If my hubby sees an interesting cooking video on youtube he will share it with me. Just the other day he showed me a video on how to make scotch eggs by Cooking With Dog. If you haven't heard already, CWD is a popular Japanese cuisine cooking show on youtube hosted by a grey talking poodle, Francis. He sits on the table next to the portable stove and narrate the cooking instructions in a funny but adorable accent. All the cooking is done by a pleasant looking Japanese lady known as Chef.
I've tried the dorayaki recipe from Cooking With Dog and it was a flop so I was a bit skeptical when it came to trying another recipe by them. But the scotch eggs look so good and I just had to have a go at it. If the recipe is good then it would be a keeper, if it's not then the eggs will end up in the bin. What's the worst that could happen, right?
It's almost midnight, you're already in your pjs and you're craving for Doritos. You go downstairs to your kitchen to look for a snack to satisfy your cheese cravings. You open your pantry. No Doritos in sight, but you see a box of cornmeal. You knew from preparing the club sandwich this afternoon that there is leftover mature cheddar in the fridge. What do you do?
Being the little Masterchef you are, you decide to bake some cheese muffins to munch which could double as breakfast the next morning. Without further ado, you pulled out the Sweet Chilli Cheese Muffin recipe from mum's recipe box.
Being a lover of white chocolate and strawberries, I wanted to come up with not just a good, but a great white chocolate and strawberry muffin recipe. I won't say I'm there yet but this muffin recipe which is adapted from Bouchon Bakery blueberry muffins is definitely a keeper.
If you have not tried making Bouchon blueberry muffins, you absolutely must try this weekend. It is the best muffin recipe. This recipe is perfect if you prefer your cake light and fluffy compared to denser fine crumbed cakes. If you want a different flavour, try my version which uses the same basic cake recipe but with strawberries and white chocolate.
There will
be a temporary shift of direction in the type of food I bake as I will be
baking/cooking food to pack to work. This means you'll be seeing a lot more posts on savoury baked goods.
If you're sick of having leftover dinner for tomorrow's lunch, I suggest you jump on the bandwagon and start preparing tasty little baked treats for lunch at work. It's fun to plan a menu and workday lunch can never be as satisfying as enjoying your own tasty creation in your office pantry. If you have other people living with you, such as family or housemates, share your creations with them. Nothing like putting a smile on their faces and reminding them of what a sweetheart you are when they open up their lunch boxes.
It will be a challenge to look for main courses to bake. The first baked main that comes to mind is quiche. So here's the curry quiche recipe I made to kick start my "baked main course challenge".
Lately I've been baking a lot of celebration worthy cakes from Y3k Delicious Cakes recipe book. The cakes in this book are really interesting and each time I keep going back to try the recipes there. I was in the mood for some yam cream cake, so yam cream cake is on this week's dessert menu.
For those of you who do not eat yam, I assure you that you will like this cake. Yam in dessert tastes ten times better than yam cooked in savoury dishes. You must try it to find out.
