Seafood marinara

2 onions finely chopped
2 carrots finely chooped
1 1/2 red capsicum finely chopped

Fry the above till onions are browned

2 garlic finely chopped
1 cup white wine

Add the above, and simmer for 5 minutes

1 cup canned diced tomatoes
2 tbs tomato paste
1 tsp mixed herbs

Add the above and simmer for 10 minutes

600g marinara mix

Add and cook for 5 minutes

tomato prawn pasta

i can't believe that this concoction of ingredients actually worked!! i just threw in things that i thought would match, and bham! the best pasta dish i've ever made (without follwing a recipe) was born :)

Recipe (serves 3)
300g thin spaghetti (cooked as per instructions)
3 tbs olive oil
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 tbs chilli flakes
1 1/2 tbs chopped mixed italian herbs
15 green prawns, peeled
6 cherry tomatoes, halved
3/4 cup frozen peas
1 tbs capers
3/4 cup diced tomatoes
1/2 cup white wine
1/4 cup thickened cream
salt and pepper to taste

Heat oil and fry the garlic, chilli flakes and herbs, then add the prawns and fry for 2-3 minutes. Remove the prawns from pan.

Then add the cherry tomatoes, peas, capers, fry for 2 minutes. Then add the diced tomatoes and white wine and bring to boil and then simmer for 5 minutes.

Add in the cream, stir, and simmer for 2 minutes, and return the prawns to the pan to warm up. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Serve on the pasta. yum!

Sticky cinnamon buns!

Surprise! The sticky cinnamon buns are here! They made my apartment smell like a cinnamon factory, for 2 whole days :) i'm one very happy person!

i brought them to uni today to share the joy and my friends gasped with excitement when they saw the huge bag of buns :) what a funny moment, i never knew that i could get a reaction like this :)

the buns were good, but lacked filling and weren't sweet enough (eventhough i had doubled it and added a maple syprup glaze), but no worries, i can assure you that the next batch will be all-improved-blow-your-tastesocks-off, very sticky, cinnamon buns. :)

raisin loaf

Look at what my bread machine made!!! isn't it a beauty of a loaf? I'm so proud of my little breville ikon breadmaker *gives it a hug*

i've been trying the recipes in the book, and am, at this moment, waiting for the dough for my sticking cinnamon bun to rise!! oh! I can't wait to taste them!! I'm drooling.....

It's handy to have a the bread maker around :) and it's kinda endearing and nice to have a soft, warm loaf of bread waiting for you to get home after 9 hours of uni. oh, bless.

truffles truffles!!

truffles are addictive! these tiny fellas have you craving more for their melty, sweet, grainy texture... I've warned you! stay away from them!!!

Recipe:
1 tin sweetened condensed milk
1 pkt marie biscuits, crushed finely
1 tbs cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup coconut

mix 1st 4 ingredients weel.roll a tsp full of mixture into balls and then roll in coconut. refridgerate until cool and firm :)

All done!

mum's simple chicken stew

Recipe:
- 1 whole chicken
- 2 Carrots
- 3 Potatoes
- 2 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 1 tbs soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- boiling water

Fry the chicken in sesmae oil till browned, add potatoes, carrots, and add water till it cover the ingredients. Now add in the oyster sauce and soy sauce, bring to boil, and simmer for the next 30-45 minutes.

wenjie's wontons!!

wow. these wontons are little bombs of flavour and homely-ness!!! Wenjie's mum made us these for lunch, while we were working hard on our first pair of cool scurbs (which was kinda a success. hee.)

What's in the filling?
mince pork
sesame oil
black fungus
shitake mushroons
ginger
bok choy
soy sauce

And, just wrap it up in wonton skins, like lanterns, and cook them in stock :)

what's in the stock
Seaweed
chicken salt/stock
soy sauce
sesame oil