Matcha Granola Muffins

Today i venture and decided to make this for my firstborn. Have seen this recipe previously and very intrigued to try out as it seems to be a low calories bake, without the use of flour. It uses banana to bind the ingredients together and i was keeping fingers crossed when i see it rises slightly while baking them.

I topped some with balanced banana slices, and some i experiment with white chocolate chips, leaving some original without toppings. 

The inside is slightly moist with a bit of crunch from the granola. Its a very interesting texture. The faint flavour of the matcha, not too overwhelming too! I love it.

Luckily firstborn love it too and says gonna have it for breakfast already! Me personally enjoyed it and luckily it passed hub’s fussy tastebud too as he always ‘failed’ my healthy bakes 😂

Do try it, its a very straightforward recipe. Just dumped all in and blend then throw in the oven already!

Matcha Granola Muffin

Recipe from cookidoo, with slight adjustment

9oz granola (i used matcha granola)

2 large eggs

8oz banana

2tbsp matcha powder

3oz brown sugar (i think can reduce 2.5oz)

3oz coconut oil

1tsp vanilla

1/2tsp salt

11/2tsp baking powder

1) Put all ingredients in - 20sec speed 6.5

2) Pour batter into cupcake cases and bake 20mins x 180deg

Vanilla Madelines (Thermomix)

Today used cookidoo recipe to bake these lovely vanilla madelines for school. Whole house smells so nice while they are baking in the oven.

Back and resume routine, trying hard to go with my initial idea of reducing processed food as much as I can in their daily meals, and if possible for school snack/recess boxes.

I put balance batter into my minu donut pan as I wan to bake them all at a go. Didnt had time to oiled the pan, luckily all came out easily. 

They are buttery and soft. Smells great and goes well with my cup of coffee. Its so addictive that you cant stop at 1, even hub is complaining. ❤️ Recipe link is here

Vanilla Madelines (From cookidoo)

3.5oz butter, cube

2 eggs

3.5oz sugar (i reduced to 2oz)

3.5oz plain flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp vanilla paste

pinch of salf

1. Melt butter, 3mins 250F speed 1

Remove n set aside. Use it to oil pan and fridge til needed

2. Put in butterfly whisk. Add sugar, eggs, vanilla, 1min speed 3.5

3. Add flour, baking powder, salt, 5sec speed 5

4. Add in melted butter, 10 sec speed 3.5

Repeat 1more time

5. Pour batter into bowl n cling wrap. Chill for 1hr

6. Put 1 sponnful batter into madeline pan. Baked for 10-12mins 180deg

Miso Grilled Cod

 

Simple grilled miso cod is family favourite to go with a bowl of rice! Normally I panfry over stove but yet I dislike the oily stove to clean up later.  

With my new gadget, Ninjafoodi, I only need 10mins to grill my Cod and it still comes out juicy and flavourful with that charred finish. Yums!!! 

Miso Grilled Cod

2 Cod fillet
1Tbsp Sesame oil

1Tbsp Mirin

1Tbsp Miso paste

1Tbsp Parsley

Dash of black pepper

1) Wash n pat dry cod fillet

2) Mix the above into a paste n rub all over the cod fillet. Leave it to marinate for at least 3-4hrs

3) Put them in the airfryer basket and grill them 10mins. Serve warm

Thermomix Tomato Eggs

 Made these tomato eggs lately and has been on a come-back often. Kids love it and its easy n light dish for my diet too. 

A lot of people dont know thermomix can actually fry eggs, but of cos without the wok hey. It is more like a cooked version of scrambled eggs? I would totally have these with my brunch platter. ❤️

I have used the same method to fry my brinjal, my bittergourd and the most favourite is to pair with tomatoes! 

Tomato Eggs

4 Eggs, Beaten

Some charsiew bits (optional)

1 Tomato

1. Add enough oil to cover the base of bowl and do the below settings to warm up the bowl

10mins, Varoma, Speed 1

2. Once the oil sizzle, (do not need to wait til 10mins finish), slowly drizzle in the egg bit by bit. 

Can stop halfway through and use the spatula and run through the bottom of bowl

3. Once egg is done, remove eggs 

4. Add tomato, chopped slightly (Or u can chop it or cut into quarters) + tsp of oil

3mins, 120deg, speed 1

5. Add in cooked eggs, charsiew bits and tomato sauce to the sautee tomatoes

2mins, 120deg, reverse spoon speed

Enjoy the dish! 

 

Thermomix Fried Maggie Noodles

Been a while I haven upload new recipe post! Decided to stirfry some noodles since feeling motivated after sharing my Fried Rice tips and helped so many of our Team AKK big family cooking this simple 1-dish meal anytime they want. 

Randomly, impromptu did a trial and jot down the steps and ingredients. Blessed that my method works and its well-received by the family tonight!

