Happy Birthday Auntie Karen

Dear Auntie Karen,

My mummy have been busy lately, she hardly even update her blog.

I tell you hor, if she tell you she is busy with me, she is actually busying with her Hk drama series.

But I did not forget your birthday you know....

I picked some flowers for you, hope you like them... Happy Birthday to you...

with lots of love and hugs, ning.

Smile :)

I can't resist not sharing this cute photo of Ning.

That's how she like to smile for the camera now.

Sambal prawn with sambal fried rice

An easy one-plate dinner I prepared with leftover rice.

Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

100g Quaker Instant Oats (blended)

150g wholemeal flour ( i used plain flour)

1 tsp baking powder

30g dessicated coconut

80g sugar

50g honey

120g butter (room temperature)

Method:

1. stir all dry ingredients together.

2. Add in butter and honey, beat with hook mixer till dough is form.

(I will add extra dessicated coconut if the dough is too wet)

3. shape your cookies and bake 170 for 20mins

Jared is One

A birthday cake I baked for little Jared's 1st birthday.

Oreo Cheesecake

I've always wanted to make Oreo Cheesecake, and finally did it. Yummy!

Dressing up my princess and her teddy

I was in the mood for knitting, so made a dress for my princess, it fits her so nicely and she loved it...



and the princess even requested a matching outfit for her favourite teddy.

Cupcake Workshop at Shermay's Cooking School

Attended a cupcake workshop at Shermay's Cooking School a few months ago, here's what I came home with, 12 beautifully decorated cuppies... they were so delicious!

Banana Chocolate Cupcakes

Banana cupcakes, with banana fillings, topped with chocolate...

before topping them with chocolate...

My Strawberry Shortcake

What are little girls made of....

Nutella Buns

I am a big nutella fan, and these buns are so fun to make and good to eat.

Fried Yong Tou Fu with XO Sauce

Try this, it is a easy to prepared and delicious dish, goes well with a bowl of steaming rice or porridge.. and my favourite chilli.. yummy!

Just lightly deep fry the yong tou fu items and leave aside, then fry some garlic in oil, add xo sauce, oyster sauce and a little water, pour cooked gravy over the yong tou fu. You can try using black bean paste instead of xo sauce too.

MeMe - Before I was a Mom

Thanks Baking Fiends United for passing on this Meme to me, its the first one I've gotten and I'm really excited about it... So here it is....

Before I was a mom, I am LBT.... Before I was a mom, I've never frequent the kids department stores... Before I was a mom, I dont check the labels of the food I'm buying... Before I was a mom, I would cook everything spicy... Before I was a mom, I dun know who is Barney... Before I was a mom, I've never handled babies and I've never thought I could do it...

Before I was a mom, I never knew that all I've ever wanted to be, is being a mom...

I would like to pass this MEME to another pretty mom... Caroline @ Ting Family

Chicken Sausage Bun

Meet my chicken sausage buns. I so pleased with it. They are simply so delicious when freshly out of the oven.

I've burnt my mixer again... my 3rd one since i started baking. I've been baking for almost a year already. When I started, I couldn't even bake a simple sponge cake.. I looked back on all my previous bakes, gave myself a pat on the shoulder and hope I get better in the years to come.

And I must also thank people (you know who you are) who have put up with some of my lousy bakes along the way... :) And many fellow food bloggers whom I have learned so much from... THANK YOU!

Roast Chicken Salad

I was feeling like having salad for dinner one day, and came up with this Roast Chicken salad served with Japanese dressing.

Actually, I cheated, I bought lettuces and black pepper roast chicken thighs from Cold Storage... and simply put them together, topped with some walnuts I managed to extract from my box of Banana nut crunch cereals. I wonder if I could still label this as Home Cook Meals.. hehe...

3rd day of CNY

And finally, a lou hei session for our mj kakis before we start off our mj marathon...

2nd day of CNY

My family have a tradition of having lunch on the 2nd day of CNY, and its always at the same restaurant... we will take turn to buy. Last year was our turn, this year is Mark's. I have to put this down for record, cos every year, we will be asking... who's turn izzit now?

1st day of CNY

Ning is ready for her 1st day of the year of the RAT

1st we visited Ning's grandma...

Then we visited Ning's Great grandma...

And the lou hei...

The girls playing Train....

wait... the train driver needs a drink....

Cookies Cookies Cookies

Just wanna share with you some cookies I've bake for Chinese New Year.... and as you can see, I'm trying to catch up on my post... more to come, stay tuned. :)

White Chocolate and Nut Cookies Dun remember whats this call, its been so long.. hehe..
Mocha Daisies

Orange Melting Moments