To Try : Savory Breadsticks

1. Preheat Oven to 375.
2. Thaw 1 sheet frozen puff pastry dough according to package instructions and place it on a lightly floured work surface.
3. Brush pastry with 1 beaten egg white, then sprinkle with 1 Tbs freshly grated lemon zest, 1-1/2 tsp finely chopped fresh thyme and 1-1/2 tsp coarse sea salt.
4. Cut into 1/2" wide strips with a pizza cutter; transfer to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
5. Bake for 14 - 14 mins or until lightly browned.

Chocolate Berry Tiramisu Cake

Chocolate Berry Tiramisu Cake 

(Serves 8)

Ingredients :

600ml thickened cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 cup caster sugar

500g mascarpone cheese

1-1/3 cups freshly brewed strong coffee, cooled

2/3 cup hazelnut-flavoured liqueur

500g packet sponge finger biscuits

250g frozen raspberries

250g frozen blueberries

100g dark chocolate, grated

Steps:

1.  Line a 24cm (base) springform cake pan with non-stick baking paper.
2. Whip cream until soft peaks form.  Stir in vanilla and sugar.  Whip until thick.  Add mascarpone and stir gently to combine.
3. combine coffee liqueur in a shallow dish.  Dip biscuits, 1 at a time, into coffee mixture and use to line base of pan (Cut to fit, if necessary).  Top with a third of the mascarpone mixture, half the berries and a third of the chocolate.  Repeat Layers.
4. Top Chocolate with a final layer of soaked biscuits, remaining mascarpone mixture and remaining chocolate.  Cover and refrigerate overnight to allow biscuits to soften and flavours to develop.  Serve.

Notes:

• Mascarpone is a soft Italian cream cheese with a rich, buttery texture and a slightly tart flavour.  Well known for its use in tiramisu and cheesecakes.  It is also great dolloped on fruit.  Take care when mixing mascarpone. - if over mixed, it can separate and become grainy.
• Take care not to over-whop cream lest it breaks down into water and milk solids!
• Hazelnut-flavored liqueur can be replaced with actual rum.  Or add 2-3 teaspoons of rum flavor (syrup in a small bottle sold in baking stores like Phoon Huat) to 2/3 cup of water.
• (Hershey's) Cocoa powder can take the place of dark chocolate int he recipe 
• Sponge Fingers - found in Cold Storage.  Look for them under the label of Cantreau's Lady's Fingers.
• Frozen berries are hard to find - can be omitted from recipe.

Got this recipe from my friend and thought I better type it out before I loose the piece of paper.  She did it for me once using decaf coffee and I loved it.  (^_^)v

Oats Délicieux

Borrowed the above title from the library by Evelyn Tai.  Just started going through it and wanted to jot down some notes.  I love oats, so I tot I wanna look for other things to do with it besides my cookies and the regular oatmeal that I have now and then.

There are some common oats ingredients being used here :

1. Oat Bran
2. Instant Oats
3. Oat Flour
4. Rolled Oats

I think I like all the recipes, except for one which has tuna!  *.*  Not sure what to think of that.  Shall try the recipes out soon.  Nom nom!

O'er the Weekend....

Sunday (12 Sept 2010)

B/F : Peanut butter sandwich on wholemeal bread

Lunch : Char Siew Rice

Break : Fruit Juice (Carrot, Apple, Pear and Starfruit)

Dinner : One garlic chicken hotdog on wholemeal bread

Bedtime : Magmesium with Calcium Tabs

Monday (13 Sept 2010)

Before B/F : Vitamin B Complex Tab + Iron Tab + CoQ10 Tab

B/F : Beehoon with fillet n long beans

Lunch : -

Break : Ham n Cheese Bun + Butter Sugar Bun

Dinner : Ham Sandwich on wholemeal bread with lettuce

Vitamin B Supplement

This is the Vitamin B Supplement that I am currently taking.

Go Lean in Every Way

I'm back.... Sudden inspiration to re-org the kitchen...

Here's the before with all the

clutter...

Here's some of the after...

My most used 2 pieces

My tiny stove

The year old "extension"

Another view

Overall view

Better?

Anyway, went to the market this morning. Bought a bunch of stuff, with the resolve to eat better while spending less and hence the title - Go Lean in Every Way. Here's what I got...

Organic Red Brown Rice - 2kg for $8 at Chong Pang Market

I put it in a tight seal container.

I pasted both the stickers on the packaging on the container for reference.

Dun forget to recycle the packaging to throw your waste.

2 Sakura Chicken Breast (bone-in) for $4.40 (748g)

Australian Broccoli for $1.60 (236g)

Mushrooms from NTUC. Forgot the price. Should be about $3 for both.

2 Bitter Melon for $2.16

Prepping for 2 to 3 meals

Tonight : Mushroom Chicken, Broccoli with Carrot, Chicken bone with Bitter Melon Soup, Bitter Melon with Egg

Boiling the soup.

There are more than enough ingredients for both my meals tomorrow since DH will be dining at work for his meeting. Planning to have macaroni chicken soup or some variation tomorrow.

Brownies

Baked this for Tuesday morning's fellowship.

Fell sick and did not turn up for fellowship.

This stayed in the fridge till this morning when hubby brought it to work.