Wednesday, February 4, 2009

春节 - 新目标


新年回来后,同事间见面第一句话不是恭喜恭喜,而是多了几公斤?
老实说,自从生了宁儿后体重更本没有回到怀孕前的数字。
现在我要大大声的说:我要减肥!我要减肥!
一个月 达到目标- 45公斤!


今天是立春, 先吃春卷吧!


Thursday, January 22, 2009

新年快乐


祝大家万事如意

花生角

拍得太近了,看起来很大,其实小小个。。很好吃。
古早味的小吃, 楷儿彦儿最爱。整个晚上制作好大约八十个而已。要带回婆家。
材料:
150 g 粉
35 g 沾米粉
60 g 牛油
3 Tbsp 冷水 (我是加到成团)
馅:
120 gm. 炒香花生碎
3 Tbsp. 芝麻
60 g 糖
3 Tbsp. 油

雜果蛋糕

雜果蛋糕終于出場了。。。

06 年时做过 - 用 creaming method/Allrecipe 的方法。太干。不好吃。
07 放弃。
08 再战江湖 - 用 boiled Fruit Cake 的方法. 烘好后看起来很满意。味道呢,切片后才知道真的真的很美味。
食谱:
Boiled Fruitcake
3 1/2 cup dry fruit (I used raisin, gold raisin, seedless gold raisin, appricot, red cherries)
3/4 cup butter (170g)
1 cup milk (235ml)
1 teaspoon mixed spice (I used about 1/2tsp of each spices: cinnamon powder, all spice and nutmeg)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda (2g)
2 2/3 cups sifted self-rising flour (335g) (I used 22/3 cups all purpose flour with 2 tsp baking powder)
2 eggs
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C).
Line one 7.5 inches square tin with parchment paper (double layer).
In a medium saucepan, combine mixed fruit, sugar, butter, milk, mixed spice, and baking soda.
Bring to a boil, and simmer for 5 minutes.
Let the mixture cool to room temperature.
Stir in flour and eggs.
Pour into the prepared pan.
Bake at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) for 60 minutes (My oven is very hot, so by this time the cake is done, 我的炉很热,这时候就好了).
Else, please reduce temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), and continue to baking cake for 1 1/2 hours.
Remove cake from oven, and allow to cool in the tin for 5 minutes.
Pour liquor/Rum/Brandy on the cake. (我用Whisky)
Wrap the cake while it is still warm (not hot) - I used baking paper to wrap and final layer with kitchen cloth. Keep in airtight tupperware.
(do not wrapped directly with aluminum foil, because alcohol can damage the foil).

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

男人40和南瓜面 - 他们没有关系

还有几天就是新年了。刚才和同事聊天时,他说每次新年他都想逃避。。。
很久才回家一次,连孩子都不认得自己的公公婆婆和姑姑。一脸的黯然。“也不懂为什么会这样”他说。
“可能我父母都不爱我!”他似乎用了全身的力气说。“而且我是惟一的男儿” 40多岁的男人-带着这个问号,活了40多年。太沉重了吧。
如今的他,尽自己所能,爱自己的孩子,补偿自己幼年所受的委屈。

这个新年,回家吧!

很简单的自制南瓜面条。。。请慢用。