Guacamole

Guacamole

材料：

酪梨（avocado） 兩個
紫洋蔥末 兩大匙
香菜末 兩大匙 (芫茜）
蕃茄丁 兩大匙
青辣椒末 兩大匙 （optional if you like spicy)
青檸檬汁 二至四大匙
鹽 一小撮

与静儿的的对话

上个星期六，女儿正在上而外课。有位同学以下课了正在等母亲来载她。
这位可爱的同学名叫静儿，娇小玲珑，有甜甜的笑容， 是女儿班上的女班长。
我看他走来走去，没事做，吃了妈妈为她准备的早餐，久等妈妈，就叫她座在我身边。
就问：你妈妈为什么还没来？ 她回答：我弟弟冲凉后就要睡觉，所以我必须等妈妈。我大概心想妈妈应该是要等弟弟睡醒才来载她。心里真觉得这女生真懂事。

接着，又问，你喜欢上cambridge英文课吗？
静儿：喜欢！
我：哪有功课吗？
静儿：有！
我：那就拿出来做吧！
看着她做造句，有些她不会，我就充当老师教她写句子。
功课很快就作完了。“该聊什么好呢？”
我：告诉我，你班上的同学故事？
静儿：班上有位同学，每天都说话说个不停，常常喜欢站起来，老师多次都要打他。
我也听我女儿说过，那男生就座在女儿旁边，好吵，上课几个月后，女儿真的无法忍了，我只好硬着脸皮，去找老师替她换位。静儿就座前两排。（林圣凯）

静儿：还有还有，你认识冠哲吗？
我：认识。
静儿：他是我们班的Mr. Complaint！因为他整天都在complaint.英文老师就叫他Mr. Complaint！
谈了不一会儿，她妈妈来了，抱着弟弟来了。
妈妈说：我这个儿子，醒了就不睡，所以静儿必须等弟弟醒了才能够回家！
我说：你女儿真懂事！

好有满足感与她的一番谈话，也知道女儿所告诉我的一切是确实的。

现在每次到学校接女儿时，静儿都会向我挥挥手。

Cranberries (Ocean Spray Craisins)

Visit http://www.oceanspray.com/ for more recipe.
375F = 190.5C

白斩鸡

白斩鸡
在鸡身上抹盐
晾干 (hang to dry)
加入一杯`多一点`水`
放进饭锅煮 (cook in rice cooker)
当饭锅`跳上，等3分钟`，关电。(when the switch jump up, after 3-5 minutes off the switch)

Cupcakes

Ingredients
150 g butter, softened
150 g sugar
3 eggs, beaten
150 g self-raising flour, sifted
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp milk

For the frosting:
75 g butter, at room temperature
150 g icing sugar
1 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
a selection of food colouring, choose your favourite colours

To decorate:
• crystallised flower petals, (optional), See Cook's note • sprinkles, (optional) • silver balls, (optional) • hundreds and thousands, (optional) • sweets, (optional)  

Method
 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar until light, fluffy and pale.
3. Gradually mix in the beaten egg alternating with the flour to stop the mix from curdling. Finally, stir through the vanilla extract and milk.
4. Place 12 paper cupcake cases into a muffin tin and divide the mixture between them.
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and springy to the touch. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
6. For the frosting: In a mixing bowl beat the butter with a spoon or spatular until smooth, then start to sift in the icing sugar, stirring regularly. Add the vanilla extract and milk. The frosting should be light and creamy.
7. Mix your chosen food colouring colours into the icing to give an even colour. 8. Once the cupcakes are totally cool, spoon or pipe the icing onto your cupcakes and finish with your chosen decorations. Then allow to set for at least 30 minutes.

Biscuit

I have always love to eat scones with English tea.. finally i found one recipe that i like... :)

Well, this is a biscuit recipe, to make it to scone, omit the salt, replace sugar with 4 tbsp sugar, change the milk to full cream milk, this will make the biscuit more fluffy like scone.

