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Fried rice* and chocolate caramel milk topped with whipped cream and syrup ;]

edit july 3 2006
--I made coconut shrimp today but I forgot to take a picture before I dug in

Potato and shrimp. >_> This is what happens when you're too lazy to go to the grocery store. And yes, the shrimp is connected to the potato

a cake i made in the cooking class~


pancakes with strawberry syrup..i made them for my parents breakfast ^^;;


muffins and a loaf i baked ^^

i didn't make these today though..they were made within the last month (june) ^^


your chocolate caramel milk topped with whipped cream and syrup looks SO GOOD esp on a hot day like today ><"

There are some things I baked/made a couple months ago:


Cupcakes I made for my friends birthday. ^^



two obento boxes I made when I first started making them. :]

I made this for my friend's birthday yesterday. It's not as pretty as I wanted it to be.. oh well it tasted good ^^

Baked Stuffed Potatoes w/ Green onions, bacon, cheddar cheese (I posted a recipe a few months ago)

I find baking cakes from already made boxed mixtures fun. Not great cooking, nevertheless, tastes good.



Made that in May (Betty Crocker's Vanilla cake with frosting). Also made a cake for my grandpa's birthday, it was yummy.

OMG~~!!! this thread rulez!! Sadly I didn't cook today, but I'm saving this space for the day when i do cook and i'llk post a pic up!! yayyy! this thread is fun^^



Sunday July 16th

My dinner - soon dubu jjigae

Ricotta and Spinach Cannelloni with Tomato and Mushroom Flavoured Béchamel Sauce




made this in class today

http://www.xanga.com/fireangel_416

cupcakes i made for my friend a while ago ^^
they made your teeth pink when you bit into them. :B

Double Layer Fudge Marble w/ Cream Cheese Icing

made this a while back. i can still taste it..ahhaha..

GO here too see that I cooked!

Actually I prefer to bake. So I'll be back on saturday with a picture of my famous red velet cake!

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=66751

lamingtons!!
oo wait no one knows what it is its an australian food
a sponge cake covered on the outside with coconut + chocolate icing

My Bibim bap attempt today. xD
I screwed up the eggs, but it still tasted awesome.
<3


Rhubarb and apple crumble.
Yummy!
AH, I need to stop eating this and diet. >o<

i made....monster muffins >=E



LOLL :3

then they each had a design or face but you can't really see them =o=''

Wow! All of these creations look so perfect and yummy!
I'm not too good at cooking or baking~ I made these:

kinda funny-lookin' and childish, I know

That cake is for my aunt~ it was her birthday

I'm so jealous of all the people here who are so good at cooking and baking and the suches. I always undercook or overcook everything. hahah

strawberry cheesecake.. it doesnt look good on camera hah.

They're strawberry cupcakes with vanilla icing toped with a half of a strawberry.

I helped my sister make it for her friend's birthday. ^^;;

APPLE PIE<3

I made sushi for lunch today. I used egg, yellow radish and carrot. It would have tasted even better w/ avocado!

This is a recently made up bento I did for work.

I did them with these flower shaped vegetable/cookie cutters by Joyce Chen. I don't know if you can find them anymore. But if you can't find these specific ones, look for small cookie cutters. Metal ones work best.

Sweet and Sour Pork and Chicken

Fried Rice! Eatting it right now! It has rice (obviously), mushrooms, chinese sausage and onions in it and loads of soy sauce + hot sauce

Minestrone Soup. I don't cook a lot and it was my first time. There's a lot more pasta and veggies than it should have. Oh well...One of my better dishes though.

i got bored and made cupcakes..blehh there was no icing left

The sweet and sour pork and chicken looks REALLY good.

I was bored so I decided to try out a new recipe. I love baking. It's so much fun! Hehe, anyway, I ended up making cinnamon sugar biscotti. I dipped it into warm white vanilla hot cocoa (I don't like tea that much and I don't drink coffee) and it was simply amazing!! I took a nice picture for it. I got the recipe off allrecipes.com (LOVE that site) and it didn't have a picture so I went ahead and took one.

