Donna's Strawberry Gelato
Topic: Desserts
It's been a long time that I did not able to update this blog since my Aunt borrowed my camera few weeks ago, I used my cellphone to take photos of the dishes that I cooked few days ago but I was not satisfied with the outcome, not so clear. She just returned it the other day. The recipe that I am posting now was not mine, it was from Donna's collection of recipes. She showed it to me few months ago and when I saw the strawberries at home, I remembered that she has a recipe for Strawberry Gelato, that's why I asked her to make one. We both tried to make the recipe, she prepared the strawberries while I was mixing the other ingredients. As you see in the picture, the color is not pink like the usual strawberry gelato since the recipe calls for a red food color but we didn't had it at home that time, the only food color left at home was green so that wouldn't be possible. I also added chocolate syrup on top when I served it and it was really good.

Ingredients:
3 cups cut-up strawberries
6 cups milk
1 1/3 cups sugar
12 egg yolks, beaten
Several drops red food coloring

Directions:
1. Place all the cut-up strawberries in a blender container, cover and blend until smooth.
2. Combine 3 cups of the milk, sugar and egg yolks in a large saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture coats a spoon.
3. Remove from heat. Stir in the remaining milk, the pureed strawberries, and food coloring.
4. Cover surface of mixture with cling film. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight until chilled.
5. Freeze mixture for 4 hours. Serve.

Tuna Mackerel Stew
Topic: Fish
I always cooked this at home but I always forgot to post it here, anyway here is it now...

Ingredients:
500 g tuna mackerel, cut into small cubes
1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, sliced thinly
1 ripe tomato, sliced thinly
1 thumb-sized ginger, sliced into strips
1 bell pepper, cut into strips
2/3 cup frozen corn kernels
1 cup water
1/3 tsp. black pepper powder
Fish sauce to taste
2 tbsp. light soy sauce
1 tbsp. worcestershire sauce
pepper to taste
2 tbsp. cooking oil

Directions:
1. Sprinkle turmeric powder into the fish cubes. Mix well.
2. Heat cooking oil in a pan, brown garlic for few seconds, add onions, ginger and tomatoes and saute until tender.
3. Add fish cubes, corn kernels and water, let it boil, lower the heat then add black pepper powder.
4. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve.

Fruitty Muffin
Topic: Breakfast Recipes
I prepared this muffins late last night for our breakfast this morning, actually I was experimenting again since that was my first time to make one and fortunately it was really good. My hubby and our little Azhfaar devoured it last night while we were watching TV, LOL! Fortunately, there were still some left for our breakfast today. I ate it with noodles, weird? lol...:) This is also great for snacktime.

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 (8 oz) can fruit cocktail, drained and reserve syrup
2/3 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tbsp. baking powder
1 pinch of salt
3 tbsp. milk powder
1 egg, beaten
2/3 cup cooking oil

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees C. Grease muffins tins, or line cups with paper liners.
2. In a large bow, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and milk powder.
3. In a separate bowl, combine fruit cocktail syrup, oil and beaten egg. Mix well.
4. Now, mix the dry and wet ingredients together, add the drained fruit cocktail. Do not over mix.
5. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with the batter, bake for 20-25 minutes.

See also:
Raisin Muffin with Chocolate Chips
Chocolate Muffins

Spaghetti Sauce Fried Rice
Topic: Rice
This dish looks very common but what made it different from the fried rice that I made before was the spaghetti sauce I added on it. We ate spaghetti the other day late afternoon and we did not able to consume all the sauces. I don't want to throw it, sayang, then I saw that we had also cooked rice leftovers, then an idea came into my mind, frying the rice with the spaghetti sauce! Sounds good, I regret why I did not able to think that before, we always had spaghetti sauce leftovers and I never knew that they are great for fried rice! Now, I already know what to do with it if we will have some leftovers again.

Ingredients:
3 cups cold cooked rice
2/3 cup Spaghetti sauce
1 medium onion, sliced thinly
2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp. fish sauce
1/2 cup frozen mixed vegetables (corn, carrots, green peas)
2 tbsp. cooking oil
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Het oil in a wok, then saute garlic until lightly brown, add onions and stir for few seconds.
2. Add the mixed vegetables. Mix and stir for few seconds.
3. Add rice, stir to mix well with the rest of the ingredients.
4. Pour in the spaghetti sauce, mix well. Season with fish sauce, salt and pepper. Cook and stir for 3-4 minutes. Serve.

See also:
Tips in Cooking Fried Rice

Cheddar Cheese Bread
Topic: Breakfast Recipes
I baked this bread the other night for our breakfast yesterday. I have no enough time to prepare in the morning that's why I made it after our dinner time. It's very easy and quick to prepare. The funny thing was the toppings was almost burnt when I baked it last night because I was manicuring my husband's hand and when the oven's timer was finished I did not able to take it out immediately. See, almost crispy but it still yummy and cheesy!

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 tbsp. sugar
1 pinch salt
1/4 cup butter
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
butter cooking spray to grease the loaf pan

Directions:
1. Combine milk and egg in a small bowl.
2. In a separate bowl, mix the first 4 ingredients together.
3. Add butter and mix until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add shredded cheese, stir.
4. Pour in the milk and egg mixture, stir just until moistened. Do not overmixed.
5. Transfer the mixture into a buttered-sprayed loaf pan.
6. Bake in a preheated 200 C degrees oven for 45 minutes.
7. Take out from oven and rub the surface with the sweetened condensed milk. Return to the oven and bake for 5 minutes. Cool before serving.