Cream Cheese Bread

Was re-direct to this recipe by Blessed Homemaker & decided to give it a try last nite. But half-way through, I realised I didnt have enough ingredients! So I made some changes & it actually turn out great. Not as soft as d Hokkaido Milky bread but still very good!

160g fresh milk
175g bread flour
75g Rye flour
60g cream cheese
10g butter
10g powder milk
15g sugar
4g salt
3g yeast

Put all into bread maker on fast loaf cycle. After it's done, do not remove from bread maker & leave it there overnite.

蒸蛋糕

Got this Marie Biscuit steam cake from Blessed Homemaker on my to-dos for d longest time cause I always never remember to buy Marie biscuit. Today, Hubby suddenly bought home some & I give it a try. Half all d ingredients & didnt put as much cocoa powder as stated. End result - not very nice looking & a bit too wet. But MIL commented it tasted nice.

(A)
150g marie biscuit (crush)
5g double action baking powder (sieve)
(B)
2 eggs
80g sugar
120g milk
few drop Vanilla oil
(C)
80g melted butter
(D)1/2 tsp cocoa powder (sieve)

1. Mix (B) in a mixing bowl & stir till sugar dissolves, strain.
2. Add in (A) into (B) mix till well combined.
3. Add (C) & mix well.
4. Divide batter into 2 portions. Add (D) into one of the portion and mix till well combined
5. Grease baking tin lined with baking paper
6. Pour 1st portion of plain batter into baking tin &spread neatly. Steam with high heat for 15 mins. Remove baking tin from steamer, prick
7. Pour in 2nd portion of brown batter & spread neatly.Steam with high heat for 15 mins. Remove baking tin from steamer, prick

H&C & Pork Floss bread again

Saw some frozen dough in d freezer so I decided to bake d above again. But this time I stood over d oven & kept turning d bottom heat on & off to ensure my bread dont get burn again. & it work! Only d top of d pork-floss bread got a little burn, other than that, it looked Great! Only problem is - i tried to remove d H&C bread too soon, thus, d bread's top open up & ham are visible.

Salmon Mayo

Saw this on Blessed Homemaker's blog & since I have all ingredients on hand, give it a try. It's so easy & tasty! Both Hayden & MIL loves it. Hubby only took d tomatos cause he doesn't like salmon & commented "not bad, maybe next time can try other fish."

• 300 - 350g Salmon fillet
• 3 tbsp Japn Mayo
• 1 tbsp soya sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 3 tomatos sliced

1. Lay half d sliced tomatoes in 2 rows on baking pan.
2. Put salmon fillet on top tomatoes.
3. Mixed mayo w/soya sauce & sugar be4 spreading onto salmon.
4. Lay remaining sliced tomatoes onto salmon.
5. Grill @190C for abt 20mins or till tomatoes r wrinkled.

Italian Ckn, 马蹄萝卜汤 & Coconut dessert

Lots of cabbage left in d fridge so I decided to make Italian Ckn for dinner w/water chestnut soup, & coconut dessert to finish up d left-over coconut.

Easy Italian Ckn

• 150g cabbage
• 2 small onions, sliced into rings
• 40g sliced mushrooms
• 1 tsp tapioca flour
• 300g meaty ckn
• 6 tbsp meatless spaghetti sauce

1) Combine vegs in slow cooker, sprinkle tapioca over vegs;

2) Place ckn on vegs be4 pouring sauce over it;

3) Cover & cook for 6-7hrs on low-heat setting, or 3-31/2hrs on high-heat setting;

4) If desired, sprinkle w/parmesan cheese be4 serving on hot cooked pasta/rice.

Result - a very simple dish. Will definitely cook this often.

马蹄萝卜汤
马蹄 : 100 – 300g water chestnut
白萝卜 : 100 – 300g white radish
鸭梨 : 1 – 3个 pear
瘦肉 : 200 – 300g lean meat

方法
1) 马蹄洗净拍开, 白萝卜洗净切块, 鸭梨去芯切块, 瘦肉洗净川烫过, 切块
Wash & diced up water chestnut, wash & cubed white radish, de-cored pear be4 dicing, wash lean meat with hot water be4 dicing.
2) 将所有材料放入锅内，加清水适量, 用大火煮沸，改为文火熬约 1－2 小时
Put all ingredients into pan, out enough water to cover ingredients. Bring to boil be4 switching to low heat for 1-2hrs.

3) 用盐适量调味, 喝汤吃肉
If desired, season w/salt be4 serving.

Function of soup
* 有清热生津的功效，适合脾胃热盛，可见面红或见粉刺痤疮，口渴想喝冷饮，食欲超常，口舌干燥或痰黄粘稠，或见口舌易生疮，尿黄、大便硬或便秘等
Tonic that is useful for clearing heaty-ness, red acne, urge to drink cold drink, extraordinary appetite, dry mouth, thick yellow sputum, easy seen tongue sores, hard stool, constipation, etc
* 天气 炎热或过食燥热食物时，可煮此汤，预防发热。
When weather is too heaty or dry, drink this soup to help prevent body from building up too much heat.

Result - w/out adding any seasoning, it's a very healthy & sweet soup.

Coconut dessert (recipe from UW mazg)

1 large coconut

100g white fungus (soaked)

100g rock sugar

Remove juice & flesh from coconut. Place rock sugar onto bowl & steam 1hr or till melted. Add soaked fungus/juice & steam for another 30mins be4 serving either hot or cold.

Result - too sweet. Must add cold/hot water be4 consuming.

Coconut Ckn

Got this recipe from d UW mazg & tried it today. However, d stated cooking time seems too long, thus, I shorten it.
500g ckn
1 whole young coconut
10g white fungus
12 pcs red dates (de-seeded)
3 slices ginger

1. Remove coconut juice & flesh out;
2. Put ckn into pan, cover with coconut juice & bring to boil. Switch to low heat & simmer for 30-45mins.
3. Put in rest of ingredients & simmer for another 30-45mins.
4. Pinch of salt be4 serving.

Result - a very healthy & sweet soupy dish be4 pinch of salt was added. Thus, if u prefer sweetness, dont add d salt.

Hokkaido Milky bread

Tried this again & this time, I got d correct whipping cream. Half all ingredients w d exception of d egg. So to bal out d dry:wet ratio, I added 4tbsp all-purpose flour. Whoa la! a very nicely raised & SUPER SOFT bread. Guess recipe owner were right! this is a really, really GREAT bread!