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(to keep)Shrimp with Lobster Sauce. Shrimp with lobster sauce is a classic takeout style dish that’s a bit of a misnomer.

Interesting and very flavourful but it could use more shrimp. – mammeganna

There’s really no lobster in the dish at all.

(to keep)Shrimp with Lobster Sauce

This fact didn’t stop millions of people from enjoying the dish at many Chinese restaurants over the years, however. The delicious shrimp speak for themselves and the luxurious egg and pork sauce complements everything nicely. The best part? You don’t have to spend a huge amount of money on lobster. (to keep)Butter Chicken Recipe - NYT Cooking. (to keep) Chilli con carne. (to keep)The Best Easy Beef And Broccoli Stir-Fry Recipe. (to keep) 5 Ingredient Thai Pumpkin Soup. With just 5 simple ingredients, my Thai Pumpkin Soup delivers a curry and coconut flavor combination more often expected from a pumpkin soup recipe with far more ingredients than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

(to keep) 5 Ingredient Thai Pumpkin Soup

Bonus: It’s ready to eat in under 10 minutes. My Smudge has been losing her mind this year with anticipation of Halloween, dressing up herself, the house and of course, the dogs. Oh those poor dogs. (to keep) The Perfect Pantry®: Red curry paste (Recipe: salmon choo chee) Red curry paste is one of the convenience foods I keep on hand, for quick curries and great vegetable dips.

(to keep) The Perfect Pantry®: Red curry paste (Recipe: salmon choo chee)

(to keep) Fried chicken fingers. (to keep)Egg Fried Rice Recipe. Egg fried rice.

(to keep)Egg Fried Rice Recipe

Deceptively simple, but a huge favorite and crowd-pleaser. My egg fried rice recipe uses egg that’s slightly flavored with turmeric and paprika, which I think is a unique addition. It adds color to the dish, making it a vibrant yellow. (to keep - mum) Chocolate-Espresso Lava Cake Recipe. No oven?

Watch out with the time. Use quality chocolate next time. Caramel will most pbbly stick to the bottom, be careful, grease well. Used soft caramel from werther's. Very good. Try with cocoa dust, forgot this time – mammeganna

You can bake these lava cakes in the toaster oven or turbo broiler!

(to keep - mum) Chocolate-Espresso Lava Cake Recipe

7 Desserts 7 Days- Rosewater Panna Cotta. (to keep)The BEST Soft & Chewy Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies. Strawberry Dulce De Leche Cake. This Strawberry Dulce De Leche Cake is just heavenly!

Strawberry Dulce De Leche Cake

It may seem like an odd combo – until you taste it. It’s made with layers of moist vanilla cake filled with dulce de leche, strawberries and vanilla buttercream. Yum! So the hubs was totally cracking me up yesterday morning: Since I started volunteering with the 2 year olds on Sunday mornings, the hubs and I’s actual church service attendance has been a bit spotty. However a couple months ago, we finally attended service together again and it reminded us how much we enjoy that on our Sunday mornings.

Yesterday morning we were finally able to get back to our old routine. I woke up first and when the hubs woke up, he came into the bathroom, planted himself and declared “I’m excited!” Beijing Survival Guide: English Muffins. Living in Beijing means good food, and lots of it.

Beijing Survival Guide: English Muffins

But sometimes there are things that you just can’t get without trading in your first-born child. A good bagel with lox and cream cheese for example. Italian sausage. A quality ricotta cheese. A…perfectly toasted english muffin with butter and raspberry jam. (to keep- find better) Red Velvet Whoopie Pies Recipe. Red Velvet Whoopie Pies: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and place oven rack in the center of the oven.

(to keep- find better) Red Velvet Whoopie Pies Recipe

Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. In a large bowl sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In the bowl of your electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment (can also use a hand mixer), beat the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the egg beating well. Beat in the vanilla extract. Bake for about 9-10 minutes or until the tops of the cookies, when lightly pressed, spring back (or a toothpick inserted into the center of a cookie comes out clean). Cream Cheese Filling: Beat the butter until smooth and creamy.

To Assemble: Take one cookie and spread a heaping tablespoon of the filling on the flat side of the cookie. Makes about 17 sandwich cookies. Homemade mini sausage patties (cook more time) Yields 12 - Good for breakkie. ( to keep - mum ) Stir Fry Noodle In Dark Sauce / Hokkien Mee Recipe by Lee Goh.