I have a question... How did you get the colour of the icing so bright without making the it taste like food colouring? i've been trying this for a while now, to make a vibrant colour of icing but it always ends up tasting like... well ... *h!t

I always thought the more you put, the darker you get O.o Like there was one time my friend added food colouring with the icing mix, and she made baby pink by adding a little bit in, and then she added ALOT more to make hot pink. ^o^

My first attempt to make Egg Tarts! lolxP The crust was a bit thin so it came out screwy =P Looks bad but tastes alright!

Oh! The egg tarts look pretty good!! I really like them...yummy yummy!

I attempted a Japanese cheesecake today. I substitute regular cream cheese for fat free but it still turned out alright. Maybe I didn't have enough water for the water bath since the tray I used wasn't very deep. It didn't turn out as light and fluffy as it should've, I don't think...



My attempt to garnish a slice and make it look cool but it's not a "real" cheesecake so it looks kinda funny:

^OMG!!! I WANT THE RECIPE TOO!!!!!!!! I <333333333 EGG TARTS!!!

i didnt cook anything today...but i DID make something a while back when i got bored...


haha...i hope ramen counts as cooking there's a hot dog lolz...and some chopped up spam in there ^^ so yummy...whoa...the bowl looks like a plate in that picture O__O...it was good though...and the ramen was definitely nowhere near as dry as it looks in the picture -___-"


do you know who that is?!?!!?! lolz...guess and i'll tell you if it's right lolz the drink was so good...so easy to make....seriously.....get some Fruit Punch or Koolaid (SUNKIST IS GOOD TOO!!!!! that's what i used when i first made this...this time i used Koolaid ^^) and some mixed fruit...throw it together and a beautiful and yummy drink is DONEEEEEEEEE!!!


i used Sunkist for these...yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy lolz


this was really good too...saw it on one of the episodes of Rachel Ray's 30 minute meals (i love that show ) get some ice cream (HIGHLY suggest vanilla or something close to it...i used moose tracks or something like that aka cookies and cream) get some coffee and pour it on top of the ice cream...then get some vanilla wafers and top it with some whipped cream...this was SOOOOOOOOOOOO YUMMYYYYYYYYYYY...i think i'll make it again some other day...and make it look better i recommend this one though...sooooooooo good...i can still taste it the pic was taken when it was starting to melt...the picture doesnt do it justice T___T


i helped stuff these...if that counts they were sooooooooooooooooooo good.....

my sister used to make these REALLY yummy cakes...this thread is such an inspiration...i need to learn how to cook

Ive made a potato pizza using a frying pan. ^^
It kinda looks like pancakes....... but ohwell.

Pasta con L'Uova e Mollico (Pasta mixed with Toasted Garlic Breadcrubs and Golden Raisins) with Pork Cubes and Red Bell Peppers


This is a modification of a Sicilean Dish. I love Italian food.

Here's my recipe:

You will need the following ingredients and equipment.

* Stove
* 1 Large Sauce Pan, 1 Small Sauce Pan, 1 Stock Pot
* A Pair of Tongs
* 2 Spatula
* A Cutting Board
* A Cleaver
* Plates
* Forks
* Measuring Spoons

* Extra Virgin Olive Oil
* Rigatini or Spaghetti
* Red Bell Pepper
* 2 Pork Cutlets (No Bone)
* 3 Garlic Cloves
* Plain Bread Crumbs
* Golden Raisins or Any kind of Raisins
* Honey
* Salt
* Water

