November 29, 2007

I found this recipe on foodnetwork.com and did for the Thanksgiving dinner. It's very simple and easy to do.

Recipe: Roasted Honey Ginger Chicken

Things you need...
1 whole cleaned chicken
4 crushed garlic cloves
a thumbsize crushed ginger
1/2 cup of soy sauce
1/2 cup of honey
1 whole orange juice
2 tbsp of olive oil
1 tbsp of minced orange zest
salt and pepper to taste

In a large bowl, add all the ingredients in and mix well.
Add salt and pepper to taste before adding in the chicken.
Add in the chicken and coat it well.
Marinade overnight in the fridge.
Next day, heat the oven to 350F and cook until done.
Enjoy...
7:21 PM Abugigi
I found this recipe on foodnetwork.com and did for the Thanksgiving dinner. It's very simple and easy to do.

Recipe: Roasted Honey Ginger Chicken

Things you need...
1 whole cleaned chicken
4 crushed garlic cloves
a thumbsize crushed ginger
1/2 cup of soy sauce
1/2 cup of honey
1 whole orange juice
2 tbsp of olive oil
1 tbsp of minced orange zest
salt and pepper to taste

In a large bowl, add all the ingredients in and mix well.
Add salt and pepper to taste before adding in the chicken.
Add in the chicken and coat it well.
Marinade overnight in the fridge.
Next day, heat the oven to 350F and cook until done.
Enjoy...

November 28, 2007


This recipe is fairly easy with most ingredients readily available in your kitchen.

Recipe: Lemongrass Shrimp Fried Rice

Things you need...

a handful of shrimp
a thumb size lemongrass crushed
2 Shallots crushed
1 a small bowl of cooked rice
5 chili peppers crushed
1 tbsp of ginger puree
spring onions chopped (for garnishing)
1 tbsp of fish sauce
1 tbsp of soy sauce
1 tbsp of calamansi juice/lime juice
2 kaffir lime leaves chopped
salt & black pepper to taste

Heat up cooking oil in a pan and add in shallots, ginger and lemongrass. Cook until fragrant.
Next, add in the shrimp and cook until well done. Add chili peppers and kaffir lime leaves and stir for about a minute.
Go ahead pour in the cooked rice and mix well.
Add fish sauce, soy sauce and the calamansi juice or lime juice.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Before you serve the fried rice, add in the spring onions and stir for about a minute.
Enjoy...
8:29 PM Abugigi

This recipe is fairly easy with most ingredients readily available in your kitchen.

Recipe: Lemongrass Shrimp Fried Rice

Things you need...

a handful of shrimp
a thumb size lemongrass crushed
2 Shallots crushed
1 a small bowl of cooked rice
5 chili peppers crushed
1 tbsp of ginger puree
spring onions chopped (for garnishing)
1 tbsp of fish sauce
1 tbsp of soy sauce
1 tbsp of calamansi juice/lime juice
2 kaffir lime leaves chopped
salt & black pepper to taste

Heat up cooking oil in a pan and add in shallots, ginger and lemongrass. Cook until fragrant.
Next, add in the shrimp and cook until well done. Add chili peppers and kaffir lime leaves and stir for about a minute.
Go ahead pour in the cooked rice and mix well.
Add fish sauce, soy sauce and the calamansi juice or lime juice.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Before you serve the fried rice, add in the spring onions and stir for about a minute.
Enjoy...

November 26, 2007



This recipe is for my friend Adeale who missed our Thanksgiving dinner.

Recipe: Green Bean Casserole

Things you need:


1 1/2lb green beans of course
1 can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom
1 cup of sliced mushroom
1/2 cup of butter
1/4 cup of onion powder
1/4 cup of garlic powder
1/2 cup of milk
French's® French Fried Onions
Salt & Pepper to taste

Bring a large pot of water to boil.
Add a pinch of salt and green beans. Cook for about 3 minutes.
Rinse and drain the green beans in cold water to preserve the nice green color. Cut the green beans to bite-size pieces and set aside.
In a pan, melt the butter and saute the mushroom.
Add in cream of mushroom, onion powder, garlic powder and stir well.
Add in milk, salt and pepper to taste.
Preheat oven at 350F.
In a baking dish, add the green beans and pour the mushroom sauce over it.
Bake it for about 20 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
Lastly, generously add French's French Fried Onions on the top and serve.
Enjoy...
8:47 PM Abugigi


This recipe is for my friend Adeale who missed our Thanksgiving dinner.

