Marble Cake for Mum's Birthday

Ever since the successful bake last year my sis and I made for my mum, I'd decided to bake mum a cake for her birthday this year. When it comes to my mum, there is no need to crack my mind and spend sleepless nights thinking about what cake to bake because plain butter cake or marble cake are the only approved ones. So, I did a reduced sugar butter marble cake for mum. The only decoration are the walnuts on top of the cake. No cream pls....cos she dislikes cream. I'm glad she loved it! My dad enjoyed it too. He ate 2 big pieces at one go!

Linguine in Tomato Sauce

I love the fresh tomatoes taste in this pasta. :)

Ingredients:
Pasta (I used linguine- cooked per packet instruction)
Tomatoes (very ripe – cut into small pieces and blend using a blender)
Onion
Garlic
Button Mushroom
Chicken Meat (minced)
Salt
Black Pepper
Mixed Herbs
Olive Oil
Water


Method:
1. Heat olive oil and sauté garlic and onion until onions turn soft.
2. Add in chicken meat and button mushroom. Stir fry for a while.
3. Season with salt, mixed herbs and black pepper.
4. Pour in the tomato puree and cook till it simmers. You can add a little water if you want.
5. Pour in the pasta and mix well. Serve hot.

Fried Rice with Cabbage and Chicken

Ingredients:
Rice (cooked)
Cabbage
Onion
Chicken Meat
Light Soy Sauce
Sesame Oil
Pepper
Salt
Sugar
Dark Soy Sauce
Oil


Method:
1. Marinate chicken meat with light soy sauce, sesame oil and pepper for 30min.
2. Heat oil and saute onion.
3. Add in chicken meat and stir fry for 1 min.
4. Add in cabbage. Season with salt and sugar.
5. Pour in rice and mix well.
6. Add in dark soy sauce and mix to coat the rice.
7. Stir fry for 1min and dish up.

Fellowship Dinner Aug09

Vegetarian Pasta

The food: a very simple dinner…pasta, salad, fish, jellies and fruits.

This should be posted last month, but I have too many posts to update (OK, sounds like an excuse), so am only doing it now. ;p

We hosted our church’s weekly bible study last month and usually the host will provide dinner. It was a nice and warm (literally too…imagine about 15-18 of us in a tiny apartment) fellowship. The topic of discussion was the role of a husband and we had a meaningful discussion over what God has to say about the husband’s role; to love and to lead. Thanks to hubby for leading the session! I was too busy entertaining the kids (auntie, I want to go toilet….auntie, I want to eat biscuits,….) ;p Hahaha…anyway, it was fun and also the first time there were so many people in our home. We hope to have many more such sessions of bible study.

Here’s sharing with you the recipe for the lovely vegetarian pasta.


Ingredients:
Tricolour Spiral Pasta (I used Agnesi’s) – cooked per packet instruction
Garlic
Onion
Button Mushroom
Carrot
Basil
Salt
Sugar
Black Pepper
Oyster Sauce
Light Soy Sauce
Water (boiled)
Olive Oil


Method:
1. Heat olive oil in a wok and sauté garlic and onion until fragrant.
2. Add in carrot and button mushroom.
3. Season with salt, sugar and black pepper.
4. Pour in the pasta and mix well.
5. Season with light soy sauce and oyster sauce.
6. If it gets too dry, add a little water.
7. Add in basil and stir fry for 1 min and it’s ready to be served!

Pan Fried Minced Pork

Stir Fried Spinach with lots of garlic and onion

This may not look very nice but my hubby loved it. We had this with another vege dish as dinner.


Ingredients:
Pork (minced)
Carrot (chopped finely)
Onion (chopped finely)
Salt
Sugar
Corn Flour
Pepper
Sesame Oil
Light Soy Sauce
Oil

Method:
1. Mix everything together, except the oil, and let it marinate for at least 30min.
2. Take a spoonful of the mixture and pan fry on a non stick pan.
3. Cook 2-3min on each side.
4. Serve with chili sauce.

Soy Noodles in Lotus Root Soup

This is another of those cook-the-soup-and-dump-in-the-noodles meal.

Ingredients:
Lotus Root
Pork Ribs
Honey Dates (you can use red dates, I ran out of these)
Salt
Soy Noodles (you can use mifen or other kinds of noodles as well)
Water
Salt


Method:
1. Cook a pot of boiling water.
2. When water boils, put in lotus root, honey dates and pork ribs.
3. Cook the soup for about 2hours (if you use a slow cooker, it’ll take probably 4 hours).
4. Season with salt.
5. Soak soy noodles in water until soft.
6. Then, add the noodles into the soup and boil it until noodles are cooked.

The meal is ready!

TomYam Fried Rice

A variety of spicy fried rice…

Ingredients:
Rice (cooked)
Carrot
Onion
Garlic
Chicken Meat
Light Soy Sauce
Pepper
Salt
Sugar
Tomyam Paste
Water (boiled)
Oil


Method:
1. Marinate chicken with light soy sauce and pepper for ~30min. Set aside.
2. Heat some oil in a wok and sauté garlic and onion until fragrant.
3. Add in tomyam paste and stir fry for a while.
4. Add in carrot and stir fry for 1 min.
5. Add in chicken meat. Season with sugar, salt and a little water.
6. Pour in the rice and mix well.
7. Stir fry over medium-high heat for 1min and it’s done.

Fish Porridge

I love to eat porridge when it rains because nothing beats the warmth of a bowl of piping hot porridge. Fish porridge wasn’t in my plan but I still have a huge piece of fish filet in the freezer and I want to finish it before I forget about it ;p
I love this porridge although my mum would say porridge with potatoes and carrot is for babies only. Haha….don’t tell me you think the same. I like to have some vegetables in my meal, so I like to add it in the porridge as well.


Ingredients:
Fish Fillet
Dried Scallops
Potatoes
Carrot
Ginger (lightly bruised)
Rice
Water
Salt
Pepper
Sesame Oil
Light Soy Sauce


Method:
1. Marinate fish fillet with pepper, sesame oil and light soy sauce. Set aside.
2. Cook rice with water. Add in ginger, carrot, potatoes and dried scallop.
3. Let porridge cook until done. Add in fish fillet.
4. Season with salt.5. When fish is cooked, porridge is ready.