Yummy Cornflake Cookies

For jiejie! :)

Ingredients:

1) 250 gm butter (do not leave to soften)
2) 225 gm castor sugar
3) 375 gm all purpose flour
4) 1 tsp baking powder
5) 1 tsp vanilla essence
6) 1 egg
7) 100 gm raisin

Method:

1) Cream butter.
2) Add sugar gradually, beating till light and fluffy.
3) Add vanilla essence and beat for a short while more.
4) Stir in egg till well mixed.
5) Stir in flour gradually till well mixed.
6) Spoon small teaspoon into a bed of crushed cornflakes.
7) Shape into small heaps
8) Bake at 180 degrees celsius till golden brown (about 12 - 15 min)

Note:

1) Brown sugar may be used in place of castor sugar but cut down amount slightly
2) Prima's Top Flour (for biscuits and cookies) may be used to replace all-purpose flour. THere is no need to add baking powder here.
3) For variation, use any other type of cereal!

Three Cheese Pasta - Bake

This is like some recipe I came up with when I wanted cheese Cheese CHEESE, and then my friend helped me to refine it.

Serves 4.

Ingredients:
- 2 cans of cream of chicken soup (Campbell, Bachelors, either works)
- Ham
- frozen vege, manifesting as peas, carrots and corn
- 3 cheese (Mozarella, Montgomery Jack, Cheddar)
- Pasta enough for 4

1) Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius.
2) Line a baking tray with aluminium foil.
3) Boil the pasta until al dente, drain it, and then put it in the tray.
4) Shred ham and add it to the tray
5) Also put as much frozen vege as you like into the tray
6) In a sauce pan, bring the two cans of cream of chicken soup to boil, also using the can, measure half a can of milk and half a can of water and add them all together.
7) Pour the above mixture into the aluminium tray
8) Add some cheeses
9) Mix everything together!!!
10) Add a layer of cheeses
11) Cover up with a layer of aluminium and bake! 30 minutes at least, and I don't think it burns easily so just keep baking until you want to eat it!

Udon & Cheese Bake

I koped this recipe from my friend who learnt it from watching a Japanese show, and then I edited it because my friend is almost a Vegetarian and I like my chicken & ham. AND IT IS NICE

Serves 3

Ingredients:
- two packets of udon
- one bottle of white sauce meant for lasagne
- three types of cheese (I used shredded Montgomery Jack and Mozarella; and powdered Parmesan)
- sliced mushrooms
- some ham
- 300g of chicken

Directions:
1) Line a baking tray with aluminium foil.
2) Boil udon until soft, and then drain it and put it in the baking tray.
3) Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
4) Stir-fry chicken until brown. Add it to the tray.
5) Stir-fry ham and mushrooms for a little while so it's slightly more cooked than it already is or is not respectively. Add to the tray as well.
6) Pour white sauce into the tray. Mix everything around thoroughly.
7) Coat with a layer of Montgomery Jack, and then a layer of Mozarella.
8) Bake for 30minutes.
9) Sprinkle Parmesan on top before serving.

Chicken and Ricotta

Apparently these go nicely together. So says me.

1. (Stir-)Fry bite-sized pieces of chicken with light sauce and pepper -- typical amounts you'd use to cook them.
2. When they are thoroughly cooked, and possibly a bit brown, add 1.5 dessert spoons of Ricotta Cheese per serving.
3. Mix them around such that the cheese coats the chicken, and when it browns a little, add in a dash of pepper (to taste, really), and then it's done!

Eat with rice!

Taco filling (not following corporate instructions)

Old El Paso produces spicy mixes and salsa to go with Mexican food, e.g. tortillas, fajitas and tacos.

I bought the taco making kit, and then I realised they didn't mention having to cook tomatoes. o__O I found that a bit strange because I can't see how to professionally chop tomatoes, as a novice chef!

Ingredients [for two] [other than El Paso related things and the cheese]
- 300g chicken
- 1/2 onion
- 3 tomatoes

What I did to make, and with the taco filling instead was this:
1. Slice Onions [so not on their list of ingredients]
2. Chop up Tomatoes -- somehow.
3. Heat pan on fire, then add oil, and then stir-fry Onions.
4. Don't let Onions burn. When they look a little bit cooked, add small bite-sized pieces of Chicken. Let it brown a little.
5. Then add Tomatoes. Stir-fry a little.
6. Add the Old El Paso spicy mix -- not too much at one go cause it might be too hot, and 100ml of Water.
7. Let the water boil and simmer away until it disappears!

Pineapple Rice

I found a recipe online but the order of which they suggrested for cooking the ingredients was awfully warped!


Ingredients:
Cooked chicken [previously cooked in pepper and salt]
Ham, diced
Shrimp
Peas
Onion
Pineapple, cubed
Overnight rice
Fish floss/ pork floss
[Pineapple and peas can be bought canned]


Instructions:
1. Heat the pan, when it's warm add oil.
2. Cook the onions, ham and peas first.
3. When slightly cooked, add the peas, shrimp, pineapple.
4. Cook awhile longer, then add the rice! Mix well, making sure not to burn the rice. Add some light sauce and pepper. Cook until you're happy with the taste, and the moistness of the rice.
5. Serve with fish floss/ pork floss on top!

Steak Set!

Something I learnt from my friend Sherwyn the Cook!

Pasta + Omelette + Steak tastes really good together! Don't even have to put sauce on the pasta, because the Steak sauce is sufficient! =)

Not much of a recipe for this one. Just marinate your steak with salt, pepper, and spices, cook using medium heat! (In a pan with some garlic). Then midway add some wine! Leave it as long as you want, and you can get a rare steak or an overdone steak!