Gluten Free Almond Cookies

Makes: 12 2" Cookies
Prep Time: 5 mins
Baking Time: 25 mins


Ingredients:

Almond Flour  1 C
Coconut Oil     1/8 C
Maple Syrup or Honey 1/8 C
Baking Soda    1/4 tsp
Vanilla Extract  1 tsp
Apple Cider Vinegar (Optional) 1/2 tsp
Chocolate Chip  1/4 C
Icing Sugar (Optional) 2 Tbsp


Directions:

1) Pre-heat oven at 110C. Place baking sheet on baking pan.

2) In a mixing bowl, mix all ingredients except chocolate chip, using a wooden spoon or spatula mix till ingredients are well blended, and formed a sticky dough.

3) Added in half of the chocolate chips, mixed gently.

4) Using hands to take a small ball of dough, shape dough into a flat circle or any shape you wanted, about half an inch thick.

5) Put cookies on baking sheet. Finished shaping cookie with rest of the dough.

6) Baking for 25 minutes or until it becomes golden and hard.

7) While cookies are cooling on racks, melted rest of the chocolate chips in a bowl of warm water, put in microwave for 30 sec.

8) Once cookies is cool, dip cookies in melted chocolate. Set aside till chocolate coating become hard. Sprinkle with icing sugar for garnish.

Goji, Walnut Browine

We all have the moment craving for sweet, one way to make us feel less guilty after indulging the "junk" is to add more of the good nutrient in.

It is always fun to experiment recipe with different ingredients!

This recipe has goji and walnut added in it, for those who want to keep the nutrients but ain't a big fan of these two nutrients can ground them in the blender, this way you won't even notice the taste of them but the chocolate-y flavor.

 Serving: Make 6" x 4" cake
 Prep Time: 20 Mins
Baking Time: 30 Mins

Ingredients:

Unsalted Butter     3/8 C/ 170g
Cocoa Powder       3/8 C/ 6Tbsp
Sugar                    1C/ 125 g
Egg                       2
Baking Powder       1/2 tsp
Vanilla Extract        1 tsp
All Purpose Flour   1/2 C / 70g
Goji                       1 Tbsp
Walnut                   5


Instruction:

1) Pre-heat oven to 175 C

2) In a saucepan, melt unsalted butter in low heat, slowly stir in coca powder.

3) Once melted and combined, removed from heat.

4) Added in sugar, and beaten egg one at a time. Stir well.

5) Stir in baking powder, vanilla extract, flour, mix well.

6) Grounded Goji and Walnut using blender or minced with a knife, stir into mixture.

7) Greased baking pan, poured in mixture, baked for 30 minutes or until insert comes out clean.

Healthy Banana Oats loaf (low sugar)

Banana bread is always the first choice of recipe when you have ripen banana! The smell of baking bread in the morning is just so refreshing.

And this recipe is a health version, as low caloric sugar is used here.

Make one 6 inches round cake
Prep Time: 15 mins
Baking Time: 30 mins



Ingredients:

Ripen Banana (Mashed)    1
Egg                                     1
Self Rise Flour                   1 C   or 1 C All purpose Flour + 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
White Sugar (Equal)          1 C
Butter (soften, unsalted)    50g
Milk                                   1/4 C
Oats                                   1/4 - 1/2 C
Vanilla Extract                   2 tsp


Instructions:


1) Preheat oven to 180C. Place baking sheet in baking pan, on bottom and the sides.

2) In a bowl, mix flour and sugar.

3) Add in butter, milk and beaten egg, mix well.

4) Add in mashed banana, then vanilla extract. Mix till combined.

5) Pour batter in baking pan, gently drop pan on table couple of time to allow air to escape from batter.

6) Sprinkle oats on the surface, bake till golden brown and insert comes out clean.

7) Dust icing sugar on top for garnish (optional).

  

5 mins Muffin Quiche

Prep Time: 5 mins

Baking Time: 10 mins

Makes 3 muffin size Quiche

Ingredients: 

Egg                                                             2

Tomato                                                       1 small

Green Pepper or broccoli,  minced            1/4 C

Cheese (any kind), shredded                      1/4 C 

Spices (salts, pepper, minced oregano)      pinch        

Instruction: 

1) Preheat oven to 250F, spray thin layer of oil on muffin pan 

2) Beat egg, added in minced green pepper, half shredded cheese, minced tomato (save three slices for topping) and spices; mix well.

3) Pour mixture to muffin pan, place a slice of tomato on top, then top with rest of the shredded cheese. 

4) Bake for 10 mins or until egg is set.

* You can simply substitute or add any of your favorite ingredients, ham, corn, mushroom or carrot.

