Ingredients
1 piece tofu (suitable for frying)
6 slices of bacon
Course black pepper
Thai sweet chilli
Methods
1) Cut the tofu into 12 pieces, pat dry with kitchen towel. Choose *non-GMO tofu, Fortunate brand has it. For this dish select tofu that is suitable for frying, is stated on the packaging.
2) Cut each bacon into halve and stretch and lengthen it so that the thickness is reduced.
3) Wrap the tofu with bacon and sprinkle with course black pepper.
4) Heat pan with oil and fry the tofu bacon with the ends facing down so that when its cooked, the ends will be secured.
5) Serve with Thai sweet chilli, I used Dancing Chef Suki sauce.
* What is GMO? A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering
techniques. Organisms that have been genetically modified include
micro-organisms such as bacteria and yeast, plants, fish, and mammals.
GMOs are the source of genetically modified foods, and are also widely used in scientific research and to produce useful goods other than food.
Halloween is approaching and let's party with some fun snacks. My husband commented that I was playing with my food but trust me, it's fun ;) You should try these with your kids, have fun making the snacks for the party guests.
I have done 3 types of creepy but cute snacks this time and here's the sharing.
6-Legged Spiders In the House...YUCKS!!!!!!
Freak me out with Frankenstein Pops
You Are Cordially Invited to the Mummies' Wedding
Date: 31 Oct 2012
Time: 12.00am
Venue: Cookie Cemetery
How to do Halloween Spiders? You will need...
Oreo cookies (double stub) - $1.80
Sour cola candy stick - $1.00
M&M's minis - $1.50
Fondant or gum paste or icing (as glue)
1) Cut the sour cola candy stick into 3 pieces of equal length. You will
need 2 sticks to make 6 legs. Yes spider has 8 legs but these are mutant
spiders, so 6 legs each..hahaha...
2) Open the orea cookie, push the 6 legs (candy sticks) in and cover the
cookie back. Make sure that it is sandwiched properly without falling
apart.
3) Use fondant or gum paste or icing as food glue to stick 2 M&M's minis as the eyes.
4) VIOLA! Your super easy 6-legged spiders are ready to crawl all over the place!
Check out the Spidy video on how to make these yucky 6-legged spiders.
How to make Halloween Frankenstein Pops?
Marshmallow
White chocolate compound
Green tea powder
Chocolate rice
Lollipop sticks
White fondant
Edible black marker
1) Use a toothpick to poke a hole in the marshmallow and insert a lollipop stick to it.
2) In a microwavable bowl, add white chocolate compound and microwave at high heat for 30 seconds. Check whether the chocolates have melted using a spoon. If no, microwave for another 20 seconds.
3) In the melted chocolates, add in green tea powder and mix well. You could adjust the shade of green by adding more powder.
4) Dip the marshmallow (with lollipop stick attached) into the bowl of chocolate and coat evenly.
5) Without delay, dip the top (Frankenstein's head) into the bowl of chocolate rice. That will be his hair.
6) Paste 2 round white fondant onto the face of Frankenstein as eyes. Bigger will be cuter.
7) Place them onto baking paper for chocolate to set.
8) Use the edible black marker to paint the pupils on the fondant.
Here's a mini video made for fun ;) FREAKY!
How to make Halloween Mummies?
Oreo cookies (double stub)
M&M's minis
Fondant
Lollipop sticks
Edible black marker
Pink food coloring gel (optional)
1) Roll the fondant into thin sheet, use a dough cutter to cut into thin strips.
2) On the oreo cookie, insert the lollipop stick. Start to paste the strip on the cookie one by one starting from the edge.
3) After 1-2 strips, paste 2 M&M's mini chocolates as eyes onto the cookie. Use fondant to aid as glue.
4) Continue to paste the thin strips onto the cookie until you finish
covering the whole cookie. You will realize that the black cookie
staining the white fondant strips but it is ok, remember they are
mummies. Not meant to be clean after many years underground ;)
5) Use the black marker to draw the pupil.
