blueberry muffin

i love to bake waktu hujan..atau redup it just perks up the gloomy day..here it is blueberry muffin original source from CMM's blog (dapur tanpa sempadan). The brown crusty top on the muffin is a result from leaving it too long in the oven but the muffin absolutely soft, moist, sweet and delicious..didn't i make ya droolin'? thank you for this wonderful recipe..the kids love it...by dinner tinggal dua bijik muffin (kesian papa..)

mushroom & seafood quiche

oozing with sauce

Inspired to make quiche after seeing it at  tiffinbiru's blog. I love quiche tapie tak tahu nak buat. Selalu kalau dpt makan either a slice or a bite-sized only heheh. Now can have a whole plate to makan. It is so tantalizing with the button mushrooms, prawns and crushed blackpeppercorn sangatt sedapp. I sprinkled a lot with pizza seasoning since I don't have any bayleaf at home. I think I'm gonna get a proper quiche pan sebab sangat susah nak fold the dough.

Chocoholics in the house!

The chocoholics~ adly,dd,lily & papa's got their chocolate fixes on alternate weekends itupun kalau mama rajin or with one conditions tolong tengokkan baby, no interruptions while I baked the cake. This time buat besar skett and the cake is drizzled with choc.ganache and decorated with some chocolate milk pieces and some colourful sprinkles. Amateur work by us and the recipe was taken from the famous foodie blogger chematgebu at http://www.tiffinbiru.blogspot.com/. Thank you so much..so far his recipe menjadik none gone awry. Thank u chef!!

cool digiLOs by widdlytinks

Ohh! I love widdlytinks.com. It has loads of beautiful LO (layouts) to choose from. It makes giddy with happiness heheh. I love to digiscrap but i just don't have the time to do it anymore...family commitments comes first.

cloudy with a chance of...chocolate cupcakes!

It's been raining on and off these days..so to keep Dd & Lily occupied dari pegi jugak main kat luar waktu hujan, we baked some chocolate cupcakes today. They poured the chocolate ganache themselves & had fun playing with the fondant. The top-right was Dd's creation  he called it "the tantrum clouds" suka tantrum macam dia gak sampai myra yg kecik pun ternganga tengok diaa hairan! Lily went extra-mile buat pirate hat for her "smiling clouds" hehe. The rest we all buat plain no fondant because it was too sweet to our liking.



Japanese Cotton Soft Cheesecake

 

 

oishii! delicious! Used to buy this cake kalau teringin kat JJ. But the cheese amat kurang so the cake is very light not densed. So I gathered my guts and decided to give it a try...saya kalau baking2 nih memang phobia haha risau kalau tak jadi. I use tatura cream cheese. This cake masa bakar guna method `bainmarie' letak another dulang filled with water when you baked. This cake is so harum! yumm yumm..

Myra~rub a duck duck!

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Pudding Caramel! Yumm!

ini shot dari petiais hehe. Besar mangkuk pudding nih..pinggan pie jadi pinggan pudding. Dpt recipe asal ni dari this blog dari puan jabishah. Thank you so much. I like her blog sebab banyak visual step by step. Sungguh mudah..even kids pun can help out.  This is papa's, didi & lily's favourite dessert. Adly cam biasalaa bila buat pudding caramel pegi tanya kenapa tak buat pudding jagung...

Blood Went Skyrocketing!

Today my blood went skyrocketing. Dd hates me when I screamed but I hate him for screaming at his sister & brother or cried merengek2 for no apparent reasons. Dahlaah bangun lambat pukul 12noon baru Dd bangun, then mandi seminit, grabbed towel, turned on the tap, shut the door then keluar terus pakai baju. Rambut pun kering jer. I asked him to go back to the bathroom and brushed his teeth. Instead any dutifully son would do..he started to get cranky & tantrum and questioned me..Mana ada satu minit? Lebih satu minit laa..and bla..bla..blaa.when he started the bla..he will mentioned stale stories of yesterday or 1 week ago masa I flashed my anger yg mana mama pun dah lupa ape bende.Dd memang kuat menjawab unlike Adly.  I just ignored him with a clenching teeth tahan geramm..spoiled mood betul. Then a few hours later..he started again..this time screamed kat Lily suruh budak tadika tu angkat pinggan yang dia dah habis makan sebab tolong tengok the youngest sister. Since when boleh makan depan TV? Then he screamed again and babbled that his sister is lazy, on and on..tambah pulak dengan baby tiba2 menangis. Masa nih..so sorry Mama dah tak boleh tahan..I came near to him nak suruh diam tapie he ran away..mahu 3x saya pusing itu meja makan sebab nak pergi dekat dia..cepatt pulak budak ni larii..the rest jadik blurr..he screamed..I screamed..gosh what happened to me ahh? ni ada yg kena enrol course 'anger management nih' astaghfirullahalaziimm! Nasib baik mama bukan jenis pukul or cubit-mencubit kalau takk memang habihh si Dd nih.

