Low lying Bananas tree

On Saturday Jun 26, after my gal attended her friend birthday party. While walking along Yuk Hong Ave, on the road side we saw this low lying bananas tree. It was so low lying that one can easily reach for the bananas.

Even my gal could reach and touch the bananas. Opps ! A grouchy look after a long afternoon playing, good things is she still pose for me ;p hahhaha

Jun School Holiday Over

Time sure flies.....

Today kids are back to school. A sneak of son lunch box. Cheese Bread, M&M cookies & Cherry. Got the same items for my gals just minus the cherry.

My family misses my cheese bread & cookies. To have a head start for school today, my son requested for M&M cookies so that he could bring school and share with his friend.

I've use a different recipe for my usual cheese bread this round, result well received

Ingredient
500g bread flour
100g castor sugar
5gm salt
15g milk powder
10g instant yeast
1 egg
240g cold water
50g soft butter

Method
Sequence per Bread Maker - choose dough option

My New Toaster Oven & Pizza

My toaster oven end its journey last Sunday morning (20 Jun), when i tried to heat up the Swedish meat ball. My kids were so upset, as they can no longer use the toaster oven on their own. Immediately on Sunday night, I booked my new Philips toaster oven (out of stock). Finally the stock arrived today. Hubby and I quickly rush down Carrefour to pickup.

My Pre n New Love

After cleaning up the toaster oven. My kids reminder me of the pizza, I took out the 9" cheese & tomato pizza from the freezer and started cooking it.

When the pizza is ready, I could see my kids smiles beaming away.

Peach Cake

Bake this Peach Cheesecake for my mama birthday.

Ingredients
Base :
120g digestive biscuits
60g butter, melted

Method

1. Put biscuits in a plastic bag and crush it with rolling pin
2. In a bowl add melted butter and mix well with the biscuit crumb
3. Press into a 8" springform / detachable cake tin. Refrigerate for abt 30 mins

Ingredients - Filling
250g cream cheese
60g brown sugar
2 eggs
1 can peach - 300 gm cube peach, balance peach slice them for decoration

200g Marigold non fat yoghurt peach mango

Filling :

1. Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth
2. Add egg and mix well
3. Mix cube peach, yogurt and cheese mixture together
4. Pour mixture into chilled base and bake at 180c for 40 -45 mins or until firm.
5. Need to refrigerate after cool and serve with top peach slice

Cake before cosmetic

Pomelo Fruit

Spotted this pomelo tree nearby home probably a month ago. Though I've been staying there for many many years, I've never notice it. In fact, this is also the 1st time I could identified a tree from its leaves. (I'm really proud of that, ahem...)

Today, I passed by this tree and saw it's bearing some lovely fruit ~ Pomelo

Lontong & Satay Chicken

Tonight dinner is ... Lontong & Satay Chicken.

Ingredients
1 packet Hai's Instant Lontong Paste
250ml Carnation evaporated milk
800ml water
long beans, cabbage (amount as desired)
2 pcs deep fried firm bean curd 豆干 (cut into triangular halves)
Hard boiled eggs
Lontong rice (I cooked this mini satay rice cake with my mini thermal pot)

Method

Heat up frying pan and stir fry 1 packet of instant lontong paste till fragrant.
Add in vegetables and fry for a short while
Add water and evaporated milk and transfer to thermal pot. Bring boiled mixture and put into the outer pot for further cooking.

My kids don't like lontong, so they have stir fried chicken satay with rice cake.

1 packet of ready to stir fry chicken satay. Stirred fried chicken over with 1 tsp of oil till cooked and fragrant.

Mee Siam

Wasn't planning to cook dinner tonight, was at NTUC walking and saw Mee Siam Paste on offer. It seems easy to make. Hmmm my thought was if i could find Tamarind paste and all other ingredients, I shall make Mee Siam as dinner tonight ...

Proudly presenting you ....

Ingredients (Serves 4 persons)
1 packet Hai's instant Mee Siam Paste
1 tbsp oil fry with garlic
300g Brown Rice Vermicelli (soak in water for 4 mins to soften)
100g bean sprouts
1 small stalk chives (cut into sections)
100g tamarind paste (mix with 300ml water and strain for juice)
100g sugar
700ml water
5 hard boil eggs
50g dried prawn (wash, soak and microwave or fry)
8pcs dried Tofu Puff / Tau Pau (lightly oven and diced into small pieces)

Method

1. Stir fry half a packet of instant mee siam paste with oil & garlic till fragrant
2. Add vermicelli and bean sprouts continue to stir fry till well blend and set aside
   
3. In another pot boil 700ml of water
4. Pour in the other half packet of mee siam paste
5. Add tamarind juice and sugar
6. Simmer until fragrant

Serving Suggestion
Egg, Chives, lime, dried prawn, tofu puff