tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27364883800323226452011-11-27T16:00:06.587-08:00Cooking is my passion, here are some treats which work for me. Check out "teatime treats"; cakes, cookies, pies and other treats I make and sell. I love sharing them in "Recipes". Also, I love eating out as much as I love cooking. Let me tell you about them in "Eats experience" as well as my thoughts and feelings on eating in "My say on eating".FaizahZainalAbidin-Lifestyle Designer and Personal Development Coachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462255485780799665noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736488380032322645.post-2587319486749582162010-11-14T00:04:00.000-08:002010-11-14T00:21:19.290-08:00

Making ice cream at home is easy and delicious. You can be sure that the fruits are the freshest and there are no preservatives. Make enough for that special after dinner treat for yourself or double, triple, quadruple even, this recipe for larger amounts.250 g fresh strawberries1 teaspoon lemon juice1 cup icing sugar200 ml fresh creamPut the fruit, lemon juice and icing sugar into a food

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Ingredients:4 egg whites (preferably use eggs straight from the fridge)1 1/4 cups caster sugarMethod:In a large, clean bowl, whisk the egg whites until they are stiff. Gradually add half the sugar, whisking well after each addition. Lightly fold in the remaining sugar, using a metal spoon.Pipe 30 small rounds of the meringue onto baking trays lined with nonstick baking paper and bake for 2 1/2

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Heat up some butter in a saucepan. Beat three eggs. Dip a slice of bread into the egg mixture and brown in the melted butter in the saucepan. When the french toast is done, serve on a plate. Next, pour the remaining eggs in the saucepan and scramble. Serve on the toast. Heat up the baked beans and serve next to the toast and eggs. Pour pancake sauce on the french toast if prefered. Add a dab of "

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A recipe which has been in the family since I was a kid. It was one of the first things I tried to bake at eight years old...It still is one of my favorites for tea -- easy to make and delish.Ingredients:2 cups plain flour1/2 teaspoon salt2 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon1/2 cup butter1/2 cup sugar1/2 cup sultanas1 egg2 tablespoon milk to bindDirections:Seive flour, salt,

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I love homemade cupcakes with old fashion vanilla flavoured butter frosting.Here's the recipe:Cake2 cups flour (all-purpose, not self raising)3 teaspoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 cup butter1 1/4 cups sugar2 eggs1 teaspoon vanilla1 cup milkStir dry ingredients together; flour, baking powder, salt. Cream shortening; add sugar gradually, beating between additions. Add eggs one at a time,

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Just made these recently. I modified an old date-oatmeal cookie recipe and these turned out chewy and delicious... another sweet treat with my black coffee.Recipe:Mix thoroughly...3/4 cup butter1 cup brown sugar (packed)1/2 cup sugar2 eggs3 tablespoons milk1 teaspoon vanillaSift together and stir in...2 cups flour3/4 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon saltStir in...2 cups instant oats1 1/2 cups

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It is good sharing old favourites with our young ones. I got the opportunity to do this when I held a "Baking Class" during this December holidays. My favourite apple pie recipe has been with me for a long time; since my university days when my American friend, Sue, gave me the recipe when I was 20 and eager to cook something that tasted good and comforting so far away from home. The apple pie

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One of the best 'nasi lemak' which I have tasted is at the corner stall (the 1st one), on the right, as you go into the gate into the Bandar Baru Bangi wet market. It's call "Gerai ZNI" and the owner is a handsome and polite young man wearing a 'songkok'. You don't just get plain old 'nasi lemak' with just the 'sambal', cucumbers and the rice, but you can choose many other side dishes to add;

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This tastes so good and comforting on rainy days. I sautee the garlic, big pieces of onions, sea salt and pepper, and some ground chili before adding the carrots, for sweetness, and then adding the meat and the celery, covering them up to simmer for about ten minutes to absorb all the flavors and seal in the juices. After that I put them in a slow cooker, add hot boiling water and leave them

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Here's a variation of the Fiesta Cake. I baked it to celebrate some of my students' birthdays as well as a Raya come back treat for the first day of class coming back from the long school cum Raya holidays cum post Trial exams. Add a touch of strawberry flavor in the pink marble inside, then decorate with the same butter frosting around the edges and sliced strawberries in the middle, topped

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You get tired of eating rice day in, day out during Ramadan. It goes for me when it is not Ramadan. But the thought of making homemade pizza was appealing. Using a simple recipe for the base and the toppings... whatever my heart, and taste buds desired at the moment I came out with this version.And what would go better with homemade pizza, is non other than a cup of hot coffee.Here's the recipe:

