Kuih Bunga/ Kuih Rose/ Honeycomb Cookies

This was the kuih bunga I made for this year CNY. I used Jo's crispy honeycomb recipe from jodelibakery.netfirms.com. I didn't get to eat much since my husband basically finished all that I had save for ourselves. I brought more than half to a friend's CNY potluck. My husband just ate it like a snack. Next time I would have to double the recipe.

Heart Shape Kuih Bangkit

This was the kuih bangkit I made for Chinese New Year. I used Hugbear's recipe from kitchencapers.net. It was the best kuih bangkit I had ever made and definitely a keeper recipe. The kuih bangkit was crispy when you bite into it and then simply melt in your mouth all at once. Sooo good!

Pineapple Tarts

This is my favorite Pineapple Tarts recipe. I first adapted Amy Beh's recipe but was not satisfied with the result because I wanted a melt in the mouth tart.  So, I played with the recipe couple of times until I got the end result that I was looking for.  The recipe below was the result of my experiments and is the recipe that I used every year since then. The pastry was soft and has the melt in your mouth taste to it.

One Year Old

Hmmm...what's this that mommy gave me? Let's take a bite...yummy!!! Mommy, this is so good, can I have another one? I promise I will sit here quitely if you just give me one after another, okay? *wicked smile*

That is shrimp cracker for those who are wondering!

My First Angku Kuih

Ahhh...finally made some angku kuih just now using the leftover mung bean paste. I used Amy Beh's recipe and it was all right. I just had the trouble to imprint the word in the middle of the angku. I'm going to put it in the refrigerator and pan-fry it tomorrow. Oh, I didn't put enough red coloring as well, as mine turned out to be orange angku. Also the skin texture is a bit too hard at the bottom, like not fully cooked. Don't know what's wrong with that. *sigh*

Evy Latest Picture

This is the most recent picture of Evy. We took it at Lily's house when we were invited to celebrate CNY and her son in-law birthday. My daughter is getting big! *sob sob* And yet I do want her to grow up, mostly to walk so that it will be more fun to bring her to the park, Zoo, and do some outdoor stuff together.

She is a smart baby though. She learned how to wave bye bye, give kisses, blow kisses, claps hands, put thing in box, pick a book for me to read to her and point out the chocolate and cookie in the pictures. Oh yeah, did I tell you chocolate is her favorite. * smile* Oh, she also knows where is her head and nose and throws ball. However, she is still not taken her first step yet. She could stand on her own for awhile, but she is such a careful little girl that she won't practice standing, whenever we put her up to stand alone, she would just sit back down. I was like...how are you going to learn how to walk like this? *hehehe* Hopefully she will be bold enough and start walking soon, as Spring is approaching and I couldn't wait to bring her out exploring a bigger size of the world.