Toasted banana and pork floss sandwich

This is a simple toast sandwich. 

I have a 3 day old banana at home. Inspired by a recipe in Facebook Plate & Palate group who used floss in a wrap, I decided to do mine with floss & banana too.

Recipe

Cut a piece of bread into 2.

Slice n place some pieces of bananas onto one side of the bread

Put some pork floss onto the bananas.

Butter the other piece of bread n make a sandwich

Preheat oven to 170 .

Put the bread into a tray or aluminum foil.

Heat each side for 10 minutes till bread is crispy.

Enjoy it!

Tastes sweet n salty at the same time :)

Yummy!

After toasting

Char kway teow

My first plate of char kway teow. Not too bad in the looks department :)

Next time I shall add a bit more kecap manis to sweeten it a little.

I followed Noobcook's recipe please see the full recipe through this link

http://www.noobcook.com/char-kway-teow/2/

Below is a photo of ingredients I used

My portion is double the original recipe for 3 adults portion

Recipe

I used an entire packet of kway teow 400 gm ( Fortune brand)

About 100 gm of hokkien noodles ( Sakura brand)

Some red wine lup cheong sliced thinly 

I bought Golden Palm brand - ready sliced very convenient 

2 eggs

1 stalk of chye sim cut up

2 strand of spring onion cut up 

A few garlic minced 

A fistful of bean sprouts

1 large fish cake sliced

The sauce for char kway teow 

I used Tai Hua dark sauce about 2 tablespoon

Kecap manis I used 1 tablespoon because I read wrongly should use 2.5 or 3 tablespoon 

Fish sauce 1 tablespoon

About 2 tablespoon water during frying 

Heat enough oil in the wok and fry the garlic till fragrant

Please swirl the oil around the wok so that the kway teow won't stick to wok 

Then add in the noodles, kway teow n the fish cake, lup cheong and sauce 

Quickly stir fry everything using high heat

Make sure the noodles n kway teow gets brown colour from the sauce 

I added a little water at this point

Then I added in the vegetables and bean sprouts 

Stir fry quickly till vegetables are almost cooked

Add in the eggs and stirfry till cooked

Serve warm

Ingredients in the wok

Added in vegetables 

Ready to eat!

Happy cooking!

Toast and kiwi egg ramekins

These make quite a filling breakfast and today I made them even healthier by doing in kiwi fruit.

Recipe for one portion 

Ingredients

1 piece of white bread - edges removed

Some butter (SCS) or margarine ( e.g. Planta)

1 slice of green kiwi ( not too thick)

1 egg

Some salt and black pepper 

1 ramekin greased with butter

1 small baking tray

Grease the ramekin

Prepare the white bread n butter the surface

Place the bread unbuttered side down into the ramekin

Place a slice of kiwi on the bottom 

Crack an egg into the ramekin

Sprinkle a bit of salt on the egg

Oven preheat to 190c

Place ramekin onto tray n bake for about 17 -20 minutes 

The toast should not be too brown

The egg will still be a bit runny

Serve it with a sprinkle of black pepper 

Kiwi on bread

Add the egg

Inside 

Enjoy with your morning cuppa!

Nestum Cookies with chocolate chips

Nestum cookies are not new in Singapore or other countries but it is my first try using it. 

I saw a few recipes online and came across this recipe from Happy Flour. 

http://happyflour.blogspot.sg/2009/07/nestum-cookies-crisp.html?showComment=1437141662038&m=1

I followed the ingredients and steps but I did not grease the tray. Instead I lined it for easy removal of my cookies. 

I also added in chocolate chips into the dough instead of decorating the top of the cookies with chocolate rice.

Some of the ingredients 

Chocolate chips inside the dough

It feels a bit dry to me but the cookies turned out great

I applied milk to the surface before baking

Bake for about 17 mins at 170c 

Original recipe is 175c for 15 -20 until they hardened. Can make 34 pcs of cookies. 

Happy Baking! 

Mixed apples and dates salad

With Hari Raya coming soon, dates are on sale everywhere in the neighbourhood shops and supermarkets.