Make your your kind of muffin quiche!

Chocolate Shortbread Cookie with Purple Yam Topping

    

Prep time: 30mins

Baking time: 15mins

Makes 12 cookie bites

Ingredients: 

Purple Yam.                              1/2C

All Purpose Flour.                     1 C

Unsalted Butter (room temp.)    1/4C

Caster Sugar.                            1/4C

Egg.                                          1 small

Vanilla Extract                           2 drops

Chocolate bite (optional).           1/4 C

Icing Sugar

Instructions:

1) Pre-heat oven to 270F 

2) Streamed Yam over boiling water until fork can poke through the centre of the Yam. 

3) Removed skin and mashed Yam using fork. Let cool. 

4) In a mixing bowl, creamed butter and sugar, shifted flour in, added vanilla extract and beaten egg. Mixed until well combined. 

5) Added chocolate bites. 

6) Prepared baking paper on cookie sheet. 

7) Use a spoon to drop a spoonful of cookie dough onto cooking sheet, gently flatten out dough into thinner shape. Created any shape of your cookies as desired.

8) Last step, drop a bit of mashed Yam on each of the cookies. 

9) Put in oven, baked for 15 mins or until golden brown. 

10) Set aside till cools down, dusted icing sugar on top.

Tips: If cookie dough gets a bit dry, add a tablespoon of milk or water at a time. If cookie dough gets too wet, add flour to absorb the extra moisture.

This recipe makes crunchy cookie texture, if wants to store cookie for couple more days, storing with a piece of bread can prevent cookies dry out. 

Lazy Meal- Baked Egg & Cheese on English Muffin

Monday Breakfast! Nothing beat this quick one-minute meal prep. breakfast. No need to worry about leftover, perfect recipe for cooking for one or more. Making this nutritious full breakfast is already brightening up my day ❤   

(Scroll down below for the easiest steps for this recipe!)

Serving for 1

Prep time: 1 min

Cooking time: 5mins

Ingredient:

English Muffin           1

Egg                          1

Shredded Marble Cheese (Any fav kind)            

Instruction:

1) Pre-heat oven to 200C

2) Split english muffin in half.

3) Gently use a spoon to press the centre of the bread to make it flat (creating a shallow room for the egg to sit) / or use a knife to take the centre of the bread out

4) Crack an egg on English muffin, sprinkle shredded cheese, and pepper to taste

5) Pop it into the oven until egg white is set/ solid. 

Mushroom Scramble Egg on Toast

Perfect Nutritious Breakfast for One


Ingredients:

Bread/ Baguette       2 Slices
Egg                          1
Mushroom               2


Optional:
Black Pepper/ Shredded Broccoli   Pinch
Milk                            1Tbsp    


Instruction:

1) Toast bread on frying pan on both side. Set aside.
2) Beat egg, added in shredded broccoli, add 1Tbsp of water or milk
3) Add 1tsp cooking oil in frying pan over low heat, pour egg mixture, keep stirring using a wooden spoon until egg started to coagulate/ become hard.
4) Sliced mushroom, pan fried mushroom over low heat until its soft.
5) Assemble eggs, mushroom on toast.
6) Move whole sandwich over on pan over low hear, covered with a lid and heat for about 3 minutes.
7) Remove from pan, sprinkle black pepper over for flavouring.@

  

Pecan Pancake Topped with Banana Ice-cream

Serving for 2, makes 6 small (4”) pancakes

Pancake is one of the easiest home-made breakfast or dessert choices, and the banana ice-cream which is made with fresh banana only, makes it a healthier option to go with the pancake, you gotta try it out yourself.

Ingredients:

   Pancakes

   Cake Flour, shifted   1 C

   White Sugar        2 Tbsp

   Baking Soda        2 tsp

   Egg               1 Large

   Milk               3/4 C

   Vegetable Oil        1Tbsp

   Pecan              1/4 C

   Maple Syrup/ Honey  For Serving

  Banana Ice-Cream

  Frozen Banana       1

Instructions:

  Pancakes:

1)     In a bowl, combine dry ingredients, cake flour, white sugar and baking soda together.

2)     Beat egg, add milk and vegetable oil in another bowl, mix well.

3)     Pour wet ingredient into bowl with dry ingredients, stir well until no lump formed.

4)     Heat non-stick pan in low heat, grease pan with vegetable oil.

5)     Use landler to pour a spoonful of pancake filling into pan.

6)     Flip pancake with bubbles are showing.

7)     Repeat until batter is done.

l     To make a perfect pancake with even browning, make sure not to put too much oil, and has to cook under low heat

8)     Served hot with syrup, butter, and pecan!

