Double-Chocolate Muffins

I finally found the unsweetened baking coca at whole food market last weekend XD so I grab it right away. And today I don’t need to work late XD so i decide to make a very chocolate muffin!!!! Double-Chocolate Muffins!

It is not very sweet, since I don’t like thing too sweet and the reason I want to bake my own muffin XD It is because I can control the sugar amount, make it much healthier then the store buy one !!!

Here is the recipe

1/2 cup Oat Meal
1/2 cup Wheat Germ
1 1/3 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
1 egg
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 375°F. Spray a 12 regular-size muffin cups.

2.In medium bowl, mix all the dry ingredients except chocolate chips. In another small bowl, mix all the wet ingredients. Stir in the wet ingredients to the dry one and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.

3.Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately remove from pan. Serve warm.

I like it XD smell so good and taste just right, not sweet sweet but full of chocolate favor. Try it and you will like it! <3

Free Wall-E Wallpaper! (2008 August)!!!!

Free Wall-E Wallpaper! (2008 August)!!!!

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I donno is it a bargain XD but i made this and want to share it with you guys! feel free to download it!!!!

(To download the wallpaper, pleast click on the picture first and then right click to save it!)

Goat Cheese Ravioli

XD I guess baking muffin is kind of too easy! so today i decide to take some CHALLENGE!!!!
So I make a Ravioli!! took me 4 hrs to make but out come :x is so so, coz the egg pasta I made is too thick ; ; I think I need a pasta machine XD ( always see it at ROSS and tempted to get XD, and now I got a reason to buy one!)


Not going to post my recipe since it not so good XD
I will buy tat pasta machine and try againnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!


The tomato sauce is good XD i use fresh tomato (home grown!!) and add a can of small tomato sauce with some Italian seasoning and sugar!! Its perfect for Ravioli with strong taste cheese!!

Whole Wheat-Blueberry Muffins

Really busy lately ( got 2 part time job, work 6 days a week and like 10hr everyday XD), so no time to cook. However my friend keep asking me how come your blog didnt update?!?!?! Since I got some fans (maybe only 1!!!!) so I need to keep my blog update! Here is what i bake today!

Here is the recipe:

Topping
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Muffins
3/4 cup fat-free (skim) milk
1/4 cup canola or soybean oil
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup fresh blueberries

1. Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 12 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray, or place paper baking cup in each muffin cup. In small bowl, stir together topping ingredients; set aside.
2. In large bowl, beat milk, oil, honey and egg with spoon until well blended. Stir in flours, baking powder and salt just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be lumpy). Gently fold in blueberries.
3. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (cups will be full). Sprinkle with topping.
4. Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and muffins are golden brown. Immediately remove from pan.

I made 1 mistake, I thought the topping is added after bake so end up didn’t add the topping :x (^^; always read and make at the same time so missing something easy XD). Since the recipe using honey not sugar, so the sweet taste is kind of mild. Over all smell good but taste little bid bland :p but its a super good snack coz one of the muffin only 170 calories! I will definitely make another one with the topping! \^_^/

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Bargin Time! B1G1 free Jamba Juice! Good for hot summer XD

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My first bread ! Ciabbataaaaaaaaaaaaa

My first bread baking XD, Ciabbata :3 haha I've a lot of fun during baking ! I really like to looking at the dough rise and rise XD (my brother said it’s like bio hazard when he saw me playing with the dough). The bread is very fluffy inside and hard outside, taste is little bit plain but texture is very good. Good with butter and cream cheeseeeee!!!!! It is not really like the ciabbata i buy at store but similar. I will definitely try to bake it again next week.
I was following the recipe from this website

http://www.artisanbreadbaking.com/breads/ciabatta/ciabatta.htm


It took me long long time to make, make the poolish the night before and then woke up another day at 8am and play with the dough rise till 1pm and finally put it in oven, when the first bread come out XD its already 2pm lol. But I think it worth the time coz the taste is good and I am very happy with it. ^^

Note: I am running out of white flour (coz i messed up 1 poolish XD, so wasted 2 cups of flour ; ; ) so I substitute it with 2 cup of wheat flour, maybe thats why it didn't like the ciabatta XD

I am so addicted to baking especially bread, coz its so fun, will make another testing next weekend! come back next week and check it out ! ^^

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Free Original Recipe Sandwich with Drink purchase at KFC !!!! (S.California Only)

Didnt post any Bragins lately XD. Here is the one !!!
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Print the coupon from the link and enjoy it! Happy bargains!