Easy Quiche

Serves 6

Ingredients:

• 4eggs
• 1 and 1/2 cups milk
• 3 tablespoons of melted butter
• 1/2 cup of self raising flour
• 1 and 1/2 cups of grated cheese (i used tasty cheese)
• 2 cups of fillings (i used bacon, onions and mushrooms (fry them separately first))

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 deg
2. Whisk together in a bowl, egg milk butter and flour
3. Fold in cheese and fillings
4. pour into a 24cm quiche dish or muffin tin
5. Bake till 40min (i had to bake it longer... check for yrselves when its set)
6. Serve hot with vegetables or cold with salad.


Really yummy :D

Durian Cake

so hols are coming to an end and i've been wanting to bake, so here we go


durian cake! (disclaimer though, this is not the pic of my cake. haha. mine looks plain as a jane, without the icing on top and golden brown in colour)

Ingredients
170g self raising flour
170g butter
140g sugar
115g mashed durian (of course, feel free to put more)
4 eggs, separated

Directions
1) Preheat oven to 180C.
2) Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
3) Add in the egg yolks one at a time.
4) Beat well before adding the next yolk.
5) Add durian meat and beat well.
6) Next, add in the beaten egg whites.
7) Last but not least, add in the flour.
8) Put in a 8 x 8 greased pan and bake for an hour (for mine, 40 minutes produced a nice tone of golden brown)

ok. i think we should put alot more durian flesh. i couldnt really taste it in my cake. haha. perhaps this is not the best recipe i can find, yet.

still, courtesy of recipezaar :)

Chocolate swirled baked cheesecake

Ingredients (serves 8)

• 250g pkt Arnott's choc ripple biscuits
• 100g butter, melted
• 500g cream cheese
• 300g sour cream
• 3/4 cup (175g) caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 100g dark chocolate, melted

Method

Preheat oven to 160°C. Process 250g pkt Arnott's choc ripple biscuits until crumbs form. Add 100g butter, melted. Process until combined. Press crumbs two-thirds of the way up side and over base of a 22cm springform pan. Refrigerate.

Process 500g cream cheese, 300g sour cream and 3/4 cup (175g) caster sugar. Beat in 3 eggs. Transfer 1 1/3 cups to a bowl. Add 100g dark chocolate, melted.

Pour half of plain mixture into base. Dollop with half chocolate mixture. Repeat. Use knife to swirl. Place on baking tray. Bake for 1 hour. Cool slightly in oven. Refrigerate.


Source: taste.com.au

This was my very first attempt to making a cheesecake and it was an encouraging start! (:

Chicken Tortilla Wraps

there are many kinds of tortilla/taco wraps. one thing i love about wraps; the ingredients are really flexible.









some days, i make wraps using left over curry chickens, somedays i use onion and eggs. today, i chose one off joyful abode.

Serves 4-6

4 chicken breasts
1 package taco seasoning (or any seasoning suitable for wraps)
1 can (or equal amount of fresh) corn, drained
1 cup salsa
1 onion, sliced
handful of lettuce
1 tablespoon olive oil
4-6 tortillas
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese (or cheese of your choice)
sour cream

1. Preheat the oven to 190 deg c.

2. Place the taco seasoning in a small bowl and coat the chicken breasts in it. Bake them for 15 minutes, flip, and bake for another 10 minutes.

3. In the meantime, combine the corn and the salsa in a medium bowl and set aside.

4. Slice your onion and pepper and saute in olive oil.

5. Remove your chicken breasts from the oven and cover with the corn mixture. Bake for another 5-10 minutes.

6. Slice the chicken breasts and place on a warmed tortilla. Add the corn mixture, sour cream, cheese, the sauteed vegetables, and whatever else you like. Wrap up like a fajita and enjoy!