Mee Jawa

A Nyonya-inspired noodle soup that is generally served in thick tomato or potato based soup. Mee Jawa Sauce Ingredients: 200gm    Sweet potato 30gm      Prawn paste 20gm      Chili paste 30gm      Meat curry powder 30gm      Onion 20gm      Shallot 20gm      Ginger 20gm      Garlic 15gm      Tamarind Juice (Jus...

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Moist Blueberry Cupcakes

Recipe from Squidoo.com Ingredients List :1 1/4 cups flour3/4 cup sugar (I reduced to 2/3 cup)1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1/3 cup butter1 egg, beaten3/4 cup milk1/2 teaspoon vanilla2/3 cup blueberries1/3 cup chopped unblanched almonds, toasted (I omitted these as I'm baking the cupcake for lil K) Instructions: Sift dry ingredients together to mix well.Cut in the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.Whisk egg vigorously to incorporate air and make the eggs light.Stir in egg, milk and vanilla and combine thoroughly.Add...

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A different ballgame

I have never been an early riser. Except during school days and some occasions or official functions every now and then, when I’m forced to. Even during workdays I get up from the bed around 8.15 a.m. (well it used to be 8.30 a.m. before I had lil K) since my workplace is only 10 minutes away! I woke up early yesterday to a Sunday, cloudy morning (when everyone, well most, is still enjoying their sleep in the nice weather), at 7.30 a.m. mainly to get to the morning market as lil K’s food stash at the babysitter had run out. And partly it’s because of I’ll be having a long busy Sunday ahead of me. So what I did on my Sunday: 7.30...

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Melt-in-your-mouth Vanilla Butter Cookies

Recipe adapted from http://www.food.com/ and made some tweaks in between. What You'll Need: 1 cup butter or margerine 3/4 cup sugar (I reduced to 1/2 cup since I didn't want it to be sweet for lil K) 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2 1/2 cups flour (I used 2 3/4 cups because I find the dough too soft to be rolled) 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt  How To: Cream butter or margarine with sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and mix. Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix well. At this point you can either roll out and cut with...

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Our First Real Parenting Challenge

I have finally had my first real taste of challenge in parenting. Lil K has been more cheeky, curious, mischievous and rebellious than ever. I’m not sure if it’s due to his teething, but he just loves putting stuffs, whatever his hands could get on, into his mouth. In the early days, when we tell him ‘NO’ sternly, he would just stare at us giving the “Puss-in-Boots” eye look. Then after sometime, he couldn’t even be bothered. Eventually, we started telling him ‘NO’ sternly and at the same time hit his hands. Again, he would give...

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Butternut Squash Pancake

I had my first attempt in making pancake for lil K on the day off of Awal Muharam. Found this Applesauce Pancake recipe but decided to swap the applesauce to butternut squash puree as I still have some butternut squash in the fridge. Applesauce Pancake Recipe What You'll Need:1 cup flour1 ½ teaspoon baking powder¼ teaspoon salt1 tablespoon melted butter½ cup milk1 beaten egg½ teaspoon vanilla1 ¼ cups applesauce (I swapped them with butternut squash puree) Method: Sift flour, salt and baking powder into a medium mixing bowl. Combine...

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