6) If you wish to make the pink mummy, use pink food coloring gel to color
the fondant and black marker to draw the sexy eyelashes ;) Oh my sexy babe!
Have you ever wonder how is it like when mummies fall in love? Never heard before? Well, here they are. Enjoy this short armature clip which I called it their wedding montage:
Ingredients
1/2 chicken
10g cordyceps militaris (虫草花)
1 honey date
6 red dates (seed removed)
1 dang sheng
2 ginger slices
1 tbsp wolfberries
1 tsp salt
Methods
1) Blanch chicken in boiling water for 2 mins to remove the blood. Pour away the water.
2) Bring a fresh pot of water to boil, add in chicken and all herbs except for wolfberries. Boil for 5 mins, cover lid and simmer for 3 hours over low fire.
3) 10 mins before serving, add in wolfberries and a tsp of salt.
About Cordyceps Militaris
This is how cordyceps militaries look like, I bought this bottle from Hock Hua Chinese Medical Store 福華 at $15. Cordyceps militaris is a cultivated fungus and it's medical benefits is similar to the expensive cordyceps sinensis 冬虫夏草. You do know how expensive the latter herb is, selling at few hundreds for a small quantity. It is definitely worth to give cordyceps militaries a try for the good price.
Benefits of Cordyceps Militaries Anti-aging, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects Improved respiratory and liver functions Reduced blood and urine sugars, reduced blood pressure Reduced risk of heart diseases Immunostimulating and immunomodulating activities. Improved sexual function and stamina Source from http://drpinna.com/shop/cordyceps-militaris-mushrooms
Instead of rushing to MOS burger for their rice burgers, how about making it a home and add in as much meat filling as you like ;) Surprisingly easy recipe and I have adjust the seasoning to suit my taste bud, I don't like my stuffs to be too salty.
Ingredients
2 portions of cooked rice
100g pork shabu or sukiyaki (I used pork belly)
1/2 small onion (cut into thin slices)
Sesame seeds
Lettuces
1 tsp light soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp Chinese cooking wine
1/4 tsp cornflour
1 tbsp teriyaki sauce
Methods
1. Marinate the pork shabu with light soy sauce, sugar, cooking wine and cornflour.
2. Divide the cooked rice into 4 potions, use a cling wrap to make 1 portion into a firm ball and flatten it like a patty. Set aside and repeat the same for the remaining 3 portions.
3. Lightly brush the rice patties with teriyaki sauce on 1 side. Pan fried with little oil using low fire until the side with sauce browned. Brush the other side with teriyaki sauce and flip over. Dish out.
4. Using the same pan, fry the marinated pork shabu until cooked. Pour in the balanced teriyaki sauce and sprinkle some sesame seeds.Give a few stirs and its ready.
5. To assemble the burger, use a waxed wrapper and place a rice patty, lettuce, followed by pork shabu and lastly another rice patty.
6. Viola! Your own easy and yummy rice burger!!!
Notes
1. 100g pork shabu is equivalent to 8 pieces. I suggest to cut the long strips of shabu into half, easier to eat with rice patties.
2. It is not necessary to marinate the pork shabu for long, just do it before you got busy with the rice patties. As the shabu are very thin slices they absorb the marinade very quickly.
3. Waxed wrapper is from Daiso, it comes in very handy for burger.
I have always wanted to try making western creamy soup but the plan was delayed due to the lack of a blender. Many recipes require blender to make creamy soup such as mushroom, pumpkin, broccoli soup. Lucky me discovered a potato soup recipe online that doesn't require blender, by tapping on the method I came up with this leek and potato soup. I am so glad that I have found an easy method to cook creamy soup and it tastes very yummy, texture is like baby food :)
Ingredients
1/2 tbsp butter
1 Russet potato
1/2 onion
1 leek stalk
1 cup vegetable/ chicken stock
1 cup water
1/2 cup fresh milk
Salt & black pepper to taste
Dried mixed herbs (optional)
Methods
1. Melt butter inside saucepan and saute chopped onions until fragrant.
2. Peel potato and cut into small cubes, cut leek into slices and add both into the pan. Stir for a min and pour in the stock, I used chicken stock. The stock shouldn't cover the vegetables. Let it boil and simmer with lid.