Thermomix Fried Maggie Noodles (video link here)

3pc of Koka Maggie noodles

1 shallot

6-7pc Prawns

100g Minced meat

100g XiaoBaiCai

1Tbsp Sesame Oil

2-3drizzle Fish Sauce

1. Use kettle mode to boil 1l of hot water and pour over the maggie noodles. Loosen them up and pour away once it starts to loosen off (Dont need to soak til its soft)

2. Add shallot and chop - 5secs/speed5

3. Add sesame oil - 5mins/speed1

4. Add minced meat - 3mins/speed 1

5. Add butterfly whisk and add prawns - 3mins/speed spoon

6. Add xiaobaicai - 1min/speed spoon

7. Add noodles and seasonings - 3mins/speed spoon

Enjoy and warm! 

 

Egg Fried Rice (Thermomix)

Been a while I have not updated my blog. Too busy with house shifting, then the Chinese New Year, still settling in and then the PSLE kid. Tiring 😅

Today sharing a simple Egg Fried Rice Recipe that I have done with my thermomix. Using a fried eggs tips shared by my team’s advisor on how to have fried eggs! YES! FRIED EGGS! Not too bad for a TM-version without an oily kitchen. ❤️

Tips for higher success-rate Fried Rice would be using cooled rice, and preferably basmati rice. Using jasmine rice and japanese rice is fine too, but if its not cooled well enough or its too wet, the chances of the fried rice being mashed up is high. So do be careful with your rice prior to making Fried rice. I would reduce 1-2mins of cooking time to ensure less wet and soft rice if you are

not using basmati rice.

You can see the video of the process from my instagram here as the video was too huge to upload. It really quite simple and I will write down the recipe and steps below for you all. 

Made some homemade chicken floss as toppings. Really just dumping meat and seasonings and let my thermomix do its magic. Added in toasted seaweed and seaame for a small portion to use. Yums! Smell so good! And important is you know what goes in this batch of floss and its preservatives and msg free! 

Hope you like my simple sharing for today! 

 

Egg Fried Rice

2cups Basmati rice (Approx 280g)

2-3tsp Fish gravy

1Tbsp dark soy sauce

Sesame oil

4 Garlic cloves

Ham

Corn kernels

4Eggs

40g Oil

1. Cooked rice as per normal and set aside

(17mins, 100deg, speed 3)

2. Pour in 40g oil

(3mins, 120deg, speed 0.5-1)

3. Once oil is heat up, cook oil for another 10mins while

pouring in egg batter. Pouring batches by batches only when earlier batches is cooked and set.

(10mins, 120deg, speed 0.5-1)

4. Once egg is done, remove and set aside. Add in 4 garlic cloves and chop

(5secs, speed 5)

5. Add sesame oil and saute 

(3mins, 120deg, speed 0.5)

6. Add in Ham and corn kernels

(5mins, 120deg, reverse speed 0.5)

6. Adjust ham qnd corn kernels. Insert butterfly whisk. Add in rice, eggs, fish gravy and dark soy sauce

(3mins, 120deg, reverse speed spoon)

7. Serve warm!

Sponge Finger (Dessert Base)

In life imagination and expectations always turns out different. And some people maybe more artistic, or creative or something that is your own strength.

I was never the artistic person, a bit of creative maybe but I always tried my best. LoL! And remember never to be dishearted when things dont go your way, somehow some stuff are never meant to be! The same goes for friendship, relationship and even kinship. Toxic people just let go, mingle less if you cant. Year is coming to an end, lets set off to a more positive vibes year in 2022! Ok, getting a bit heavy now! 😅

Today I tried making some sponge fingers from scratch as I wan to build my own christmas house. Turns out I didnt have the flair for it so I decided to use it as a base for my dessert! 

Since I have some whipped cream and frozen fruits and ta-daaa~~~ Our after dinner dessert is ready! Now chilling in the fridge for us to eat later on! 😋😋 After putting them in a box, looks like a snowglobe to me! Actually its a great gift to make for your friends too!

I tried 2 ways of baking the sponge and as it is too light, the rack on top of paper works better for me! And freshly baked sponge fingers is not so dry as compared to storebought and taste so much better! So here today, sharing my sponge fingers recipe along with my failed house and tree pics! 🙊

Sponge Finger (recipe adapted from Cookidoo)

4 whites

4 yolks

80g icing sugar

Pinch of salt

120g plain flour

1) Sift flour and set aside

2) Whip whites and salt til soft peaks

3) Continue whipping whites and add in icing sugar gradually, til glossy stiff peaks

4) Fold in flour gently and lightly, without overmixing

5) Pipe onto baking paper your desired sizes

5) Sprinkle icing sugar on the piped fingers and rest 5mins

6) Preheat oven to 180deg

7) Bake fingers for 10-12mins x 180deg or til top is nicely browned

#priscillacooksnov

Bacon Rolls - 2 Way

 Yay to another western meal! (we had homemade burgers for lunch too hahaha) Does the coriander looks like christmas tree in the photo?

