Bossam (Korean Boiled Pork Wrap)

Korean cuisine is very popular nowadays and my family loves Korean food very much. Thus I have decided to learn how to cook a few Korean dishes at home recently. Today I am going to share with you one of the traditional Korean dishes called Bossam, a boiled pork dish. The pork meat (pork belly is most commonly used for this dish) is boiled in a flavourful brine with spices and served thinly sliced, wrapped in a green lettuce leaf or salted napa cabbage; with some side dishes such as kimchi, sliced chili, sliced garlic, cucumber (cut into matchsticks), carrot (cut into matchsticks), chive salad etc.

Ssamjang (Spicy Korean Paste or Sauce)

I was cooking a Korean dish call Bossam (pork belly wrap) and I was searching through the internet to look for good Ssamjang recipes to go with it. I came across this particular one by Judy Joo from Fine Cooking.

Ice Cream Cake With Non Dairy Whipping Cream Frosting 植物性鮮奶油冰淇淋蛋糕

Time flies so fast, it was my second cowboy's birthday celebration again. This year my boy still requested for an ice cream cake for his 15th birthday. This is actually the third year in a row that he requested for an ice cream cake. As for me, I was glad to make an ice cream cake as I found it much easier than a normal baked cake :) If you can bake and frost a cake, you can make an ice cream cake for sure!

How To Make Whipped Cream From Non Dairy Whipping Cream 植物性鮮奶油打发法

There are two types of whipping cream, Dairy and Non Dairy. Dairy whipping cream contain 35% fat whereas Non Dairy is made from vegetable oil and palm oil (dairy free). 

How To Bake Sweet Potatoes In Shorter Time 快速烤地瓜

Freeze and Bake Method

Freezing the sweet potatoes before baking them will shorten the baking time from 1.5 - 2 hours to just 30 minutes. The size of the water molecules in the sweet potatoes will expand when frozen, thus damaging their fiber density and shortening the baking time.  

Stir And Bake Chocolate Muffins 手拌式巧克力马芬

My two lovely cowboys made me some chocolate muffins for this year Mother's Day! They have chosen a simple and easy Stir and Bake recipe which I will share with you guys here.

As this is a stir and bake recipe, you do not need to pull out the mixer. You only need two bowls, one for dry ingredients and one for wet ingredients. Combine the two ingredients and the batter is done.

Vanilla Yellow Cake With Butter Cream Frosting 香草奶油蛋糕

This was the very first celebration cake that I made years ago. A vanilla yellow cake decorated with butter cream frosting. I refer to Stephanie's recipe from Joy of Baking. You may refer to the video in the link for step by step instructions or just follow the clearly written recipe from her website. 

Baked Eggs In A Muffin Tin 烤鸡蛋

I have recently learned this simple, easy and quick way to cook eggs. This method comes in handy if you need to prepare a quick breakfast, snack or make sandwiches for a crowd. You will save a lot of time and the eggs will also be cooked perfectly.

Zeta's 4th Birthday

Zeta is 4 this year and we were having a simple celebration for her Birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEETIE PIE!

How To Easily Clean Oily Or Greasy Reusable Plastic Container With Flour 如何使用面粉轻松地清洁油性或油腻的塑料容器

Do you have difficulty cleaning oil or grease off your reusable plastic containers? Here is a simple and easy tips to ease you.......

Apple Crumble / Apple Crisp (Simple and Easy Version With Cake Mix)

I've always liked collecting tasty and easy recipes. This simple and easy twisted version of Apple Crumble (name preferred in the UK, Australia and New Zealand) or Apple Crisp (name preferred in the US and Canada) from A. Liz Adventures, is one of them.

Drunken Chicken Thighs (Chilled) 醉鸡腿

As the name of this dish indicated, you will need some cooking wine in the recipe. I first tasted this type of Drunken Chicken Thighs in Taiwan. I was always curious how this is done so beautifully with chicken thighs. I found this wonderful recipe from Christine's Recipe web page. 

