Tuesday 23 September 2014

FLUFFY SMILEY FACE PANCAKES

It's Skyler's birthday; Yay! and I'm making smiley face pancakes! She was so excited; nothing more precious than a smile :). Keep smiling!

Ingredient's:
  • 2 cups of flour
  • 4 tablespoons of sugar
  • 2 pinch of salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 3/4 cup of milk
  • 1 teaspoon of butter for frying
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons of vanilla essence
  • 4 teaspoons of baking powder

Directions:

  • Sieve all the dry ingredients together, beat eggs lightly. Mix milk, olive oil, vanilla essence, do not over mix if not you'll get a rubbery texture; I'm learning if there are a few lumps it's fine :).
 
 
 
  • So for the strawberry topping: found some tin strawberries, blended them and set aside
 
 
 

  • once your frying pan is hot put some butter in it, just enough to fry the pancake. I usually use the ladle to measure the right amount of pancake to give me a round shape. Pour into the pan, once there are bubbles all over the surface of the pancake means it should be cooked, stack up your pancakes, spoon some strawberry over the pancake and create a smiley face :). Yum!
 
     
     
     
     
     
     

 
 
 
 
 

Thursday 11 September 2014

SPICY JOLLOF COUSCOUS


Hello! How are you guys? :). Today I'm putting a spin on my couscous, jollof style, I like couscous in every variation, it's quick and easy, so I can get back to my day which never really has enough hours in them.

The little princess's birthday was fabulous and the cake came out great, I'll be uploading soon! This morning I was asked by her little highness to make a case for her kindle, I feel some ribbons coming on :). Smooches and I hope you have a blessed day.

For couscous:
  • 4 green chillies
  • 4 or 3 red little peppers(atarodo)
  • half an onion
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • a tin of plum tomatoes

  • 2 cups of couscous
 
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • salt
For beef:
  • 3 large pieces cut into bits

  • a little bit of sweet corn
  • 1/4 of medium sized onions
  • some ginger(size of two cloves of ginger), 2 cloves of garlic

  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 cup of water
Directions:
  • cook beef(stewing beef) for 25 to 30mins
 
 


to begin stew:


  • fry onions in olive oil, add beef, then add chillies and tin of plum tomatoes
 
 
  • allow to reduce, stir time after time in about 15mins sauce should be ready for couscous
 
 
  • add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of curry powder, add chopped garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Sometimes I add a little sweet corn for a sweet and sour taste.
 
 

Tuesday 2 September 2014

KHEBABS


 Happy new month! :) It's the month of Skyler's birth which makes it a public holiday on my calendar. I've been having too many treats ***guilty smile***, time to cut back and eat healthy, so I can treat myself on Skyler's birthday coming up this week.

She's going through a pink phase, so everything, I mean everything has to have a touch of pink. I'm super excited, i'm trying Amanda Retke's "I am baker" rose cake tutorial, Finger's crossed, everything turns out great. Ok, here are my chicken Khebabs, string beans and corn on the cob.

You'll need:
  • 4 skewers soaked
  • 11/2 chicken breast
  • Mushrooms, green peppers, carrots and onions
  • Corn
  • String beans
 
  • Cabbage
  • Ginger
 
  • Salt
 
For marinade:
 
  • 2 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar
  • a little bit of fresh ginger grated(1 teaspoon)
 
Directions:
  • Clean and chop up the chicken breasts.
  • Mix the soy sauce, vinegar and grated ginger together in a bowl, put the chicken in the marinade. I like to mix mine up in a ziplock bag; leave it in the fridge for about an hour or longer, sometimes I leave it overnight
 
  • Chop up the vegetables and coat them with some marinade. Put the oven on high, arrange your vegetables and chicken on the skewers
  • Put the Khebabs in the oven for about 20mins, let it cook, when the edges of the veggies are a bit brown you'll know it's ready, careful not to let the breasts dry out, you should know your oven, so work it accordingly
 
For Corn:
 
  • While the Khebabs are in the oven put the corn on the fire, boil for about 20mins, sprinkle salt and a little bit of butter.
  • Blanche the string beans after cleaning them, put the olive oil in the pan, put the string beans in the oil, toss it around, add the cabbage when the beans are almost done; cooking time about 5-10mins. You want it to have a bit of crunch not too soggy; so watch it. Sprinkle salt and black pepper, plate your meal and enjoy!