Steamed Boat Party

A Steamed boat Party for Mr Boss birthday celebration. Ordered a special cake and everyone loves it.

Durian Ice Cream Cake

Lucas Creation III

Had these photos taken in Lucas kindy as this toy is for sharing and not allowed to bring home. Lucas likes to build Fire Engine, Robot and Transformers (his own version) with this.

Lucas Kinder Class

Lucas's Room



Lucas's favourite Corner


Kids love this sand pit


Playground


Another Art Corner


Water for Kids and Lachlan likes to drink from the tap


Bricks/Blocks Area

Chinese Chives Pancake

Ingredients

A bunch Chinese Chives (Minced)
1 Egg
1/2 cup Plain Flour
1 tbps Cornflour
1 tbps Chopped Dried Shrimp
1/4 tsp Salt
Water

Pancake

Pancake is often cooked in my household for kids brekkie as lachlan loves it as well. Sometimes i will make animal shapes so the kids will have fun eating the head of a bear or other shapes like crescent moon.

Pancake is pretty easy to make.

Ingredients

Plain Flour or Wholemeal Flour
Baking Powder
Milk
Egg (optional)

Banana Bread

Finally i baked this banana bread !!! I have set out to bake this long long ago ever since i bought the cookbook 'Deceptively Delicious'. So, the verdict: hmm... not bad at all. Its a little bit sweet so next time i can cut down the sugar portion as my banana puree were pretty sweet. I didn't blend the banana puree just mashed them with fork. i guess that is good enough. I used Raw Sugar here as i don't brown sugar at home.

The orginal recipe: Deceptively Delicious

I modified the recipe a little :)

Ingredients

Cooking Spray
2 cups plain flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 teaspoon salt
Pinch Cinnamon (optinonal)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup Raw sugar (blended finely) ** next time i think i should try 1/4 cup
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup banana puree
2 large egg whites

* one more ingredient i didn't add -- 1/2 cup cauliflower puree

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degree celcius. Coat a mini loaf pan with cooking spray
2. In a bowl, mix the flours with baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Set aside
   
3. In a large mixing bowl, mix the sugar and oil with a wooden spoon until well combined. Mix in the egg whites, banana purees, and vanilla. Add the Flour mixture and mix just until combined.
4. Pour the batter into the loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Roughlty 20-25 minds for mini loaf. Let cook on a rack for 5 mins, then turn the bread out of the pan to cool before servig.

YAM RICE Episode II

Very satisfied with the yam rice this time as the taste is even better. Thats the comment received from my bro. I added an extra ingredient: chinese sausage :) and i cubed the yam bigger as the last time i coudn't find any Yams... i was like..eeh?... where has the yam gone.. i meant i can still taste the yam but cannot see the cubes. BUT this time, i can see big chucks of yam in my rice :)

(The recipe below is for: 2 person)

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups Rice
1/4 Yam (Cubed)
1/2 Cubed Chinese Sausage
2- 2 1/2 cups Water
50g Minced chicken
1 Tbsp dried Shrimp
1 garlic clove
1 shallots
3 Chinese mushroom (cubed)

Seasoning
1 tsp salt
A dash pepper
1 tbps oyster
3 - 4 tbps dark soya sauce
MSG 1/4 (optional)

This is One of Lucas's favourite

Lucas placed this order telling me "Mommy, i want the yellow noodle". I don't always stock this Vita brand noodle as not as healthy choice. However, both my sons seem to love this noodle. So i only cook for them once in a blue moon ;)

Ingredients

2 Vita Noodle
One tbsp Soya sauce
A dash Pepper
Salt (a little)
Sesame Oil

Fried Egg
Grilled Fish fillet
Snow Peas
Sweet corn

Potato & Carrot Pancake

Lachlan had this for brekkie with Boiled Egg.

Ingredients

Shredded potato
Shredded carrot
Self Raising Flour
Water
Shredded Cheese
Pepper

Pan Fried Radish Cake

More pictures of the white radish cake, this time i pan-fried most of it and yum..yum...

White Radish Cake 蘿蔔糕

My first White Radish Cake. A hard work kneading the dough but very satisfied with the result. I yet to take the picture of pan-fried white radish cake. Bro has tasted the cake and commented not bad, smells good and taste good but not enough radish. I have thrown some as part of it were a bit frozen. Next time, will put in heaps of shredded white radish

Ingredients:

1-2 long White radish (Shredded)
300g Rice Flour
2 tbsp Topiaco Flour
550 ml water
2 pcs Chinese Sausages (chopped finely)
2 Tbsp Dried Shrimps (Chopped finely)

Seasoning
1 to 2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp pepper

ORIGINAL recipe: www.ohbin.blogspot.com

Choc Cupcakes

We were doing our usual shopping @ supermarket and stopped at the cake section. I was busy choosing things that i needed for baking the cake and Lachlan too busy choosing. He saw so many cakes pictures on the carton boxes and he chose a CHOC cake mix.

When we reached home, he keep telling me wanna open the box and eat his choc cake. haha... he thought inside the box is a slice of CHOC cake.

So made a promise to bake for him within these two days. waa laa.... here they are..

We enjoyed very much and have alot of fun as we baked the cake together. Kids jumping happily seeing the cakes rising in the oven

Yam Rice

This yam rice definitely one of my favourite meal. I first tasted Yam Rice in Penang, Yam Rice with Bak Kut Teh. Not bad combination, something i've never tried before. This time, decided to cook myself. Yam is quite expensive to get here. Just a small piece of yam cost me AUD6-$AUD8 and its not conveniently available. Only get to buy from Chinese Groceries.

