Green with Envy

It's my off day today everybody~ Green with envy? No monday blues or whatsoever for this mademoiselle in the kitchen:)

Green tea tarik?!

I'm trying out green tea cheesecake today since i would be slacking anyways at home.. (probably going for a jog later in the evening.. or erm.. we'll see how it goes :p) keke~ Anyways, I've always have a packet of green tea powder in my cupboard, not only for brewing tea, it can also serve as a beauty treatment! I used it to make body masks for whitening and facial toner...also for whitening:).. and though it has no scientific prove, green tea has been claimed useful for weight loss management too! Cool huh!

Unlike other baked cheesecakes, chiffon cheesecakes has to be unmoulded immediately after baking or else it'll shrink. A LOT. Which explains why i'm feeling a little jittery now while waiting for the oven to make that 'tee tee tee' cry. Have i lost my touch after staying away from my Ice KitchenAid for the longest time?? Will i be greeted with a cracked, sunken, anything but green cheesecake?~ Oh.. 6 minutes to revealing time..

*6minutes later*

ooOOOoooo~

I frantically unmoulded the cake and i think it sank a little.. but it still looks pretty!! It's now sitting in my dining room slowly cooling from the exuberant heat from the oven.. Muahaha!!! Hope it'll taste okay.. *crosses fingers*

*and many more minutes later*

Yay! the cheesecake wasn't as high as the 101 tower. But! it's yum yum! Hehe~ and now.. for my 8.5K at east coast...awwwwwwww...lazy

Day of good stuff:)

*Just a short entry to sweep the dust off my nearly ignored blog.*

Baked Oreo-oreo cheesecake for a mahjong House visit to MH's crib. The cake didn't turn out the way i want it to be, but ALAS! everything was too late. Me being me, couldn't wait long enough for the cake to cool before shoving it into the fridge.. and what's the outcome?? CRACKS... those thunderbolt-like splittings on the cake just make everything all so NOT right.

Well.. enough of the cracked cheesecake. MH made green bean AND red bean soup! talk about efficiency! and both tasted oh soooooo good:) p.s. and she say it's her first time preparing the red bean soup.. (some people are just born talented <-- that i must agree) hee:) oooh.. and since i was so drawn into my 东南西北 i've completely forgotten to take pictures of the ying and yang... (maybe i'll ask her for pics :P)

Stawberry Cheesecake

This is going to be the first blog after my little baby niece had come into the world.. OMG!} I'm all antsy over this little cherub's arrival, yet cautious. Did i mention that i don't dare to carry her? one simple reason > the newcomer looks so soft and fragile.. the job of cradling her and rocking her back and forth, from side to side will be left for my mum, sister-in-law and the confinement lady.

There's nothing much i can do actually.. i have no knowledge of what and what not to eat for the new mother in our family (Though I've attempted to get hold of the "Confinement for Dummies" book) Frankly speaking, i have a feeling that my status in the whole tribe seems to have dropped by a few ranks.. BUT! i'm not complaining.. me being out of everyone's way is probably a way of helping everyone out. I just can't wait for the baby to call me GuGu-auntie in chinese!(sounds old) but who cares!(actually i do..) OOOooo! Identity crisis! i'm no longer the youngest in the H!

Anyways, i thought of updating my blog since i've neglected it for quite a bit. Something simple that needs minimum TLC, yet pleasing to the eyes.. all thanks to my silicone mold (i should have gotten the rose pattern one too!) I tried to make this a little healthier by bringing all ingredients as low fat as possible, but since nobody in the family is in the mood to try out my little creation other than smooching the baby, i think the low fat part would only.. ultimately benefit MYSELF:)

Btw, my mum made pumpkin Kueh Lapis.. OoOoOoO i can imagine the taste of coconut milk melting in my mouth..