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[tianzhu]

Thank you for your help.


Any recipes for home cooked yam cake, carrot cake and hgoh hiang?

[sunflower]

Cranberry:

If you like Chinese soups, I find this website http://www.homemade-chinese-soups.com good. Simple instructions and got pictures to see some more.

Hi Cranberry, thanks for your Chinese soup website. Looks yummy...slurp...

[PlayfulFairy]

There are many recipes here: http://www.wokkingmumblogspot.com.

haha I love to cook and aspire to be like the French chefs, ie: serve delectable food on big plates with some herbs as garnishes...

[MLR]

Tonite, didn't feel like firing up the stove, so make western food: Oven grilled salmon with teriyaki sauce served with steam broccoli, carrots and mashed pumpkin.


Mashed pumpkin, healthier alternative to mash potatoes and even covers portion of veg if no time to do veg at all.

Ingredients: Estimate 150g of pumpkin per person (I prefer Jap pumpkin, cos its sweeter, Australia butternut squash can be used too), olive oil, salt, pepper, fresh thyme (optional)

1. Cut pumpkin into slices, cut off skin removing all green parts, cut into small chunks, steam in microwave on high for 5 mins.
2. After steaming, put them on a pan (for roasting), drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle a pinch of salt, dash of pepper, a sprig of thyme, toss well.
3. Put pumpkin into a preheated 180 degrees Celsius oven for 10 mins (2 persons portion) or 15 mins (4 persons portion).
4. Take out, remove the thyme and mashed the soft and yummy mix with a fork til all lumps disappear.
5. Ready to serve.

Oven Grilled Salmon:

Ingredients: Salmon fillet (I just use NTUC bought), olive oil, salt, pepper, teriyaki sauce (just use any preferred brand or hoisin sauce mixed with water, dash of cooking wine, grated fresh ginger)

1. Rubbed some olive oil, salt and black pepper onto fillets of salmon.
2. Put them skin side down on a non-stick grill pan and into preheated oven set at 200 degrees Celsius for 8 to 10 mins.
3. When the salmon becomes opaque, smear the terriyaki/hoisin sauce mix and heat for another 2 mins.
4. Turn the fillet over gently, cos it does break apart. Grill the skin side for 5 mins till browned.
5. Smear on the sauce and grill for another 2 mins.
6. Ready to serve.

In the meantime, steam cut broccoli and carrots wedges in microwave oven for 4 mins on high. When its done just toss with a slight drizzle (1/2 teaspoon) of olive oil and pinch of salt and black pepper.

In place of steam broccoli/carrots, can do steam sweet peas, snow peas, grill asparagus, bell peppers (red, yellow), baby tomatoes, etc. If you do grilling, drizzle olive oil, salt and pepper before put to grill.

In place of salmon, can grill Saba fish, boneless chicken thigh and pork chops which can be seasoned with the same hoisin sauce mixed with some crushed garlic, and my all time easy favourite sausages like chipolatas, German bauerwurst, or snapper fillets lightly seasoned with a herb bland of corriander, young ginger, salt. All which can all be bought from NTUC Fairprice.

We opened a nice bottle of Riesling to go with it, DS enjoy the meal with Pokka carrot juice. :celebrate:

[thebusybee]

MLR,

Your Grilled Salmon recipe came in time, will try it out as i still have a piece of salmon in my freezer, was wondering how to cook it (never have the chance to as it's always eaten raw)

I love to cook Western too - so much easier as compared to Chinese's 3+1三菜一汤

The most recently I cook for family was a week ago, had the mood for Western so went shopping and cook up quite a bit:

http://www.postimage.org/


1)Grilled potatoes with Bratwurst sausages & onions. (boil potatoes for 10min, drained and drizzle with olive oil and grilled/baked with the rest of ingredients)

2)Grilled chicken marinated with olive oil and premixed seasoning from butcher (don't know the ingredients, it was from my sis)

3)Pan fried pork chop marinated with light & dark soy sauce, sugar & sesame oil.

4)Tried making Jamie's handmade pasta, edible but somehow not really a success. (Boil pasta and tossed with olive oil and cherry tomatoes)

5)Mixed veg : broccoli, baby corn & carrot. (cook in water for a few minutes, strained and pan fried with garlic and seasoned with salt))

6)Pan fried mushrooms with garlic, finished with white/rice wine. (i used Jap mushroom - i think called Bunashimeji & Nametake)

AND

Sinful desert:

Betty Crocker's Angel White with Whipped Cream and Fruits

http://www.postimage.org/

[ChiefKiasu]

thebusybee:

... Sinful desert...

But it's more sinful for you to post the pictures... now you've made me pine for some of those potatoes and sausages you have on your table :drool: . And that lovely berries delight :love: .

[buds]

OMG!


Cannot look.. Cannot look..

I'm not hungry... I'm not hungry...

Just keep swimming... Just keep swimming... swimming... :lol:
(Sorry, i'm still in Finding Nemo mode this morning... esp aft...)

Seeing all those FOOD! Wah lao!

Cannot come this thread again! DANGER!

Gawd, i lurve potatoes..

[MLR]

Hiya thebusybee, WOW What a feast.... :drool: Me love Betty Crocker products too. If your salmon is frozen, remember to thaw it out totally and pat dry before cooking. Where do you get your salmon thats fresh enough to eat it raw?


I seldom get to cook for more than 2 adults and a kiddo. My mom is a excellent cook, so when its family meal she is the cook. I love the challange of having different friends coming over for dinner/get together and planning a menu that everyone will find something that they like. And I get a chance to play with the gadgets and appliances ... :idea:

[thebusybee]

hee..hee...


The colourful pictures make you guys drool....

I love food with combination of colours - good presentation trick people to think the food must be tasty just by the look of it, which helps to gain points for the cook,haha...

MLR:

If your salmon is frozen, remember to thaw it out totally and pat dry before cooking. Where do you get your salmon thats fresh enough to eat it raw?

Hey thanks for the tips. Actually salmon is the least fave fish for me, i love mackerel/batang, threadfin, promfret ....those more exp white fish ..

I usually buy raw salmon from the sushi section in Cold Storage / Isetan, hubby loves raw fish.

MLR:

Me love Betty Crocker products too.

Came across this cake mix in Cold Storage a month ago when i wanted to bake BD cake for nephew to celebrate in his CC. At first bought Angel Cake Mix, then realised it;s too soft to add any icing/topping. So bought 4 packets of SuperMoist Yellow to make a large cake for 100+ kids and staff in the centre (tried the cream cheese icing - again edible but too soft for piping & decor).

Cake mix is real easy but i find Betty's too sweet.

Have you got any easy cake recipe to share?

This is the picture of the cake i made. (more like a trial run for son's BD in 3 months' time )
http://www.postimage.org/

[sunflower]

Sorry, side track a bit. May I know what is the best recommended oven for cooking? Has anyone tried those "water" oven??