I love bacons sold in Isetan and Cold Storage. Somehow, their bacons are of a better quality compared to carrefour (if they do sell).

I'm glad that i found this thread...i started cooking after i did up my kitchen...looking out for good recipes.

a question..must post photos of the methods too? or just the food (after cooking)?

Grilled Cream Cheese Chicken Fillet in Pita Pockets (made it for my lunch today-tapau to work ).

Ingredients:
4 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 heap tablespoon of cream cheese
pieces of chicken fillets (if large..cut in half)
salad leaves
cream cheese (for spread)
pita pockets
salt & pepper
olive oil/ vegetable oil

Method:
1) mix the chopped garlic with the tablespoon of cream cheese. Mix well
2) add the chicken fillet to the cream cheese mixture. Season with salt and crushed peppers. Mix well and let it rest for about 5 mins.
3) heat the skillet and drizzle with some oil.
4) pan fry the chicken on low fire to thoroughly cook without burning the chicken.
5) Meanwhile, cut the pita in half. spread cream cheese in between the pocket. stuff the salad leaves.
6) once chicken is cooked, let it cool before you add it in the pita pockets.

Made Baked Honey Mustard Chicken Breast last night for dinner. Very easy to make...i think preparation only took about 15 mins or less.

Ingredients:
Chicken Breast
Salt & Pepper
1/2 cup of honey (or less if you don't like it to be too sweet)
1/2 cup of dijon mustard (or more if you like a bit of mustard heat)
paprika powder (few dashes)
1tsp of parsley flakes
1tsp of dried basil

Method:
1) lightly grease a pan. Pre-heat oven at 175C for 15 mins
2) To prepare the sauce - combine honey, dijon mustard, paprika, parsley flakes, dried basil. At this point, you can adjust according to your tastebud
3) Season chicken breast with salt and pepper.
4) Put chicken breast into a bowl. Pour half of the sauce into the bowl to marinade. (you can also prepare this a day earlier and let the meat soak the marinade)
5) Put the chicken breast into the greased pan and plonk them into the oven for 30 mins
6) After 30 mins, turn the chicken to the other side and you can baste some of the remaining sauce and further bake for an additional 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked.
7) Let it cool before serving it with the extra sauce.

BTW..the sauce can also be used as a salad dressing..yums!

Hehehehe...lazy bum . I usually like to make my own dressing...as i can control the taste that i want. I even make my own ranch or caesar dressing..the only shortcut i take is the mayo..which is usually added into the ranch or caesar dressing.

I don't use any local vege for salad..and would usually buy romaine or butterhead or ..aiya..coral salad leaves (i think).

finally managed to download the photo from my iPhone..

Honey Mustard Chicken on a bed of roasted carrots


This post has been edited by phythia79: Apr 19 2011, 09:13 AM

ooo..i got to share this recipe which i found on a website "Pioneer Woman".

Cinnamon Toast

Mix butter, cinnamon, sugar and a dash of vanilla essence. Spread the butter cinnamon mixture over the bread. Then bake it at 175 Cel for 10 minutes.

Absolutely yummy!!

Can go check out the Pioneer Woman's site for step-by-step guide photos and hilarious writings

a noob question...if i were to roast 2 chicken at 1 time..will the time remains the same like roasting 1 chicken (ie 1.5 hrs)? I'll be putting the 2 chickens on the same tray.

thanks!

If you have an oven..i'll suggest making banana crumble (provided they like bananas). Just need bananas, flour, rolled oats, sugar, cinnamon, butter and some salt. I got the recipe from here http://www.food.com/recipe/banana-crumble-70920.

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Added on May 7, 2011, 10:21 amIf you don't have individual ramekins..you can just put all into a baking tray. Then you can just scoop out into bowls and serve with vanilla ice-cream.

This post has been edited by phythia79: May 7 2011, 10:21 AM

tried doing apple pie...but the dough just fell apart even before baking..couldn't even put it on the pie plate.

I did all those...sigh...so now i have extra apples on hand. Gonna do apple + banana crumble tonight

wow!! looks damn good!! please tell me what all these lovely food. You made the macarons too? wow!!

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Added on May 9, 2011, 2:05 pmPresentation is very good too...just a little feedback..maybe can invest in some nice plates..which would may it look even better.

This post has been edited by phythia79: May 9 2011, 02:05 PM

I remember National had their conventional microwave oven..dunno if they still carry it or not. Or get those free standing oven like zanussi or europa.

Where can i find shortening? I think the famous one would be Crisco. I wanna try to use this to make my pie crust.

supermarkets like Cold Storage wont have rigth? I guess..I may need to go to the baking shop bagus.

thanks etigge. Have you tried using shortening...does it make the pastry or cake or cookies have a funny taste? Coz there's feedback on the recipe using shortening.

DarkNite..i never tried using shortening before..just that I read feedback from others who used the recipe saying..tasted platicky..or chemically.

Thanks etigge! will try to go look for it and do my pie crust again. Hackezkk..tried doign pie with butter..it didn't work well..i will try to do the one with shortening...and see if it works better and taste better.

BTW..i was thinking of trying out Red Velvet..and again..this recipe requires shortening. Etigge..have you made red velvet before?

I get mine from allrecipes.com and jamie oliver's website. I tried few from allrecipes..turn out great..just go for those that has highest rating..keekke... JO..I've tried his roast chicken...turn out great! Even learnt how to make my own sauce from the trivet..hence..I don't buy those instant brown sauce to go with my roast chicken.