地球或月亮？

女儿今天要考道德，一年级半年考试。 送他去学校时，我们就谈起考试做完记得检查， 记得第一次给她作习题 ————————————是我们的家园。 A. 月亮 B. 地球 她选择了月亮。 今天她告诉我，妈妈，我第一次做以为地球是用脚踢球。哈哈，我笑翻了。

She has Grown Up

It was hard to get her to go to school But these few days she want to go to school early, very early with reason she want to line up right behind the class monitor.. She has grown up, she no longer cry in the car say she does not want to go to school.. or keep nagging you say "No matter lightning or thunder or storm, rain or shine, you will come pick me up :)

不喊，不打，不骂，不让他怕，能吗？

教小孩，你有执照吗？我没有。那，怎么教孩子呢？ 学校派来传单，免费去听一听。
不喊，不打，不骂，别让他害怕。
爱心，惩罚，鼓励 三管齐下。还有，不要事先约定，要事后惊喜。
爱：无条件的爱
惩罚：惩罚让不舒服，不要让他怕。
鼓励：不管你乖或坏，我都一样爱你。

Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients

6 tomatoes, chopped
1 red onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp.prepared Dijon-style mustard
2 tbsp. brown sugar
2 tbsp.honey
1 tbsp. ground New Mexico chile powder
1 tbsp.Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
Methods/steps
1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Mix in the onion and garlic and saute for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 15 minutes. Then add the ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, honey, cayenne pepper, chili powder and Worcestershire sauce.
2. Simmer for 60 more minutes, then pour mixture to a blender or food processor and puree until smooth.

香葱奶油酱

材料：
无盐奶油　２５０ｇ
意大利芹　（Ｉｔａｌｉａｎ　ｐａｒｓｌｅｙ）　一把
柠檬　一片
蒜头　４片
盐　　１茶

Chop the Italian parsley, discard the stem(can use to cook soup), mixed the parsley, garlic into butter, add 1 tsp of salt, little lemon juice, mix all together, taste if needed extra salt.

煎牛扒
买好的肉８　可筋眼牛扒　２ｃｍ　ｔｈｉｃｋ
Ｐｏｔ　ｍｕｓｔ　ｂｅ　ｈｏｔ．

Ｍａｒｉｎａｔｅ（ｐｕｔ　２　ｓｉｄｅ）
Ｓａｌｔ　ｐｏｕｒ　ｏｎ　ｔｏｐ
ｂｌａｃｋ　ｐｅｐｐｅｒ
Ｏｌｉｖｅ　Ｏｉｌ　
（ｐｏｔ　ｎｏ　ｎｅｅｄ　ｔｏ　ａｄｄ　ｏｉｌ，　ｊｕｓｔ　ｆｒｙ　ｏｎ　ｐｏｔ，　ａｆｔｅｒ　１　ｍｉｎ　ｏｎｌｙ　ｆｌｉｐ　ｅｌｓｅ　ｓｔｉｃｋｙ）　

口袋饼 （Pita Bread）

材料：
中筋面粉 3 杯 （约420 克）
速溶侾母（instant yeast/rapid rise yeast) 两茶匙
盐 一茶匙（影片用的是粗盐，所以用两茶匙）
砂糖 一汤匙
橄榄油 两汤匙
温水 一杯（250毫升）


做法：
1。面粉，侾母，盐，糖，橄榄油倒入大碗中，温水徐徐注入，搅拌均匀后倒至桌面

2。揉面约七八分钟，如果太粘就撒点面粉，直到面团光滑有弹性

3。面团置入大碗中，表面稍微莫点油(olive oil)，用保鲜膜盖住，室温下静置约一个半小时，直到面团膨涨二至三倍大

4。将面团分割成六等分，揉成圆球形，撒点面粉，静置《醒》个二十分钟

5。桌面撒粉，将小面团一一杆为约五公分厚的薄饼，同时与中火或中偏小火预热平地锅（如果心疼锅子乾炒，可以在锅面薄薄抹一chen油)

6。将面皮表面的干粉稍微刷除，下锅先烙30秒即翻面，然后一面在各烙约两分钟，直到面饼鼓胀开来即可起锅。

附注：也可以将烤箱预热至200C， 饼皮置于烤盘上放入烤箱（或是一pizzapeel 滑到烤箱中一起预热的石板上）， 约二三分钟，直到面饼鼓胀开即可。

蔥油拌麵

葱 一大把
油 一碗
酱油 一碗
砂糖 3 大匙
面條

做法:
葱洗净擦干, 切成寸段
以中偏小火热油, 倒入葱段慢扁约25分钟, 偶尔翻抄, 直到葱段乾黄, 葱油香四溢
倒入酱油与糖, 搅拌烧开一分钟.
放凉后装罐置入冰箱, 需用时从底部挖取适量葱段油酱(酱油会沉淀), 与热面條拌均即可食.

