Hello Kitty Waffles

Thanks to my dear friend Queena for giving me the iron molding to do this
Recipe coming soon
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Dog Peanut Butter Yam Cookies

Recipe coming soon..
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Starbucks Banana Bread Recipe

This is always the winner of office snack.
I found this amazing recipe via Food.com
Again, I like changing up the recipe just to see the result.
Love it!

Bake it on your Sunday night and bring it to work on a busy Monday.

Ingredients:
2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Salt
1 Egg
1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Melted Butter
2 tsp Yogurt (Plain or any flavor)
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
3 Ripe Bananas, mashed
1/2 Cup Walnuts, chopped

How-to:
1. Mix butter, salt, sugar, vanilla extra along with the bananas
2. Add egg and yogurt, mix for 30 sec
3. Add dry ingredients to the mixture: flour and baking soda until combined
4. Spray oil onto the baking pan, add mixture and sprinkle walnuts on top
5. Bake 325'F 45-60 min

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Starbucks Blueberry Muffin Recipe

Saw some fresh blueberries in the market today.
So I decided to come home and make some delicious muffins.
Luckily, I found this yummy Starbucks recipe via Starbucks Restaurant At Home
I changed it up a little for the ingredients I have at home.
Turns out great!
Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:
1 Cup All Purpose Flour
1 Cup Cake & Pastry Flour
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1 Stick Butter (Room temperature)
1 Cup Sugar
2 Eggs
2 tsp Vanilla extract
1/2 Cup 2% milk
2 Cups Fresh Blueberries

Streusel Topping:
4 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon flour
2 teaspoons vegetable oil

How-to:
1. Cream butter, vanilla, sugar and salt together
2. Add eggs, mix for 2 mins
3. Add all the sieved flour and baking powder into the mixture , mix on slow
4. Gradually add milk in the mixture
5. Last, mix berries into the batter with hand, do not over mix this part
6. In a seperate bowl, mix Streusel toppings together, it should become a sandy texture
6. Sprinkle topping on the cupcakes and Bake 350'F 25-30min

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Homemade Apple Beef Burger

Whats better than homemade burger for this Summer?
Try making this fresh and easy recipe.

Ingredients:
1.5 lb Ground beef
1/2 Large Onion (or 1 small)
1/2 Apple
1/3 Milk
1/2 Day-old Bread
1 Tsp Butter
1 Tsp Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper

How to:
1. Soak bread pieces in milk, after soften up, squeeze out and discard the milk
2. Chop onion into fine strips and saute with butter, until golden brown
3. Peel and chop the apple
4. Add all the ingredients into a bow
6. Mix the burger with hand but not to over mix it
7. Divide into 8, make them into a burger shape
8. Grill burger on the BBQ, server with cheese and salsa

Salsa Recipe:
1 Roman Tomato, chopped
10-20 Cherry Tomato, halved
3 Cloves of garlic, minced
1 Tsp Olive Oil
1/2 Lime juice
4 Leaves Basil, chopped
Salt & Pepper

1. Mix all ingredient together except salt.
2. Leave it in the fridge and add salt before serving.

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Veggie Spring Rolls

A friend saw this picture and asked me for the recipe!
I think I should also share with all of you too.
Hope you will enjoy this Veggie Spring Rolls =)

Ingredients:
-Cabbage 1/4
-Carrot 1
-Dried Tofu 2
-Shitake Mushroom 3
-Dried Flat Mushroom aka. "Wood Ear" 2
-Eggs 2+1
-Garlic 3 cloves (Optional)
-Spring Roll Wraps 1 pack (Large size)

Seasoning:
-Salt 1.5 tsp
-White Pepper 1/4 tsp
-Soy Sauce 1Tsp
-Five Spice a pinch
-Chicken Seasoning (Or Mushroom seasoning to make it vegan)

Recipe:
1. Slice all the ingredients except the last three; Mince Garlic
2. Beat 2 Eggs and Fried them like the crepe, then slice
3. Add Oil to a bit pot, on medium heat, stir fry the ingredients in order, 15-20min
4. Drain All liquid from the pot, let cool
5. Cut Spring Roll wraps to quarters, fill around 1 tsp veggie filling per roll, seal with Egg wash (1 Egg + same amount of water)
6. Heat Frying oil on medium, use chopstick to hold the opening of the spring roll and lightly drop it to the oil. Hold the spring roll in the oil for 10 sec before let it fry on itself to prevent breaking. Around 10min.

