Banana Cake

It's my first attempt to make this banana cake, and voila, it works with this simple recipe! :)

Ingredients:

1 tsp baking powder

1.5 cup self raising flour, sifted

3 large ripe bananas, mashed

2 eggs, lightly beaten

0.5 cup castor sugar, sifted

0.5 cup extra light olive oil

Method:

1) Pre-heat oven to 180'C

2) Mix the sifted self raising flour, castor sugar, and baking powder.

3) Make a well in the middle, pour in the mashed bananas.

4) Add in the lightly beaten eggs and olive oil. Stir it gently to mix all into a smooth mixture.

5) Grease a baking mould (rectangular shape or any shape you may like). You can also substitute it with a foil container and line it with baking paper. Pour the mixture into the mould slowly.

6) Make sure only half the mould is filled.

7) Bake in oven for 25 mins, or until a skewer comes out clean.

GOOD LUCK!

By Aggie

Pad Thai Noodles

I have been a super fan of Thai food since my teenage years. Decided to make this cuisine using a paste obtained from Woolworths supermarket. It's easy and yummy!







Ingredients: (serves 3-4)

1/4 onions (diced)

1/2 carrot

200g minced chicken

2 eggs

a handful of bean sprout

200g medium sized prawns

1 tomato

Rice noodles

3 tbsp oil

2 tbsp water

For Garnishing:

lime (cut into wedges)

crushed peanuts

chili flakes

parsley

Method:

1. Boil the rice noodles for 3 minutes and drain well. Leave aside.

2. Heat up oil in wok, add in onions and stir fry for 1 minute.

3. Add minced chicken and prawns and stir fry for 2 minutes to seal.

4. Add carrot and tomato. Stir fry for 1 minute, then move all to side, and add eggs. Stir to scramble the eggs.

5. Add drained rice noodles, and stir for 2 minutes on medium heat.

6. Pour in the Pad Thai sauce and stir evenly for another 2 minutes.

7. Finally, add bean sprouts.

8. Garnish with lime wedges, chili flakes, parsley, crushed peanuts and ready to serve!

By Aggie

Note: Woolsworth supermarket is in Australia

Portuguese Chicken

I got this seasoning when I was in Melbourne, not sure if supermarkets here in Malaysia has it. The outcome of the recipe reminds me of Nando's chicken.

Portuguese chicken with grill asparagus



Ingredients:
2 whole leg chicken drumstick, remove bones & make a few slit at the back of leg
1 bunch of asparagus, washed
Olive Oil spray
2 teaspoon honey for glazing
2 teaspoon lea & perrie sauce
1 teaspoon butter
Masterfood Portuguese Chicken seasoning


Seasoning of chicken:
Rub chicken with lea & perrie sauce, Masterfood Portuguese Chicken seasoning all over on both side of leg, make sure seasoning get into slit part
Set aside for 3hrs

Baking:
Preheat oven to 180C
Spray olive oil on top of chicken skin
Bake in oven for 15mins
After 10mins, glaze chicken skin with honey


Grilling Asparagus:
Heat up grill pan, melt butter and put in asparagus and grill for 2-3mins
Serve it over rice
(You can use the sauce dripped from baking to pour it over rice)


Grill Portuguese chicken with Seafood Spaghetti



Ingredients:

2 chicken breast, skin removed, make a few slit on the back part
Masterfood Portuguese chicken seasoning
1 teaspoon butter
1/2 pkt spaghetti
Squid, washed and cut into smaller pieces
Some lettuce
2 onions chopped into cubes
1 can of pasta sauce
2 teaspoon dry parsley
1 tomato chopped into cubes
2 teaspoon HP sauce


Seafood spaghetti:
Heat up pan with oil
Cook onions till fragrant
Pour in a can of pasta sauce
Add tomato & dry parsley
Finally when sauce is boiling add in squid and make a good stir to mix everything
Turn off heat immediately to prevent squid from over cooked


Seasoning & Grilling:
Seasoning chicken breast 3hrs before grilling with Portuguese seasoning & HP sauce
Heat up grilling pan
Scope 1/2 tsp butter and let it melt on top of each chicken
Grill chicken on both side till cook
Serve with seafood spaghetti & lettuce

Salad Week

Most of you in Malaysia who loves durians would feel sinful that you have taken too much durians for the past week. Well, its time to get back into shape and shed off some durian fats. Here's couple of salad that I made for the whole week that you can indulge in your diet plan.

Thai Mango Salad with Grill Chicken




Ingredients:
1/2 grill chicken chop into small pieces, remove bones
2 mango slice into cubes
1 bowl of mix pasta
1 tomato cut into cubes
2 bunch of baby lettuce
2 tablespoon Thai chili sauce
1/2 teaspoon fish sauce
1/2 lime or lemon



Method:
Mix chicken, mango, tomato, lettuce & pasta into salad bowl.
Pour in Thai chili sauce, fish sauce and lime & mix thoroughly
Serve immediately

Note:
Do not keep this salad too long as the lime/lemon & Thai chili sauce
will make the lettuce soggy.




Spiral Pasta Salad with Honey Glazed Ham




Ingredients:
1 pc of thick honey glazed ham, sliced into small cubes
(you can use any type of ham you like)
1 bowl of cooked spiral pasta
1 onions chop fine
1/2 lettuce chop fine
some sesame seed & black pepper
1 tablespoon low fat mayonnaise
1/2 lemon
1 tablespoon olive oil

Method:
In a salad bowl mix ham, lettuce, pasta, onions
Mix in thoroughly with mayonnaise, lemon and olive oil
Refrigerate salad before serving
Garnish with sesame seed & black pepper



I got this interesting Italian salad dressing called 'Salad Magic'. In fact, its really does magic without oil, cholesterol and 99% fat free. So what are you waiting for? Go grab a bottle.





Grill Squid with Mango & Italian Dressing Salad



Ingredients:
3 squid, cleaned and cut into ring
1 Japanese cucumber, cut into small cubes
1/2 carrot, grated short and fine
1 bowl cooked spiral pasta
1 baby butterhead
1 mango sliced into thin strips
Some sesame seeds & dry parsley
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 onion chop fine
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
pinch of salt
2 tablespoon Italian dressing sauce


Method:
Heat up pan with oil, fry onions until fragrant.
Quickly put in squid with fish sauce, sesame oil, salt and stir fry for 1/2min
(Do not over cook squid)
Dish it out and set it on some butterhead
Mix pasta, cucumber and carrot with Italian dressing sauce
Serve salad with squid and mango slices
Garnish with parsley and sesame seed
You can serve this salad as an appetizer for guests



I love mine mix all together and have it with some Thai fragrant rice...







One of my colleague ask me, how do you make kids eat vegetables? I know some kids don't like vegetables. It's easy...just make the dish looks like their cartoon show. Make shapes out of vegetables.



Tuna Salad with Bears & Stars...Weeeeee!



Ingredients:
1 can of tuna in brine (water), remove water and mash it up
1 stick celery slice finely
1 cup of boiled corn
2 bunch of baby lettuce
1 cup of pasta
1 carrot slice thinly (I use shapes slices to cut it, this makes it fun for kids)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon Italian dressing sauce
pinch of salt
some dry dill


Method:
Mix lettuce, corn, celery, pasta in a salad bowl
Add in olive oil, Italian dressing, salt and mix thoroughly
Serve with tuna on top and carrots
Garnish with dry dills