::QUICK FIX:: Thin Crust Pizza

We had some Gardenia Wraps lying around in the house one day. We have been using them to make wraps for dinners.. but we have had a wrap too many that week and the remaining ones were fast expiring...I read the packaging and saw that it could also be used as a pizza base!

 

So this has become our quick fix dinner solution for the working mum! And it's really yummy!

 

Base

Gardenia wraps (pack of 5 pieces)

 

Toppings

Minced meat, marinated with BBQ sauce

Capsicum

Prego tomato paste/pasta sauce

Cheese - we used cheese slices because those are readily stocked up in our fridge

 

Choice of toppings to suit your own tastes!

 

Preparation

1. Spread tomato paste/pasta sauce over wraps

2. Sprinkle toppings

3. Sprinkle cheese

4. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 180 degree celcius

Chiffon Cheesecake

MY kind of cheesecake!!!! :)

I always find the texture of rich creamy cheesecake too cheesy for my liking. It gets a bit GE-LARD sometimes and I always had to share my slice.

BUT yuppidy-doo!!!

I think. I found the right solution for myself! :):) This cake is for archives!

But the first attempt is not without setbacks though....

There is no ugly cake. Only lazy bakers. ;p And that, shall be elaborated to serve as constant reminder to self not to take shortcuts next time.

One block of Philadelphia.

 The blending starts for Mixture A - Cheese mixture

Mixture B - Had to separate the egg yolks from the egg whites.

But the lazy baker didnt bother to completely separate the eggs! See the blotch of yolk in the mixing bowl?! I blatantly ignored its existence!

 The off to whisk Mixture B without cleaning the whisking blades of Mixture A... I thought since everything was going to be mixed together anyway, why bother?! Wrong thinking!

The result was a 20-minute whisking with futile outcome (Mixture B was supposed to transform into a pure white peak, but u see, mine is abit yellowish and not standing) before I decided to seek help from Google. It certainly helped that the recipe was read off the Ipad, which eased my access to Google. If not, I wouldnt have even bothered.. ;p

And so, answers found. Ended up re-mixing a new Mixture B. The mixture is not supposed to drip back into the mixing bowl. This is not quite done yet....

 There! The successful peak should look something like this!!! 'standing' and doesnt drip back into the mixing bowl. And this only took me 5 minutes of whisking!

Reminder to self: Never take shortcuts again next time O_o

Batter done. Time for pouring into baking tins!

 And popped into the over!

AND...

TAHDAH!!!

 The round baking tin was placed in the lower rack with obviously no room for upward expansion. I actually thought about it for a split second after popping it into the oven. But you see, I was lazy to open the oven again and re-adjust the rack's position....

And so....it didnt turn out as pretty...

But just as a good employee should be able to provide solutions to his boss, a good baker should also be able to salvage this ugly situation (pun pun!!). I shall henceforth name this the.......

SHWU'S ROCKY CHIFFON CHEESECAKE!!! :)

It is still edible la! Just fail the aesthetic aspect... 

And for the ever patient and loveliest tiny furball in my life...

MUMMY LOVES YOU!

Family Bonding

Found this on the ground one evening while walking Murphy.. arent the wings pretty?

Iphone LOMO 

Boyfriend not in town. Sat's house party postponed.

Hence alot of family bonding this weekend :) Somehow in life, there are just too mannnnny people, tooooo many commitments!

 Littlest Siyuan is sooo big already!!

Have I mentioned I realllly love house parties? The very essence of being able to laze around sit down on the sofa and eat the delivery over some catchup just sound very desirable! If u are lucky and the host is a good cook, can fly to heaven already!!

A bottle of women's drink ;p Still have one more chucked away in storage with higher % alc content :) Sweet. My kind :)

We did Sat's luncheon in a very unhealthy manner! ARNOLD's CHICKEN!!

Screamsss FANTABULOUS! I find it better than KFC! They opened a new outlet in Hougang Green :) 

The to-die-for FRIED bunss :) Any fried bun is to die for anyway...I know how to make!!! The dad was craving for some chilli crabs and I told him I could go buy some to cook for him...PLUS make fried buns.

He told me not to waste the crabs... o_O"

Dear dear!!! You will eat my crabs even if they give your rashes right???!!! :):):)

OMG! The SKIN!!!! *drooling*

 Another to-die-for dish only in ARNOLDS. Their coleslaw is simply yummy! Better than KFC leh!

 

 Wolved down the coleslaw and the mash with the fried bun. *slurpzz*

 And the must-order potatossssss platter if u are a potato lover.

I felt really homey on Sat. So I decided to share my love around the house :)

Porkie shrooms pie on the menu!

Think I m innovative or what! I only know how to cook minced pork in ONE way. The hotplate tofu way ;p So with the same cooking style, I made the fillings and rolled them into a pie :)  the bottom piece looked abit charred cos I switched the oven to intense heat over the top halfway into baking. Switched back again and caused the whole house to get short circuited. Luckily the dad was at home...

Note to self, must learn how to handle the circuit board from the dad leh..

"Live and learn"

PS: I hung out my FIRST stick of bamboo pole during the parents' trip this time round. Very proud of self :) Cos I always visualise dropping the pole onto some poor chaps car down below ;p

 Side view of my Porkie shrooms pie :) also added in leaves of baby spinach (raw) and cheese (not enough. Must add more next time)

 Tweaked the recipe to the 3-egg spinach. Too bad no salted egg at home.. So I ll just have to continue experimenting till I get it right

 Braised pork (courtesy of mummy)

Since I m in a good mood (I just came back to the city!!), I shall share my favorite minced pork recipe here..But I think....perhaps only Shaoyu....will need this :) Dont think any of my friends cook leh...

Recipe for good minced pork

Ingredients

1 pack of S$2.50 minced pork from NTUC supermarket

5-6 pieces of mushrooms (chinese/can/japanese)

Some garlic

Some chilli padi

Mixture A (taste)

- 1 tbsp oyster sauce

- 1 tbsp water

- 1 tbsp sugar

- 2 tbsp sesame oil

Mixture B (glue)

1 tbsp cornflour (or riceflour)

3 tbsp water

Steps

Stir fry some garlic till fragrant

Throw in the pork and stir fry till almost cooked

Throw in mushrooms and continue stir frying

Add in Mixture A and continue stirfry

Cut in your chilli padi

Slowly add in Mixture B until you achieve the desired goey-i-ness (dont have to add all)

There it is! The secret is in Mixture A! This pot of minced meat is awesome goodness! you can use it as a dish on its own, place it on ur hotplate toufu or even make it into a pie! Very versatile!! hahaha!

Do you even use the word on food? ;p