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Jamican Beef Patties

I visited my boyfriend at work today and he treated me a Beef Patty. It was very doughy and not much filling in it. So I wanted to challenge this recipe and make it at home. After I did some research and watched a few Youtube videos. I see a lot of food coloring and flavoring used. I come up with a modified recipe and turn out awesome. Feel free to share with your friends and families.

Beef Filling: 
1/3 Pound Grounded Beef 1/2 Onion (Finely sliced) 
3 Thai Red chillie (optional) 
1 tsp Vegetable Oil 
1/4 Sugar 
1 tsp Curry Powder 
1/8 tsp Black Pepper 
1/2 tsp Salt 
1 tsp Soy Sauce 
1/4 Water 
3 Slices Toast (or same amount of any other bread) 

How: 
1. First on high heat, add oil, sautee the onion with sugar 
2. When onion are soften up, on low heat add ground beef curry powder, black pepper, salt 
3. In the mean while, blend water with toast to make a mixture (I used magic bullet) 
4. Add bread mixture and soy sauce to the pot, turn it back on high and give it a few stir to reduce moisture 
5. It will be ready when its thicken up

Flaky Dough: 

2 Cups All-purpose Flour 

1/4 tsp Salt 

1/8 tsp Baking Powder 

1/2 tsp Curry Powder 

4 Tsp Vegetable Shortening 

4 Tsp Cold Butter 

1/3 Cup Cold Water 

How: 

1. In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking powder and curry powder 

2. Cut butter in small pieces, add to flour along with shortening 

3. Break the fat apart in the flour, leaving small lumps is okay 

4. Add cold water to make it a dough, do not over work it, as soon the dough comes together its ready to use

Assemble Beef Patties: (Makes 12) 

How: 

1. Divide the dough into 12 pieces 

2. Dust flour on working surface, roll the dough into a 0.5cm thick 

3. Cut circle using a bowl, approx. 4 inches wide 

4. Add 1.5 tsp beef filling, fold in half and use water to seal the edge 

5. Using a fork to press the edge for a security seal 

6. At 400F' Bake 20-25min (you can also freeze them raw and bake later on)

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Cake Pops

This is my second time making cake pops.
I did my research before I start making them.
Turn out great!
Here is a few things to pay attention on:
1- Portion of the cake pop has to be right, not too big, not too small
2- Dip the stick with a bit of chocolate before insert to the cake pop
3- Chocolate cannot be over heat
4- Adding a little of shortening to reduce the thicken chocolate
5- Work with 6-8 cake pops at a time while dipping process and leave the rest in the fridge
6- Leave cake pops in room temperature to let dry
7- Give them away to friends and family!
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Mushroom Chicken Tart

The baking class for the week is TART!
Everything went pretty well.
Here is the Mushroom chicken tart recipe, enjoy!

Tools:
Stainless steels bowl
Scale
Rolling pin
Pie mold
Plastic wrap
Knife, Cutting board
Pan

Tart dough recipe

Chicken mushroom tart fillings:
Chicken breast 1.5- 2
Mushrooms 2 cups
Onion 1/2
Eggs 3
Seasoned salt 1 tsp
Herbs 1/4 tsp
Oil 2 Tsp
Salt 1 tsp

How to:
1)Slice and Season the chicken breast with seasoned salt and herbs
2)Chop up mushrooms and onion
3)Pan fry the chicken, mushrooms and onion on high heat, let cool
4)Beat the eggs, add salt and the pre-cooked toppings, pour slowly into the pie shell
5)Bake 180’c (375’f) 15- 20mins


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Creamcheese fruit tart

For this recipe, you will need,

Tools:
Stainless steels bowl
Egg mixer
Piping bag and tips
Scale
Rolling pin
Pie mold
Plastic wrap
Fork


Ingredients:
1) All purpose flour 180g, Butter 100g, Icing Sugar 45g, Milk powder 25g, Egg 1
2) Cream cheese 200g, Whipping cream 200ml, Sugar 70g, Fresh fruit

How to:

1)Cut the cold butter into small cubes, using the hand to mix it into flour, icing sugar and milk powder

2)Add 1 egg, to form the dough. Do not over work the dough

3)Wrap the dough in plastic wrap, let it rest 20mins

4)Roll the dough flat and fit it in the pie mold, use a fork to put holes on the pie shell
5)Bake 160’c (350’f) 25mins, let cool

6)Whip up the cream and sugar together, add room temperature cream cheese cubes, mix well
7)Fill the pie with cream cheese mixture and decorate with fresh fruits

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