Peanut Butter Cups!

These treats are crazy expensive in Malaysia. Reese's that is. I first tasted it when my best friend got them from me from the States, and was amazed at how well peanut butter and chocolate tasted together. So, since it's been a good week of baking, I thought why not give this a try..and so i did. :)

It's really not that difficult. All you need is peanut butter, chocolate, icing sugar and some cookie (crumbled, so you'll get the crunchy texture in your peanut butter cups). I used Marks & Spencers butter shortbread. :P I knowwww..It's such a waste. I didn't have any digestive biscuits with me :(...But yea, you should just use any plain biscuits.

Mix peanut butter with icing sugar, and then stir in the cookie crumbs. Let it cool in the refrigerator for a couple of minutes. Melt your chocolate and pour it into your candy mould, and immediately drop in scoops of peanut butter mixture into the melted chocolate. When you're done, pour another layer of melted chocolate. Remember to tap your candy mould to let out any air bubbles. :)

Chill and FEAST! :9 Remember to take it slowwww. These babies are addictive, you'll feel sick if you have one too many :P

i conquered the world of muffins.in the size of minis

Yes i did! :) Anyone of you love Starbucks' Banana Choc Chip Muffin? That's actually my favouriteeee! Love it's sugary, crusty top. And I've been researching for the longest time on how to replicate it in my recipes... And, I stumbled upon this. Banana Chocolate Chip Muffin with Crumble Crust Brenda uses the basic crumble recipe and topped it on her muffin batter before baking. And I thought, hey! GREAT IDEA. It's not exactly the sugary / crusty top from Starbucks' muffin, but I gave it a try and it was super yum!

I didn't exactly used Brenda's muffin recipe, simply because I couldn't get my hands on ripe bananas. So i just opted for a basic chocolate chip muffin. The crumble on top gave it a crunchy texture and it went really well with the moist and chocolatey muffin. Crazy yummy! :) Will definitely do this again, with different flavoured muffins. Maybe green tea or dark chocolate and orange..mmmm....

Looks good, doesn't it? :) It taste as good as it looks! if not better. Teehee!

Leftovers

Like Nigella, I too love leftovers! :) Here's what I did with my meat-fest BBQ leftovers.

I had some Hungarian sausages, pork sausages, Taiwanese sausages, yellow peppers and bacon (god-sent!) and sweet potatoes.


I boiled half a pack of penne. Cut the bacon into small bites and stir fry it with sweet potatoes for about 5 minutes, over high heat. Add yellow onions and some chopped olives (it's really not necessary, but I had a jar sitting in the fridge.)

Soon after, add the glorious meat platter - all chopped into bite size. Stir fry for another 2 minutes, and pour in some tomato paste. Kacau-kacau sehingga sebati :)

Add your favourite herbs (I used dried oregano and some mixed herbs), and toss in your penne and wahlah! Ready to dig in! :)

p/s: If you need to add water to dilute the tomato paste, simply ladle over from the pasta pot. :)

bon appetit! :9

Grilled Tomatoes!

Omg, grilled tomatoes are the best! I don't exactly have a grill, so I popped mine into the oven. It does take quite a while, but it's so worthwhile! Toss the tomatoes in olive oil, add some garlic pieces and fresh herbs (you can use rosemary, oregano..etc) I used rosemary and baked these for about an hour and half.

You'll get quite a bit of excess juice for the first half an hour, but don't worry, the heat will soon dry it all up. :) I made a huge batch, and I use it for pasta / sandwiches / pizza topping etc.

I initially roasted these tomato for a tomato soup, but was pressed for time, so I made pasta instead! :)

Macaroni with sauteed fresh shitake mushroom, french beans, corn kernels, in Carbonara sauce, topped with grilled tomatoes! :) :) YUMMO!

You know what you should do? Toast wholewheat bread, add your meat (ham / bacon / tuna / egg etc) add a slice of cheese, add some cold grilled tomatoes from the fridge. Omg, excellent! Slurps.

Awful Looking, Yummy Tasting

Not very sexy huh? But trust me, it was so so so good! :)


Our quick fix for pizza craving. We used instant chapatti as base, topped it with chunks of beef bacon, fresh shitake mushroom (the bacon and mushroom were earlier sauted with garlic and sage), slices of tomatoes, some parsley (yes yes, I know. parsley is gross to many of you. But I like the flavour it gives. :9) and finally, loads and loads of mozzarella cheese.

Pop these into the oven for a couple of minutes and you're done! Sinful dinner :P Gotta jog an extra round the next morning. :P