Mee Rebus!

asyik2 makan nasi..tukar pulak buat mee for dinner. Tapie dah start makan dari petang (hahaha) recipe chef wan..mee rebus ni ada campur taucu skett. Papa, Adly & Didi saja sukaa..Lily prefer meehon soup or soto.

Everybody's Fine on HBO!

Watched this movie on HBO the other day. I watched it twice and 2x keluar airmata!  Watched it not because  the stars were Drew Barry More & robert de niro.. but for the emotions that it carries..I have four kids, and sometimes (well, ok, maybe a lot of time) I can be critical, always tell them what to do. The oldest especially worries me; he got the most of my nagging, and the second one pun sama jugak he is always quiet in front of people and always drawing and playing.  Sometimes i am afraid he won't be able to be independent when he grows up. He won't appreciate what I push him to do or why did I push him to do it. This movie is really an eye-opener for me and ditambah plak lagii dengan soundtrack lagu from Paul McCartney entitled " I want to (come home) lagii laa buat saya sedeyy ! Just imagine bila sudaa tuaa..and hidup sorang..I was so moved bilaa..the dad asked his kids " Why didn't you tell me?" Why is it so easy to talk to your Mom?,"

 " You should have told me!"..and came the kids reply.."We are not sure whether you can handle it dad"! I'm Sorry! "You always seemed not happy..with us.." Wow..lagi banyak airmata saya turun..

(I Want To) Come Home by Paul McCartney

The Lyrics ( I want to) Come Home by Paul McCartney

For so long I was out in the cold,
and I taught myself to believe every story I told.
It was fun hanging onto the moon, heading into the sun,
but it's been too long. Now I wanna come home.
 Came so close to the edge of defeat.
But I made my way in the shade, keeping out of the heat.
It was fun shooting out of the stars, looking into the sun,
but it's been too long. Now I wanna come home.
 Home. Where's there's nothing but sweet surrender,
to the memories from afar.
Home. To the place where the truth lies waiting,
we remember who we are.
 For too long I was out on my own.
Every day I spent trying to prove I could make it alone.
It was fun hanging onto the moon, heading into the sun,
but it's been too long. Now I wanna come home.
Home.

For so long I was out in the cold,
but I taught myself to believe every story I told.
It was fun hanging onto the moon heading into the sun,
but it's been too long. Now I wanna come home.


Yeah, it's been too long, now I want to come home.
Been too long, now I want to come home.

Moist Chocolate Cake!

baked this chocolate moist cake one evening! huhu sooo sedapp chocolate mestilah sangat sedap! Lepas tu raser sungguh guilty sebab makan banyak. Adly' friend si Krul siap pesan Achik boleh tak bake lagi cake cokelet ni untuk saya boleh bawak gi skola hahah rasa nak tergelak pun ada...? Alamak!! simple kek boleylaa..bolehh insyallah! kena beritahu in advance! achik takde decor2 tauu only plain cake saja sebab belum ambik kursus kekeke!

Green Vege? Awesome!

The only way to get the kiddos makan green vege is by stir-frying it with garlic, oyster sauce, a pinch of salt n dash of pepper

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rasa cam ada yg kurang kalau makan nasi tanpa sayur. The kiddos loves romaine lettuce, french bean, capsicum, cabbage, choysum and baby kailan.

Quotes of the day!

Pasta Pesto!

Baked Fish with Cheese Pasta tapie..the kids tak makan itu grilled dory so usually papa & mama ler yang tolong perhabiskan.
Type of Pasta copy & paste from Wikipedia. Gnochi itu nampak comel!

Just for Moms out there!

A good reminder for myself too..

Remember to take time for yourself. You are no good to your kids if you are just a frazzled mess. A little time for yourself will pay big dividends in the quality of attention you can give your family.

Hari-hari Favourites (Sambal Soton!)

Love Sambal Sotong. Don't mind having this hari-hari hehe. Berpeluh bikin stock sambal banyak2 nasib baik ada blender kurang skett kerja kalau tidak just imagine orang dolu2 kena buat kerja menggiling hehehe..phobia nak masuk dapur.  Adly, Dd and Lily memang 'hantu sambal'..they don't mind makan pedas somehow when it comes to sambal sotong..they don't eat the sotong cuma makan kuah ajer..Dd pulak tak kira masak apa...mesti suruh campur ngan ubi kentang.

homemade pizza!

Baked another round of pizza this time for the boys and their friends yang came over and hang out at our house waktu petang. The pizza loaded with cheese sausages, cherry tomatoes, pineapple cubes & mushroom . Mana tak lapor dok lekaa main game..sampai terbabas lunch! Sudah lapar baru sedar nak balik rumah.
I have a few pizzas recipes but this one yang paling simple, sedap & express!!