I decided to use dates and add into apple salad

There are quite a few recipes about apple salads in the web and I adjusted to create my own

Recipe 

Ingredients

1 green apple

1 red apple 

3-4 dates

A handful of sliced almonds

Cider vinegar

2 tablespoon honey

2 tablespoon mayonnaise 

Method 

Salad dressing

Mix 2 tablespoon honey and 2 tablespoon mayonnaise and 1 teaspoon of cider vinegar together.

Pan fry or toast a handful of almond slices and set aside 

Cut up 1 green and 1 red apple into cubes and put in a medium bowl

Dice up the meat of 3-4 dates and add into the apples

Spoon the prepared salad dressing over the apples and mix

Sprinkle with the almond slices 

Serve as a snack 

I pan fried my almond slices 

Cider vinegar

Dates from Israel

This salad is really good. Try it :)

Chocolate chip cookies

These cookies are quite delicious the exterior is crunchy but the inside is a bit soft. They are suitable for young children.

I think using the Ghiradelli chocolate chips helped as they are large and slightly melted after baking.

I referred to Hershey's recipe and this is how I did it with a bit of adjustments 

https://www.hersheys.com/recipes/en-us/recipes/other/5368/hersheys-perfect-chocolate-chip-cookies

Ingredients 

125gm unsalted butter (Emborg brand)

3/4 cup brown sugar

3/4 caster sugar

Vanilla extract

2 eggs - use 90gms

2 & 1/4 cup plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup Hershey's cocoa powder

1 cup Ghiradelli chocolate chips

Method 

Beat 125 gm unsalted slightly softened Emborg butter with 3/4 cup caster sugar and 3/4 cup brown sugar with some vanilla extract

Then add 90g beaten egg divided into 2 portions and beat well

Sift 2 and 1/4 cup of plain flour with 1 tsp baking soda n 1/2 tsp salt n 1 cup Hershey cocoa powder

Divide the flour by 3 portions and beat in 

It will get harder by 3rd portion 

Add in 1 cup of the chocolate chips n stir in using spatula

Line your trays

Drop heaped teaspoonful onto tray

Bake at 180 c for 10 mins

Cool on wire rack. The cookies will harden upon cooling.

Before baking

After baking

See the melted chocolate chip?

Enjoy these with your hot coffee or tea :)

Cheesy macaroni with minced beef casserole

This wonderful delicious recipe is from Ashley Wagner and her recipe link is here

http://www.centercutcook.com/cheesy-macaroni-and-beef-casserole/

It was full flavoured with cheese and the minced beef.

The top was also amazing with cheese and panko crumbs!

I did mine as a reduced portion and I skipped chili powder

Ingredients (reduced portion)

1/4 piece Onion chopped, 1 large pc garlic chopped, 300 gm minced beef, 1/2 can of diced tomatoes (about 200 gm), macaroni about 200 gm, paprika n black pepper and salt, lite sour cream 1/2 cup, milk 2 tablespoon, oil for frying

Panko crumbs 1/2 cup 

Shredded cheddar cheese slightly more than 2 cups

Method

1. Cook macaroni and drain water and set aside 

2. Prepare beef

Please fry the onions with about 1 tablespoon oil till a bit translucent

Add in the garlic and fry for about 30 seconds

Turn fire to low heat now

Add in the minced beef, salt 1/2 teaspoon, sprinkle black pepper and paprika and fry till beef is browned

You may need to adjust by adding a little oil so that the beef won't stick to base of pan

Now add in the diced tomato with juice and fry for a while more.

Now add in the macaroni, the sour cream n milk n the cheddar cheese 1 cup. Stir for awhile . Off the fire and stir evenly.

3. Baking 

Place into a casserole ( I used a round glass one)

Cover the macaroni top with 1/2 cup or more cheddar cheese 

Top with 1/2 cup of Panko crumbs

Do not expose macaroni or they turn hard

Bake in oven at 190 degree Celsius for about 30 minutes and the top browns nicely . I did turn the dish at about 15 mins for more even browning.

Frying beef with tomato

Added macaroni 

Added the other ingredients sour cream, milk, cheddar cheese

See the cheese melted?

Cover with more cheese  ( I didn't cover enough so a bit of macaroni hardened)

Cover with Panko crumbs 

Browned nicely and smells so great!

The next day I warmed again to eat as lunch

Enjoy the casserole!