Easy Cook: Steak Sandwich with Mushrooms

Woke up this morning and it was raining... as usual felt so lazy i sat around doing nothing for almost 6 hours.. and suddenly i feel like having so muffins.. but..i got only 2 eggs left in the fridge.. not that i cannot do muffins with 2 eggs.. but then thinking that i won't have egg in the fridge till i go buy some (which i don't know when) kinda stopped me from using it for muffin.. yes i'm that weird that i must have eggs at home at all time (among few more other things)

anyway, i decided to try on the bagel recipe that i saw on pinterest the other day.. and i still have 1/2kg of the wholemeal flour, so why not.. it's super easy. i follow 100% from the recipe.. the only thing i change is the flour.. i use wholemeal..

i turn out perfect! so i had some plain bagel for brunchea (breakfast/lunch/tea). :P

and for dinner of course i wanted to use my "bagel".. so i made some steak with mashroom..

Ingredients (serves 1 or 2 person depending how hungry you are)
100gm beef steak
4/5 button mushrooms
1 medium size red onion
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tbsp paprika
Virgin olive oil

Steps
1. Cut your steak to smaller pieces
2. marinate them with garlic salt
3. caramelize your onion in the olive oil
4. add the beef in
5. on medium heat, cook the beef about about 3 - 5 minutes
6. Add mushrooms and cook for another 2 minutes
7. Add paprika

toast your bagel.. and it's ready to serve... :)

Note:
1. You can add more salt when you add the paprika if you want..
2. also can replace paprika with black pepper.. i'm not a black pepper person.. so i prefer paprika..

Baking: Perfect Bread Base Recipe

I've been neglecting this blog farrrr too long.. tonight i tried a new bread base recipe.. and i must say, it's the easiest and almost perfect. fact: that i made them during rainy day and at night. i have a feeling if i do it on sunny day, it will turn out perfect... so before i forgot, i think i must share it here..

Fish floss and cranberry bread.
you can find the recipe here.

Note:
1. Not a good idea to bake savory and sweet bread at the same time.. the smell of savory ones gonna spoil your sweet bread.. but it still taste great.
2. I put everything together except for the wet ingredients. Egg and butter were added after i add the water.

Easy Cook: Anything That You Got in Your Fridge

Sometimes you just bored with the same dish everytime.. and sometimes you don't even know what to cook..

recently i tried to make my all dishes as healthy as possible.. so i have lots of vege in the fridge.. i have to admit.. i used i hate vege... but now.. i can eat them.. not love but i tried to have as much as i can.. and chicken breast is one of the thing i have i my fridge.. i hate chicken breast.. i can never eat those that has not been cut.. unless i have lots and lots of chilli sauce.. so i usually make soup out of it.. or tomyam...

tonite i wanted grilled chicken.. and there's no way i can eat grilled chicken breast... so i improvised.. chopped them into pieces and pan grilled them...

Ingredients
Chicken breast cut into smaller cubes
Veges.. a few will be better... (i put long bean, potatoes, and capsicum)
Garlic powder
Salt
Pepper

Steps
1. Marinate chicken & potatoes with salt and garlic powder
2. Pan grilled with very little vege oil (i use canola)
(How long it's really up to you.. but i like mine to be a bit burned..)
3. Add salt & pepper
4. Put vege wait until it's cooked..(i like mine a bit al dante.. so i didn't wait till it fully cooked)

and your are done! easy huh??
you can eat it just like that or with some white rice..

Easy Cook: Cranberries and Nuts Granola

Got the recipe when i went for breaking fast at Ben's... so i tot of giving it a try... as usual, i alter the recipe a bit..

Ingredients
5 cups rolled oats
1 cup almonds
1 cup walnuts
1/2 cup flax seeds
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup dried cranberries
2 tbsp ground cinnamon
1tsp ground ginger
1tsp salt
1cup honey
2tbsp vege oil (i used canola oil)

Steps
1. Preheat oven at 150degrees
2.Mix well all dry ingredients
3. Mix well dry ingredients with wet ingredients
4. Flatten it on a tray lined with greased paper
5. Bake for 30minutes. Flipped them after 15minutes if u want.

Easy Cook: Sandwich Bread

Lately, i'm into making breads.. i have no idea why... i found this delicious sandwich bread recipe and give it a go... it turn out to be so awesome!

you can find the recipe here...
i followed exactly like what written on the recipe.. but i change the mixing a bit..
i add all the dry ingredients first then start mixing... and then i put water. After a while i add egg.. once they are all mixed well then i add the oill..

it's so easy that you should try it! Suitable for bread making beginners! have fun trying and eating..