Directions

1. Get your sauce pans and stock pot (filled a quarter of the way with water) on your stove top.
2. In one Sauce pan, pour enough EVOO to cover the pan, add your red bell peppers. Turn up the heat, about a medium blaze. Don't burn, just sear.
3. In other Sauce pan, pour about 5 to 6 Tablespoons of EVOO in. Slice up 3 garlic cloves and add them to the EVOO. Turn up the heat.
4. Get your water in the Stock Pot going. Add salt until you get a sea like taste.
5. Put a little salt and pepper in with your Red Bell Peppers.
6. Cook the water in your Stock Pot slowly. You need time to cook the Pork.
7. Once your garlic has browned, add in enough breadcrumbs (eyeball it) where the oil covers and saturates the breadcombs. You want the breadcrumbs to soak up the oil. Be careful about adding too much. Do it slowly, stirring them in the oil. Remember to turn your heat down.
8. Soak the Raisins in some warm water to soften them up then add to the toasting breadcrumbs. Don't burn the breadcrumbs.
9. Cut up your boneless pork cutlets or chops, salt, and add to the softened, seared Red Bell Peppers. Cook until down. Near the end, add a little honey to add a pinch of sweetness and to give a golden brown look to the pork.
10. Halfway through cooking the pork, you should have turned off the heat to the pan with the breadcrumbs or whenever they finished toasting. You also need to add your pasta to the stock pot and cook this thoroughly.
11. Your pasta should finish around the same time you finish the pork, if you planned it right.
12. Take some pasta and use your tongs to place on the plate. Spoon in some of the breadcrumbs (as much as desired) and mix the pasta with the breadcrumbs. You can mix a drop or two of EVOO in to help this happen. Top your pasta with the pork and red pepper.
13. Voila! Bon Appetitte.

This is something that I just threw together, so I don't really have exact measurements for all of the ingredients. If I make it again sometime in the future, I'll try and post up a more exact recipe :]

Ingredients & Equipment
-Rice (You're going to be rolling them up into balls, so make sure you have enough)
-Sesame seeds
-Sesame oil
-Garlic (minced)
-Pepper
-Gochujang/Dwaenjang (optional) ; if you're going to use this, just mix it in with the rice in the first step.
-Bacon (raw)
-Toothpicks
-Mixing bowl
-Plastic gloves (optional)
-Frying pan


Directions
1. When the rice is ready and hot, mix in the sesame seeds, sesame oil, minced garlic, and pepper to taste.
2. When the rice is evenly mixed with the ingredients, start rolling the rice into balls with plastic gloves, if you're using them. Make sure you pack the balls tightly, so that they don't fall apart later. The balls shouldn't be too big; just use the bacon as reference as to how wide/large you should make them.
3. After you have prepared the rice balls, count how many bacon slices you need (one bacon per rice ball)
4. When preparing the bacon, I cut off about an inch off of each end (the fattiest part), because using an entire slice of bacon makes the finished product a bit too thick.
5. Now, you are ready to roll the rice balls in the bacon.
6. Insert the toothpick into the end of the bacon to keep it intact. (see my picture for reference)
7. Heat a frying pan ( NO OIL!)
8. Place the rice balls in the pan, turning occasionally so that the bacon doesn't burn.
9. When all of the bacon sides are evenly browned and cooked through, take them out.
10. I personally think the bacon creates a LOT of grease, so I pat them down with paper towels before serving.

Extra note: I personally think they taste yummy with pickles :]

I whipped up my own warm shiitake and fish tofu salad since i've been getting pretty bored with the same balsimico vinegrette dressing for the past few days...anyways, the pic is a bit blurry...i need a new camera..but it was a nice and yummy dinner ^^





Warm Shiitake and Fish Tofu Salad

-chopped iceberg lettuce
-shredded carrots
-tomatos
-minced garlic
-diced fish tofu
-shiitake mushrooms
-light soy sauce
-sesame seeds
-sesame seed oil
-salt
-chilli powder (optional)
-olive oil
-lemon wedge




1. Prepare you salad with a combination of lettuce, carrots, and tomatos
2. In a frying pan, pour in the olive oil..when warm, put in your minced garlic to saute. Then add the fish tofu and shiitake mushrooms and stir fry.
3. Season with salt, chilli powder, light soy sauce, and a dash of sesame seed oil
4. Sprinkle some sesame seeds at the end
5. Turn off heat and place your stir fry on top of your salad
6. Before eating, squeeze a lemon wedge over your salad and stir fry
7. Eat and enjoy!! ^^


*You can make various variations of the stirfry...try it with beef, pork, or chicken....or go teriyaki style and add some sugar and oyster sauce!

Salads don't have to be so boring now do they? ^^

This is strawberry ice cream with rashberry and whip cream, but it tasted weird though. >.<


Spaghetti
My family said the sauce was good.



This soup would be even better if there's tofu, but unfortunately I didnt buy any. x.x


Also is this one, it would be nice if there's fried tofu..