Ingredients

1/4 Yam
3 cups Rice
3 Mushrooms
2 tbsp Dried Shrimp
1 Shallots
1 Chopped Garlic
Minced Pork/Chicken
Spring Onions
Olive Oil
3-4 cups of Water

Seasoning
1 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp sugar
1 tbsp Oyster Sauce
1 tbsp Soya Sauce
Dark Soya Sauce
Pepper (a dash)

Method

1. Heat the oil in wok and fry shallots, Garlic and dried shrimp til fragrant.
2. Add Meat, mushroom, Rice and fry
3. Add seasoning
4. Pour all mixture into rice cooker and add water and cook

Recipe: Original recipe please refer www.ohbin.blogspot.com

Lucas Creation II

When i entered the room, Lucas saw me right away and happily showing me the 'ring' that he specially made for me. I felt so sweet and warm :) At least i have a boy who knows how to make jewellery for mummy..haha


The ring he made last week but only manage to upload today.


The Necklace he made on 8th April and told me to wear it but it was a little bit too small :)



More Creations of Lucas:

Char Siu and Honey Spare Ribs

Very easy and yummy to go with rice :)

Ingredients

8-10 Spare Ribs
4-5 Garlic cloves

Sauce for Marinade
3 tbsp Char Siu Sauce (Lee Kum Kei)
1 -2 tbsp Honey
1 tbsp chilli sauce
1 tsp Soya sauce

1. Marinade spare ribs for at least 2 hours
2. Preheat the oven 180 degree celcius.
3. Place marinated spare ribs and garlic cloves in the oven and grill for at least 45 minutes.




Our dinner tonight, we have Belachan Kang Kung too but the picture didn't come out good, very badly taken. And also our soup, Chinese Mustard Vegetable soup (芥菜排骨湯) and Steamed Promfret fish (forgot to take the picture).

BAK KUT TEH

Hmm.....very satisfying and fulfilling dinner. Love eating Bak Kut Teh with Chinese Donut, Coriander & Chilli. just love it..

Ingredients

Bak Kut Teh herbal soup pack
Water
Spare Ribs
Chinese Mushrooms
Dried Bean Curd
Enoki Mushrooms
Chinese Green Vegetables
Garlic cloves

Dipping Sauce
Chopped Coriander
Chilli
Dark Soya sauce
Light Soya sauce

Cai Xin with Fried Anchovies

Ingredients

4 stalks Cai Xin (cut into pieces, easier for younger kids to chew and swallow)
Minced chicken
Cubed Mushroom
Dried Shrimp
Black fungus
Anchovies (deep-fry)
1/4 salt
1/4 sugar
pepper (a dash)
Water
Chopped garlic
1-2 tsp Olive Oil

ha.. all the ingredients except Cai Xin were the leftovers from the lunch i cooked earlier. :)

Turmeric Chicken with Potato

This is the first time i tried this. The outcome, smell very good and fragrant but the comment i received is the taste is confusing,not sure if its curry chicken or turmeric. So, maybe next time i should try once without the curry powder and see how the taste like.

Ingredients

Chicken pieces (4 wingets cut into half)
1 Potato (cut into pieces)
2 Mushrooms
4 Shallots (whole)
4 Garlic clove
Ginger (Sliced)
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp Turmeric powder
Water (150ml)
3 tbps Olive Oil
Chopped spring onions

Seasoning
1/3 tsp salt
1/2 sugar
2 tsp soya sauce
1/4 tsp MSG (optional)

Method
1. Heat the oil in wok and Fry the whole shallots and garlic clove til brown. Remove and set aside
2. Add remaining oil. Heat up and fry ginger til fragrant. Then add chicken, curry and turmeric powder paste (mix with water), Potato and mushrooms.
(note: Cook the potato beforehand)
3. Add the shallots and garlic clove
4. Add water and simmer til the sauce or gravy thickens. You may add some cornstarch to thicken the sauce if you wish.

お母さんの板麵

Ingredients

For Noodle Dough (For 3 person)
Plain Flour (13 tbsp)
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Oil
1/4 Salt
100-150ml Water

Minced Chicken/Pork
Chopped Chinese Mushroom
Dried Shrimp
Black fungus (pre-soaked and cut pieces)
Salt
Sugar
Soya sauce
Pepper
Dark Soya Sauce

Additional Toppings
Fried Shallots
Spring Onions
Fried Ikan Bilis
Cai Xin or any green vegetables

Soup Base
Fried Ikan bilis
Water
Chinese Preserved Vegetable (冬菜) [optional]

Fried Chicken Wingets

Suddenly feel like eating Fried Chicken wings. I still have the Satay marinade sauce leftover for our BBQ the other day. so, why not?

Ingredients
Wingets
Satay Marinade Sauce (Masterfood brand)
Egg
Self raising Flour
Vegetable Oil


Method

1. Marinade the wingets with Satay sauce for at least 20mins. Coat the wingets with Egg and then flour.

2. Heat the oil and ready for deep fry and remove when the wingets turn golden brown.

Steamed Egg with Minced Pork and Tofu

Simple dish for Lucas and Kei as she is not feeling well.

Ingredients

2 Eggs
Tofu
Minced Pork
Chopped Spring Onion
Soya
Water

Assam Beancurd & Okra

Feel like having assam again as i still have some okra left in the fridge. This time i added a piece of beancurd in the fridge. I bought this beancurd pack for steambaoat the other day but still have 2 pieces left.

Ingredients
Oil
Okra
Beancurd
Tomato
Red Onions (run out of shallots)
Garlic
Belachan (1/2 tsp)
Curry Powder
Salt
Sugar
Soya sauce
Lime Juice

Dinner @ home 02.04.09

Our dinner tonight:

1. Minced Pork with Potato
2. Stir Fry Vegetables (Lettuce, Snow peas and Mushroom)
3. Okra with minced pork
4. Cantonese Stir Fry Chicken Fillet
5. Winter Melon Soup