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Granola?? It is nice?? It is rough like eating pieces of cardboard? What is it anywhere mum??   My boys were asking me this when i am preparing this. I guess kids grow up in Asian have less chances taking whole grains compare to those in the west. Does your kids facing this too?? or it is just mine  =p Not anymore, i am making my own granola. This granola is so versatile. Be it for breakfast on milk or having it on its own as snack. My boys get the chance to learn how to eat this and they enjoy snacking on it now. They love it on yogurt and they like it as pudding or simple parfait like this   格兰诺拉麦片？？ 是什么来得？是粗粮吗？ 好吃吗？这是我家的宝贝问的。。在亚洲成长的孩子比较少接触粗粮或麦食吧! 不晓得您家的宝贝是否也是如此呢？ 格兰诺拉麦片其实很好吃又健康。里面包含着燕麦，坚果（这里我用了山胡桃，南瓜籽，芝麻）果干（我用了葡萄干，蔓越莓干）还加了蜂蜜，黄糖和少许的盐。把这些材料都拌均，烤香就是自制机的格兰诺拉麦片 （Granola） Homemade Granola (Annabel's Granola) Recipe adapted from Annabel's Kitchen-My first cookbook makes 6-8 portions Ingredients: 175 g rolled oats   70 g coarsely chopped pecan ...

Happy Chap Goh Mei to dear All! Hope that you have been having a wonderful and auspicious celebration. My kids are having a holiday for today and will be resume back to school tomorrow. We are having a great time enjoying good time and good food with relatives and friends. How time files today the Lunar New Year will be over. This year i made my own 'Rou Gan'. 'Rou' in Chinese means meat and 'Gan' mean dried , then both words get together means dried meat or Dried BBQ meat . This is a super popular food in CNY and it is very addictive. My Oh my!! Look at this juicy Bak Kwa. 肉干自己DIY 今年想再来自制肉干。   去年有尝试做了，不过效果不是我喜欢的。   今年又再次挑战！很开心，效果很好呢！！谢谢这三位格友的分享。（Cheryl,Shannon和Sonia）三位的食谱都大同小异不过技巧各有千秋。Cheryl把Cognac加入，味道很香。   Shannon 的调料加了少许的食油让烤好的肉干不会太干。她也把调好的肉碎用擀面棍擀平，很方便厚度刚刚好。Sonia的简单调料和储藏技巧很棒。以上纯粹是个人的喜爱部分，可能您有您的看法。不过自己DIY的肉干可靠（你知道加了什么好料进去而不是防腐剂或添加剂什么的）又超好吃呢！！ Homemade Chinese Pork Jerky （自制肉干） Recipe refer to:   Sonia aka nasi lemak lover ...

Do you find these bride and groom strawberries lovely... Chocolates always makes desserts and sweets so special. In this fun, party treat it is chocolate and strawberry pairing together as one. Prepare this several hours ahead to surprise your guess or friends. I made once make these to cheer a friend on her wedding anniversary- here  and now for another friend's wedding ^_^     Lovely Tuxedo and wedding Gown Chocolate Strawberries   Pour plain chocolate and white chocolate into 2 heat proof bowls      The cookng chocolate have to be melted to a runny consistency in order to get a smooth and neat coating on the strawberry.   ( Tuxedo and Wedding Gown Chocolate Strawberries) White and Dark Chocolate-dipped Strawberries   Recipe adapted from the book of 'Mini Sweets' by Sunil Vijayakar and here   (a video clip with useful tips for m...

Kaya or coconut egg jam, on toast is pratically a national breakfast in Singapore. It can be order at just about any kopi tiam (coffee shop). Such a breakfast is the breakfast enjoyed and loved by many in Malaysia and Singapore. A wonderful tradisionaln treat to have in the morning for breakfast  A kaya toast with a cup of kopi O     Today i am going to share cooking Kaya in the mircowave oven. Yes, cooking Kaya in the Mircowave oven. Homemade Kaya from the mircowave oven :) Have you ever thought of cooking your own kaya?? Before i learn this cooking kaya in mircowave method i was like 'Neh!! take up to much time to cook it. I can always buy a small tub with $2.40 for 240grams. Furthermore cooking your own sometimes if  the kaya is slightly over, it will become rough and lumpy. But now with this cooking kaya in the mircowave method NOT ANYMORE!! With this method i can cook k...

  I have never make my own puff pastry before but this time i am going to challenge it :D A blogger friend gave me this book 'Ready for Dessert' by David Lebovitz, i found the recipe for quick puff pastry in this book. This recipe uses butter and not pastry margerine which is what i am looking for. After reading from this book then i only know that making puff pastry you need to "takes six turns to roll it out", but this quick recipe only need to do the first four all at once, then the last two later. Another thing special about this recipe is, David uses a mix of all purpose flour with  whole wheat flour and that whole wheat flour balances out what some might consider an injudicious amout of butter in the dough. - shared from the book :)       Thank you Joyce !! I love this cook book ^_^ ***************** Are you interested to make your own quick puff pastry too?? I use this puff pastry ...