 

Instructions:

  Banana Ice-cream:

1)     Sliced banana in slices, put in freezer for at least 2 hours.

2)     Blend frozen banana in a blender or processor until smooth. (Add in pecan for preference)

3)     Served immediately, or re-freeze if necessary.

Tips: To see if the temperature of the pan is hot enough for pancake, can pour tbsp of batter to test.  

--> When bubbles appear, it is good to flip.

--> When too much oil is added in the pan, pancake will turn into shown on the right.

  

Seaweed Mushroom on Toast

Nutritious Breakfast For One

Seaweed Mushroom on Toast

 

Ingredients:

Bread                2 Slices

Egg                  1

Mushroom            1/4 Cup

Dry Seaweed (salted)    1/8 to 1/4 Cup

Cherry Tomato, sliced    1/4 Cup

Directions:

1)      Added 1Tbsp butter/ oil in pan. Sautéed mushroom till soft. Drained out juices/ water

2)      Added Tomato, pan fired for half minutes  

3)      Boiled a pot of water, set aside. Cracked egg in a bowl, carefully tip eggs in the simmering hot water, spoon out after 3 minutes, (creating a whirlpool by stirring water with a spoon before dropping the egg can help staying in shape)  

4)      Toasted breads on both side.

5)      Assembled tomato, egg and mushroom on bread, topped with seaweed.

Cranberry Chocolate Waffer

Ingredients: 
 Chocolate button/ melting chocolate                     1 Cup
Oreo cookie                                                               2 cookies
Dried cranberry                                                         1/4 Cup
Waffle cookie                                                            4 cookies



Instruction:
1) Use double boiling method to melt chocolate button, melt separately for different kinds.
2) Once melted, pour a thin layer of chocolate on aluminum foil, then put a thin waffle cookie on top.
3) Pour another layer of chocolate just to cover waffle cookie.
4) Sprinkle dried cranberries on top.
5) Use a plastic bag to make oreo crumble by rolling cookies over by a rolling pin, or  by hands (carefully remove oreo cream with knife)
6) Sprinkle oreo crumble on top.
7)  Use a fork or a piping bag to create pattern on surface using different kind/ colour chocolate.
8) Cover chocolate with another sheet of foil, then chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
9) Take out from fridge, use a heated knife to cut chocolate into desired shape. (run knife under hot water, then dried)

BBQ fried rice

1 Serving

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking:  20 minutes

Ingredients:

Leftover rice              1 Bowl

BBQ pork                  1/4 Cup, chopped

Egg, beaten                1

Green Pea                   2 Tbsp

Cooking Oil               1 Tbsp

Soy sauce                   1 Tbsp

Methods:

1) In a frying pan, heat up oil till bubbling when touching the bottom of the pan with chopstick.

2) Add in BBQ pork and pea, pan-fry for a minute.

3) Set pork and pea to one side of the pan, add in leftover rice.

4) Pour 2 Tbsp of water over rice, use frying ladle or a spatula to loosen rice.

5) Set all ingredients in pan to one side. Pour in beaten egg in pan.

6) Use a spatula to stir egg mixture until is cooked. Mix all cooked ingredients in pan, stir well.

7) Add in soy sauce. Keep stirring until well mix.

8)  Add pepper or salt for taste.

Chocolate munchies

Super Easy Treat. It only takes as little as 10 minutes to make!

Ingredients: 

Chocolate waffer     handful

Dried fruit               handful

Granola                   handful

Direction

1) Using double boiling methods (Click here for method) to melt chocolate

2) Poured mixture in a piping bag or a ziploc plastic storage bag, cut one corner to create a hole

3) Placed a baking sheet on a baking pan, gently pipe/ squeeze chocolate mixture onto baking sheet.

4) Created any shape you like on the sheet. 

5) Sprinkle dried fruit and granola on top*

* It doesn't take long to cool down chocolate mixture, be sure to sprinkle dried fruit and granola before it gets hard, so that they will stick onto chocolate. Used a fork or dried  fruit touch gently to test if chocolate has been hardens.

6) Chocolate should be harden within 10 minutes, removed from baking sheet by gently peel off baking sheet. 

* Avoid placing chocolate under sun or on hot surface

Nutella Swirl Pound Cake

I have been trying to clean out my fridge, and noticing that I have quite a lot of fat ingredients sitting  in the fridge. Since I have a jar of Nutella left, I thought I would add some in today's recipe.


It is a quick bread recipe, it is very easy and fast to make. Combine all ingredients together, mix well then it is done!