Recipe: Green Bean Casserole

Things you need:


1 1/2lb green beans of course
1 can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom
1 cup of sliced mushroom
1/2 cup of butter
1/4 cup of onion powder
1/4 cup of garlic powder
1/2 cup of milk
French's® French Fried Onions
Salt & Pepper to taste

Bring a large pot of water to boil.
Add a pinch of salt and green beans. Cook for about 3 minutes.
Rinse and drain the green beans in cold water to preserve the nice green color. Cut the green beans to bite-size pieces and set aside.
In a pan, melt the butter and saute the mushroom.
Add in cream of mushroom, onion powder, garlic powder and stir well.
Add in milk, salt and pepper to taste.
Preheat oven at 350F.
In a baking dish, add the green beans and pour the mushroom sauce over it.
Bake it for about 20 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
Lastly, generously add French's French Fried Onions on the top and serve.
Enjoy...
It was a good Thanksgiving weekend. However, it wasn't long enough. Didn't do any shopping this year though. A friend of mine ask me the recipe for the kuih siput that I made during raya, so here it goes....

Recipe: Kuih Siput

Things you need:
2 garlic gloves

1 shallot
1 tbsp of dried shrimp

1 tsp of Baba's curry powder
1 tsp of chili powder (depends how spicy you want it)
1 1/2 cups of unbleached powder
1 bar of butter

2 cups coconut milk


Blend or pound garlic, shallot and dried shrimp together and put aside (mixture A).
In a bowl, mix curry powder, chili powder and coconut milk, like you are making curry and set aside (mixture B).
In another bowl, mix butter and flour together.

Add mixture A into the bowl and mix thoroughly.

Add in mixture B slowly until a dough forms. If this doesn't do it, add it more coconut milk. If you like alot of curry powder, you can add that in too. All depends on your liking.
Grab a small portion of the dough and rolls it out on the siput mold.
When you have enough, heat oil at low heat and slowly deep-fried th
e siput until golden brown.
Enjoy....
5:21 PM Abugigi
It was a good Thanksgiving weekend. However, it wasn't long enough. Didn't do any shopping this year though. A friend of mine ask me the recipe for the kuih siput that I made during raya, so here it goes....

Recipe: Kuih Siput

Things you need:
2 garlic gloves

1 shallot
1 tbsp of dried shrimp

1 tsp of Baba's curry powder
1 tsp of chili powder (depends how spicy you want it)
1 1/2 cups of unbleached powder
1 bar of butter

2 cups coconut milk


Blend or pound garlic, shallot and dried shrimp together and put aside (mixture A).
In a bowl, mix curry powder, chili powder and coconut milk, like you are making curry and set aside (mixture B).
In another bowl, mix butter and flour together.

Add mixture A into the bowl and mix thoroughly.

Add in mixture B slowly until a dough forms. If this doesn't do it, add it more coconut milk. If you like alot of curry powder, you can add that in too. All depends on your liking.
Grab a small portion of the dough and rolls it out on the siput mold.
When you have enough, heat oil at low heat and slowly deep-fried th
e siput until golden brown.
Enjoy....

November 20, 2007

This is one of my favorite kuih that my mom always make for Raya. For the past 9 years that I have been here, my mom, despite her busy schedule fulfilling Raya orders, she always managed to shipped some to me. This year I was brave enough to make them by myself.