3. When the water almost dry up, the vegetables should be soften by now. In the pan, use a masher to mash up the potato into smaller cubes but not into fine whip potato form as we want to retain the small bites of potatoes.
4. Add in the cup of water and bring to boil. Add in fresh milk, you could adjust the quantity according to how thick you like your soup to be.
5. Add in salt & pepper.
6. Serve and garnish with a little cream/ milk and sprinkle some dried mixed herbs.
With this ring, I marry you. Oh hahahaha, with yam ring??? Why not? Isn't there a common saying 想得到男人的心，先征服他的胃? Let's captivate his heart in the kitchen!
Ok I cheated, I didn't prepare this yam ring from scratch. I couldn't afford the time to prepare this for a weekday dinner as the preparation will take long. The yam ring was purchased from Kwong Cheong Thye, it is also available in supermarkets. Instead of the usual yam ring filling, I made mango prawn salad rice as the filling. The fruit and lime juice creates an appetizing fruity and citrus taste, very different from the traditional yam ring and this is a one-dish meal.
Ingredients
1 yam ring
1/2 pk of dong fen (optional for garnishing)
2 bowls cooked rice
10-12 prawns
Salt, pepper and garlic powder
1 Japanese cucumber (peel to make ribbons, leave the skin on)
1 lime (squeeze out the juice)
1 ripe mango (cut into cubes)
1 tsp chopped coriander leaves
2 tsp Thai sweet chilli sauce
Methods
1. Preheat oven to 200 degree. Line baking tray with aluminum foil and brush the yam ring with cooking oil. Bake for 15-20mins or until it turns golden brown.
2. Heat oil inside a wok/ pan, add in small amount of dong fen at a time. The dong fen will expand almost immediately, dish out and drain on kitchen towel.
3. Remove shells and devein the prawns. Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Pan fry till cooked and dish out into a big bowl.
4. Add the mango cubes, cucumber ribbons, lime juice, coriander leaves into the bowl of prawns and mix well.
5. Mix in the cooked rice.
6. On a big plate, place the baked yam ring at the center. Scoop half of the mixed rice into the well of the yam ring and drizzle chilli sauce on top. Surround the yam ring with fried dong fen. Remaining portion of the mixed rice can be served on a plate.
Notes
1. Instead of deep-frying the yam ring I chose to bake it. It is not as fragrant as deep-fried but its healthier.
2. Use a vegetable peeler to achieve the long cucumber ribbons.
Yes! Call me a farmer, although I do not have green fingers. Most plants
don't thrive under my care but looks like I am having brown fingers as
my mushrooms are growing pretty well. This is the third harvest and it
yields a healthy 80g of brown oyster mushrooms. The amount is not a lot
but it does give me a sense of satisfaction and achievement to reap what
I have sowed. There's a difference in the taste of my own mushrooms from those I purchased from market/ supermarket. I do not know what was added to the purchased pack, maybe preservative to make them last longer. They contain something that has a slightly unpleasant smell/ taste to it whereby you will not have that if you grow your own mushrooms.
Almost ready, able to harvest after work.
Look at the speed they grow, this was taken on the same day after 10 hours.
Weighing the harvested mushrooms
What do I do with the harvested mushrooms? Of course is to cook them right after they were freshly plucked from the log. Here's an easy and tasty recipe to cook your brown oyster mushrooms.
Ingredients
Mushrooms
A knob of butter
3 garlic cloves (minced)
Dash of salt, black pepper, dried mixed herbs
Methods
1. Melt butter in pan, saute the minced garlic till fragrant and stir fry the mushrooms.
2. Sprinkle with dash of salt, black pepper and dried mixed herbs.
3. DONE!
