  It tastes really good.  Try it out yourself.

Chicken Farm Visitation

We visited to a chicken farm recently.  This is a small scaled of farm not far away from my mum's house.  My mum knows the owner, so we get the chance to visit this place.  It was a good experience for me and the kids.  They get to see how do hens lay eggs and how the eggs are collected by the workers.  I thought it is good for my children to understand the origin source of their food in order to appreciate it.  

Steamed Pumpkin Cake

I made steamed pumpkin cake today, see steamed yam cake I made previously.  I use pumpkin to replace yam in the cake.  Love the yellow pumpkin cubes after cutting into slices, taste yum too.  

Korea: Pororo, Tayo & MOMOs Blog

Pororo shop in Everland

My daughter got something she loves - Pororo the little penguin

My son got something he likes - Tayo the little bus, he can name them all, Tayo, Rogi, Gani, Rani, Citu...

I also got something I heart - MOMOs Blog by Remane

These are our souvenirs to remember our Korea trip

MOMOs Blog by Remane

Cantonese Opera @ KLpac

We watched Cantonese Opera show at KLpac two months ago.  We enjoyed the show very much, from my MIL 80 y.o to my youngest boy 4 y.o.  We were there for two consecutive days and watched six performances.  When I was at my daughter's age, I watched this show a lot with my grandma.  And now, I am glad I have the opportunity to introduce this unique China's cultural heritage show to my children.

Round and Sealed Sandwich

My kids enjoy this round sandwich I made for them.  It is so cute in shape and easy for little hand to hold.  It is so nice that the edges of the bread are nicely sealed so the filling would not drop out.  It is similar to the Chinese pao.  The secret of making this bread is to press a glass on bread to sealed, please refer to mitong site.

Round & Sealed Sandwich

make about 4 sandwiches

Ingredients:

Filing

1 potato (cooked and mashed)

1/2 Japanese cucumber (cut into small pieces)

2 hard boiled eggs (cut into small pieces)

1/2 cup corn niblets

1/2 cup mayonnaise

salt & pepper to taste

How to make filing: mix all the ingredient together

How to make Round & Sealed Sandwich

Method:

1. place 1/4 cup of filing on center of a toast

2. top it with another piece of toast

3. press a glass on bread to cut out and seal the edges

Watermelon Cake

This is a 100% real watermelon, but decorated like a cake.  When I saw this at i heart baking, I know I have to rush to the store TODAY to get one watermelon to surprise my family.  This is so easy to prepare and the result was beautiful.  I will make this again for the party table.

I use the disher style ice cream scoop to make the round watermelon balls.

Korea Trip: Food

I am sharing some photos of the food we had during our recent Korea holiday.  As some friends of mine asking whether we could adapt well to the local food in Korea.  Well, yes we had kimchi almost every meal, but kimchi was just the side dish.  Most of the time, we had rice together with seaweed soup, vegetables, tofu, and meat.  Overall, we enjoyed the food.  I especially love the Korean porridge.  As for my kids, they just love the crispy seaweed sheets.

Pan fried vegetable with rice

Pan fried spicy rice cakes

side dishes: cabbage kimchi, radish kimchi, soybean sprouts, cooked spinach, black beans paste, etc

Ginseng steamboat

Porridge: pumpkin, mung bean, plain, abalone, red bean + mantou

crab + seafood steamboat

sweet pancake

my favourite coffee stop

Schneeballen snack - thumbs up from my family

love the cream puffs, so good!

as usual, table full of banchan (side dishes)

Amanda leaving a sticky note comment on wall of restaurant we had our dinner.
'Your food make my stomach strong'

Alphabet Pancake Fun

We had something fun to do last Sunday.  We made alphabet pancake for breakfast.  

Best serve with honey or marble syrup with lots of laughter.

Alphabet Pancake

Ingredients:

1 cup Bisquick mix

1/2 cup milk

1 egg

Directions:

1. mix all ingredients together

2. pour batter into a plastic squeeze bottle

3. squeeze batter onto a hot non-stick pan to form letters

4. cook until edges are dry, turn to cook another side until golden brown