Recipe: Kuih Makmur

Things you need...
1 cup unbleached flour
1 cup ground roasted spanish peanuts
1 stick of butter/ghee
1/2 cup of sugar
1 egg
icing sugar

In a bowl, mix in the flour, sugar and peanuts thoroughly before adding in the egg.
Melt the stick of butter in the microwave for about 35 seconds and slowly add it in the mixture until it forms into a peanut dough. If the mixture does not form into dough, just add more butter. It won't hurt. :)
Take a small piece of the dough and roll it into a small ball.
Preheat the oven at 350. The key to this is to cook it slowly on low heat. I once cook it on high heat and it turn out as hard as a rock. Nasib baik tak patah gigi. :)
Once it is done, about 20 minutes, move the kuih into a small bowl and add icing sugar over it. Make sure the kuih is cover in sugar completely.


Enjoy...
8:51 PM Abugigi
This is one of my favorite kuih that my mom always make for Raya. For the past 9 years that I have been here, my mom, despite her busy schedule fulfilling Raya orders, she always managed to shipped some to me. This year I was brave enough to make them by myself.

Recipe: Kuih Makmur

Things you need...
1 cup unbleached flour
1 cup ground roasted spanish peanuts
1 stick of butter/ghee
1/2 cup of sugar
1 egg
icing sugar

In a bowl, mix in the flour, sugar and peanuts thoroughly before adding in the egg.
Melt the stick of butter in the microwave for about 35 seconds and slowly add it in the mixture until it forms into a peanut dough. If the mixture does not form into dough, just add more butter. It won't hurt. :)
Take a small piece of the dough and roll it into a small ball.
Preheat the oven at 350. The key to this is to cook it slowly on low heat. I once cook it on high heat and it turn out as hard as a rock. Nasib baik tak patah gigi. :)
Once it is done, about 20 minutes, move the kuih into a small bowl and add icing sugar over it. Make sure the kuih is cover in sugar completely.


Enjoy...

November 19, 2007

I have tried and absolutely loved it. I'll try and make it again this Thanksgiving and upload the picture, but I want to post this recipe so that I don't lose it . Here are the ingredients for this recipe...

Recipe: Ayam Percik

Ingredients
1/2 a chicken
2 tsp tamarind juice
lemongrass (white part only)
1 cup coconut milk
1.5 tbsp sugar
salt to taste

Marinade: to the chicken add
salt
sugar
chili powder or depends how spicey you want it
tumeric powder

Spice Paste:
a few crushed candlenut/macademia nut/brazilian nut
2 crushed shallots
3 gloves crushed garlic
6 to 10 pounded chilies/depends how spicey you want it
sugar

Marinade the chicken overnight.
Heat the oven at 350 and cook the chicken for about 15 minutes.
While the chicken is cooking, prepare the spice paste.
On medium heat, fry the garlic and shallots until fragrant. Then add in the chilies, lemongrass, candlenuts, coconut, tamarind juice and salt to taste. Cook until the paste thickens.
Take out the chicken from the oven and start up your grill.
BBQ the chicken and add the spice paste until the chicken is fully cooked.
Served with nasi minyak. Really yummy.

*note: the thickness of the coconut milk and the sourness of the tamarind juice is based on individual taste. You don't have to follow the recipe completely. Feel free to modify it.
6:45 PM Abugigi
I have tried and absolutely loved it. I'll try and make it again this Thanksgiving and upload the picture, but I want to post this recipe so that I don't lose it . Here are the ingredients for this recipe...

Recipe: Ayam Percik

Ingredients
1/2 a chicken
2 tsp tamarind juice
lemongrass (white part only)
1 cup coconut milk
1.5 tbsp sugar
salt to taste

Marinade: to the chicken add
salt
sugar
chili powder or depends how spicey you want it
tumeric powder

Spice Paste:
a few crushed candlenut/macademia nut/brazilian nut
2 crushed shallots
3 gloves crushed garlic
6 to 10 pounded chilies/depends how spicey you want it
sugar

Marinade the chicken overnight.
Heat the oven at 350 and cook the chicken for about 15 minutes.
While the chicken is cooking, prepare the spice paste.
On medium heat, fry the garlic and shallots until fragrant. Then add in the chilies, lemongrass, candlenuts, coconut, tamarind juice and salt to taste. Cook until the paste thickens.
Take out the chicken from the oven and start up your grill.
BBQ the chicken and add the spice paste until the chicken is fully cooked.
Served with nasi minyak. Really yummy.

