Rose Flavored Konnyaku Jelly

What these three ingredients combine into? A pretty in pink Konnyaku Jelly with kiwi seeds. As for konnyaku powder goes, I still very much prefer the Red man brand. The texture provided by this brand is more chewy as opposed to the other brand that I had tried. I bought these Red man kiwi seeds and konnyaku powder on my last trip home. I always fascinated by the kiwi seeds and so glad that I saw it on the shelf. Now that I have tasted it, I can let you know that this seed is for decoration only. You can't really taste the seeds while eating the jelly. But it sure add a little something to the jelly and makes it very pretty.



I made this rose jelly before and really loved the flavor it gave. So, I decided to share it with my readers. Of course you can omit the kiwi seeds if you don't have it. For the above, I just wanted to showcase the new Konnyaku jelly mold that I acquired at Ng Ming Huat, JB. I simply love the bears and turtles! I heard so much about Ng Ming Huat that while I was in JB, I just had to ask my hubby to bring me there. Luckily he still know the way after these many years. One thing I like to say about this shop is, it seriously needs expansion (or a bigger shop) and organization. The way I had to dig through some products, walked through that shop and came out with dirty hands, I also don't want to say more.

Braised Chicken with Dried Bean Curd Sticks

I love to cook this dish for my family because it is healthy and delicious. This is one of my home cook dishes that I think is also one of yours. I think this dish is pretty common in a household that cook every day. The only different is I used skinless and boneless chicken breast instead of the whole cut out chicken. Sharing with you my way of cooking this dish.

Stomach Flu

What is a stomach flu? I have no idea before until it strikes my daughters. Out of the blue, Edda started to throw out one night. We thought it was a one time thing, cleaned her up and put her to bed. Then, the next morning the same thing happened again. Whatever she ate, out it came, even my breast milk! So, the next day we made an appointment and brought her to see her pediatrician. Then, the pediatrician explained it was a stomach flu, it was a virus that has been going around. Asked me not to give her milk, ice-cream and greasy food. Just something light and mostly water or Gatorade, just let her body cleaned or cleared itself. So, I mainly gave her fluid the next day and no vomit from her. The following day, she started to show interest in food again so I gave her a little here and there and watched what happen. Well, it turned into diarrhea, so she had been diarrhea the whole day. On the third day, she was back to her normal self again. And then it was her sister turns to throw out. Luckily we knew the pattern already, so only fluid for Evy the next day and she did well, no vomit. The following day, she started eating and she diarrhea the whole day and on the third day, she had recovered. I guess I got infected as well because I too got diarrhea for a day and felt like vomiting the next. This stomach virus flu is indeed infectious and messy (as in cleaning after your little ones). Too bad I have no idea how to prevent it, washing hands all the times?

Scramble Eggs with Sweet Snap Peas and Preserved Veggie

I was left with some sweet snap peas, not enough to make a dish, just enough to use it as a side to a dish. So, I was cracking my brain again and decided to try it in scramble eggs. I love this crunchy snap peas and thought it would be great in scramble eggs or an omelette. I also have some preserved veggie (chai por) that I needed to finish so it went into the scramble eggs.

Healthy Baked Donuts

Chocolate chips baked donuts, simply divine and oh so healthy! Made with yogurt and just 1 Tbsp. of oil!!


Closer look!


Coconut flakes baked donuts, want some?


Hello pretty!

I bought two donut pans recently at a trip to the outlet mall. It was at a steal for $4 each, it was buy one gets one free deal you see, so without any hesitation I just grabbed the last two. I have been eyeing baked donut recipe for awhile and so glad that I finally got to make it. The original recipe is from My Culinary Journal. Thanks Peony for graciously sharing her baked donuts recipe. Below is my modified version with my signature twist to the usual baked donuts with icing topping. Each of my topping gave a little something special to this soft baked donuts and it was so easy to put together too. By the way, it would be delicious with peanut butter chips as well. Do not bake with any sprinkles or color coated chips as the color would run and the donuts would turn out looking ugly. See, why the other four of my donuts went missing? I used the color coated peanut butter chips and I learned a lesson out of it. *wink*

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Stir-Fried Bean Sprout with Fried Beancurd

This is my all time favorite way of cooking my bean sprouts. As I don't buy salted fish, I substitute it with dried anchovies. I posted my recipe in 2006 and now I re post it again by adding dried bean curd. It added protein to this delicious dish, very suitable as a vegetarian dish as well and it combined protein with fiber.

Ingredients:

~ 1 big bowl of bean sprouts

~ 2-3 cloves garlics, chopped

~ 2-3 Scallion, cut into 2 inches length

~ 1/2 pack of fried bean curd, cut into thin slices like shown above

~1/4 cup dried anchovies, washed and drained

Seasoning:
Salt to taste, 1 tsp. chicken stock granules & 1/4 cup water.

Method:

Heat oil in a wok. When hot, add in dried anchovies, stir-fry until anchovies turned crispy and brown then add in garlic. Stir well and add in the bean sprouts. Give a few good stirs and add the fried bean curd, seasoning and water. Let it simmer a little while and then add scallions in the last few seconds. Stir well and dish out. Serve hot.

Note: Do not overcook the bean sprout. It should remain crunchy.