Every year during this time, we head up to Whistler to hang out and have a fun time. We’ve started a tradition where we have a cooking contest. This year we decided to make meals based off of different location. I got Malaysia. I decided to make a kopitiam style breakfast and included roti canai…
Pear Tarte Tatin
This is french pear pie that is made using a unique technique. You start off by cooking your pears in a butter sugar sauce and then top it with the crust and bake upside down. Almost like an upside down cake. I used anjou pears since they are one of my favorite. Quarter and core…
Caramel Kaya Jam
Kaya Jam is commonly found in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. It is a delicious coconut egg jam on toast and easy to make. Begin by combining 4-5 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup coconut cream, and 3/4 cup coconut milk in a saucepan. Filter the mixture to get any big pieces out. Place the saucepan…
Pickled Soy Garlic
Do you ever buy so much garlic that they start getting moldy and gross? Well that’s our family. We usually get peeled garlic since it is convenient but I find that they get mold and mushy fast. I have preserved garlic using vinegar and they were tasty. Here is that recipe for Laba Garlic. You…
Dirt Cupcakes
One of the best things about baking is getting creative with decorating. Its been a long time since I did decorate cupcakes so I was excited to do different. Occasionally, I would make snacks for my department meeting. For this meeting, we were talking about our gardens so I decided to make dirt cupcakes! (Not…
Dog Biscuits
Your little furry friends deserve treats too and this is an easy one. All you need is your dog’s favorite wet food and some whole wheat or all purpose flour. Start by mashing the dog food and then add 1/4 cup of flour. Mix well. Then slowly add another 1/4 cup of flour until the…
Chicken Satay Skewers
Recently my dinners have been simple and easy. As a working mom, it is hard to make delicious and healthy food while working full-time. I started to experiment more and make things that I haven’t made for a while. One of the things that I have missed was chicken satay skewers. Begin by dicing the…
Tri Colored Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you love chocolate chip cookies, then you would love these. They consist of three different types of cookies: matcha white chocolate, double chocolate and original. You can change up this recipe by making three of your favorite cookies and mixing them together. This is quite time consuming as you are essentially making three cookies…
Easy Brie Pasta
Try this recipe on days when you are really lazy and there is nothing really in the fridge except a wheel of brie. I’m tempted to remake this recipe with even more brie next time. Add 1/4 cup of white vinegar and 4 tablespoons of milk to a pan. Chop up the brie and add…
Concord Grape Syrup
This is a very easy way to preserve berries and fruit that is about to go bad and make something that could be used in many ways. I was given some concord grapes that I just didn’t know what to do with. They tasted fine but were pretty tart. I searched the internet and found…
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