Easy Cook: Orange Curd

Do you stumble upon the days when u have too many orange and you just don't know what to do with it? well orange curd is on of the best option (other than making them into juice or smoothies...)

not long ago i tried to make lemon curd... is sooooo delicious... so i use the same recipe and change it a little bit...

i got the lemon curd recipe here: http://kitchenconfidante.com/simple-sundays-lemon-curd-recipe

Ingredients
3 egg yolks
1 whole egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1 tsp of orange zest
4 tbsp butter, cut into small cubes
1 tsp vanilla essence

Steps
1. Whisk egg and yolks in sauce pan
2. Add orange juice and zest, sugar, and vanilla essence into egg mixture
3. Whisk until it's thicken
4. Switch off your stove and put in butter and continue whisking until it melt.
5. Put into jar and wait for it to cool and store it in your fridge.

Note: Use low heat all the time when making this..

 u can make pie with orange curd.. also u can also put it on your cake... or the easiest make it as jam.. put on your bread or biscuits...

Easy Cook: Garlic Butter Noodles

if you've been to William Corner in Tmn. Mayang, PJ. you might have try this before.. this is one of my favorite dish at William..
since i like lots of dishes there and i can't be ordering this all the time, i replicate the dish.. and this is my version of garlic butter noodles.. this recipe is for 2 serving..

Ingredients
4pieces of Vits dried noodles
3tbsp chopped garlics
3tbsp butter
2tbsp thick salty soy sauce
2tbsp water 1 cup thin sliced beef (william uses beef bacon tho')
a bit of cili padi if you like spicy foods
*no salt needed since u already use the salty soy sauce
*i sometimes add potatoes that i cut into cubes.

Steps
1. Cook your noodles. Make sure u don't overcook it.
2. Put butter in pan on low heat
3. Once butter melted, add garlic and use medium hit. (put chili after if you want it to be spicy)
4. i like my garlic to be slightly burned, but if you don't just wait for 5 seconds and put the beef
5. when the beef cooked put the soy sauce and water
6. mix well then add the noodles.
7. mix everything together and when the sauce already dry that mean it's ready

good serve while still hot.. :)

Cooking Experiment: Nutella

i'm so into pinterest now.. it is soooo much easy to look for recipe on pinterest!! and one thing for >sure they look very yummy...

and i found this recipe: http://awoodennest.blogspot.com/2011/03/homemade-nutella.html to make nutella...

sometimes when i cook, i just need to finish whatever that i have in the kitchen without buying a new one.. and this one doesn't work for me as i don't have some of the ingredients..

so i create my own.. this is my first time trying doing this... it taste good for me.. so i'm just gonna share it here

Ingredients
250gm chopped milk chocolate
4tbsp peanut butter
1/2 cup chopped roasted nuts
2tbsp vegetable oil (i use canola)

Steps
1. Using double boil, melt the chocolates
2. Add oil and stir
3. Add peanut butter and stir
4. Add chopped peanuts and stir
5. Once all ingredients are well mix pour your nuttella mix in a jar.

easy peasy right?

Easy Cook: Teriyaki Beef

do u remember that we used to have a japanese restaurant called Yoshinoya? i love their beef rice.. since they closed all the outlets the only time i get something like that will be when i make a trip to Indonesia. They have a restaurant called Hoka Hoka Bento and they have the teriyaki beef bento set.. and it is almost as good as the one in Yoshinoya...

i was crazing for it the other day so i google for teriyaki beef recipe.. most of the recipes are with spices that i don't have at home.. so i try to make my own.. and guess what.. it works! so i want to share it here..



Ingredients
200gm beef (sliced thin. you can also just buy the beef slice at supermarket)
5tbsp salty soy sauce (add more if u think its not enough)
3tbsp teriyaki sauce
2medium size big red onion / yellow onion
1tsp corn flour
1/2cup water
1tbps vegetable oil

Steps
1. Marinate beef with soy sauce. Keep in fridge for 1hour
2. Slice onions
3. Pre-heat oil and sautee onion (don't have to wait till the onion is brown)
4. On low heat, add the marinated beef & teriyaki sauce
5. Mix the corn flour to the water and add to the beef mixture
6. Cook until the beef is cook and it's ready to be serve

Easy Cook: Smoked Salmon Open Sandwich

Ingredients
Smoked Salmon (as many as u like)
Salad (anything to your liking and as many as u want)
1tbsp capers
Pinch of salt
1tsp extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
Fine grated parmesan cheese
2slices bread
(i usually use the pre-packed pre-washed salads. it's available at most supermarket and will cost u about RM6 - RM7. A bag of salads usually can feed 3 - 4 people.