The last two pics look sort of boring ^^; however it didnt taste bad ehehhehe...

Ohhh I love it when people take pictures of food.
Turkey Lasagna


Sake nigiri


Caprese - tomato, basil, mozerella (sp?), kalamata olives


Sake onigiri, fried prawn, steak, mushroom, onion, salad



Obviously they weren't made all in the same day. I wish I had the ability though :9. I don't like eating leftovers.

I think homecooking is a great ability. I was reading a food book in Borders the other day and it had pictures of families from all over the world who had their picture taken displaying their week's worth of food. You'd see Chinese people with fresh fruits, veggies, not too much meat, etc. An Italian would have a lot of meats, pasta, etc. What SURPRISED me the most was the picture of an American family. 90% of their food were contained in cardboard boxes or packaged food items. Barely any fresh produce.

I wanted to eat something sweet and fat-free today and ended up with this:



rice with watermelon, pineapple, peach, cinnamon, ginger, anise, nutmeg and a teaspoon honey.


It's delicious, but maybe just because I used the cinnamon and ginger very generously.

fobby santa? =/ the cake was amazingly yummy, but we decorated it badly. HAHA we were trying to draw one of those asian cartoon poop things but it got messed up so my friends and i started doing whatever.


the cake looks better in this picture =P

Last week's lunch, fried rice made w/ leftovers from the fridge =D
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ahha i make alot of dessert, mostly based on hong kong style ones. here is one i made today....i totally came up with the idea when i saw mango, grass jelly, and tapioca. o hyeah. and evaporated milk




it turned out great, and everyone is asking for seconds. i'll post more of my creations later on

Okay...this isn't really what I cooked/baked today but throughout the years :x
Well...they're pics of what I found through my photobucket because the others pics I had got wiped out by a virus ;_;

1st cookies I ever made!
Vanilla+chocolate cookies (no cookie cutters used for this -.-!!) :


A cool design done unintentionally :DDD


First pizza I ever made:


Mini and regular sized cupcakes I made not too long ago (vanilla based cake with lime juice and zest with whipped ginger cream cheese frosting and melted chocolate drizzled on with a blueberry for decoration and the regular sized cupcakes with the same cake batter cept it's stuffed with coconut rice pudding and has shaved coconut on top as decoration)


Second attempt at making pizza:


Melt-in-your-mouth (aka flourless chocolate cake) mini chocolate cupcakes with whipped cream and toasted coconut and drizzles of white chocolate colored mint green with food coloring:


Lemon cake with whipped cream frosting and topped with toasted coconut (the cake didn't cool down enough so the whipped cream kinda melted >.>):

Spicy fried rice topped with a bit of shredded cheese & goguma (korean sweet potatoes) around.

I had this in a Taiwanese cafe && really liked it, so I thought I would try making it. But it didn't taste the same. Too much sugar. Too little salt. Needed more water. But still pretty good.

PSHS you guys call that food!
now this is food! haha. jk gosh im here eating ramen while looking at all this good food T-T !!

what i made a while ago

what i made... over a period of time. haha. mmm.. i can't exactly say when i started to develop my passion for baking but it's been a year or so now. lol.
note: i make everything from scratch. i really don't like those things out of a box. hahaha.

i made this for my friend's surprise birthday party last september. she used to be in love with hollywood, movies.. stuff like that. and it was a themed party; and the colours were black and purple. (classy eh?) so this is just rich and dense chocolate cake with a purple icing. i tried making the icing purple but it ended up being a palee pinkish colour... i have no idea why. w/e. it looks nice.



halloween cookies i made for my homeroom. (my specialty is sugar cookies)


christmas sugar cookies!


dinner at a friend's house. it was curry with rice and veggies. pretty good, but the curry was HOT.


plated creme puff swans with a raspberry boule..broulee.. GAH sauce. lol. i made this when i attended the SWEAT program at the Art Institute of vancouver. so cool.


traditional coffee cake. and no, its NOT coffee flavoured. you eat it while u drink coffee. haha. its the bomb.

I made Rocky Road! Really easy recipe...wasn't messy at all. I let the marshmallows melt a bit.