Saturday, December 25, 2010

Risotto

Risotto
Cooked risotto we bought from Italy with sis last week. Yummy!!!

Black Forest Cake!

Black Forest Cake!
Made black forest cake on Thurs night... Cyn said it was "not bad"... I think it was not bad! :) Hope it gets better in future..

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Pizza and cookies

Pizza and cookies
Dinner! This is actually pizza #2. This is a great no knead recipe... Real easy to make, just need to make in advance and flour table genero...

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Iced Sugar Cookies

Iced Sugar Cookies
I’m having trouble with the “butter” I used this weekend. The dough for cookies were all extremely creamy. This happened even for recipes I’...

Homemade Banana Split!

Homemade Banana Split!
Wanted to bake with the ripe bananas (they had many black spots on them), but after I peeled one of the bananas, I found it too stiff to mas...

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Nadia's Yogurt cake

Nadia's Yogurt cake
I fell in love with Nadia's yogurt cake when I was in Siena. She kindly showed me how to make it then. I finally got down to buying the ...

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
Been sleeping the whole day, but finally decided to cook up something... Am feeling terribly demoralised as I came to realise that I've ...

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Cinnamon Apple Muffins

Cinnamon Apple Muffins
Tried making the Cinnamon Apple Muffins at Sparkspeople this evening cos I was so bored.. Spent the afternoon reading the stupid Derivative...

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Ribbon Cake Decor

Ribbon Cake Decor
Well, well. Been wanting to make the carrot cake again for a while now. Hence, I finally did it today! Started at 12nn and finished baking +...

Another go at Waffles

Another go at Waffles
I kinda like this waffle recipe I found from dailynibble.com. It results in a crispy waffle, although it seems too thin. Had to cook pretty ...

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Slow Roasted Pork Belly

Slow Roasted Pork Belly
Tried out this slow roasted pork belly recipe. It is DELICIOUS! Despite the fact I forgot to add the white wine, it cooked perfectly - it wa...

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Pink Cupcakes - Try 2

Pink Cupcakes - Try 2
I recall Min had requested for pink cupcakes last weekend so when she came back with us at around 8pm today, I figured I should bake it for ...

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Soft Pretzels

Soft Pretzels
Baking in the oven... Guess I didn't bake it long enough. Only baked for like 15 mins but it was darkening so I took it out. Should have...

Ang Ku Kueh, Steamed Tang Yuan

Ang Ku Kueh, Steamed Tang Yuan
Decided to try making Ang Ku Kueh because I've fallen in love with the one made by my colleague's friend, but she won't be able ...

Monday, September 20, 2010

Healthy Banana Cookie

Healthy Banana Cookie
Wanted to finish the banana in the fridge so tried this Healthy Banana Cookie . It tastes great when fresh out of the oven! Not so great whe...

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Poached Salmon Steak

Poached Salmon Steak
Made Jamie's poached salmon steak... surprisingly good! Loved the soup that resulted from it. In fact, there was so much soup left over...

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Lamb Shank Pie

Lamb Shank Pie
Loved the puff pastry!! And the lamb shank stew. I mean, it was like REALLY good. The stew tasted really similar to the beef stew though (in...

Friday, September 10, 2010

Chocolate Tart with Vegan Tofu Mousse

Chocolate Tart with Vegan Tofu Mousse
I hate taking photos at night... the natural sunlight is just so much better.. brings out the colours.. Either that, or it means I need to g...

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Rosti!

Rosti!
I cooked up some Rosti for dinner! I wasn't really hungry, but I cooked one large potato's worth of Rosti anyway. I just felt like I...

German Apple Cake

German Apple Cake
This was from "The Joy of Vegan Baking". Final review: no one really liked it. The cake was moist, a little dense. I thought it wa...

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Pineapple Bun

Pineapple Bun
Tried out the Pineapple Bun recipe from Straits Times Newspaper on 15 Aug 2010. But unfortunately, I halved the recipe but forgot to halve t...

Friday, August 20, 2010

Donuts, Snapper, Beef Stew

Donuts, Snapper, Beef Stew
Donuts with Old English Spiced Sugar Dad said it's better than the " sweet bun ". Zc didn't think so. It's not bad whe...

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Sweet Bun

Sweet Bun
Decided to try out another sweet bun recipe today. It worked fine! Was soft yet chewy but dad said it makes the mouth tired. He prefers the ...

Carrot Cake, Pasta, White Fish

Carrot Cake, Pasta, White Fish
Carrot Cake Baked the carrot cake from Jamie's book. The cake was surprisingly light. I reduced the amount of fat by 20g (for half the r...

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Jamie's Black Forest Cake, Lemon Drizzle Cake, and First Fondant Covered Cake!

Jamie's Black Forest Cake, Lemon Drizzle Cake, and First Fondant Covered Cake!
Jamie Oliver's Black Forest Swiss Roll - First Attempt (before trying to roll into a swiss roll) When I tried to roll it into a swiss ro...

Fruit Tart + Bitter Chocolate Sorbet

Fruit Tart + Bitter Chocolate Sorbet
Fruit Tarts Mom liked the strawberry tarts. I quite like the blueberry tarts! Bitter Chocolate Sorbet I quite like the texture - not too de...

Risotto from Jamie's Book

Risotto from Jamie's Book
Jamie Oliver's Tomato Basil Risotto Jamie Oliver's Pangretta Risotto Too salty and fishy for me..

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Project Jamie Oliver has started!

I'm being "forced"/"encouraged" to go on Project "cook through How to be a better cook by Jamie". First d...

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Blueberry bread

Blueberry bread
Sugared blueberry bread. Sinful!!!

Friday, March 26, 2010

Dinner!

Dinner!
The iphone cam really cannot make it. Laughs. Anyway, here's my dinner for tonight! I usually make fried rice when there's left over...

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Cinnamon Bread

Cinnamon Bread
I'd like to say YUM for this bread! Dad loves it fresh out of the oven, and even sis (who isn't crazy about bread) agreed it's k...

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Muffin!

Muffin!
Wow... I haven't baked in such a long time cos I was so bust studying! Took a break today from the books.. So baked a batch of muffins w...

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Soy Milk!

Soy Milk!
Decided to try my hand at making my very own soy milk today. The aim was really to see if it would be less 'beany' than what I can g...