Steps
1. Mixed your salad in mixing bowl with salt, capers, and EVOO
2. Toast your bread with butter. i usually make my garlic toast.
3. put the bread on a plate, put salads on top of it.
4. put the smoke salmon on the salads
5. sprinkle the parmesan cheese on top

Easy Cook: Chicken Soup

i got this recipe from my dear fren dotty.. you can go to her blog to get more recipe

Ingredients

please take note that i made up the measurement myself. So you might need to add accordingly to your taste.
200gm chickens (cut into small pieces)
4 cups water
2 medium size onion cut into 4
3 pressed garlics
2 sticks cinnamons
1/4 cup carrots (cut into small pieces)
1/4 cup potatoes (cut into small pieces)
1/4 celeries (cut into small pieces)
1.5 tbsp salt
1tbsp lime
1 tsp chives
well u may add any vegetables to your liking.

Steps
1. Put all ingredients except for chives in a pot
2. Cook in medium heat until chickens and vegetables are cooked.
3. Put the chives on top when serving the soup

Easy Cook: Honey Lemon Grilled Chicken

few weeks ago i found a recipe on pinterest. it's spicy honey chicken.. i tried but didn't bother to look for all the ingredients.. i use chilli flakes instead of what suggested on the recipe.. it was delicious.. but its not spicy at all.. so i altered the recipe i came out with this!

Ingredients

5pcs chicken breasts (u can use other part of chicken but if this is your first time grilling chicken on a pan, i would suggest u use breasts)1/2cup honey

2tbs lemon / lime

2tbs garlic salt (if you don't have garlic salt, just use normal salt)

1tbs onion powder

2tbs corriender

Steps

1. Sliced you chicken breast into 2, so you'll get thinner slices.

2. Mix all the ingredients together with the chicken and keep it in the fridge for 1hour

3. Using your grill (griddle) pan (if you have oven, you can use it if u want too.. it's easier for me to use grilled pan) put it on stove. When it's already a bit warm, just brush a little bit of butter on it.

4. When your pan really hot, lower your stove heat and put on your chicken.

5. Wait until it's golden brown before you turn the cicken to the other side (about 3,4minutes)

then it's done!

ps: just to check if you chickens are done take one and cut it to see the inside..

Batik Cake

first of all, if you don't live in Malaysia u might not know what Batik cake is.. i guess when u cut the cake the texture looks like batik painting.. that's why the name is like that..

it is a non-bake cake.. so you don't have to worry if u don't have any oven..

i've written the recipe before on snazzynsuch.com.. here's english translation for the recipe..

Ingredients
1 packet marie biscuits
1 1/2 – 2 cups water
3/4 cups cocoa powder
2 cups milo
1 cup sugar
125grams butter
1 1/2 cup chopped groudnuts
2 eggs

Steps
1. Put water into big pot and put it on your stove.
2. Once it's warm enough (u don't have to wait till it really hot) put in cocoa, milo, dan sugar – stir until it dissolve.
3. Add groundnuts – stir.
4. Lower your heat, add in eggs. Stir quickly till thick and turn of your stove.
5. (I use 10" baking tin.) Put the clean wrap plastic on your bakin tin. Make sure the plastic is big and some allowance on sides.
6. Put the first layer of marie biscuits on your baking tin.
7. Slowly, put your chocolate mix on the biscuits.
8. Repeat the process 3 or 4 times.
9. Cover your cake with the plastic allowance. Then put your cake in the fridge for 2 - 3 hours.

then it's ready to be served.

Easy Cook : Garlic Butter & Garlic Bread

Since this is my first recipe I was thinking why not post something very easy.

U must be thinking "what? I can get ready made from the store". Well trust me this tastes much better.

Garlic Butter

Ingredients

1 part salted butter (I use SCS butter)

1/3 part garlic

-(part means the amount is up to your liking, so your garlic must be 1/3 from your butter amount. But if u like stronger garlic flavor, u can just add more garlic. Maybe 1/2part)

Steps

1. Let your butter be @ room temperature

2. Chopped your garlics into very little pieces

3. Mix both butter & garlic together.

To store put it in covered container so that ur fridge won't smell like garlic. :)

Garlic Bread

This does not need any ingredients since u need bread only. For me any bread works. For this, I use English muffins.

Steps

1. Spread the garlic butter on your bread.

2. Take ur non-stick pan and warm it up. (u can use ur oven too. But I like my bread to be crunchy)

3. Toast your bread till the buttered sides are golden brown and u are done!

Bon appetite!

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