Cheese and Herbs Buns

Cheese and Herbs buns anyone..?


..baking in the oven!


done!

Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese topping

I have been meaning to try this a looooong time ago and this I must say, is the shortest table life-span in this house, ever! Aida came over to get some recipes and proof read her lab report. It's been ages since I last touched or read a lab report and it was not fun but I remember how difficult it was so proof-reading it for her was nothing compared to actually doing it.

It's Anzac day so I made coconut rice (nasi lemak) with sambal kerang and some vegetables for lunch.

And then comes..


..yummylicious!

They were warm from the oven hence beautiful to have :cloud9: Frankly, it's not difficult to make. Just needs a little bit of patience and time. Oh and good quality fresh ingredients. I thought of having these for snack tomorrow night after my session but seeing how fast it disappeared from the table, was even more delightful!



So it's the end of holidays and tonnes of assignments and work awaits! Time to wake up now =)

Thai Beef Salad

Tried a dough recipe from Zack's fotopage. Didn't turn out well. Second time, still not as well. Tired from figuring what I did wrong with the dough, I made a simple beef salad dinner for us. I've saved a piece of rump steak to make this salad from one of my food mag.



The ingredients:
chinese cabbage (wombok)
carrots
tomatoes
1 chilli
lemongrass
red onion and garlic

And that's it! =) Simple eh? As for the dressing, some fish sauce, sugar and one lime (juiced). Season the steak (salt, pepper, olive oil) and throw it on your grill till medium then rest 5 mins and slice it up. Toss everything around and there you have a nice refreshing salad ;-)

Sweet Sour Fish and Tangy Squid Salad

These days we were always onto chicken or beef. So today we went to the market (again..!) and got ourselves a whole fish and some squids. I had browsed through some Asian recipes and decided to give ikan tiga rasa (sweet sour fish) and kerabu sotong (squid salad) a try.


..and wallah!

We bought perch fish, and the recipe is very very very easy. Fiance said it tastes better than the sweet sour fish we had in M'sia. Well, that means this recipe is a winner and for keep then! Thanks Kak Liza!

As for the kerabu sotong, is another very simple dish. When a recipe is easy and simple, trust the words from us students =)

Garlic, Feta and Herbs Pull-apart

please excuse the burnt top!


soft and pillowy..

Today I made this lovely pull-apart bread. Curious to know how it looks (the mag only has one small lousy pic of it =p ) and taste like, I decided to give it a try. And here's how it turned out!



I must admit, it does take a while to make this bread. The fiance almost gave up waiting but the end result was YUM!


..warm and buttery..

Well, for me it's definitely satisfying to see the end product doesn't end up in the trash bin nor take days to finish it. Sometimes it's not enough for some people, eh? =)

Chicken Tonight!

We bought haloumi cheese to give it a try tonight. People here almost always have grilled haloumi on the side of their barbequed dishes. It is rubbery when cut but once grilled, the outside stayed crisp and inside goo-ey and cheesy. Yum.

I found these 2 chicken recipes a while ago. I like this Rosemary and Lemon chicken..



while my fiance prefers this Balsamic and Herbs number (mind the burn) :P



Both were delightful. A rich and tangy taste from his while a mild and light version from mine. While the griller is hot and nice, I grilled some leftovers carrots, capsicums and cherry tomatoes from the bbq night and added some basil leaves to my salad dressing (olive oil, lemon and parsley). Then the grilled haloumi and roast potatoes. Perfect =)

Focaccia Bread

Boredom filled in. So here's Focaccia Bread my first try at making bread =) which then I made into several sandwiches including scrambled egg sandwich and cherry tomatoes with melted mozarella cheese. Frankly, this bread suits savoury fillings. I tried with cream cheese and decided I prefer savoury fillings. Next time, I'll roll out and rest the dough a bit longer to get a thicker and softer bread. Yum!

Kung Pao Chicken

Okay, honestly.. in the midst of excitement to see how this dish turns out, we forgot to take picture of the final product =p but here are pictures of it in the making =)


rice cooking, dip chicken in batter (cornflour n seasoning), fry!


the fried pieces of chicken


dried chillies, garlic and onions




sauce in the making!

Beef Skewers ans Strawberry Jalousie

We arranged for the BBQ set to be available for us Friday night. So friday night comes and here's what we made!

Dear finace marinated the chunk beef and made beef skewers with capsicums, onions and cherry tomatoes. I wanted to add haloumi but we couldn't find any good ones today at the market. Those cherry tomatoes were so juicy and sweet!



I on the other hand made a dessert. It's called Strawberry Jalousie. I've never heard of it either but it turned out delish! One was not enough so I made it twice yet still people had to fight over the last piece! It was crispy on the outside and the strawberries oozed out when cut. Yummy!

Vanilla Custard and Strawberry Scroll

As the fiance decided not to go work today, I woke up and made these scrolls! The recipe called for passionfruits but since we couldn't find a fresh one at the market yesterday, plus with the overflowing strawberries in the fridge, I made a change to strawberry scrolls instead. And here's how it turned out!

Frankly, I should have added sugar to the dough but I figured at the time that the custard and strawberry icing would have made it super sweet. My bad. Nevertheless, they were all gone by midnight =P

Chicken Soup and Strawberry Pudding

I realize we both enjoy cooking together on weekends when we have nothing to do. So today since it's a public holiday and most shops/groceries are closed, we decided to make something for dinner. He made chicken soup, which I had mine with some udon noodles that were on sale today, and he had his by its own. We ended swapping and he finished mine instead =p

With lots of strawberries in the fridge from handpicking them at the farm the other day, I decided to try french pudding. It turned out allright but although the recipe calls for brown sugar, I think using castor sugar would have made the strawberries looked nicer =) Nevertheless, the pudding didn't even last 5 hours on the table. All gone!