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Beef, Pasta, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Beef & Asparagus Pasta

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The pasta I used was pasta with eggs. Wider than linguine.

1. Prepare beef slices and chopped asparagus.

2. Cook pasta according to the instruction. Soak in cold water and drain.

3. Heat a little oil in the pan. Add in beef slices. Quick stir fry with medium-high heat. Bring to brown.

4. Add in 2 cloves of minced garlic, 1 tsp dried thyme. Mix well.

5. Cut in 20g butter. When butter melts, add in asparagus and stir fry for 2 mins.

6. Pour in 2 tablespoon white wine. Turn to high heat. Simmer for 1-2 mins.

7. Season with salt and black pepper.

Add in drained pasta and give them a good mix.

Prawn, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Cheesy Butter Giant Prawn

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1. Clean the scampi and cut in the middle of the belly.

2. Sprinkle salt and black pepper and let them stay for a while.

3. Heat a pan on stove. Add in 1 tablespoon oil. When it’s smoke hot. Put the scampi in.

4. Fry scampi till the shell turn pink.

5. Cut in 20 g butter and 3 minced garlic cloves. Sauté till aromatic.

6. Pour in 1/2 cup hot water. Cover the pan with lid and let the scampi simmer for 5 mins.

7. Take the scampi out in a plate. Add 1 pieces of cheese ( yes, I used the type for sandwiches and hamburgers). Turn to low heat. Keep stirring and reduce sauce to condensed.

8. Pour sauce over scampi. Garnish with parsley.

I have to say the sauce is perfect for bread.

Quick recipe

Seared Scallops

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1. Thaw scallops. Wipe them with kitchen towel to absorb all the water.

2. Season them with a little salt and black pepper.

3. Heat a pan on stove. Add in a little oil. When the pan is smoked hot, place scallops in it one by one.

4. Fry for 2 mins. Then flip them in order too. The downside will be brightly brown in color. Cut in 2 Tablespoon butter.

5. Use a small spoon to scoop hot melted butter onto scallops. Fry for another 2 mins.

6. Sprinkle a little dried thyme and serve hot.

baking, bread, Crab, mushroom, Pasta, Quick recipe, salmon, Soup, Uncategorized

Prepare a Christmas Feast with a King Crab

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Yesterday when my husband and I were buying groceries in a supermarket, we noticed there was sale of king crab. Turkey is too big for us to have for Christmas, so a king crab sounds a good idea.

Today when I got up, the first thing I needed to do is to defreeze the king crab we bought. Then I disassembled it into several parts.

For the central body, I took the Shell off. Then picked the meat out. Heat a pan, melt a small piece of butter. Put the meat in. Sauté a bit. Add in 1 tablespoon flour. Quickly stir. Then add in 3-4 tablespoon milk. Stir slowly and evenly to let it reduce to white sauce. Put the crab meat white sauce into the shell. Sprinkle cheese. Put into oven ( 200 degree C, 8-10 mins) or till cheese melts.

Crab legs can be divided into three parts: thigh (fat end), middle parts and thin end parts.

For the fat thigh, I used them to cook spaghetti:

Heat a piece of butter in the pan. When melted, add in crab leg. Stir fry a bit. Then add in chopped garlic. Stir till aromatic. Pour in a little white wine. Simmer a little. Season with salt and black pepper. Add in chopped parsley and cooked spaghetti. Quickly stir evenly.

For the middle crab leg parts, I roast them with garlic butter. Put a small chunk of butter in a bowl. Add in chopped garlic, a little salt and pepper. Blend well. Cut half the shell off ( or even less). Then spread garlic butter onto meat. Put into oven. 180 degree C and 20 mins.

For the thin ends, I cut them into smaller pieces. Marinate with a little cooking wine and corn starch. Heat a little olive oil in the pan. Put the crab leg pieces in. Stir fry for 2-3 mins. Add in chopped ginger and spring onion. Quickly stir fry. Add in a little cooking wine, light soy sauce and oyster sauce. Quickly blend evenly and serve hot.

For the claws, I used them to cook light soup. Put crab claws, corn pieces, Chinese yam, mushroom, ginger shreds and spring onion pieces into a pot. Pour in 1 1/2 bowls of water. Turn to high heat. When water boils, put in salmon slices. Turn to middle heat and cook for 3 mins. Add in 1 tsp sweet cooking wine and salt. Cook for another minute.

And that’s it. Our Christmas feast made by a king crab.

Merry Christmas everyone!

baking, chocolate, Uncategorized

Cocoa Brownie

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One day, my husband chose a pack of Starbucks cocoa when we bought groceries in a supermarket. He was super excited because he kept thinking about a warm and yummy cup of cocoa. He immediately made himself a cup of hot cocoa when we reached home. Yet….he found it’s not as yummy as he thought. He always does things like that. At first he’s very excited and can’t wait to buy something but finds it’s not as good as he thought. =_=||

My principle is no wasting food in my kitchen. So I decided to make cocoa into brownies. And my husband is happy because he will feel less guilty in buying something he doesn’t like.