*note: the thickness of the coconut milk and the sourness of the tamarind juice is based on individual taste. You don't have to follow the recipe completely. Feel free to modify it.

November 17, 2007


This is what I had for breakfast today. On my Raya open house, a friend of mine bought me a package of shrimp rolls. It was real good but lacking of some few ingredients. You know me, always try to add a little something... so I decided to make my own shrimp rolls. The friedfish balls my hubby bought in Ann Arbor. All I had to do was fried them. I found the recipe for keropok lekor. Will be trying it out next weekend. I'm so excited...hadn't eaten it for a long while. I'm so hungry...:)

Recipe: Shrimp Rolls

Things you need...
10 or more raw shrimp
spring roll wrappers
onion powder
garlic powder
chili powder
sesame seed oil
salt & pepper (black & white) to taste
1 egg (beat lightly for sealing purposes)

Remove the shell of the shrimp but leave a little bit of the tail on.
In a bowl, add 5 dashes of onion powder, 5 dashes of garlic powder, chili powder however hot you want it, add white and black pepper and salt to taste.
Marinade it for about 15 minutes.
Add a few dashes of sesame seed oil before you wrap it with the spring roll wrapper.
Deep fry the shrimp rolls until golden brown.
Serve hot with chili sauce.
Hope you enjoy.
2:46 PM Abugigi

This is what I had for breakfast today. On my Raya open house, a friend of mine bought me a package of shrimp rolls. It was real good but lacking of some few ingredients. You know me, always try to add a little something... so I decided to make my own shrimp rolls. The friedfish balls my hubby bought in Ann Arbor. All I had to do was fried them. I found the recipe for keropok lekor. Will be trying it out next weekend. I'm so excited...hadn't eaten it for a long while. I'm so hungry...:)

Recipe: Shrimp Rolls

Things you need...
10 or more raw shrimp
spring roll wrappers
onion powder
garlic powder
chili powder
sesame seed oil
salt & pepper (black & white) to taste
1 egg (beat lightly for sealing purposes)

Remove the shell of the shrimp but leave a little bit of the tail on.
In a bowl, add 5 dashes of onion powder, 5 dashes of garlic powder, chili powder however hot you want it, add white and black pepper and salt to taste.
Marinade it for about 15 minutes.
Add a few dashes of sesame seed oil before you wrap it with the spring roll wrapper.
Deep fry the shrimp rolls until golden brown.
Serve hot with chili sauce.
Hope you enjoy.

November 15, 2007

It finally snowed. I got out of work today with a little suprise from mother nature. Snow!!! I love the first day of snow and I can't wait to drive in it tomorrow morning. I know I sound weird, but I love the challenge. Now that I got all wheel drive and such... :) Ask me again in a week what I think about the snow. I'll say it sucks!!! Not to sound crazy but I think this is the only thing I'll miss when I go home in a couple of years. *sniff* *sniff*
4:47 PM Abugigi
It finally snowed. I got out of work today with a little suprise from mother nature. Snow!!! I love the first day of snow and I can't wait to drive in it tomorrow morning. I know I sound weird, but I love the challenge. Now that I got all wheel drive and such... :) Ask me again in a week what I think about the snow. I'll say it sucks!!! Not to sound crazy but I think this is the only thing I'll miss when I go home in a couple of years. *sniff* *sniff*

November 12, 2007


I have been looking so long for something like this. I have always wanted to start my own little boutique. I know that Raya has gone and passed, but it is never too late to order one. I have ordered 2 kebayas, one in purple and one in blue. One is Thai silk and the other is Chiffon. Both sizes are L (Bust: 36-37++Waist: 29-31++Hip: 38-39++) I'll be selling it for $45 plus $5.95 shipping and handling. Everything you see in the picture is included. If anyone is interested, please email me. Thanks... :)
4:58 PM Abugigi

