Passionfruit muffins

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

I am linking to the beautiful Paisley Jade's blog today for some passionfruit muffins I made :)


I did make a couple of small changes though... I added some chocolate chips to the mixture (because everything just tastes better with chocolate chips) and also about quarter of a tin of peaches cut up really small. Then I made some more plain icing with blue food colouring in it and put into a piping bag to do the 'S' on top. Yum! Here is the link for the recipe

How to make your own yoghurt...

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Crockpot yoghurt

You will need:

Crockpot
71/2 cups milk (or just use 2litres if you can't be bothered measuring)
1/2 cup starter yoghurt (with live cultures)



Heat on low for 2 hours and 45 mins

Turn off crockpot without taking the lid off.

After 3 hours (to let the milk cool down to the right temperature), take out about 2 cups of the warm milk and put into a mixing bowl. You may need to get rid of the skin first!

Add 1/2 cup of starter yoghurt and mix the starter yoghurt and milk together with a whisk.

I used Cyclops Plain Organic originally, then every other time just put aside 1/2 cup of the yoghurt I made.

You can probably use any type of yoghurt you like, but just make sure it has live active cultures in it and is not vanilla flavoured.

Then put your mixed yoghurt back into the crockpot and mix well until it is totally combined with the rest of the milk.

Put lid back on and wrap in a thick bath towel. I put mine in the hot water cupboard, but it really doesn't matter too much.

Leave for 8-12hours.

Refrigerate for 3hours and then eat.

You can add so many different things to this recipe!

- Honey or sugar to sweeten -
- Passionfruit pulp -
- Fruit-dried or canned or fresh -
- vanilla essence (just remember to take out 1/2 cup first to start your next batch) -

Egg fried rice with shrimp

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Egg fried rice (with shrimp)

I've been wanting to make this dish for ages and finally shrimps were on special this week so I bought a bag. Here's my rough DIY tutorial hehe on how I made it.

I normally cook this dish the next day after I've made rice because I make too much and have leftovers. This is a great way to use them all up.

Ingredient list:
Pre-cooked rice (any type-I used brown)
Note. The amount depends on how many you are feeding-I used about 2cups cooked rice for 2 people and had some for lunch the next day.

Shrimps
I used the ones that are precooked already
Note. Chicken will probably work just as well, as long as you precook it

Omelet Mixture
2-3eggs
celery
carrots
onion
herbs and celery salt to taste
Note. You can use as many or as little veggies in this part as you like: mushrooms, bacon, capsicum, etc.

Extra Veggies (Optional)
Brocolli (you can also use cauli or skip this part)
sugar snap peas
corn
peas
any other veggies you can think of!

Nuts (optional)
I use a small amount of almonds and cashews

Method:

-Mix together all ingredients of the omelet and then pan fry. Set aside for adding later. You can fry as a whole omelet and flip, then cut into pieces do it the lazy way like I did and fried it like scrambled egg. Doesn't look as nice but takes less time.

-Pan fry nuts in a little butter or oil until just brown (watch them closely, otherwise they will burn)

-Pan fry veggies for about 2-5mins then add rice and shrimps (or pre-cooked meat). If you want to stop the rice from sticking to your pan, add a little milk or coconut cream.

-Add the omelet mixture to pan and then cook on low, stirring constantly till there is no liquid in the pan.

-Stir in nuts and take off heat immediately. Serve it up straight away otherwise the nuts could go soggy on you.

-Enjoy :) you could even it with chopsticks just to be creative and have a themed night where everyone dresses up.