We had 2 types of rolls today, sneaking in some capsicums to bluff the kids! Great as appetizer or serve with your carbs. 

The kids totally loved it and even asked to try the spicy ones. NO ONE MENTION THE CAPSICUMS! Mummy wins hands down! 🙊 Actually the only time I eats capsicums too! LOL! Can u see the chicken still so juicy and the colourful strips of capsicums! 😋

Made some teriyaki tossed pasta with greens to go along. Total fuss-free cooking without any grease! 😋😋 Yummy! 

Bacon Rolls - Curry and Non spicy version

Bacon strips (I used 300g pack)

500g of chicken thigh meat, in big cubes

3 col capsicums, cut strips

Nonspicy marinate : 1Tbsp each of Blackpepper, onion powder, mixed herbs 

Curry marinate: 1Tbsp curry powder, 1Tbsp onion powder, 1/2tsp Chilli flakes

1) Marinate chicken with above for 1-2hrs

2) Put chicken on 1 end of bacon strip, and 4-5 strips of capsicums then roll up tightly and secure with a toothpick

3) Grill on Hi x 10mins, flip and grill another 5-8mins til meat is cooked

(Pls adjust accordingly to the size of chicken cube)

Teriyaki Tossed Pasta

Angel Hair, 4 pax portion

3Tbsp Homemade teriyaki sauce

1/2 cup water

1) Boil angel hair to al dente and drain. Set aside. 

2) Add water and teriyaki sauce and press saute mode on Hi and bring to boil

3) Off heat and add in pasta then toss them well. Season with some black pepper before serving.

#priscillacooksnov

Sea Salt Chocolate Tart w/Christmas Choux

 Actually wanna make some sea salt chocolate tart and last nite during a meeting, we were talking about christmas tree made up of choux! 

Then it somehow brought me thinking to combine them

both and also have a chance to try out fixing a christmas tree with my choux! 

I would prefer using chocolate callets as the hershey chips cant really set well. It is more like flowy chocolate filling when u bite it! Tastewise, it is good cos I am using the sea salt chips! So tasty with the bits of sea salt sprinkle on top of the tarts! 

I lightly assemble the choux on my 6” tart, filled with the chocolate filling. Carefully adding some toothpicks for those choux above to secure them! Wearing a santa hat for my tree! Ta-daaa~~ So cute!!!

Sea Salt Chocolate Filling

125ml Whipping cream

110g Hershey sea salt choc chip (works better with choc callet)

Sea salt for garnish

Choux recipe is here

Tart recipe is here

1) Put water in pot and put in steam rack. Saute mode Hi

2) Place pot with whipping cream on rack and wait for water to bring to boil

3) Add in chocolate chips, close lid and off power. Wait 3-5mins

4) Open and stir them well. Used as desired. 

Simple Early Christmas Dinner

 

A pre-christmas trial dinner today! 

Baked a orange marinated chicken, along with homemade herbs & garlic butter shortcrust pastry and a homebaked orange cake with creamcheese frosting 😋

Chicken is so juicy and nicely marinated with the orange juice and herbs. Loved to baked chicken in my ninjafoodi, always gives me crispy skin and juicy meat! 

Hub love the shortcrust pastry christmas tree, the homemade herbs & garlic butter was so tasty! I think oldest love it too as she asked for more of it! I totally love the spread cos it makes the whole pastry smells and taste so great! Crusty and filled with garlicky herb fragrance ❤️

The orange cake was moist and goes super well with the creamcheese frosting! I love the slight tangy taste from the creamcheese frosting that compliments the orange fragrance from the cake. My eldest says ‘The white thing is so GOOD!’ and I agree with her too! 

So what did you had for dinner today? 😋😋 Now I am stuffed! 

Orange Baked Chicken

1 orange, juiced

Some orange wedges, thinly sliced

1Tbsp onion powder

1Tbsp dried parsley flakes

Pinch of black pepper

1) Marinate and rub above seasoning all over chicken and stuff some oranges inside chicken

2) Bake chicken 180deg x 30mins

3) Flip and bake another 15mins 

Herbs & Butter Garlic Christmas Shortcrust pastry 

30g Butter

5-6 garlic cloves, chopped

1Tbsp mixed herbs

Shortcrust pastry

1) Mixed butter, chopped garlic and mixed herbs

2) Put shortcrust pastry on baking paper and spread the above butter mix on 1 side of pastry then fold and seal edges

3) Use a cutter to cut out the shape of a christmas tree 

4) Cut the sides and twist them

5) Bake at 180deg x 25mins or til its nicely browned.

Orange Cake with Creamcheese frosting

(unable to share cake recipe as its a private bake along class)

Creamcheese frosting

42g creamcheese

30g butter

50g icing sugar

1tsp vanilla extract

1) Mix all above ingredients with a handwhisk til smooth.

2) Use as desired