I have been looking so long for something like this. I have always wanted to start my own little boutique. I know that Raya has gone and passed, but it is never too late to order one. I have ordered 2 kebayas, one in purple and one in blue. One is Thai silk and the other is Chiffon. Both sizes are L (Bust: 36-37++Waist: 29-31++Hip: 38-39++) I'll be selling it for $45 plus $5.95 shipping and handling. Everything you see in the picture is included. If anyone is interested, please email me. Thanks... :)

November 10, 2007

I don't know how many times I have changed the look of my blog. I was never satisfied by the layout and wanted more. I wanted a simple and clean template so today, the whole day, I had wasted my time going online and searching for blog templates. I know that you can rearrange the look of your template but my HTML days has gone by and I don't...well, I'm a dummy at it now. :) I guess I can settle for this one. Until I learn how to write the codes again.
7:24 PM Abugigi
I don't know how many times I have changed the look of my blog. I was never satisfied by the layout and wanted more. I wanted a simple and clean template so today, the whole day, I had wasted my time going online and searching for blog templates. I know that you can rearrange the look of your template but my HTML days has gone by and I don't...well, I'm a dummy at it now. :) I guess I can settle for this one. Until I learn how to write the codes again.

November 8, 2007


I was craving for kebab and I found this recipe on RasaMalaysia.com and thought I should give it a try. All I did was add...

Recipe: Beef Kebab Koobideh

1 small chopped onion,
1 tsp turmeric powder,
1/2 tsp chili powder (or however spicey you want it),
1 or 2 glove crushed garlic,
a handful of chopped parsley leaves,
1 egg,
salt and pepper to taste,
to about 1lb of minced meat

I mixed them all together and set it aside for about 1/2 hour before I put on bamboo skewers. I then grilled them and brushed olive oil to keep them from drying up while they were cooking. The easy way to grill this is, if you have a flat pan, grease it with some olive oil and carefully place the kebab on it. I didn't feel like grilling outside in the rain. I also made a quick tabouli salad along with it. All in all, it was fast and tasty. Sorry the picture didn't turn out as good as I hoped for. I couldn't stop eating them long enough to take the picture. :)
9:04 PM Abugigi

I was craving for kebab and I found this recipe on RasaMalaysia.com and thought I should give it a try. All I did was add...

Recipe: Beef Kebab Koobideh

1 small chopped onion,
1 tsp turmeric powder,
1/2 tsp chili powder (or however spicey you want it),
1 or 2 glove crushed garlic,
a handful of chopped parsley leaves,
1 egg,
salt and pepper to taste,
to about 1lb of minced meat

I mixed them all together and set it aside for about 1/2 hour before I put on bamboo skewers. I then grilled them and brushed olive oil to keep them from drying up while they were cooking. The easy way to grill this is, if you have a flat pan, grease it with some olive oil and carefully place the kebab on it. I didn't feel like grilling outside in the rain. I also made a quick tabouli salad along with it. All in all, it was fast and tasty. Sorry the picture didn't turn out as good as I hoped for. I couldn't stop eating them long enough to take the picture. :)

November 7, 2007

October went by pretty quick and now that November is here....that means Thanksgiving Sale!!! Although I say every year, I don't feel like buying anything since I've already have everything, which in translation means...I'm going shopping first thing in the morning on the day after Thanksgiving for something that I don't really need and will regret later... typical. What else am I going to do with that big money I earned at Summit...LOL **wink** **wink**
11:43 AM Abugigi
October went by pretty quick and now that November is here....that means Thanksgiving Sale!!! Although I say every year, I don't feel like buying anything since I've already have everything, which in translation means...I'm going shopping first thing in the morning on the day after Thanksgiving for something that I don't really need and will regret later... typical. What else am I going to do with that big money I earned at Summit...LOL **wink** **wink**