Vanilla Bean Rice Pudding

Food, food, food. What else we can say, everybody love foods. Especially when it come to simple recipe but taste good. Here I just want to share with you a recipe that I adapted from KITCHENSIMPLYCITY and I just loved all the recipe that she posted in her website. Enjoy guys! 

VANILLA BEAN RICE PUDDING

Ingredients
1 cup arborio rice (or other short grain rice)
3 cups whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
1 vanilla bean, split open and seeded
1/2 cup sugar

Place rice in a medium-sized saucepan, cover with cold water. Bring just to a boil then strain in a fine mesh sieve, rinsing with cold water (this is to remove some of the starch). Place drained rice back in the saucepan along with milk, cream, vanilla bean and seeds. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in sugar and simmer an additional 5 minutes or until rice is cooked and mixture is thick and creamy (it will thicken more as it cools). Let cool slightly and serve warm or refrigerate and serve cold with a bit of milk stirred in to loosen the consistency.

Grilled Banana Sandwich

Hi, another simple breakfast I found at http://www.sistersrunningthekitchen.com's website. This breakfast easy to prepare and it's good to prepare for your loved one. Awww, that's so sweet. Please give a try! :) All the best.

GRILLED BANANA SANDWICH

grilled banana sandwich

Ingredients:

• 2 pieces of whole wheat bread
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• Cinnamon
• 1 sliced banana
• Powdered sugar
  
  Directions:
  
• Grease and heat frying pan.
• Make basic French bread by dredging the toast in eggs and placing on grilled.
• On eggy side of toast, sprinkle the brown sugar.
• Meanwhile, slice the banana and place on griddle to cook.
• When first side of toast is done cooking, flip the brown sugar side down.
• On the cooked side of the toast, sprinkle cinnamon.
• Once toast has finished cooking, remove from heat and put bananas in between slices (on the cinnamon side).
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy!

Yummy Muesli :)

Morning everyone, early of this month I've go for medical check up and guess what? Me? high cholesterol? That really bad. I do like to eat but in the same time health still important to us. So, now I went to gym and Zumba with my two beautiful gorgeous friend. Its really good, we can do some exercise. And I'm eating oat as my breakfast and eat just like that can be bored sometimes. But last night I have a talk with my bestie and she told me when she ate oat she will do something different rather than just ate the oat like that. She told me to tried to do muesli. I was like muesli? What is that? Then she began to explain to me what is muesli. Muesli is made from oat mixed with yogurt or milk, dried fruit, fresh fruit and after you can eat just like that. I said "wow" that's sound yummy. So, when I reached to my office this morning, open my computer and Google for muesli recipe and I got it. So, here I wanted to shared with you the recipe and I hope you will enjoy it.. :)

MUESLI RECIPE

yummy Muesli :)

Things that you'll need:-

1)Rolled oats

2) Wheat germ, flaked bran, barley or rye flakes

3) Dried fruits (raisins, cranberries or dates)

4) Nuts or seeds (sunflower nurs, almonds, flakes coconut, walnuts or flaxseed)

5) Yogurt or milk (optional)

6) fresh fruit (optional)

Instructions:-
1) Begin with rolled oats as the base. Oats come in different forms: rolled and steel cut. For muesli, rolled oats are the best because they are flaky and tender.

2)  Add another grain, such as wheat germ, flaked bran, barley or rye flakes.

3) Choose some seeds or nuts to add protein and texture. You can add sunflower nuts, almonds, flaked coconut, walnuts or flaxseed to muesli.

4) Mix dried fruit into the muesli. Cranberries, raisins or dried apricots provide sweetness. Dates or dried nectarines can also be added to a muesli recipe.

5) Decide whether you want your muesli hot or cold. If you choose to prepare the muesli cold, add milk and eat like cereal or sprinkle over plain yogurt or fresh fruit such as strawberries or blueberries. If you choose to prepare muesli hot, place the muesli in milk and warm over low heat until the oats are swollen and soft; eat like oatmeal.

