On my way home

Beef Soup for the sick ol' soul...

My better half wasnt feeling too good one day so I cooked him this...simple dish to prepare but I love it...For added 'kick', I stir in some sambal belachan....ooooohhhhhh.....

Simple Cookies

Once upon a time, a colleague of mine shared a baking book with me. This cookie recipe I found in the book is very simple and basic that I was baking cookies after work and yes....its that easy so I'll share them with you...anyway, it beats having fresh baked cookies anytime you want in which ever way you like it...plain, with chocolate chips....with slivered almonds....dipped in chocolate....with the baking smell wafting through the kitchen! YUM!

Here we go!

175g / 1.5cup plain (all-purpose) flour

1tsp baking powder

125g / half cup soft margarine

90g / half cup light muscovado sugar (available in most supermakets, a friend will get it for me whenever he goes back home to phillipines as its much cheaper there)

60g / a quarter cup of caster sugar (I omit this totally sometimes as I do not want my cookies too sweet, if unsure, just use half of this for starter)

half tsp vanilla flavouring (extract)

1 egg

125g of dark chocolate chips (if using)

okie dokie...here we go!

1) Lightly grease baking trays

2) Place all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and beat to combine (I just use my hands to mix)

3) Place tablespoonfuls of the mixture on the baking trays, spacing them well apart to allow for spreading during cooking

4) Bake in preheated oven 190deg for 10-12mins or until the cookies are golden brown

5) Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely...

For variations such as ~

~ Mixed chocolate cookies ~ use a mixture of dark, milk and white choclate chips in the basic mixture

~ Chocolate chips and coconut cookies ~ add 25g of dessicated (shredded) coconut to the basic mixture

~ Choc and nut cookies ~ add 40g of chopped nuts (hazelnuts, almonds etc) to the mixture

~ Double Choc ~ beat in 40g melted dark chocolate

~ White Chocolate chip cookies ~ use white chocolate chips instead of the the dark ones

~ Chocolate chip and raisin cookies ~ add 40g / 5 tbsp of raisins to the mixture


Seriously....its all up to your imagination rite so happy baking! :o)

SunSets

I like sunsets...I didnt know that I like to take pictures of it wherever I go until I was gg through my pictures gallery...I love it as its one of those breathtaking moments you get to enjoy everyday, like a friend has once said before, " Like you, I should pay more attention to these things, the simple pleasures in life...I rarely notice them as I just didnt think of taking the time to..."

Away Too Long!

Seriously I was...I was gg through my pictures gallery when I realised I had so many pictures to share with you...part of my heightened inclination nowadays is the fault of a brand new camera...I soooo love it so I became snappy happy! hahaha....

So. To follow suit soon...a pictoral diaorrhea of food adventures! hahahaha

Food Enjoyed In KL

When we go KL, we go crazy with the selection of food! All this we had (and more!) were delicious!

1) fermented glutinous rice aka tapai with vanilla ice cream! such an amazing combination.

2) seafood hor fun, best eaten hot!

3) our spread

4) fried beef kway teow

5) sambal prawns with petai (not for the faint hearted! LOL)

Back in BKK

I went back to bangkok and enjoyed all the good stuffs again...

The coconut ice cream at chatuchak weekend market is heavenly...

The bakery I discovered on the first day I was there, looking for a place to have a breakfast...helps too that a fantastic massage place is just next to it...at 250bht for an hour, i got lost in time as the masseuse knead my heavily trodded feet that I walked continuosly without rest...

sighhhhh....

I do miss bangkok...