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At last we are ready for The Student Center's Open Day this 11th and 12th of April, 2009. Not only do we have a Lifestyle Design office, we also have a place to display my teatime treats the way I want them to be displayed; the actual cake/pie with servings cut from the cake itself. I have decided to serve Apple Pie with Crumble and Wholemeal Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting along with tea

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It's a new restaurant located at the row of shops behind the infamous, Old Town White Coffee. To get there, all you have to do is, follow the white balloon. This is a great place to get down to earth, good and delicious, home cooking dishes to eat with rice; white rice, nasi kerabu rice, pulut rice, nasi dagang rice, you name it rice. With a selection of almost 20 dishes ranging from boiled

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I've got four more recipes to share in this month's issue of Wanita Magazine. Check them out...Fallen Chocolate Cake... It may look like you made a mistake and the cake fell, but don't worry it's on purpose and this cake tastes moist and delicious. Drizzle some chocolate sauce or strawberry sauce on it and serve with vanilla ice-cream and fresh fruit; like strawberries, peaches or blueberries,

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Teatime treats for my Daddy's birthday on the 22nd of February 2009 with my parents, my brother and his family and my husband.Since I began to make treats, it has become a joy to rather than buy cakes, to make them myself. Today is an occasion of which I did so, for my dad's birthday. I must say that the satisfaction of watching family members enjoying it is one thing. Another is the fact that

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Delivery available only in the Klang Valley. Please add RM15 for delivery and handling charges. There is no delivery charge for Bandar Baru Bangi area.Apple Pie9" diameterRM45Chicken Pie9" diameterRM55Peach Pie9" diameterRM45Chicken PieIndividual servingsRM5.50 eachWhole Meal Carrot Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting9" diameterRM65Fiesta Cake w/ Vanilla Butter Frosting9" diameterRM48Orange Chocolate

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I thought 'tis was the season for heart shaped cookies and made some yesterday as gifts for the family for the get together this weekend attending a relative's wedding.They are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside and when decorated with colored sugar and such, they taste even better. Perfect as gifts and I always make sure to have them in my see through cookie jars during festive seasons

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Right out there in the middle of nowhere is this little watering hole. It is located under a tree right in the middle of a FELDA kampung. There are even reviews about this delicious item in various blogs and sites. Just google it and you will see.Well, I am lucky because I happen to be married to the guy whose kampung is the infamous FELDA Hutan Percha. So even when there are many outsiders who

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The day before yesterday, I was at my favorite eating place having breakfast at 9am in the morning. As I was having my occasional 'nasi lemak', I saw 2 mothers walk in with a child each. They were friends who got together to have breakfast at the restaurant.Children being children, the two kids; one boy around 3 or 4 years of age and the girl, around 2 years old, immediately headed for the

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I was in the mood for something rich and chocolaty, yet different and discovered this wonderful cake. I added some orange zest from half an orange and got a tangy taste along with the chocolate that surprisingly goes very well indeed. It was worth making for a gift to some special people as well as for the commercial cakes I put up on consignment at the cafes. Here's the cake, which I made for

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This is a simple tart, but with an ensemble of fresh strawberries and blueberries, it is a welcome change to the desserts we normally get in this tropical country of ours. For the creative, other fruits can be used instead, for example, peaches. Great served with tea and a slice topped with whipped cream.Tart Base1 cup plain flour¼ cup butter, softened2 tablespoon granulated sugar2 egg yolksSift

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This is the recipe for the Strawberry Cream Cake which came out in the February issue of Wanita. Because the cake is made from whipped cream, it makes a delicious base for this ensemble, and a grand entrance to be served on special occasions or for that special someone.For orders, I freeze it as soon as I make it, and right before delivery, or else the Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting will melt.