That is easy right? hehe, all the best ya! :)

Fried Salted Fish with Shallots

Oh I just loved cooking and for me if you let me stay in kampung I will loved it. I can cook anything I want. Last time when I still staying with my aunty in kepayan, sometime we need to be careful what we cook such as ikan masin, nonsom sada (this is the best), all things when you cook, the smell will fill the house and even your neighborhood can smell it. haha, it happen to my next neighbour and I think she cooked the ikan masin, I was like what the hell? I just wash my hair and my hair smell like ikan masin..haha. That's why when I went back to my kampung I will cook my ikan masin and that's my lunch and dinner. I just loved it. So, I'm sharing the recipe here. Hope you like it...enjoy! :)

FRIED SALTED FISH WITH SHALLOTS

Info: this picture I get it from website :) but it will turn out something like this

Ingredients:-

1 bowl of salted fish - you can use any type of salted fish, soaked in water for about 1/2 hour and cut it.
2 tbsp tamarind/asam - add some water and squeeze out the juice
5 shallots - sliced
1 tsp brown sugar
salt to taste (use sparingly)
4 tbsp oil 

Preparation:
1) Heated the oil, fry the salted fish until crispy and golden brown in color. Remove and keep aside.
2) In the same oil. saute the shallots to soften for about 3-4 mins.
3) Pour in the tamarind juice, sugar and salt.
4) Stir until it becomes a thick paste. Lastly, add the fried salt fish cubes.  Mix all ingredient together before removing from heat.

All the best! :)

Kadazan Traditional food

Hye there, I'm back again. Just want to let you know, I'm a proud to be a Sabahan Girl and will always be and I'm pure kadazan girl but married to Chinese man. And I loved him. He just an amazing man. Ok, enough with the story. Here I want to share to all of you our kadazan traditional food, Hinava. Did you know what is Hinava? Hinava is a traditional Sabahan food. It is made from fish meat. It is simple but delicious ! You can served with rice during lunch or dinner time... Enjoy! :)

HINAVA 

(All ingredient that been used must be fresh and clean)

Ingredients:-

Mackerel (medium large)
6 pcs red Onion (sliced​​)
3 pips Garlic (chopped)
2 red chillies (chopped)
Ginger - (sliced​​)
1/2 Bitter gourd - (sliced)
Salt
5-10 orange cotton seeds (Take the juice)


Preparation:-
1) Cleaned the mackerel and sliced ​​into small pieces and place in bowl.
2) Pour some hot water on fish meat and stir for 2 minutes and discard the water.
3) Add a pinch of salt 5 on all ingredients that have been sliced ​​and mix well with the fish meat.
4) Then mixed with lime juice cotton. (if you like sour, than you can add more but if not just put a bit only) and put in the fridge BEFORE serving.

All the best! :)

Ginger Chicken Soup

Hello, do you know my hubby loved my ginger chicken soup and even my sister mother in law tell my sister to learn it from me and the funny things is when my sister tried to cook the soup the taste is different..haha, but here I want to shared with you the recipe. Normally, I will cook this soup for my hubby or my family when their sick because ginger its good Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties and can also calm an upset stomach. I love the heat it adds to this soup.. Enjoy ya! :)

GINGER CHICKEN SOUP
Ingredients:
2-inch piece fresh ginger
2 medium cloves garlic, unpeeled
10 to 12 oz. boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of excess fat (about 3 medium)
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tsp Ajinomoto 
3 cup of Water 

Preparation:

Put all ingredients in a pot and cook until the meat is tender.

No Bake Blueberry Cheesecake Recipe

I loved to cook and to eat. How about you? I wanted to be a Chef but my family financially very tight that time and I did not further my study after that. I learned how to cook when I was 8 years old. I always helped my mum in the kitchen and there I learned how to cook. Why I like to cook? Because I'm happy when I see smile in my family, friends and my loved one after their taste my food and give good compliments about my food. For me, I like to eat. So, that's why I learned how to cook. Here I wanted to share with you how to do chilled blueberry cheesecake without using oven. So, here it is..enjoy! :)

No Bake Blueberry Cheesecake  


Ingredients:
Crust
1 cup crushed graham crackers crumbs (can change)
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar

Filling
2 (8oz) pack cream cheese (softened)
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 cups cool whip topping, thawed (whipped cream)
1 jar of blueberry (preserves) as much as you prefer as topping
1 tsp flavored colorless gelatin
3 tbsp water

Preparation
1) combine all the crust ingredients with a fork until well blended. Press in a 9 inch pie pan. Chill in the fridge for about 15mins.
2) Beat the cream cheese and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer. Add vanilla essence.
3) Dissolve gelatin in the water and add in the cream cheese mixture and beat until well blended and cream cheese fluffy.
4) Add in the cool whip and fold gently.
5) Spoon over and let chill in the fridge for a bout 3 hour or until set. Top with blueberry preserves or fresh one which ever you prefer. Can do your favorite fruit topping too.

All the best! :)