Classic Deviled Eggs 蘸芥末蛋

Deviled eggs are one of the great choices for family or friends get-together as appetizer or finger food. This classic deviled eggs recipe is easy and quick to make, yet taste really good.

Mashed Potatoes 马铃薯泥／土豆泥

Mashed potato is a popular side dish in Western meals beside french fries or chips. Mashed potatoes are very simple to prepare. I decided to post it here since this is one of my boys' favourite dishes and this blog is also dedicated to my two beloved boys.

Almond and Cranberry Florentine 杏仁蔓越莓脆片

I saw this super duper simple and easy Florentine recipe on my FB page recently and decided to give it a try. You don't have to spend a lot of time preparing and baking. It will takes you merely 15 minutes from beginning to the end. Yet, the end products are promising. Effortless,.......sounds good.....? Sure.

Pineapple Roll Tart 凤梨酥

Pineapple Tart is one of the popular treat during Chinese New Year in Malaysia and Singapore. Pineapple Tarts can be made into many different shapes, they might be in a roll shape, rectangular shape, in the shape of pineapple, in the shape of mandarin etc..

Baked Sushi Nori With Dried Fish Fillet 烤紫菜雪鱼絲

Here is another simple and easy snack for Chinese New Year or anytime of the year. If you would like to make your own CNY snack but don't really have a time, then this is a good choice to go for. Only two ingredients used in the recipe, Sushi Nori or seaweed and dried fish fillet (original flavour or hot).

Beware! This snack can be addictive!

Chocolate Almond Cookies 巧克力杏仁饼

This Chocolate Almond Cookie is one of my favorite cookie. They just melt in your mouth type of cookies. Let's get started..... :)

Crispy Crab Sticks (Filament Crab Sticks Snack) 酥炸蟹柳丝

The Year of Goat 2015 will be next week and I hope that it's still not too late to do some posting on Chinese New Year snacks and cookies. I am not feeling well these few days, that is why I was unable to post this earlier.

This crispy crab sticks is a heat snack during the festive season as it is very easy to make and yet so delicious. Once you eat, you will never stop eating!

Stir And Bake Banana Cake (Dairy Product Free) 手拌式香蕉蛋糕

Hi there, I am here to share with you all another version of Stir and Bake Banana Cake. Ya, now you know I love banana cake! 

This recipe does not call for any dairy product, ie no milk or butter is used. You may also refer to my previous posting on the other simple and easy recipe on Banana Cake.

Cottage Pie 農家餡餅

Cottage Pie or Shepherd's Pie is a meat pie with a crust of mashed potato. Both Cottage and Shepherd's pies are similar simple dishes originated in Britain in the late 18th and 19th Century respectively; intended to use up leftover meat and available ingredients. Cottage pie is usually made with beef, while shepherd's pie is made with lamb or mutton.

Bak Kwa (Homemade Chinese Honey Pork Jerky) 烤肉干

Bak Kwa (in Hokkien dialect) or Rougan (in Mandarin) 烤肉干 is a salty and sweet dried meat product similar to jerky, a popular and must have treat during Chinese New Year. It also make an ideal gift when you pay a visit to friends and relatives's house during the festival. 

Baked Coconut Nian Gao (Chinese New Year Cake) 烤椰汁年糕

If you make traditional steamed Nian Gao every year for Chinese New Year and would like to try some twisted recipe, this is the recipe for you, Baked Nian Gao.

Nian Gao 年糕, translated to Year Cake or Chinese New Year Cake and is usually eaten during Chinese New Year. It is considered good luck to eat Nian Gao during this great festive season because Nian Gao, 年糕 is homonym for "higher year", 年高. Therefore, Nian Gao has symbolism of raising oneself taller/higher in each coming year. Each year is higher or better than the previous year 年年高升, especially at work.