Light Coffee Cake

This cake is made from a modified recipe from kuali.com (by Amy Beh). The original recipe can be found here: http://kuali.com/recipes/viewrecipe.asp?r=2668

What I did was reduce the sugar amount by 20gm and less 10-15gm butter. I’ve also substituted the milk powder with soya bean powder (yes, it works too!). Since I do not have any coffee powder but I wanted to make a coffee cake, I just use 4 tbsp of Pokka milk coffee and added 2 tbsp of self raising flour to balance the ratio of liquid & flour in the mixture. To give it some colour, I also added a tbsp of cocoa powder.

You can bake it at a lower temperature and shorter time as long as it's cooked. I used 150C and baked it for 35-40min.

I like this recipe as the cake is moist and the texture is just right. It’s also easy to make, so I highly recommend this for beginners in baking, like me!

Pineapple & Chicken Frankfurters Pizza

Thanks to Lizard Meng, I have this nice pizza as lunch today. It's so simple to make and you can experiment it with other toppings such as tuna and crab sticks or with some marinated chicken strips. Yummy~~

Ingredients:
Pita bread (wholemeal or plain)
Chili & Tomato sauce (mix together)
Green bell pepper (chopped)
Onion (chopped)
Tomato (cut into small pieces)
Pineapple (cut into small pieces)
Chicken frankfurters (cut into small pieces)
Cheese


Method:
1. Spread the chili and tomato sauce on the bread.
2. Sprinkle some cheese, green bell pepper, onion, chicken frankfurters and pineapple onto the bread.
3. Top it with some cheese.
4. Bake in pre-heated oven at 170C for 15min.

Pineapple Fried Rice

I must say this is not a very successful experiment but not too bad for 1st attempt gua...
Will put more pineapple next time and spice it up with some chillis!

Ingredients:
Rice (cooked)
Pineapple (cut into small pieces)
Chicken meat (de-boned and marinate with soya sauce and pepper)
Onion (diced)
Carrot (diced)
Cabbage (shredded)
Crab stick (cut into 1cm pieces)
Long beans (cut into small pieces)
Raisins
Egg (beat with some pepper)
Turmeric powder + Curry powder (mix to form paste with some water)
Salt
Pepper
Soya sauce (optional)
Sugar
Water
Oil


Method:
1. Heat oil in wok and sauté the onions.
2. Put in the egg and cook till almost done.
3. Add chicken meat and turmeric & curry paste and mix well. Stir fry for 1-2min.
4. Put in carrot, cabbage, long beans and crab sticks. Stir fry for 1-2min with some salt and sugar.
5. Pour in the rice and mix well. Add some water if it’s too dry.
6. Add in pineapple and stir fry for 1-2min.
7. Season with some pepper and soya sauce/salt (if not salty enough).
8. Lastly, add the raisins and mix well or you can dish up and sprinkle raisins on top of the fried rice.
*I find the crab sticks do not really mix well with the taste, so I would prefer to omit this from the fried rice next time.

Tom Yam Fried Mi Fen

Feels like having something spicy today!

Ingredients:
Mi Fen (soak in water till soft)
Dried shrimps (soak in water till soft and chop)
Carrot (cut into thin strips)
Onions (diced)
Shallots
Cabbage (shredded)
Tom Yam paste
Sugar/Honey
Water
Oil


Method:
1. Heat oil and saute the shallots till fragrant.
2. Add the onions and dried shrimps. Stir fry for 3-4min.
3. Add carrots and cabbage. Stir fry for 1-2min.
4. Put in some tom yam paste and sugar/honey.
5. Add in the mi fen and mix well. Use low heat.
6. Add a little water and when all the ingredients are mixed well, use high heat and stir fry for 1-2min.
7. Dish up and serve.
*I did not use salt as the tom yam paste is quite salty but you can always add some salt or soya sauce to your preference.

Soy Noodles in Soup

There’s leftover corn and apple in the fridge and what can we do with them for a meal? How about some nice and healthy soup? ^_^
You can also use pear instead of apple and eat it with your favourite noodles.

Ingredients:
Chicken drumstick
(any part of the chicken will do though I don’t think you fancy eating the head! ;p)
Carrot
Tomato (cut into wedges)
Apple (cut into wedges)
Corn
Tofu
Red dates
Salt
Pepper
Soy noodles (soak in water for 30min)
Water


Method:
1. In a pot of boiling water, put in tomato, carrot, tofu, corn, red dates and chicken.
2. Cook over low heat till chicken is soft. Alternatively, you can cook it for a few hours in a slow cooker over high heat.
3. Add salt and pepper as seasoning for the soup.
4. When ready to serve, put in the noodles and cook till boiling. Do not overcook noodles.

Marmite Chicken

Anyone out there likes Marmite chicken? We recently went dinner with our church pastor and some friends and all of us just loved this dish. So, the next thing I did was to search for its recipe. Hehe….and ta-da…here’s a simplified version of the original recipe.


Ingredients:
Chicken (cut into bite size)
Pepper
Soya Sauce
Corn Flour
Marmite Sauce
Honey
Shallots
Oil


Method:
1. Marinate chicken with pepper and soya sauce for 1hr.
2. Heat oil and fry the chicken. Set aside.
3. Stir fry shallots till fragrant.
4. In a bowl, mix honey, pepper, Marmite sauce, water and corn flour. Pour mixture into the wok.
5. Put in the chicken and cook till sauce thickens and it’s ready.

Marmite Chicken Sandwich

This is for breakfast. Why marmite chicken?
well, I wanted to cook marmite chicken for dinner but since I didn't have the time to marinate the chicken, I cooked noodles for dinner and reserve this for breakfast.
When we're flexible, there's always possibility of coming up with something new :)

Ingredients:
Chicken meat (de-boned, cut into thin slices)
Tomatoes (cut into thin slices)
Japanese cucumber (cut into thin slices)
Bread (toasted)
Soya sauce
Pepper
Marmite sauce
Honey
Oil
Water
Corn flour


Method:
1. Marinate chicken overnight with soya sauce and pepper.
2. Heat a little oil and stir fry chicken for 1min.
3. Mix marmite sauce, honey, pepper, corn flour and water and pour over the chicken meat.
4. Cook till gravy thickens.
5. Put the sandwich together with cucumber, tomatoes and the cooked chicken meat.