Very comforting. Use thick fresh noodles, the best – mammeganna

(to keep? try again and see whats wrong) Confessions of a Confectionista: Red Velvet Cake Roll. It's official.

Good taste, but I thought it could be better. Doesn't taste much like vanilla or cream cheese (trademark, perhaps?). Red colour wasn't much intense either. – mammeganna

Cake rolls are the easiest, fanciest dessert to make.

(to keep? try again and see whats wrong) Confessions of a Confectionista: Red Velvet Cake Roll

I mean, just take a look at this red velvet cake roll. Would you believe it took me less than an hour to put together and with very minimal effort? It's true. Cake rolls are literally just a matter of mixing, pouring, cooling and rolling. (to keep, best one so far - mummy)Ma Po Tofu Recipe. It feels like months since I last updated my blog and prior to giving birth I used to update my blog every week or so, but recently I’ve spent a lot of time working towards my new illustrator business, setting up a website for it and most importantly working on my portfolio.

(to keep, best one so far - mummy)Ma Po Tofu Recipe

While I have still been cooking in recent times, with both Chris and my workloads we don’t really have time to sit down and eat elaborate meals so we’ve been eating fairly simply. One thing I have felt though is a bit lost for not having time to cook. (to keep) Spicy Cold Tofu (Liangban Dofu) Throughout the first half of my childhood, I grew up in a diverse neighborhood.

Easy and fast. Add the salted egg, definitely, it improves! Make sauce for 2 recipes and add a little more, or as needed – mammeganna

For a couple summers, my sister and I would go to my friend Reema’s house every day while my parents were at work. At lunch time, her mom would lay down newspapers on the floor of the living room, where we ate hummus, stuffed grape leaves, pickled peppers, fried potatoes and tabbouleh. After lunch, her father and uncle would sit in the garage with their hookahs while we ran off to her dad’s Krauszers to grab a free choco taco or oatmeal cream pie. (to keep)Red Curry Chicken. This red curry chicken is as easy as cooking gets. After making the miraculously simple 15-minute Coconut Curry Noodle Soup recipe a few months ago, I realized what a magical ingredient canned curry paste is. It adds a ton of flavor with minimal effort––emphasis on minimal.

This recipe has fewer than 10 ingredients, takes less than a half hour to make, and it’s a one pot meal worthy of any weeknight. (to keep)Supreme Soy Sauce Fried Rice. You may have heard of soy sauce fried rice before, but what about “Supreme” Soy Sauce Fried Rice? No? Me either! You were probably expecting a big reveal, but I made this one up. This is another dish that took shape from our recent trip to Shanghai. (to keep- try to find a better one though )German potato salad.

Add a little bit more mayo and don't forget the seasoning! I've done better, search for a better recipe of potato salad. Too many potatoes – mammeganna

(to keep) Five Spice Fried Chicken Drumsticks. Whenever we visit my grandparents in Queens, it’s all about where to go for lunch. Soup dumplings at Nan Xiang Dumpling House, Malaysian curry noodle soup at the hole-in-the-wall place I can’t actually remember the name of, cumin lamb noodles at Xi’An Famous Foods, or a trip to the food court in the New World Mall. Sometimes, though, we keep things simple. My grandma, like most sensible people, loves fried chicken. (to keep- pancakes only) Spinach-Cheese Pancakes With Salmon And Egg. Start the day right with hearty, cheesy flapjacks. Makes about 18 (4 1/2- to 5-inch) pancakes Prep Time 30 minutes Cooking Time 30 minutes 1 cup chopped fresh spinach leaves, washed thoroughlybutter for cooking1 cup grated cheddar cheese1 (213-gram) can pink salmon, drained and flaked6 eggs, fried sunny side up6 stalks green onions, chopped finely For the pancake batter:1 3/4 cups whole milk, at room temperature5 teaspoons vinegar2 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper1 teaspoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda2 large eggs, separated4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled For the green onion sour cream sauce:1 cup sour cream8 to 10 stalks green onions, chopped finely1 teaspoon lemon juice✔ 1/2 teaspoon salt✔ 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper.

(to keep) Oven-baked garlic prawns. These garlic and chilli prawns are baked in the oven so they cook evenly and still have that delicious crunch. How to Make Turkish Delight: Traditional Turkish Delight Recipe - Oh, The Things We'll Make!