Archive | March, 2011

Making Syrup Bites – you will love it like I do.

31 Mar

When the BF’s mom came to visit a couple of months ago, she brought along an old recipe book that belonged to the BF. It was given to him by his aunt when he moved away to Liverpool for university, in hopes that he would not need to survive on just instant noodles and 1 [...]

How to quickly cube mangoes without making a mess.

30 Mar

Other than apples, we could go through dozens of mangoes in a month, simply because we LOVE the fruit. We eat it on its own mostly, but we also love it served with meringues and cream (okay, yogurt when the scale is bouncing off a bit further from the zero). But you must agree with [...]

Delicious and seriously easy apple crumble.

29 Mar

What do you do when you have only a couple of hours to spare before bedtime? You make apple crumble for supper! Fruit crumble is possibly one of the easiest desserts to make from scratch. It looks impressive and tastes as though there’s a huge labour of love involved but the truth is, I only [...]

Economy of scale.

28 Mar

For the longest time, my kitchen scale was this cute but tiny plastic thing bought from Daiso. It was cheap (RM5!!!) and I held no aspirations for it. My only hope was that it could at least give me a close enough measurement. # – This packet is 520 grams, right? Then I made profiteroles [...]

Baking meringues is easy!

25 Mar

I believe a lot of people think that baking meringues is quite a daunting task. I was one of those people. After 2 unsuccessful attempts, I’ve finally figured out the way to get perfect meringues, every single time and there are just two things: 1. Vinegar 2. Patience Why vinegar? Use it to rinse your [...]