Homemade Almond Croissants

 

How to turn a Costco croissant into an almond croissant?  It was fairly easy actually and can save a almond croissant lover a ton of money by doing it at home.  All you need is almond flour and almond extract, and the rest of the ingredients you would probably have it at home. 

All you need to do is to make a simple frangipane and air-fry the croissant in the air fryer at 350'F for 5 minutes. 

Frangipane

1 large egg

1/2 cup almond flour 

1/4 cup cane sugar

1/2 stick or 4 Tbsp. Unsalted butter, soften

1/2 tsp. Almond extract 

1/4 tsp. Himalayan rock salt

Methods 

1.  Whisk egg, butter, sugar, almond extract, and salt together.   Then, add almond flour and whisk together into a paste.

2.  Cut the Costco's croissant into half and spread the paste inside.  Top the croissant with some more paste and sprinkle sliced almond on top.

3.  Air-fry in the air fryer at 350'F for 5 minutes.   Serve!

Stir-fried Baby Cauliflower

I found this baby cauliflower at Trader's Joe the other day and decided to give it a try.  Believe it or not,  I had never tasted it before and was really curious about how it tasted like.

When presented with some thing that I had never cooked before,  I decided to make it vegetarian and simple.  Baby cauliflower is not bad at all, it will widen my vegetable selection for our palates. 

 Ingredients:

1 bag of baby cauliflower from Trader's Joe,  wash and cut it like the above pictures 

1/2 block of organic firm tofu, cut, pat dry, and air-fry for 15 minutes at 400'F.  Set aside.

1 organic carrot, sliced

3-4 cloves of garlic, chopped 

Chinese rice wine

Oyster sauce/ vegetarian oyster sauce

1/4 tsp. mushrooms powder 

Methods:

1.  Heat up wok, when heated, add in olive oil.  Add garlic, and stir-fry until lightly golden and add carrot and baby cauliflower.  Mix well.

2.  Add Chinese rice wine, fry well.  Add some water and cover the wok to let the vegetable soften.

3.  When soften, add in fried tofu, mix well.  Add in oyster sauce to taste and 1/4 tsp. of mushrooms powder.  Mix well and serve hot.  Enjoy!