Here is the ingredients you need:


Butter (placed in room temp.)     3 Tbsp/ 50g
Cream Cheese (room temp.)       1/2 C,  100g
Sugar                                           3 Tbsp / 50g
Egg                                               2
Cake Flour                                   1 C/ 120g
Baking Powder                            1/2 tsp
Milk                                             1 Tbsp
Vanilla Extract                            1 tsp
Nutella                                         2 Tbsp


Instruction:

1) Pre-heat oven to 360F
2) Cut baking sheet place for a baking pan for the size of 4" x 11"
3) In a bowl, using an electrical mixer to beat cream cheese and butter which is placed in room temperature for at least 20 minutes until well mixed
4) Beat in sugar.
5) In another bowl, beat 2 eggs
6) Slowly beat in beaten eggs in 3 portion into the batter, mix well before adding another portion of egg mixture
7) Using sifter to shift flour into batter, mix until well blended
8) Add is baking powder and vanilla extract, mix well
9) Once your mixture is ready, spoon 1/3 of batter into another bowl, mix nutella until cooperated
10) Now you have 2 colour of better, pour nutella batter on top of the original batter, using a spatula to cut through batter using a "8" motion. (as if you are writing the number 8 when mixing the batter)
11) Slowly and gently mix using the 8 motion for about 8 times
12) Pour batter into pan, gently smoothen the surface
13)To create a pattern on surface, use a toothpick/ skewers or chopstick and dip in nutella, gently draw lines across the surface of the batter
14) Using another clean toothpick, ( not dipping in nutella this time) draw across the surface in an opposite direction. (if you draw your line with nutella across horizontally, you need to draw across with a clean toothpick from the top to bottom)
15) Bake for 30 minutes or until insert comes out clean

 

Rice Kirspy Chocolate Bar

Here is a simple idea of foodie gift. Fast and Easy. Great for a thank you gift, bride gift or a "sorry" gift.

 Ingredients:

~handful of chocolate wafer melt ( melting chocolate)
    I get my chocolate wafer at bulk barn, which is a franchise snack/ baking store store in Ontario. I get as much as you want in a bag and purchase it by weight.

~ handful of rice crispy

Instruction:

~ Pick out a chocolate mold, ( I have used an ice cube mold, baking pan, pretty much anything that can hold liquid, but keep in mind that, to narrower the container, the better.)

~ Using double boiler methods to melt chocolate, be careful not to mix chocolate with water.
  ( I used microwave does the melting, make sure to mix chocolate content every 20 seconds)

~ Pour a layer of chocolate on the bottom of the mold, and sprinkle a rice crispy on top, spread evenly.

~ Cover with plastic wrap, put in freezer for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare next batch of melting chocolate, if you want to do a different colour layer.

~ Take chocolate bar out of the fridge, pour next chocolate layer on top, smooth surface with spatula or a spoon. Put chocolate back to fridge for another 10 minutes

~ Used leftover chocolate mixture to create chocolate garnish on top, put chocolate mixture into a piping bag, and create any garnish you want. 

Meringue Minis Cookies

 

Looking for cookie recipe that does not call for flour?

This recipe might be what you are looking for!

 

Meringue cookies are usually made up of Egg white and Sugar only, according personal preference, you may add your favourite ingredients to enrich the flavour, taste and texture.

 

This recipe is easy and simple, it doesn't require many cooking utensils; as long as you have an electrical mixer, you are good to start!

 

 

 

 

 

 Time: 25 minutes + baking time (30 to 45 minutes)

 

Serving: 12  6-inches cookies  or 3 cups of mini cookies

 

 

Ingredients:

 

Egg White             2

Icing Sugar           1/2 C

 

 

 

Instruction:

 

1) Preheat oven to 280 F

2) Separate egg white and egg yolk

3) Using an electrical mixer, beat egg white until foamy - soft peak ( about 2 minutes)

4) Sparkle icing sugar no more than 1 Tbsp at a time into egg white foam. Keep beating until all sugar is used

5) Stop beating when egg white foam can hold its shape. (Using a spoon to scoope foam, and see if its consistency is still runny ( water-liked); if so, beat till foam is stiff or hold shape)

6) Using a piping bag* to create cookie shape, or simple spoon egg white foam and drop on ungreased cookie sheet.

7) Bake for 30 to 45 minutes depends on size of cookie, if surface of cookie becomes hard, take out from oven and let cool.

8) Enjoy.



 

 

 

*Tips: No piping bag? Simply use a plastic storage bag such as Ziploc bag or those clear bags you get from the bulk barn store work too!  Scoop spoonful of mixture and put in one corner of the bag, cut  corner of the bag to create a hole. It is just that simple.

