A Matter of Taste : Sunshine Roast Chicken & Financiers

Over the weekend,

I can't wait to try out this 2 new recipes.
& the new Pyrex i bought last week during sale :)
Just share ... here :)
Sunshine Roast Chicken :)
Recipe source : Jamie Oliver 

2 or 3 sweet potatoes, cut into 3( i used orange and yellow sweet potatoes)
1 corn , cut into 4 .
2 medium onions , cut into wedges,
1 garlic bulb, halved horizontally,
olive oil
1 whole chicken, i choose the small one.
1 lemons.
some coriander, leaves picked (cilantro)

• Take your chicken out of the fridge 30 minutes before it goes into the oven
• Preheat your oven to 240°C/475°F/gas 9
• There’s no need to peel the vegetables – just give them a wash and roughly chop them
• Pile all the veg and garlic into the middle of a large roasting tray and drizzle with olive oil
• Drizzle the chicken with olive oil and season well with salt and pepper, rubbing it all over the bird
• Carefully prick the lemon all over, using the tip of a sharp knife (if you have a microwave, you could pop the lemon in these for 40 seconds at this point as this will really bring out the flavour)
• Put the lemon inside the chicken’s cavity, with the bunch of herbs
• Turn the heat down immediately to 200°C/400°F/gas 6 and cook the chicken for 1 hour and 20 minutes

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Financiers (pronounced fee-nahng-syehr) are lovely French tea cakes,
that also go by the name Friands, which aptly means "dainty" or "tasty".
Take a bite and you will be rewarded with the delicious flavor of caramelized butter and toasted almonds.Financiers were baked in rectangular molds that were said to resemble bars of gold.
Of cos this molds can be bake for others recipe .These little cakes are firm and moist from the ground almonds with rich buttery flavour.
But is not light sponge cakes as i first thought them to be ...
I found that this cake was too sweet for me,
But the boys love it .... cos is sweet !!

180gm unsalted butter
90gm all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder100 ground almonds
6 eggs white
160gm icing sugars

• Put the butter in a small saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat.
• Swirling the pan occasionally . allow the butter to bubble away.
• Put the flour, ground almonds, icing sugar and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Add the egg whites a little at a time. Whisking well after each addition. Pour in the butter and whisk through until just combined.
• Spoon the mixture into the holes in the prepared tin until they are almost full & some almonds flakes
• Bake in the oven for about 20 to 30 minutes or until they are golden
• Turn out onto a wire rack to cool and serve.

What are you enjoying right now?
i m enjoying cooking and baking right now ... haha
My next new recipe was Macarons ,
I already got the tools and ingredients .
Just need some time to try it !!

And that is all. Happy Monday.

A Matter of Taste : Homemade dough

In the quiet of a early morning on Sunday.

Has awakened by the Small J.
Poor boy, he had hard time sleeping tru out the whole night.
Cos of his Sensitive Nose / Sinus .
Very seldom i see him sleep and wake up the next morning.
He will wake up at least 3 to 4 times a night .
I really don't know how to help him on his sleep !!
Anyone know any cure for sinus kids ??
.... that I find myself unable to drift back into a peaceful sleep .
So many thoughts begin swirling through my head ...
The kids, the works, the house ..... etc etc ...
so ..
Had a warm water and I've begun tackling a list of new recipe that i wanna to try .
Lately i bough this recipe book .
I can say it was a wonderful recipe books that worth buying,
Even it was slight expensive !!
But once u look at the photos inside, the step by steps of the making .
You'll delight and can't wait to start on .
But if this book come with duo language it will be superb .
You know ... sometime ingredients term is hard to understand.
At least we had both languages to refer !!
It do took me sometimes to understand the recipe cos of my poor mandarin :(
& english also 'ma-ma-de' O.o

Here's the Breakfast we had on Sunday !!
1 dough with 3 flavour .
With the books , with the step by steps .
I can said, the bun was much better and nicer and beautiful :)
Even it took longer time to rise the dough compared to the normal recipe i used.

