Bread Baking Made Easy
Looking from the title of this post, some of you may think that my article must be about tips to baking bread. And in a way, you are right. There are many ways bread-baking could be easier, quicker, less messy and practically hands-off. I must admit, there will be some of us, who insisted that making bread needs to be the traditional way, ie. mixing, pounding, kneading the dough to "submission". One is for being very therapeutic, secondly - healthier for the maker and the consumer. And last but not least the traditional way and all those hard work would result ...
Your Own IceCream
Having written much about the icecream maker, I would like to delve a bit onto some of the ingredients and processes that goes into making your own ice cream. So, having searched for something nice and simple, I found one on an article. Rather than pointing you to the website, I have decided to get it the recipe to this same page. Save you a click! The first thing you need to know is how to make your own 100% healthy and natural vanilla extract for your homemade vanilla ice cream. Vanilla extract is a basic ingredient in almost any homemade ice ...
Making Homemade Ice Cream Part 2
On my previous post, I mentioned that we need to know how to use the appliance, which in this case is the Icecream Maker, in order to make homemade ice cream. Because if we believe in throwing all required ingredients together into the Icecream Maker's bowl and hey presto! 30 minutes later, we would most likely get a slushy, a frappe, or a milkshake instead of the valued icecream we sweated out for. Image by julietteculver via Flickr
Making Homemade Ice Cream Part 1
Whenever I don't feel like making a fanciful dessert such as puddings, tarts and so on for after meal treats, it usually means a hasty, albeit switched-up Ice Cream moment for me and everyone else at the family dining table. When I say switched-up, I am literally referring to Anna Olson's Sugar TV series where she bakes something, for example cookies and later on devise ways to upgrade the plain cookies to a nice looking and great tasting dessert fit for guests. She calls it a 'switch-up' concoction. Hope you get the idea, ya? Lately, I have been having more and more ...
Baking and Desserts
Bread Baking Made Easy
Looking from the title of this post, some of you may think that my article must be...
Your Own IceCream
Having written much about the icecream maker, I would like to delve a bit onto some...
Making Homemade Ice Cream Part 2
On my previous post, I mentioned that we need to know how to use the appliance, which...
Making Homemade Ice Cream Part 1
Whenever I don’t feel like making a fanciful dessert such as puddings, tarts...
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Herbs and Spices
Gravy and Side Dish to Accompany The Baked Chicken
Somebody submitted a question to me a couple of days ago for advice on what is a...
Choose Herbs to Enhance Our Dishes with Unforgettable Aroma and Taste
A good way to enhance your dishes with unforgettable aroma is to use herbs. Be...
Dutch Influence, Indonesian Delights
Recently I watched an interview of Bobby Chinn by CNN Talk Asia’s Anjuli Rao. ...
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Seafood and Meat
Gravy and Side Dish to Accompany The Baked Chicken
Somebody submitted a question to me a couple of days ago for advice on what is a good gravy and side dish to go with her baked chicken and here is my answer. The simplest gravy to go with the baked chicken is as follows. The most Basic 3 items – Chicken broth, cream and corn starch. Prepare roughly equal parts of broth and cream to make a... [Read more of this review]
Cooking the Turkey
Generally, when we think of cooking turkey, it is usually meant for Thanksgiving and Christmas. You know, the roasted whole turkey, with all kinds of stuffing and the whole enchilada of gravy and sauce. Now why is that so? Perhaps due to the thoughts of its huge whole size and longer time of preparation and cooking, held back many of us from making... [Read more of this review]
Dutch Influence, Indonesian Delights
Recently I watched an interview of Bobby Chinn by CNN Talk Asia’s Anjuli Rao. Bobby lives in South East Asia and travels throughout the continent for his show World Cafe Asia. The way he presented is quite refreshing and I managed to catch one of his episodes showcasing Indonesian food. Well mainly what’s available in the capital city... [Read more of this review]
Tips on Buying Seafood
To me, knowing how to buy seafood is important, because low quality ones can get people sick from eating them. I believe most of us tend to buy seafood from the big stores. Some of us love waking up before the sun rises to tramp the wet fish market so that we get the better choices of the day, just like an executive chef of a restaurant. And then... [Read more of this review]
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