Sunday, March 8, 2009

6 Pieces Corning Ware - Round French White @ JC Penney for $19.99 w/ 10 mail-in rebate




I got this beautiful 6 pieces Corning Baking Ware at JC Penney today for only $19.99 and have $10 mail in rebate, so total will be $11.64 (including tax). I saw at least 10 boxes on shelf at the JC Penney! Go try you luck before it run out! Have fun for some kitchen bargain!

 

Set include

One 2.5qt w/ Glass Cover

One 1.5qt w/ Plastic Cover

One 16 oz. w/ Plastic Cover

Round French White Baking Ware! 

Apple Bread


This apple bread is very delicious. It gives the taste in between eating apple pie and banana bread. The soft small pieces apple in every bite of the bread make it so delicious. And the good thing is, it is a very easy to bake, same as banana bread, easy to make and will never go wrong! So try to bake it if you have time!

 

8 Tbsp butter

½ cup brown sugar

¼ cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 cup apples

2 Tbsp milk

1 tsp cinnamon

¾ cup all-purpose flour

¾ cup wheat flour

¾ cup wheat germ

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

 

1. Peel and core the apples. Dice into small cubes.

 

2. Soften the butter and mix in the sugar. Add in the eggs and milk and mix completely.

 

3. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and add to the wet ingredients. mix in the apples. don’t over mix; just break up any large clumps of flour and get everything moist. Lightly mix in the optional walnuts.

 

4. Carefully pour into a greased and floured loaf pan and bake at 350 F for one hour. remove from oven and let rest in the loaf pan for 10 minutes before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Pasadena Swapmeet Bargains!



This cool 11 pieces dipping set!! Bargain price $8 at Pasadena Swapmeet (New in box!)

Pasadena Swapmeet is located @ Pasadena City College, every first Sunday of each month. No admission fee, but you need to pay $2 for parking. Can spend at least 2.5hr there without any problem XD. They allow pets too! So it’s a good place to go if you like treasure hunting ~!! Good luck!!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Bragain Price Cookbook @ Kohl's




XD happy happy!
I got this Cookbook from Kohl's today! 90% off and if you use ur kohl's card, get another 15% to 30% off more! (Kohl's has promotion from 2/11-2/17, get 15% to 30% discount. Cashier will give u a card to scratch when paying, it has 15%, 20% or 30% off.) I got a 15% off, so my final price including tax is $2.99~~!! Happy hunting!

Saturday, February 7, 2009

BRIOCHE ~~~ YUMMY!!!!






I made this Brioche today, very easy to make and very good. I will make it again with more sugar coz I like it more sweet I guess, and I will put less lemon zest. Its good to have some lemon zest but maybe I put too much. The smell is too strong even through it didn’t taste it. Over all I give myself for a B+ for 1st Brioche!

Enjoy

3 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 packages (1/4 oz each) active dry yeast
1 tsp grated lemon peel
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
5 eggs


1. in a large mixing bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, yeast, lemon peel and salt. in a saucepan, heat butter and milk to 120-130 F. add to dry ingredients and beat until moistened.

2. add four eggs and beat, add one cup flour and beat until smooth. stir in the remaining flour but do not knead. spoon dough into a greased bowl and cover and let rise in a warm place for about an hour.

3. punch dough down, cover and refrigerate overnight.

4. punch dough down and turn onto a lightly floured surface. cover and let rest for 15 mintues. cut 1/6 from the dough and set aside. divide the remaining dough into 12 equally sized balls and place into greased muffin cups. divide the 1/6 of the dough into 12 smaller balls. make an indentation in each larger dough ball and place a small ball into the indentation. cover and let rise in a warm place for about an hour.

5. beat remaining egg and brush over rolls. bake at 375 F for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. you may also want to put an oven proof bowl of water in the bottom of the oven to keep the brioches moist as they bake.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Vegetable Shepherd's Pie



I was watching foodnetwork yesterday, and one of the host mention about Shepherd's Pie. And I think, ah let make a Shepherd’s pie (XD actually I am not sure what is Shepherd’s Pie at all). I search the net and found few handy recipe. However, I don’t have any ground meat and I am too lazy to buy. So I decide to make a vegetable Shepherd’s Pie! And make maymay version cheating Shepherd’s Pie! lol

Why I say I am cheating coz I use can soup :p I don’t know how to season those vegetable ^^; so lazy me just add a can soup and cheese! Good job! And I got tasty vegetable mix. Add the garlic mash potato on top! Perfect Shepherd’s Pie is ready!

Ingredients
2 Tbs olive oil
2 cloves garlic, diced
1 medium onion, diced
1 large carrots, diced
2 stalk of celery, diced
½ cup frozen corn
½ cup frozen spinach
½ cup half and half
½ cup parmesan cheese
1 can of cream of chicken soup
salt and pepper
2 to 2½ c mashed potatoes
Garnish ideas: paprika, cayenne pepper

Heat 2 T oil over medium heat, add garlic, and sauté for 2 minutes. Add carrot and sauté for 5 minutes then add onion and continue sautéing until soft, another 5 minutes. Add celery, corn and spinach and cook for another 5 minutes. Then stir in the can of soup. Add the half and half, cheese, salt and pepper to taste. Turn the heat off and let the vegetable set aside.
Preheat oven to 350.
Grease pie plate. Arrange vegetables in it, then cover with a layer of mashed potatoes. Garnish.
Bake until bubbly, about 30 minutes. Serve hot.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

B-day Sharkfin!!!



XD today is my b-day and my family cooked me some sharkfin soup!!!!! it is tasty but i dont have the recipe lol!!!
I know it has chicken and sharkfin!!!! lol