Cat’s Tongue Cookies is another recipe from The Secret of Cookies by Gu Huixue. I totally love this book my friend bought for me in Singapore! One of the ingredients is cake flour which I replaced with plain flour.
Quick Sprinkle with OXO Shake & Flavour
This post is part of a BritMums project with OXO Shake & Flavour. Shake & Flavour seasoning granules can be sprinkled into food during cooking or before serving. Find out more about the Shake & Flavour varieties.
Gressingham Duck with an oriental twist
This is my sixth recipe using Red Tractor Assured ingredients they provided. Do check out the rest of my other recipes like salad with couscous, homemade pizza, rhubarb crumble, Chinese almond cookies and Chinese ABC soup!
Sarson Cookery School Event with My Daddy Cooks
Last week, we were fortunate to be invited to attend Sarson’s Cookery School Event with Nick Coffer, author of My Daddy Cooks. Ms C and I took the earliest train to get to London to make sure we arrived with plenty of time. When we arrived, we were warmly welcomed by Nick, Ruth and a lovely lady which I have forgotten her name.
Banana Cake with Morrisons
Morrisons invited several BritMums bloggers to become a #MorrisonsMum (or #MorrisonsDad!) and to go into their local store and spend £80 worth of vouchers on their bank holiday shop. We were really fortunate to get picked!
We are no strangers to Morrisons as they are my fortnightly shop especially for Fuji apples and poultry. I like their fresh meat counter as they are British meat and of course their meat is endorsed by Red Tractor. Red Tractor is a food assurance scheme which covers production standards developed by experts on safety, hygiene, animal welfare and the environment amongst other things. The Red Tractor logo on pack means your food or drink has met these responsible production standards and is fully traceable back to independently inspected farms in the UK.
So on Friday, I went to Morrisons and saw the instant changes they had made. They had big posters and label to highlight that this item is cheaper than anywhere else. It is very clear and bright. I totally love how they had revamp the whole shop to make it clearer for their customers.
ProCook Cast Iron Griddle Review
Recently, I came across ProCook on Twitter and had a look at their website. The ProCook brand was founded in 1996 and has grown to become the UK’s leading specialist cookware multi-channel retailer. They are currently trading via 21 stores across the UK, regular mail order catalogues and a fully transactional and secure website. They offer fantastic value for money with 30 – 50 % off high street prices.
I love to cook and have recently tried to cook some authentic Chinese foods. They must have known that I love to cook as they sent me this ProCook Cast Iron Griddle for review. The delivery service was most impressive, arriving the next day!
I have always known that cast iron is heavy but this is so much heavier than I expected. With its width of 29.5cm at its max and 50cm length including handle, it is understandable that it is very heavy. It comes with enamelled handles and we have the cream coloured one. Besides cream colour, it is also available in glossy black, aubergine or graduated red with an amazing price tag of £24! What great value!
Steamed Vanilla Sponge Cake with Sprite
As many of may know, I love to cook Asian food as this is what I was brought up with. Having lived in the UK for over 10 years, now would seem an appropriate time to try old and new Asian food recipes and blog about it.
How to cook a perfect pancake using the right tools
I have to admit that I am not a brilliant pancake maker but using the right kitchen tools does help to cut down waste, time and make a perfect pancake. Not long ago, I received the Pyrex granate pancake pan, an OXO turner, OXO batter dispenser and a bottle of Clarks Maple syrup. You can read from my past blog post on how I did the pancake challenge with those items and how I used Clarks maple syrup in smoothies.
These are the ingredients you need:
- 100g sifted plain flour
- 2 eggs
- 300ml milk
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- Butter for frying
Pancake Day with OXO Good Grips
It is almost the time of the year to show off your flipping skills as Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday) is fast approaching. Shrove Tuesday is the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. In the UK, traditionally people eat pancakes on that day hence it is called Pancake Day.
My Leftover Challenge with Knorr
As a SAHM, I always plan our meals and try to make sure that nothing goes to waste. But during the festive season, it is easy to go overboard and buy too much food, ‘just in case’.
I am so excited to join Mumsnet and Knorr to create my own recipes or to try out Knorr recipes to do this challenge. I decided to make up my own recipes.
Festive Food and Drink Round Up
Our fabulous Cotton On’s blogger Zoe Lester very kindly organised us huge goody bags! To carry all the goodies, we’re thankfully to JoJoMaman Bebe who sponsored us each a navy JoJo Buggy Bag valued at £9 RRP. This is definitely a great value practical bag. It can be worn over the shoulder or clipped onto the handles of a buggy. It is very big (H36 x W51 x D11cm) and can fill a lot of useful stuff so is perfect for shopping. I have not used it on a buggy as Ms C is able to walk everywhere now. But I imagine it would be very handy for a picnic too! The large strap is quite long and the design is unisex which can be also carried by men!
Olive Fried Rice with Tenderstem
Last weekend was our bloggers night in and we had received some food samples for us to try out during and after the party.
Our Saturday Christmas Activities using Stencil
It was another gloomy Saturday so we decided to stay at home to do art and craft and baking with the kids. It’s always a great way of spending family time together. At times, it can be quite stressful for me preparing the items before both children start pestering me. So I brought out all the stuff we needed the night before.
Personal Chef from Bright Grey
Early May, I had asked advice from Bright Grey about how to protect our financial future. We were lucky to get picked to have a personal chef cook a meal for us while my husband and I could have the time to chat about our financial future.
Sainsbury Live Well For Less
Food prices are always on the rise. Have you thought how to make your budget stretch? I love to cook for my family as you can be sure of what’s in there. There won’t be any nasty ingredients nor too much of the unhealthy ones.
Sainsbury’s have challenged a few parenting bloggers to share advice and savvy suggestions for using basics to create everyday food, without compromising on quality.
I made a slow cooked fish for a family of four. I used a packet of Basics Frozen White Fish Fillet, a tin of Basics Peeled Plum Tomatoes, Basics carrots and added some fresh cherry tomatoes (£1).