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It was the moment I had been waiting for... at last the magazine was out in stands. I would like to thank Pine38 Restaurant, Bistro and Cafe, Bandar Baru Bangi for their recommendation to the editor of this monthly magazine to consider me for their feature. It was then up to me to impress them with my creations. After toiling in the kitchen, sleeping in the wee hours of the morning, and keeping

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It's been a long time since I had a girls' get together with my two best friends. N recommended this new cafe at Jalan Tun Razak. It sounded familiar and when given the website, saw that the reason why, was that I would usually pass by it whenever I went to Bangsar Village. First impression, oh another restaurant that offers fusion food, but when N forwarded me the link that mentioned afternoon

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I got requests from so many friends regarding my treats; what cookies, pies and cakes I have to offer, so here I am posting the pictures I have of them. This way, everyone gets to know how they look like and what they are. Here's what I have that I send to cafes on consignment.... so far... More to come....Cookies, Brownies and Rock Buns.......Clockwise from left: Rock Buns, Chocolate Walnut

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An old place with a new name. I went there just recently to visit relatives and decided to go there at 10pm after driving around looking for a decent place to eat dinner, except of course the local mamak, which we already went for lunch. We were hungry and before the kitchen closed at 11pm, we were very fortunate to be able to have an enjoyable meal there.The new name, "Serrano Grill House" was

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I had the urge for muffins, made from, not cake batter, but a gooey mixture of rich and fruit laden ingredients that would rise to the top, almost overflowing its paper receptacle with hot, molten goodness.I came upon a several recipes and came up with this delicious recipe that has a mixture of dry ingredients as a base, to be combined with a mixture of rich fruity flavor and spices, topped with

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I know, what with all the people with diabetes and having to control their sugar level, I shouldn't be promoting my treats. That's just it! We have created a problem -- the problem of having diabetes in the first place, and now we go on to create another problem -- not being able to eat what we want.I believe in eating right, and I have mentioned it many times in my writings. By eating right, we

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This cake makes a great teatime treat to enjoy with friends. There are two frosting versions you can make for this cake. The first one is the Coffee Cream Frosting, a light, fluffy delicious frosting. Because I needed to transport this cake to the cafes for sale, I changed it to the Coffee Butter Cream Frosting, that doesn't melt as easily in our Malaysian hot weather, just as delicious.Almond

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I couldn't get the original recipe to turn out at first, but with many tries I have come up with my own version. This tastes good with or without the Cream Cheese Frosting.Whole Meal Carrot Cake1 cup granulated sugar1 cup packed brown sugar1 cup melted butter1 teaspoon vanilla4 eggs2 1/2 cups whole meal flour1 cup flour1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder1 teaspoon salt1

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It's call a Fiesta Cake since the cake is a colorful combination of yellow, pink and green pastel colors with a Vanilla Butter Frosting. By combining 2 recipes, I got a large 11" diameter round cake, decorated with two trellis hearts with roses, for a wedding. Or, any other festive occasion.Pastel Marble Cake1 1/2 cups granulated sugar1/2 cup butter1 cup milk2 eggs2 1/4 cups flour1 1/2 teaspoons

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This is a recipe which I have been using since I learnt it from an American friend of mine when I was studying there. The crust is oh, so, melt in the mouth since I use solely butter and the filling, simple yet delicious. I've since changed to putting crumble as the topping instead of a crust for ease of time and my kids loving the crumble. Good old fashion American Apple Pie from scratch. Keeps

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My first impression of the restaurant when it first opened was that it would be any other local cuisine type restaurant serving 'nasi campur' and maybe with a variety of soups; 'sup ekor', 'sup tulang' and the likes, so it took a while for me to try it out.The interior design was nothing to shout about; mirrors along one side of the walls, wood furniture, painted walls - shades of pink and purple

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Many times I've been eating out, especially late at night having a snack with my husband. It is actually an opportunity for the two of us to go 'dating' after coming home from a hard day's work and doing the never ending household chores eventhough the only children I have in the house is my 19 year old son.Well getting to the point.... can you imagine at 11 pm, there are parents who bring the

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It is so difficult to find a good breakfast here. I mean, a wholesome protein packed breakfast... Of course there are eggs in the morning... provided I make my own breakfast... that is. I really prefer to make my own breakfast... on the weekends or holidays. But as with most people, during work days, I can't seem to find anything good to eat which I would consider healthy.I enjoy a good breakfast

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Here is the first one I am going to tell you about. This place is just right across the street from my office. I'd rather drive my car out of my office building parking lot and go one round into this eats parking rather than risk a dangerous run across the road, but it's worth the effort.Someone actually introduced me to it during the company's farewell to an employee. It provides a variety of

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I just have to let everyone know about my eating experiences in Malaysia. These days, everyone goes out to eat; be it for pleasure or grabbing a meal, because working people just don't have the time to come home and cook.My 'play-ground' would be in Kuala Lumpur, the busiest city in Malaysia. And, I live in Bandar Baru Bangi, also at times I am in Kajang. So, places I would go eat would be in and

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