Mushroom Leek Quiche #OTH 17 Sep 2016

I still remember the first time when I tasted the mushroom quiche in the Starbucks Coffee at Assunta Hospital during discussion and a tender interview long time ago.

I still remembered the spinach mushroom quiche that in my mouth, even now.

I saw the recipes on the internet the other day, and I was trying do make one myself.

For this, I bought a pack of ready made pie sheet, so that I just layered on the aluminium tin foil to resemble a pie crust and pack it on the bottoms and the sides with my fingers, and pressed along the edges to lift up the sides a little more.

Preparation Time : 15 mins

Cooking Time : 65 mins

Serves: 8 nests

Ingredients:

• Ready made pie crust
• 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• Salt and pepper to taste
• ½ cup bacon bits
• Leek, diced
• 8 oz. baby portobello mushrooms, diced
• 3 eggs
• 1½ cups milk
• 1½ cups cheddar cheese

Preparation:

1. Bake at 425 degrees F or until the pie crust edges have browned, about 25 minutes
2. Meanwhile in a separate non-stick pan over medium high heat, saute leek and mushrooms in 2 tablespoon of olive oil about 5 minutes until tender. Drain any excess liquid
3. Once the pie crust is done, spread half the cheddar cheese along the bottom of the crust

4. Arrange bacon bits, leek and mushrooms in the pan and top with remaining cheddar cheese

5. Combine eggs, milk and salt and pepper to taste and whisk until frothy.
6. Pour egg mixture into the crust.
7. Bake for 40-50 minutes at 350 degrees F or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean
8. Let it cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.

I was so nervous about the outcome of this first trial, but it turns out nice and delicious!

I decided to make this for both kids children’s day celebration at school later next month!

Hash Browns Egg Nests #OTH

I saw this recipe on the internet, and thinking of want to try it out. I purposely went to shop for the ingredients and some gadget too, such as muffin pans and a silicone pastry brush. I was so excited in want to make this egg nest. It looks so tempting and delicious! Finally, I tried it and the outcome is so nice. Especially Issac loves it very much! I feel so satisfying and fulfilling as a Mum ^^

 

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 30 mins

Serves: 6 nests

Ingredients:

• 15 oz. frozen shredded hash browns, thawed
• 1 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 6 medium eggs
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
• 1 tablespoon Cheddar cheese, shredded
• ½ tablespoon parsley, chopped

Preparation:

1. Mix hash browns, salt, pepper, olive oil and 1 cup Cheddar cheese in a mixing bowl
2. Grease the muffin pan and divide hash brown mixture. Use your fingers to pack them tightly and shape them into nests
3. Bake at 425 degrees F or until the edges have browned and the cheese has melted, about 15 minutes
4. Crack a medium egg into each nest and season with salt and pepper to taste
5. Top with crumbled bacon, 1 tablespoon cheddar cheese and parsley
6. Bake at 350 degrees F until the egg whites set, about 13 to 16 minutes
7. Let it cool, gently slide a knife along the edges and use a fork to lift it out of the pan

We love it so much ^^

Coca-Cola Chicken Wings or Ribs #OTH

Recently Daddy have bought a new Faber counter top oven. We actually have shop for a few electrical shop and finally decide which brand and size we are going to buy for our house. We had seen Sister Joyce’s oven in her house, and we are so motivated want to do some baking of cookies, chickens, or any bake dishes.

We are thinking of to try something simple and easy first. Then we have found this dish in the internet. Daddy looking forward to it for so long, and we wanted to ‘officially launch’ our newly bought oven. We went to the Puteri Mart yesterday morning, to buy the necessary ingredients. And, today we tried our first ever new recipe ^^.

Preparation Time : 15 mins

Cooking Time : 120 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients :

• 1 Cup brown sugar
• 1 Can Coca-Cola®
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 2 Cloves garlic, minced
• 2 Tablespoons soy sauce (a Japanese sauce) salt and pepper to taste
• 2 ½ Pounds chicken wings or ribs

Preparation :

1. In a large casserole, combine the brown sugar, Coca-Cola®, onions, garlic, soy sauce, salt and pepper. Stir until mixed. Place chicken wings or ribs in sauce mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 2 hours. To thicken sauce, mix in a cornstarch mixture.

The outcome is delicious! First trial, success ^^!

Lettuce Salad with Egg, Sweet Corn & Crabsticks #OTH

For the reason of healthy delicious meal that I can can prepare in under 15 minutes. As a mother of two, I am always on the go and  I know that it's not always easy to find time to cook a long, elaborate dinner. Most of the time, I would rather dine outside near the food court at our house after fetching Annabelle from Aunty Joyce’s house and Issac from school.

For both the children, I preferred them to have meals with rice, so that they would be more full instead of soup noodles. For myself, I would want something simple as dinner, I do not want something heavy and I will be getting ‘fatter’ due to late and heavy dinner everyday.

I made this relatively simple salad last week, but I don’t make my own salad dressing, then I do buy a bottle of Kewpie Roasted Sesame and Kewpie Sesame Dressing each. I guess there is no rule as to what you can put in your salad. For this salad, I just put together a few things which I like eating such as sweet corn, crab sticks, sausages and hard boiled eggs! If you like, poached egg would be great too!

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Serves: 2

Ingredients:
1/2 can of sweet corn (you can also use frozen sweet corn)
2 eggs
2 pieces of chicken Frankfurt sausages (I used the frozen)
2-3 lettuce leaves, thinly sliced
4 pieces of crabsticks filament (I used the frozen)
Salt and pepper, to taste
Kewpie Roasted Sesame Salad Dressing

Preparation:
1. Boil the water, and soaked the chicken Frankfurt sausages and leave for a few minutes to defrost. Drain water and place in a bowl, and cut into 1 inch size. The same goes to the crabsticks filaments as well, and set aside.

2. At the same time, you can cook your poached or boiled egg. To poach an egg, fill a frying pan with 4cm barely simmering water. Break each egg into a cup and lower into the water. Cook for approximately 2 minutes (you will know it's cooked when the egg white has set). Use a slotted spoon to remove.

3. If using frozen sweet corn, then pour boiling water over the sweet corn and leave for a few minutes to defrost. Drain water and place in a bowl with the butter. Mix well.

4. Toss the lettuce with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper.

5. To assemble, place lettuce, followed by sweet corn, chicken Frankfurt sausages, crabsticks filaments and finally top with poached egg or hard boiled egg. Drizzle with some salad dressing will do.

Issac loves the salad I made ^^