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Christmas is on the way!! Have you start baking for Christmas?? This is the most excited month of the year... Christmas is here... My kids are busy in Sunday school. They are preparing some performance in the coming Christmas celebration in our church.  Shawn is going to perform a song and a dance together with his Sunday school friends. Today i am going to share a simple and light salad. This is another Bobby Flay's recipe. This is a good starter for a Christmas dinner. There is chopped apple, toasted walnut, some greens, with a light and sweet pomegranate vinaigrette.  Some crumble blue cheese is added too.   "If you aren't a fan of blue cheese," Flay says, "try substituting feta or goat cheese in the salad. Both pair really well with apples and pomegranates."  简单的开胃沙拉.. 石榴油醋是法式淋汁. 配上苹果,核桃,绿沙拉菜和山羊乳酪还挺搭配的. Crispy and juicy apples. Recipe call for baby spinach and endive which i don't have, i used romaine lettuce instead....

Y: This is one yummy roll, i love it mum!!  M: Do you want some more??  Y: Yes, yes, yes..more..more..more..please!!  The above is the conversation between mum and her little boy!! Indeed these rolls are fabulous. It is soft, fluffy and it stays soft until the next day. This rolls are so similar to the Kopitiam Milk Bun  here . This recipe uses straight dough method. 这 小餐包 超软，超香，超好吃呢！这餐包很像 甜牛奶面包 的口感和味道。 这食谱是用直接发可是程序有点不一样。 首先是将鲜奶煮温把奶油和糖加入拌均，待凉。把酵母加入温水拌至融化，产生小泡泡。把所有的材料（待凉的鲜奶，酵母和1/2杯面包粉）搅拌成面团。在搅拌的过程加入粉1/2杯量的慢慢加至加完。 Nice and golden crust, soft and fluffy inside bread rolls Simple looking bread rolls but it is so satisfying. It is so nice to have the roll on its own or dunk it with a cup of hot tea or coffee. I love the buttery smell from these rolls. It goes very well with a piece of luncheon meat or ham or bacon sandwich in the bun, again adding a slice of cheese, some mayo, a piece of lettuce and drizzle with tomato ketchup..Mmmm..YUM!! 面包适合用来夹培或午餐肉或汉...

Saw this in Yen's blog today. I know my family will love this hearty, comfort chicken dish so i immediately give it a try. It is true that we love it. According to Yen 'Fricassée' is a french method of cooking whereby meat is chopped up, sauteed and braised, then served with its sauce. The sauce of this chicken fricassee is very flavourful and the chicken is tender and moist.   These are some of the ingredients. Did you see my fresh rosemary...I bought a small rosemary plant today. Its on sale for 2.99 a small pot.     Chicken and streaky bacon    Seared the chicken skin side down.   Simmering...in brandy and chicken stock   Chicken Fricassée Recipe adapted from Baby Sumo which she adapted from Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Home Cooking Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 40 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 4 chicken maryland, jointed into 4 drumsticks and 4...

My first treat for apple strudel was a friend brought back some for me from Australia. It is so kind of her to bring it all the way back to me :) Miss that first bite of the apple strudel. The flaky crust and the moist and nice apple filling is so delicious.   I am going to choose a recipe from paula deen.com to join the fun in Cook Like a Star event. Saw this Apple Strudel recipe and i happen to have a box of phyllo pastry in the freezer, why not make it :D   A mug of black coffee and a piece of Apple Strudel. Would you like to join me ??       I am using pampas filo pastry       The filling in the apple strudel are Granny Smith apples, apple juice, golden raisin (i use dark raisin), lemon juice, brown sugar, cinnamon powder, pecan nuts and shortbread cookies. (i use marie biscuits) Adding shortbread cookies in apple strudel filing is new to me. I was wond...

This recipe  Banana Bread  from Bill Granger is a keeper. It is easy peasy to prepare and bake. The texture is soft and fine, more to dense but it is moist and so delicious to enjoy it with a cup of hot tea. The topping is a mixed of brown sugar, chopped almonds (i used almond nibs) and cinnamon powder, then its sprinkle onto the bread before sending to bake in the oven. This add extra flavour and  texture to this simple banana bread.  英语它叫做 Banana Bread (香蕉面包)不过它是蛋糕而不是我们认识的面包噢!! 这蛋糕有一层香香脆脆的表面层. 是杏仁角,桂皮粉和黄糖拌均后洒在蛋糕烤的. 味道香级了!!  F ragrance and c runchy top which will makes you want to have another piece....:p This is also a very good Christmas treat to give to friends, just wrap it up with a piece of pretty wrapper and a pretty bow :D 柔软的香蕉蛋糕配上一杯热茶, 来喝下午茶吧!!! Ingredients for the banana bread Banana Bread  Adapted from Good Food Channel By Bill Granger  Ingredients: 45 g light soft brown sugar 30 g almonds, choppe...

I bought some yellow split pea last week, thinking of cooking curry with them. But i change my mind after i read this Yellow Split Pea with Frankfurter soup in Nigella 'FEAST' ^_^ I found that i have all the needed ingredients in my fridge so i decided i am going to cook this.  This is a yummy soup although it is only vegetables and frankfurter. The sweetness taste of carrot, celery and the soup is thicken like a chowder by the cooked yellow split pea. I made some buns to go with it for a our lunch. This buns are made with the black bean okara that i kept in the fridge from making black soy milk. It is a recipe from Carol Hu in chinese here ( Okara  or  Soy Pulp  is a pulp consisting of insoluble parts of the  soybean  which remains after  pureed  soybeans are  filtered  in the production of  soy milk   and  tofu ) (info from wikipedia) My kids love it with the buns. They enjoy having their own lit...