清炒芥兰

 

芥兰有一股农药味，我都会去买有机的。少了那股味道，也多了份安心。我把姜剁碎榨汁，用来腌肉。剩下的渣就收起来，这个时候就可以用上。除了炒菜，也可以用来蒸鱼。物尽其用。

材料：

1. 芥兰  一包（250g）

2. 姜丝 少许

3. 酒     1汤匙

4. 盐     少许

5. 油     1汤匙

6. 水     3汤匙

做法：

1. 芥兰洗净，切段备用。

2. 热锅，下油。将姜丝爆香。

3. 加入芥兰翻炒。

4. 芥兰软后，在锅边洒酒。

5. 加入水和盐炒匀。

嘻哈大笑

这是外婆的招牌年菜之一，取名嘻哈大笑。在粤语虾是念哈。广东人喜爱有意头的年菜，所以都会将年菜取一些吉祥吉利的名字。这道菜意味着新的一年里大家一起嘻哈大笑，开开心心！

这道菜简单易做，不失美味。煎虾后留下橘红色的虾油混合酱油和葱丝，沾着虾或是配着白饭都是那么的美味。咸咸香香的。这就是我熟悉的外婆味道。吃在嘴里的美味，但是心里却是那份对外婆的怀念。

材料：

大虾／明虾 - 图片用八只

青葱 - 依个人喜好，图片用两棵（切丝）

油 - 3大匙

酱油 - 1大匙

做法：

1. 将虾洗净去腸，用纸巾抹干。

2. 把油到近锅里，油热了，放虾煎熟。

3. 虾摆盘，淋上锅里剩下的虾油和酱油。

4. 放上葱丝

Choco Muffins

I always wanted to bake and finally i did it! It's not from the cake mix which you can get it from the shop. I did the measuring and mixing by myself. The outcome is edible but not perfect for me. I will share out the recipe later which i think is good. I love the pastel cases!

Lemon & Pepper Tuna Sandwich

This is a light and refreshing sandwich for a fat-free meal. 

Ingredients :

1/2 can of tuna chunks in water, drained 

1/4 lemon

1 teaspoon of black pepper

Wholemeal bread (toast it if you prefer the crunch) 

Methods:

-Add the tuna in a bowl

-Squeeze the lemon into the bowl

-Add in the black pepper 

-Mix well 

-Marinate for 15 minutes 

-Serve with the bread

I garnished with tomato, lemon and some black pepper on top.

Lola's Cupcakes

 First time I saw Top Shop is selling cupcakes. I didn't try any of it during my first visit to this shop but the shining cupcakes are so unforgettable. I kept thinking of it. Recently I went there again, and this time I tried 2 type of their flavour. I didn't get any shinning cupcake and the end. It's because I was there before their closing, so not much of choices left.

The packing 

Chocolate milk - chocolate cupcake with pure vanilla bean icing and chocolate pieces

Rocky road - marble vanilla & chocolate cake smothered with marshmallows, nuts and milk chocolate buttons

The chocolate cupcake is slightly bitter and it goes well with the vanilla icing. It's a perfect match! 

The marshmallows gave a special texture to the cupcake. You can feel the softness of the cake, the sponginess of the marshmallow and the crunchiness of the chocolate button.  It's fun to eat it!

Lola's cupcakes are beautiful and delicious. It's really different from the cupcakes I tried before.

Tang Yuan

 My  family will celebrate dumpling festival every year. If  it is on weekends, for sure I will go back to home town and celebrate with my family. If I'm not able to go back, I will still have tang yuan on this special day. Sometimes I will get the frozen tang yuan from hypermarket. This year, I made it!

Plain and filled tang yuan with ginger syrup 

It's hard for me to make the peanut filling because I don't have a food processor. I used crunchy peanut butter as a replacement. It taste salty but it goes well with the ginger syrup.

Roasted Reared Pig Soft Bap

German theme Christmas market in Southampton this year. There is plenty of stalls selling food like Greman sausages, burgers, Indian food, Chinese noodles, Thai food, doughnuts and ...... For sure I'll try something new, so I chose the roasted reared pig.     

Beside the pork, I added the stuffing, apple sauces and crisps on top of the soft bap. The pork is juicy but I'm not really into the apple sauces. The crisp actually is the skin, it's so crispy and tasty.