Recipe source : Carol
Ingredients:
high protein flour 270g, low protein flour 30g,
instant yeast 1/2t, 1egg (50g), sugar 30g,
salt 1/8t , milk 150cc, butter 30g ( i used salted)

The above can made 8 buns.
Sausage Bun for the small boys.
Chicken Floss for us ,opps , slightly burn on top.
Aww .... a beautiful heart shape bun for daddy & myself .
I like this buns with the crab meat, the sausage , mix veges, maiyo , cili sos & Cheese.
Great combination .
While waiting for the buns to 'rise' for the second time .
The boys was awake .
First things they wake up , both will hunt for MUMMY !!
The big J : " MUMMY Lei??"
The small J : " Wo Yau MUMMY !!
O.o O.o ......
Later ....
They claim they wanna to help me on the baking.To make them busy , To avoid them on disturbing me on my baking :P
I made the boys some homemade dough with colour to play with .
At least keep them busy for few hours long :)
Happily playing with their dough .
I even made them each Crocodiles and snakes .
Guess this more suitable for boys.
If girl , just give them some mold to cut and form ..... ???

This was my favorite photo this week .
With the flour on his face and hands :p

It makes my heart smile on this blue Monday.

6 years old daily drawings

My 6 years old boy daily drawings,

He can really draw like whole day when he had the inspiration.
So much that he been drawing none stop .
Almost every morning,
He will take some 'recycle' A4 papar to his school .
Said he wanna to draw when he is free .

Sometime his drawing doesn't make sense like a car or house .
But he will explain what he had drawn in each photos.
Guess, only 'artist' himself can tell you that what's in their mind :)
On his own design and inspiration and what he see.
But some with concept that once you see you'll understand.

Actually everyday he will draw, tones of drawings paper.
But i only upload the below .

He said his the super "J"
Rescue the people from the dinosaur who trying to destroy the building.
Oh ya, the small J was the Fire Fighter .
Mummy & Daddy was up at the Rescue Helicopter :)

The Monster's Family.
I believe it will be nicer if he willing to put in some colour to make it look colourful.
But he said , he drawn too much of monsters .
Very tiring if wanna to colour all ..... haha.

Dinosaurs in the Jungle

Last,
Happy Friday & Had a Wonderful Weekend ahead.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. ~ Albert Einstein

A Matter of Taste : Home Baking & Cooking .. Happy Valentine's Day

I think my blog will slowly become a food blog ...

Sometime if i/we managed to cook a good food and took a good photos of it .
Is such a satisfaction ... What u think ??
That's y i love to share it here in my blog :)
Hope you enjoy as much as i m.
If you need any of the recipe, pls email me .

Let start with a simple breakfast .
For me breakfast is very important,
It allow us to start kick our days .
My kids don't fancy on breakfast , Sometime they do.
But very seldom they will took breakfast and enjoy breakfast .
A milk of bottle will do .
I try to make a habit that at least we must have a full/whole breakfast during weekend.
Simple breakfast like this is just good to start on !!

Otherwise i will wake up slight early to bake a simple cakes as breakfast .
My small J love cakes , that why i always found reason to bake :)
Am really glad and happy he love my homemade cake .

If i can wake up much early,
I can even baked a 'complicated' breakfast ... hahaha .
Not really that complicated, perhaps it need to take sometime .
Especially Bun, it need time to bake and wait !!

My very 1st time on Cinnamon Sweet Roll .
Recipe here
Well, it doesn't turn out as good as i expected .
I think the dough not rise enuf to make a soft bun and bread.
But is nice to serve while still hot and warm.
Otherwise, had to hit up before serve .
Anyway, a good try and good experience ,
Will give a try in again if i manage to find a good recipe for this.
I love to bake Ham Sweet Bun.
Cos is easy and the kids love it .
That's the force of me baking this for the boys :)

As for lunch .
I always love cook 'one pot' foods .
Like fried rice & noodles .