Little Myra

Meaningful Speech by Anna Quindlen (Pulitzer Prize Winner)!

This was a speech made by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen
at the graduation ceremony of an American university where she was
awarded an Honorary PhD. Sangat best ucapannya..do read on...this text was sent by a good friend of mine via email.

“I’m a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don’t
Ever confuse the two, your life and your work. You will walk out of here
this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has. There will be
hundreds of people out there with your same degree: there will be
thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you will
be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your
particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your
life on a bus, or in a car, or at the computer. Not just the life of
your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank accounts but
also your soul.

People don’t talk about the soul very much anymore. It’s so much easier
to write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is cold comfort
on a winter’s night, or when you’re sad, or broke, or lonely, or when
you’ve received your test results and they’re not so good.

Here is my resume: I am a good mother to three children. I have tried
never to let my work stand in the way of being a good parent. I no
longer consider myself the centre of the universe. I show up. I listen.
I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make
marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends and
they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today,
because I would be a cardboard cut out. But I call them on the phone,
and I meet them for lunch. I would be rotten, at best mediocre at my job
if those other things were not true.

You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you
are. So here’s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life,
not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger pay cheque, the
larger house. Do you think you’d care so very much about those things if
you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast?

Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on
a breeze at the seaside, a life in which you stop and watch how a
red-tailed hawk circles over the water, or the way a baby scowls with
concentration when she tries to pick up a sweet with her thumb and first
finger.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who
love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the
phone. Send an email. Write a letter. Get a life in which you are
generous. And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you
have no business taking it for granted. Care so deeply about its
goodness that you want to spread it around. Take money you would have
spent on beer and give it to charity. Work in a soup kitchen. Be a big
brother or sister. All of you want to do well. But if you do not do good
too, then doing well will never be enough.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes.
It is so easy to take for granted the color of our kids’ eyes, the way
the melody in a symphony rises and falls and disappears and rises again.
It is so easy to exist instead of to live.

I learned to live many years ago. I learned to love the journey, not the
destination. I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today
is the only guarantee you get. I learned to look at all the good in the
world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it,
completely and utterly. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling
others what I had learned. By telling them this: Consider the lilies of
the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby’s ear. Read in the back yard with
the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal
illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it
ought to be lived”.

Sweet Kueh Cara!~DC Recipe Card



*kueh cara manis*

Make these little gems for our afternoon tea.  It was so easy to make. Even Adly can master it in a short time.  We use santan kotak instead of fresh santan coconut and everything kasik blend dalam blender.  Adly had fun doing these and suka bubuh gula banyak2 duhh..

KUEH CARAK MANIS

Ingredients:

100gm tepung

200ml santan/sususegar/santan kotak

1 sb esen pandan

1 biji telur

1/2 st garam

a few drops of green coloring

gula for the inti

Method:

1. Campur everything in the blender..except gula, do make sure adunan tu konsistensi cair



Fried Wantan & Ju Char + hot sambal belacan!

sedappnyer wantan goreng & ju char.  Sudah sangat lama tak makan 'Ju Char' until recently Aunty Amy bikin for us when we went to her house for CNY visits. It is actually a vegetarian dish.  Arwah mom used to make this for us.  Ianya cam lebih kurang inti popia.. ada blackmushroom racik halus-halus, turnips, carrots, udang and kalau suka boleh bubuh udang kering. Sauteed some garlics dlm wok stirfry bubuh oyster & a bit gula & garam. Dah siap. Simple & kenyang. Then take a piece of salad or iceberg lettuce bubuh inti & topped with sambal belacan then makan. Ohh! so sedapp!

popia sira gula

The uncooked version of popia sira gula. The cooked version sudaa habis. Tak sempat nak tangkap gambar pun. Very simple. We have eaten the one with sambal, blackpepper and also the one with nestum. Yumm! Another way..to use up your springroll sheets in the fridge.

chilli tuna pastry!

perfect! no fuss! for afternoon bites...mmm chilli tuna (ayam brand) & puff pastry (kawan brand) = bliss!! heheh..hot between bites yummy..

sausage roll

sausage roll in a coin tree style aka pokok duit2 ..inspired by che mat gebu's. He showed various way to play with your pastries.  Thank you so much.  Selalu buat same style jer..balik2 lipat cam kuih lepat heheh.

japanese pancake aka dorayaki

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doraemon's favourite foodie...so easy to do. This recipe yield about 10 pcs of pancakes.  So healthy...not oily..and really really good. You won't failed heheh..I cheated the kiddoes and said...this is the same honeycake from Mc Donald. No honey...dah habis stock! so kita makan laa dengan auntie rosie's kaya jam. Nak cantik boleh guna the egg..ring-mold or any other cute shapes from Daiso store.