 

 

Easter addition: Bunny Cream Cheese Cupcake

    Since I have some cream cheese leftover, I thought I would try baking cream cheese cupcake. One thing that I noticed between a yellow (butter) cake than a cream cheese cupcake is that the latter gives a denser texture, but yet moist. Cream cheese cake gives more flavour and amour as well. The cream cheese I used in this recipe was plain cream cheese.  It would be an interesting experiment using flavoured cream cheese such as strawberry cream cheese in this recipe.

 

Time: 30 minutes + baking time

Servings:    8 cupcakes

 

Ingredients:

Butter                          90 g / 6 Tbsp

Plain Cream Cheese  90g   / 6 Tbsp
Icing Sugar                  2/3 C
Vanilla Extract            2 tsp
Egg                               2
Self-Rising Flour         1/8 C
All-purpose Flour      ½ C

Instructions:

1)      Pre-heat oven to 350 F, prepare muffin pan with greased muffin paper cup

2)      In a big bowl, mix butter, cream cheese, egg, vanilla extract and icing sugar, using electrical mixer, beat until fluffy.

3)      Add flour into mixture, blend well

4)      Pour spoonful mixture into each cups

5)      Bake till golden brown or when insert come out clean

 

Variation:

Add chocolate chips, shredded coconut into mixture before adding flour for personal preference.



 

No pan-fry Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Serve 1      Cooking time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

1 Piece of White Bread   +   1 Slice of Processed Cheddar Cheeses

Instruction:

1) Toasted bread in toaster for 1 minute or until surface has been grilled crispy

2) Used a knife, pick an edge, gently slice between bread to create pocket/ opening on a side of the bread

3) Put in slice of cheese in the pocket, cut size if needed

4) Toasted bread for 2 minutes or until golden brown with opening facing up

5) Served hot, enjoy!

Thin crispy crust with melting cheese :)



Cheesecake Brownie

Cheesecake Brownie

Serve 12,  Preparation : 45 times

Ingredients:

Brownie:
 Butter (soften)                3/4 Cup or 125 g
 Eating Chocolate            150 g
 Egg                                1
 Icing Sugar                     2/3 C
 All Purpose Flour           3/4 C   or 110 g
 Self-rising Flour              1/4 C   or  35 g

Cheesecake:

Cream Cheese (soften)    250 g
Vanilla Extract                 1 tsp
Icing sugar                       1/3 C
Egg                                  1
Cream                             1/2 C


Instructions:

1) Pre-heat oven to 180 C. Greased a 12 -inches round baking pan or a 19 cm square pan, placed baking paper on the sides and base of the pan, extending baking paper 5 cm above to cover sides of the pan.

2) Chopped butter and chocolate into small pieces. Prepared a double boiler (See recipe for an alternative method: click here) . Melted butter and chocolate using double boiler method. Stir until smooth.

3) In a big bowl, mix egg and icing sugar using a mixer, creamed until thick and smooth.

4) Poured chocolate mixture and shifted flour ( self-rising and all purpose flour) into egg mixture. Mixed until combine.

5) Poured mixture into pan, baked for 10 minutes.

6) In a bowl, cream cream cheese until smooth using electrical mixer.

7) Added in vanilla extract, icing sugar and egg. Mixed well.

8) Added cream, mixed well.

9) When brownie was done, pour cheesecake mixture  on top of brownie evenly. Baked for 15 minutes.

10) Let cheesecake brownie cool down in room temperature for 30 minutes , refrigerated for 1 hour.

11) Recipe best served with whipped cream or fresh fruit.

Quick Bread: Scones in Muffin Pan

Quick bread:

Basic recipe for Scone

Make 12 Scones

Ingredients:

Self-raising flour     2 C
Plain flour              1/2 C
Sugar                    3/4 C
Butter                   1/4 C / 100g
Egg, beaten           1
Milk                      1 C

 

Instructions:

1)      Preheat oven to 350 F

2)      In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients, flours and sugar

3)      Use a fork to mash/ cut soften butter to little pieces.

4)      Using a spatula, cooperate  butter in the flour mixture,

5)      Pour milk, beaten egg, mix until ingredients well combined

6)      Drop a spoonful of mixture in each muffin baking liner/ sheet

7)      Bake until golden brown

Variations:

·         Plum Scone: place sliced plum on top of each muffin

·         Chocolate scone: mix in 1/4 Cup chocolate chip in mixture after other ingredients are combined

Tips: 
> To soften butter in a short period of time, microwave butter for approx. 10 seconds for this amount of (1/4 C) butter. Do not over heat, or butter will melt to liquid
> Scones server best when just baked out of the oven, to help maintain the moist in scones when keeping over night, put a piece of bread on top of scones.