Showing posts with label recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recipe. Show all posts

Sunday, 12 February 2012

soba noodles with eggplant and mango







mango soba noodle salad

healthy and delicious, the recipe for this noodle salad is from "Plenty" by Yotam Ottolenghi
an awesome recipe book we saw at anthropologie.

so many things going on these days.. i dont even think of updating.. but we still get some random visitors. so lets keep this going!

- wl

Saturday, 24 December 2011

christmas baking









finally done my finals.. :) but i still have two papers to write.. :( i must finish them soon! christmas is tomorrow and its sooo warm out.. but i don't mind. the warmer the better :) anyways.. i baked lemon raspberry muffin a few weeks ago.. and a few days ago we baked christmas cookies! which consist of key-lime melts (smitten kitchen), cranberry oatmeal cookie (bon appetit) and coconut shortbread (recipe from smitten kitchen)!

- wl

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

poached eggs in tomato sauce with chickpeas and feta

POACHED EGGS IN TOMATO SAUCE WITH CHICKPEAS AND FETA

Ingredients:
1/4 cup olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
4 Cloves of garlic, chopped
2 jalapenos, seeded and chopped (we didn't add, optional)
1 15oz can chickpeas drained (optional, a better alternative would be frozen peas)
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp ground cumin
3 large tomatoes, crushed with juice
1/2 cup feta cheese
3 large eggs (can add more)
1 tbsp chopped cilantro
1 tbsp chopped parsley warm pita bread






Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 425F, Heat oil in a large stoveproof skillet over medium high heat. Add onion, garlic and jalapenos. Cook and stir occasionally, until onions are soft (around 8 minutes). Add chickpeas, paprika and cumin. Cook for another 2 minutes.
2) Add crushed tomatos and juice.
3) Bring to boil, reduce heat to medium low and simmer. Stir occasionally until mixture thickens for around 15 min)
4) Season to taste with salt and pepper
5) Sprinkle feta over sauce 6) Crack eggs one at a time and place over sauce, spacing evenly apart 7) Transfer skillet to oven and bake until whites are just set but yolks are still runny, 5-8 minutes. Garnish with cilantro 8) Serve with pita


*Recipe from The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen* my sister and i made this the other day, i actually found this recipe when i was flipping through some magazines after working out. as u can see in the pictures we over cooked ours, but it still tasted great! we adjusted the recipe to our taste

- wl

Monday, 14 November 2011

chinese almond cookies

my second attempt making some chinese almond cookie







Ingredients:

3 cups of flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup almond grinded to powder
1 tsp salt
6 oz (170g) butter
6 oz (170g) shortening
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 ounce (30ml) water
1 tablespoon almond extract

topping:

24 almonds
1 large egg


Directions:

1) Whisk flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, almond powder together
2) Cream butter with sugar and 1 egg, almond extract and water. Mix until smooth.
3) Combine dry and liquid ingredients together
4) Shape dough in 1 inch balls, almond on top and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
5) Beat egg lightly then paint on the dough with egg
6) Bake 350F for 20 minutes, or until golden brown

*you may prefer to use unsalted butter instead*

Thursday, 18 August 2011

happy fruit tart






Awhile back i made fruit tarts for my mother's birthday. It was a success! Even though the crust/shell was a bit hard.. but still very tasty! Seems like i have no time to bake these days.. all i do is work..
but im heading to vancouver tomorrow!! i will take LOTS of pictures!

- wl