Magazine Covers

Ever wanted your picture on a magazine cover? Well, you are in luck... I have found the website where you can do just that! Click here http://www.fakemagazinecover.com/?page=3 or www.oncoverpage.com and you are on your way to making professional magazine covers without all the hard work. :)

Update: since most or actually all of my magazine picture links are lost, this is the only one left and I glad I have downloaded it...you still can go to magmypic.com and make sure you make a copy of your picture or the link will expire. :)

Strawberry Whipped Sensation

Saw this on tv the other day and thought it will be a prefect summer time dessert. Now that Izuan is not here anymore, me and Tajul are forced to learn to make dessert. :( ... Oh my tiramisu... LOL

Recipe: Strawberry Whipped Sensation
Adapted: www.kraftfoods.com

Things you need...

4 cups fresh strawberries, divided
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed Milk
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
8 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, finely chopped
1 Tbsp. butter, melted

Step 1:
Line small loaf pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan. Mash 2 cups of the strawberries in large bowl. Add condensed milk, juice and 2 cups of the whipped topping; mix well. Pour into prepared pan.

Step 2:
Finely chop oreo cookies. Mix chopped cookies with butter. Spoon over whipped topping mixture. Cover with ends of foil and gently press cookie mixture into whipped topping mixture. Freeze 6 hours or until firm.

Step 3:
Invert dessert onto serving plate when ready to serve; remove pan and foil. Spread remaining whipped cream topping onto top and sides of dessert. Slice about 2 cups of strawberries; arrange over dessert. Store leftovers in freezer.

How to video:

http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/cookingschool/videos/videoplayer.htm?vid=871&

My Spring Garden

This year instead of putting all my vegetables and flowers in one area, I decided to use the other end of the apartment manager's so-called flower garden. It's the same flowers that blooms every year. So I have my weekend cut out for me. I'll be removing all their flowers and will be planting them at Autoria. At least Autoria has some colors. :)

My tulips has gone and pass....now comes my roses and chilies and cucumbers and sweet peas and tomatoes and...I don't know what else I had planted in those pots... Oh well, it'll be a nice surprise for me. Next year, I'll try and not to get too excited when spring come around and label every pot... :)

Lepat Pisang (Steamed Banana)

I been wanting to make this for a long time but didn't have the time to go to Grand Rapids to buy more banana leaves. I still can't over the fact that I have to buy banana leaves. My mommy would laugh her butt off if I told her I had to buy banana leaves to make lepat pisang. It was a raining day on Saturday on Izuan farewell BBQ party and it went really nice with a cup of nescafe. :)

Recipe: Lepat Pisang
adapt: My Nenek

Things you need...

banana leaves
about 15 pisang emas
2 tbsp of gula melaka or regular sugar is fine
2 tbsp of unbleached flour
2 tbsp of tapioca flour
2 tbsp of corn starch
a pinch of salt

Step 1:
Get your steamer ready. While waiting for the water to boil, mash all the bananas in a bowl. Add gula melaka, flour, tapioca flour, corn starch, salt and mix well. Set aside.

Step 2:
Cut the banana leaves into a rectangle about 15cm X 10 cm. You don't have to be accurate on this. Soak the banana leaves in boiling water for a couple of seconds. Just enough to soften it so that it can be work with easily. Then wipe it off with a dish towel or paper towel.

Step 3:
Take 1 banana leaf and add about 1 to 2 tbsp of the mash banana mixture right in the center. Fold the 2 ends of banana leaf like you would fold a letter covering the the banana mixture and carefully tuck under the left and right end of the banana leaf. There... you got yourself a cute banana packet! :)
Repeat step 3 until you are all out of banana mixture.

Step 4:
Place the banana packets on the steamer and steam for about 10 to 15 minutes depending on how big your banana packets are. Serve warm with a nice cup of nescafe.
Enjoy...

Kailan Stir-Fry

This is what I call another one of my lazy to cook dishes which can be prepared in minutes. I didn't even cut the kailan properly. Just chopped and cook. :)

Recipe: Kailan Stir-Fry

Things you need:

kailan of course
2 chopped garlic
1 tsp of ginger paste
1 tbsp of oyster sauce
1 to 2 tbsp of vegetable oil
1/2 cube of Maggi chicken stock
Salt & Pepper to taste

Step 1:
In a big pot, boil some water. While waiting for the water to boil, chopped the kailan. Add the kailan in the boiling water until it turns get. In a another bowl, place the kailan and run it under cold water to preserved the lovely green color and let it drain.

Step 2:
Heat about 2 tbsp of vegetable oil and add the chopped garlic and ginger. Cook until fragrant. Then add in the kailan, along with oyster sauce, chicken stock and salt and pepper to taste. Cook for about 3 minutes.

Enjoy.... :)