Oh. I found the recipe here:

best cocoa brownies


Ingredients:

Butter 140g

Sugar 250g ( if you want it to be less sweet, you can reduce the sugar)

Cocoa powder 65g

Salt 1/4 tsp

Vanilla extract 1/2 tsp

Eggs 2

Flour 65g
Preheat oven to 160 degree C.

1. Combine butter, sugar, cocoa powder & salt in a bowl. Place the bowl in simmering water. Stir till smooth.

2. Set aside to cool down.

3. Add in vanilla and beat in eggs. Mix them well.

4. Add in flour and mix till just combined.

5. Pour batter into baking pan.

6. Bake for 20-25 mins. ( because I used my round shaped baking pan and it’s smaller than the size in original recipe. So it took me longer to get done, about 30-35 mins.)


Very moist and yummy. I love it.

baking, banana, Uncategorized

Banana Brownie

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Original recipe:

Banana Brownies

I followed the recipe. But there was no unsalted butter in my fridge, so I used salted butter and deleted the salt from ingredients.

1/4 cup salted butter

4 oz white chocolate 

2 medium banana ( mashed)

1/2 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup flour

Preheat oven to 180 degree C.

1. Put butter and white chocolate in a bowl. Then set the bowl in hot water. Melt them and mix them.

2. Add in sugar, banana, egg, egg, vanilla in order. Mix well before adding new ingredient.

3. At last add in flour. Mix till just combined.

Pour into baking pan. Bake for 15-20 mins. Check with toothpick before taking it out. Let it cool down completely and cut into squares.


My husband loved it very very much.

Beef, Broccoli, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Ribeye Steak

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My husband wanted to have steak for dinner. So we went to supermarket to buy a ribeye steak and some sausage.

1. Sprinkle salt and black pepper over the steak.

2. Heat skillet on stove. Add a little olive oil.

3. When the skillet is smoking hot, put the steak in. You will hear the sizzling.

4. For 2-3 mins, the down side will becom brownish. Turn over to fry the other side.

5. Cut in a little butter. Put in 2 cloves garlic and some thyme.

6. Use a spoon to pour melted butter over the steak. Let the steak stand to fry the edge.

Place the steak into a plate. 

Use the same skillet ( no need to wash it) to fry sausage.


Serve with some boiled broccoli.

The steak is very tender and juicy.

Fish, Quick recipe, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Butter Lemon Cod Fillet

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1. Preheat oven to 180 degree C.

2. Melt 20g butter, then mix in fresh juice of half small lemon. Also add in 1/2 tsp garlic powder.

3. In a bowl, add in 1/4 cup flour, some salt, black pepper and a little mixed herbs.

4. Dip cod fillet in butter mixture first then in flour mixture.

5. Place cod fillet in a baking pan. Bake for 25-30 mins.

I also put several baby carrots and French beans in the baking pan and let them be baked with cod.

Pork, Uncategorized

Butter & Honey Roasted Pork Belly

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Preheat oven to 180 degree C.

Melt a small pieces ( around 10 g) butter in the pan by medium heat. Then add in 2 tsp honey. Mix them well.

Place a strip of pork belly in the pan. Fry two sides till golden brown.

Turn off the stove. Pour butter & honey into baking pan. Then put pork belly into baking pan too. Sprinkle some salt over pork belly’s skin.

Put baking pan into oven. Roast for around 40 mins.

Cut into small chunks and serve.

Even the skin part tastes very chewy. Meat is very tender.

Breakfast, egg, Pancake, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Buttermilk Pancakes

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I found this wonderful recipe: http://amyshealthybaking.com/blog/2015/01/18/the-ultimate-healthy-buttermilk-pancakes/

And I just followed it without doing any change.

Flour 135 g

Baking soda 1 tsp

Baking powder 1/2 tsp

Salt 1/4 tsp

Melted butter  7 g

Egg 1

Vanilla 1 1/2 tsp

Butter milk 1/2 cup

Maple syrup 1 tsp

Plain low-fat yogurt 60g

1. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.

2. In a mother bowl mix butter, vanilla, egg, butter milk, syrup and yogurt.

3. Combine wet mixture with dry ingredients and stir till just combine.

4. Heat a non-stick pan on the stove with medium or low heat. Drop a spoonful of batter into pan.

5. After around 3 mins or till the bottom side turns golden brown, flip the pancake over and heat for another 2-3 mins.

Serve hot with maple syrup or butter or anything you like.



They taste very soft and fluffy. My husband loves them.