Wheat Bun

Organic Wheat Flour 500g
Sugar 1tbsp(Mountain)
Salt 1tbsp (flat)
Yeast 1tbsp(half mountain) more yeast will get harder

Add on any dry fruits you like: sunrise tomatoes, raisin, cranberries
Blend in the entire dry ingredient together; create a hole in the middle.

Add in oil (3 tbsp)
Slowly add in warm water (around 500g)

Speed 1 on kitchen aid mixer; make sure dough is not 1 ball in the middle of the hook, but still sticky, hookable at the side of the mixing pot.

Scrap the dough to a ball, sprinkle flour on the dough and wait to rise to double about 1 hour time, cover the pot with cloth.

When ready, break the size straight from the dough, does not need to knit the dough for small bun. Flatten the small dough and put filling, close the filling hole on top of the bun. Work through the shape and sprinkle flour on top.

Rise again to double size.

Heat up oven to 250C, when ready bake the bread for 10-15 mins to get the crunchy outer layer. Bring down oven to 200C, bake for another 10mins to make sure inside is cooked.

Tuna filling
Water can tuna + Lemon + herbs(thyme) + oil if the can does not contain oil.

Fire Engine

Father in law was sick for the past 3 weeks, hubby and I has been taking turn taking care of kids. Every morning we have to send kids to school, and will pass by this fire station. It has been a routine that we are making a game to ask everyone to guess "How many fire enginer will be there?" Normally there should be 2 fire engines at the station, sometime only 1. Kids will always choose 2 and the 2 parents will sometime join them or purpose say 1 or 3... purposely lost, so that kids can learn how to lost gracefully some times :)

Here is the funny one... today, we both parents choose 1... both kids take 2.. they are ready to laugh at the parents when they found they got it right. We stop at the traffic light where you can see the fire engine from far.. while waiting, one fire engine started the siren!!
My son scream: "Jie, one fire engine is moving, we are going to lost!" hahahaha.... surprise me for his speech!

Aiya.. the fire engine does not move anywhere, stop right infront the fire station with siren.. still 2 there when we pass by the fire engine... :(.. the parents lost again...

My New Handmade bag

It was months of thinking to decide to pay tuition fees and make this bag of my own. I modified some of the features inside and outside the bag. Extra storage for me where i want to make this bag can accommodate kids's stuff....

First picture no handle strip yet. Next to it is after putting up the handle and i can start using it :) It was fun to see how my girl teaching his brother through the picture, what is this? a house. Clever boy you know:):) how about this and that .. ....

the back of the bag, i add on the pocket for me to put in some books etc... and i draw the pic myself :) Zoom in..... you see my name there.. a name i always use to introduce myself.

How long it takes to finish? 1 and 1/2 months.. rushing through day and night, so that in time for coming raya and national holiday...

He is funny!

Early morning wake up and kids found out they have new fishes in house.. each of them get 2 fishes... they get so exited, feeding the fish :) Getting ready to go to school, before get out of the house, son gave me a hug but girl refuse to :) ; while walking out from house to the car, son suddenly say:" eh, i forget to bring my fish in my pocket!... and he turned back and gave a smile and say " i am just joking" :) hahahahaha... i was stunt by what he say... what a joker :)

今天的心情！

八月一日二零一一年：一早要到小学去报道，一年级学校报名，好兴奋。看了学校，有礼堂，有篮球场。希望她会在这儿开心的学习。有空要到学校叫校长建排球场。。。

W19 Checkpoint

Ya.. 3rd child.
W19 at 72.5kg.. :) way below my last 2 pregnancy.. gaining about 9kg now after eating so much durian ah :) that's cool.. exercise do help..
Everyone is stunt when see me or heard me still playing volleyball and badminton.
Going to swim for the whole next week :):)
Prayerfully this round pregnancy max go up to 80kg only :):):) to break my own record :)

Play dough creations

To make colour dough
Combine
2 cups white flour
1/2 cup salt
2 cups water
2 tablespoomn cooking oil
1/4 cup cream of tartar
Drop of food colouring

Cook in a saucepan over medium heat.

When the mixture looks smooth, let it cool and give it to your child to play with (you can keep in the fridge for future on-the-spot creations.)