Brownie

Past 2 days were buzy cause Hayden had fever & thus lots of running ard. He’s finally well enough to go school today, thus, I thot I give this recipe that I saw from my friend’s blog a try. However, I half all d ingredients & omit d cream cheese filling. Instead, I put marshmallows on top. Big mistake cause end result looks horrible, BUT, taste really great!

• 180g melted butter
• 270g brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 120g self-raising flour
• 70g cocoa powder
• Some marshmallows
  

1. Mix melted butter with brown sugar until well combined.
2. Add in eggs, one at at ime, mixing well after each addition. Stir in vanilla essence.
3. Gently fold in flour and cocoa powder and stir till smooth.
4. Pour brownie batter into loaf pan, sprinkle top with marshmallows.
5. Bake in preheated oven 170C for 40 min.s or until cooked.

Buttermilk Pancakes

Saw this recipe on my friend’s blog & give it a try this morning.

• 2 cup self-raising flour
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk (replaced w/ 1 1/2cup milk & 1 1/2tbsp lemon juice, let stand for 10mins be4 using)

Mix all to form batter be4 cooking in a non-stick pan.

Hayden took only 3 pieces because he does not want to add honey or butter to it, thus, must have taste a little plain for him.

Rice Cooker duck rice

Hubby asked if can bake more bread instead of cake, so I go back to d recipe that works out just right, wolf-berries bread recipe. But this rd I made some changes. Instead of wolf-berries, I used half a mashed banana (Hayden eat half) & added 1½tsp of yeast instead of 6g. When d bread came out, it really looks very good. But I think I cut it too soon & thus, d ‘opening’ looks flat but d rest is VERY soft!

I also tried out my friend’s claypot ckn rice. But instead of ckn, I used left-over duck meat that’s sitting in d freezer.

(a)
500g duck meat
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1/4 tsp sesame oil
8 bulbs shallots (finely chopped)
2 tbsp ginger (chopped)

(b)
1 cup uncooked rice
3/4 cup water

Marinate (a) overnite in d fridge. Dump (a) & (b) into d rice cooker & cook as 1 normally does for plain white rice. When d cooking cycle is completed, let stand for 10-15mins be4 serving.

It’s so tasty that I had 1 full bowl even though am on diet & don’t usually take rice after 4pm.

Honey Ginger Ckn

Was re-org my mailbox when I came across this recipe cutting from the Spore Womens Weekly mazg Nov2004 issue. & since I got all d ingredients on hand, thot I give it a try. But instead of baking, I grill it instead. Turn out almost like d pix in d mazg (forgotten to take pic) & it taste very nice & juicy.

60ml water
120g honey
1/4 cup firmly-packed brown sugar
50g freshly cut ginger strips
2 cloves crushed garlic
1 lemon, rind removed & cut into strips
4 (800g) ckn thigh cutlets (in total, I only used 900g of ckn drumsticks w/out skin)
4 (600g) ckn drumsticks
Salt & pepper

1. Combine water, honey & sugar in a pan over med fire. Cook, stirring till sugar dissolves. Bring to boil. Then add ginger & lower fire to simmer, stirring for 5mins or till ginger is tender.
   
2. Trf ginger mixture to a large bowl. Add garlic & lemon rind, stir to combine. Cut deep slashes through thick part of ckn be4 placing them into ginger mixture. Ensure coat evenly by turning it. Cover, refrigerate for 4hrs or overnite.
   
3. Place ckn in single layer in a baking dish & grill for 40mins or till ckn is cooked through & browned. Sprinkle salt & pepper be4 serving.

Banana Bread

Was re-arranging kitchen cupboard when I saw this biscuit mix that I got from Chicago when I visited my best friend living there last May. Expiry date is 25Mar09! so I decided to try out the Banana bread recipe stated on d box last nite. 5mins into kneading, I added 5tbsp of wheat flour cause d dough looks really wet. When I got up in d morning to check on d bread, it looks & taste more like banana cake instead.

Makes 1 loaf

• 1 pkg JIFFY buttermilk biscuit mix
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup very ripe mashed banana

Normal bread cycle with light setting

As usual, I had to cut it out in bear shape or Hayden wont eat it. sigh..

Marinated boil Chkn

Been having problem getting Hayden to eat dinner, so when I saw this recipe on web, thot I give it a try. However, I changed it a bit. Instead of chkn on a stick, I just marinate it for 5hrs & boil d chkn in clear water to make udon soup (which is Hayden’s fav).

• 400g wing drum
• 100g fresh mushroom
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 4 cloves scallion (finely chopped)
• 1tbsp fresh ginger (finely chopped)

Whoa la! Chkn udon soup! Actaully tasted ok, which is a surprised cause I didn’t add any seasoning at all. D taste must have come from d marinated chkn. Hayden had 1½bowl! ;->

Knitting

Hubby flew off last nite to KL for buz trip, thus, my job to prepare & send Hayden to school. Guess what! I didnt check d volume of my iPhone & thus, alarm didnt sound off this morning @ 7am! OMG! Lucky, Hayden started moving ard & woke me ard 7.25am, so, made it to school by 8am. Phew!

& I mgd to go back to sleep after coming back from his school till 12.30pm when my hubby woke me up by smsing from KL. So I wash up & went to Central ChitLom StarBucks to have my Green Tea Latte while working on my knitting (which is coming along well). Am doing this so that I can save some electrical w/out having d aircon on throughout d whole day. Cause it's really HOT here in Bkk & my electric bill has been gg up since I become a homemaker! I have been gg there for 3times since last week. Not even sure this will cut down my electric bill but definitely up my cash spending so far!