We love all kinds of mushroom, especially me & Jeremy.
But not for Small J , He don't love mushroom.

I cook Fried Rice with Mushroom over the weekend .

Since i had left over Macaroni & Mushroom,
I tried Fried Macaroni with Musroom + Ham+ Corn. So call 'Chinese Syle" cook .
It turn out yummylicious.
My kids don't like Macaroni Cheese , Perhaps i don't cook a good Macaroni Cheese.
So i turn it into Chinese Style Macaroni .. hihihi .

If the boy well behave enuf,
or Hubby can take care them .... "wink"
( Actually sometime i can spend my whole day baking /cooking for new recipe)
Then i can spend my time baking/cooking something for tea time .
Like this Sweet Potato rolls .
I m very satisfied with this Sweet Potato balls .
I believe it will turn out even nicer with Yellow Sweet Potato .
Will give a try on yellow sweet potato the next round .
Easy and from the most humble ingredients :)

Recipe from here .
I make a change on the original recipe .
I reduce the brown sugar and Glutinous Rice Flour. Had a try, You will love it :)

A Valentine dinner served Last Saturday :)
Even there's is no love sign on the food.
But i sure they will feel the love that mummy put in ... ya ??
Before we start the dinner,
I told hubby, this is our "Valentine DInner ya !!"
Hubby give a good smile :)

Last ,
Happy Valentine !!
Surprisingly i received 3 roses yesterday for Valentine :)

Highlights of my CNY

CNY passed in a flash and although it isn't the merry one,
I m not into CNY mood this year .

But there were enjoyable moments too.Still had quite a lot of delicious foods down my stomach in the past CNY :).
And now we’re back to reality.
So I'm going to squeeze in a post to recap on the happenings this CNY.Perhaps glaring at the pictures will tell you the story :)

Here some photos of the boys during the passed CNY.
Nothing much happened for this CNY.Just visits from relatives, friends, watching CNY movies on TV and munching on cookies.
The very typically kind of celebration .

1st day of CNY,
Hmmm ... i know what you about to say !!
Yup, Small J had been losing weight .
As i mention he been not well before CNY . On and Off sick for one months .
Very heart pain to see my Michelin losing alot of weight :(
But glad he is now fully recover.
To had myself enjoy and feel the CNY, i thot why not we just drop by Pavilion,
Since PIL haven been there , the Boys love dragon ....
Glad we go ....
This place had a most atmosphere for CNY .
& my boys enjoys the Dragon very much .
We manage to catch up with dragon dance during our visit there .Big J was chasing up and down for the dragon dance.
Cos Big J was really longing to see a dragon dance during the CNY.
Glad he manage to see it this time .
But for me, i still prefer Lion Dance :)During Thaipusam,
We went again to visit Pavilion,
This round we took the KLCC walkway to Pavilion.
Pretty fast and convenience :)
"ramai-ramai" we walk together ... is kinda fun :)
But this naughty boy refuse to walk , he insist daddy to carry !!
Not forget to took the photos with The United Buddy Bears onto Kuala Lumpur’s Pavilion Shopping Centre which
quickly became the centre of attention for both locals and tourists.
Measuring 2m tall each bear,
the bears represent countries recognised by the United Nations.
Each Buddy Bear is painted individually by a selected artist from each country and the design represents the country’s culture, history, traditions and characteristics but not its political systems.
Those were the highlights of my CNY,
Hope yours was a good one.

Last,
The J brothers photos to share .
Love to see them being close and loving each others.
Some of many nice photos of them , i had design it as this year header so far :)
Recently i had lost my blogging mojo .
I seem to lost of words to write .
Even i lost my inspiration to capture nice pictures and done up a nice scrap.
Duno why !!
Will still blog and visit your blog but may not be so frequently ....
Got to find my mojo back .... !!!
Perhaps im into baking and cooking :)

Dear all , Happy Weekend !!