Smoked Salmon Orange Salad

Yesterday went to supermarket shopping, bought a lot of stuff. I also bought the “Live Well Graved Salmon Slice” as well, so I can make it for the lunch or dinner. This slice salmon already marinated with dill, salt and sugar so it suitable for the salad or the appetizer for the party.

Let’s come can make the Salmon Orange Salad.

Ingredient  : ( For 1 pax meal )

- 50g Live Well Graved Salmon Slice

- Lettuce

- 1pcs Orange

- 1pcs tomato

- 1 boiled egg

Sauce Ingredient :

- 1tsp fresh orange juice

- 1tsp fresh lemon juice

- 2tsp olive oil

- Pinch pepper and salt

Instruction :

- Cut the lettuce and tomato put in the bowl or any container

- Cut the orange and take the orange meat add in the salad mix

- Slice the boiled egg add in as well

- Tear the salmon slice in to small piece and also add in the salad mix. 

  (of course you can put whole slice salmon also )

- Add in a pinch of pepper and salt for seasoning then squeeze the orange and the lemon on top 

  of salmon salad mixture and mix it together

Failure Egg Benedict

Today going to made Egg Benedict, I learn it from YouTube. Sound like simple but is really need patient when making it. The most main point on this egg Benedict is the hollandaise sauce. It not too difficult but needs your patient to make it. The prefect matching with egg Benedict is using the English muffin and the poached egg. For English muffin i can't find it in my area, so i use another bread to replace it.

You have to prepare 2 part of ingredient.

Hollandaise sauce ingredient :

- 1/3 cup Melt Butter

- 2 Egg Yolks

- 1 ½ tsp lemon sauce

- Pinch of pepper

- Salt to taste

Others ingredient :

- Bread

- 2 eggs

- 1 pcs Ham

Instruction - Hollandaise sauce

- Take a pot add 1 inch of water

- Take another glass bowl whisk the egg yolks and the lemon juice in the bowl for a few minutes 

   or until double size of it.

- Place the egg yolk mixture on top of pot and continues whisk constantly and quickly, 

  slowly add in the while whisking until the sauce thickens.

- Remove the sauce from the heat and stir in a pinch of salt and pepper and put aside

  (You also can reserve a little bit hot water to thin out the sauce)

Instruction for set up

- Ready the poach egg ( You can refer to this link poached-eggto get it )

- Take a bread and cooked ham. Put the poach egg on top of it.

- After finish the whole thing off with some of the hollandaise sauce.

This was my first time making this egg Benedict. Although is not fully success, but the taste still ok 

Poached Egg

A poached egg is an egg that has been cooked by poaching. It also will show in the breakfast time. There have 2 simple ways to let you get the prefect poached egg.

The simplest way and also which I always like to use it.

Things have to prepared :

- Egg

- Food plastic wrap

- Olive oil

- Soup bowl or cup

Instruction :

 - Place the food plastic wrap over the bowl and apply some olive oil

- Crack the egg into it

- Gather the edges together and twist to secure

- Place into boiling water and cook for 4 to 5 minutes.

Another simplest way as following.

Things have to prepared :

- Egg

- bowl or cup

- 3 tsp White Vinegar 

Instruction :

- Take a pot and put in half of water to boil

- After the water been boiling, add in the white vinegar

- Crack the egg into the bowl , it will be more easy to pour the egg into the pot

- Before pour the egg, use a spoon to swirl the water, creating a whirlpool.

- Slowly pour in the egg in the swirling water and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.

- lift the egg out of the pan using a slotted spoon,drain on a plate covered with paper towels.

Blueberry Bread Pudding

Those nights I like to have dessert during the night time. Oh my god, it will make me gain a lot of weight.

But after have a dessert, will let you feel better and release all you stress.

I believe bread pudding is one of the choice most the ladies know how to made it.

Let’s see what ingredient you have to prepare, for me I just pick a simple recipe. (Save cost little bit)

Just nice is my fridge still has the blueberry fruit, so I’ll add in together.

(You can add in whatever fruits you like, the taste will more nice)

Ingredient :

- Bread ( Any kind of bread)

- Milk

- Egg

- Sugar

- Blueberry 

Instruction :

- Cut the bread in piece. 

- Mix the egg, milk and some sugar.

- Add the mixture into the bread and let it adsorb a while.

- Add in the blueberry fruit

- Put it in the preheat over bake around 18 to 20 min with 180 ͒

Steph's Home Cook Blueberry Bread Pudding

Sausage Mushroom Egg Pizza

Sunday breakfast menu, sausage mushroom egg pizza. Leave over the pizza dough in the fridge so make it for today breakfast. 

Ingredient :

- Crazy dough 

- Sausage (Slide) 

- Button Mushroom (Slide) 

- Cherry tomato

- 2 Egg

- Tomato paste

-  Shredded cheese

- Salt , pepper and tomato sauce 

Instructions:

- Check back the Crazy-Dough page to make the dough and can storage it at fridge for few day.

- Use rolling pin roll the dough to rectangle size or any shape you like.

- Spread the tomato paste across the pizza sheet and also add the shredded cheese on top of it

- Add the topping button mushroom, sausage and cherry tomato.

- Seasoning it with salt, pepper and tomato sauce.

- Put it in the preheat oven bake 15 min with 180 ͒

- Take out the pizza and crack 2 egg into the middle of pizza 

- Put back to the oven bake another 5 to 7 min with 180 ͒

Simple Celebration Mum Birthday

Today is my mum Lunar Birthday. This year we didn’t have much celebration with her, due to her feeling not well and many foods she cannot take it. My Mum chooses a food stall near our house, it a usual food stall which I always take away back.

The cooking style similar like what we have in the Chinese restaurant. But the price more cheaply compare with them. Although we order the simple food, but the tastes are good and my mum really also enjoy it. Some more she have 2 lovers celebrate with her. 

(You can see from her face so happy) 

Mushroom Pizza

The crazy dough I make before is so useful. It’s not only for made the bread, it also can be the pizza dough as well. Previously I’ll buy the ready made pizza dough or use the wrap as the pizza base. But now onward, if my fridge has crazy dough, I can make the pizza anytime.

Let’s get start made the mushroom pizza, it so simple way and delicious.

Ingredient:

- Crazy dough

- button mushroom (Slice) 

- Shredded cheese
- Cherry Tomato (Slice)

- Tomato paste

- Salt, pepper, Tomato sauce 

Instructions:

- Check back the Crazy-Dough page to make the dough and can storage it at fridge for few day.

- Use rolling pin roll the dough to rectangle size or any shape you like.

- Spread the tomato paste across the pizza sheet and also add the shredded cheese on top of it

- Add the topping button mushroom and the cherry tomato 

- Seasoning it with salt, pepper and tomato sauce.

- Put it in the preheat oven bake 20 min with 180 ͒

Before bake. 

Steph's Home Cook Mushroom Pizza

Ham & Cheese Loaf

Sometime really no idea what to cook for the breakfast. Yesterday i went back early and have sometime to make the bread dough. After make the crazy dough i put aside and let it rise up overnight. I also just prepared the filling of the bread i wish to made it.

Ingredient:

- Crazy dough

- 3 slice of  Ham (cut it in small slices)

- Shredded cheese
- Egg Wash

Instructions:

- Check back the Crazy-Dough page to make the dough. 

- Cut the dough into half. (This dough can make 2 loaf) and use rolling pin roll to rectangle size.

- Add in the ham and shredded cheese and gently roll the dough into a tight log.

- Use the sharp knife slice the dough surface.(as below picture) 

- Egg wash the bread dough surface.

- Put it in the preheat oven bake 25 to 30 min with 180 ͒
- Remove from oven and wait 10 min then only start slicing.

Steph's Home Cook Ham & Cheese Loaf

Fluffy Foamy Omelette

Only 3 eggs, you can cook an amazing foamy omelet as breakfast.  Actually the fluffy foamy omelet bit looks like the pancake. Of course you can add in others ingredients like cheese, ham or spring onion also can. But this time I only cook the original taste foamy omelet. Let’s start it!

Ingredient :

- 3 pcs egg

- Salt and pepper

Instruction :

- Crack 3 eggs in the mixing bowl and add in salt and pepper for seasoning.

- Whisk or using a hand mixer, beat egg whites until very fluffy, but not dry.

- Heat up the pan and add in some butter or olive oil then add in the foamy egg mixture.

- Cook about 3 min and cover it with lid cook another 3 min.

- Open the lid, you can see the top is fluffy and the base like pancake

- Then you can get ready to serve, when serving time folded it in half as picture. 

   ((It will look nice and can see the fluffy.) 

Steph's Home Cook Fluffy Foamy Omelette

Rosemary Thyme Chicken

I remember there have some dry rosemary and thyme in my kitchen. So tonight the main course will be Rosemary Thyme Chicken. Sound like a bit casually, just simply add in whatever ingredient I have.

Ingredient :

- 1ps Chicken Breast

- ½ tsp dry rosemary

- ½ tsp dry thyme

- 1tsp turmeric powder

- 1tsp curry powder

- 2tbsp lime juice  

- Broccoli

- Carrot

- Tomato

- Salt

- pepper

Instruction :

- Mix rosemary, thyme, turmeric, curry powder and lime juice.

- Add in the chicken into the mixture for marinated about 30mins.

- Put some olive oil at the oven tray then add in the chicken.

- Put in the preheat oven cook about 20min with 180

- Boil some hot water to cook the broccoli and the carrot.

- After 20mins, take out the tray and turn the chicken to another side

- Add in the vegetable beside it and seasoning with salt, pepper and some olive oil

- Put in oven cook another 15min to 20min, then ready to serve.

Steph's Home Cook Rosemary Thyme Chicken

Classic French Mushroom Soup

Mushroom soup is a good started before your start to have your main course. In the market there have a lot of instant mushroom packs, taste is good but for me still prefer to have home cook one. Because that more tasty and you can add in more mushroom.

The one I cook is so simple and easy, important is this soup just took you 30min to ready.

(This can serve 2 pax)

Ingredient :

- 25g Butter

- 25g All Purpose Flour

- 120g Cremini Mushroom thinly sliced     

- 25 ml full cream milk

- ½ medium sizes Onion (minced)

- 5 glove garlic (fine chopped)

- 400 ml Water

- 1 pcs Bay Leaf

- Salt and pepper

Instruction :

-Add in some olive oil to enough cook the mushroom, let it cook until the mushroom turn 

  to golden yellow.

- Add in the minced onion and the garlic cook well and can take off from the fire put aside.

- Heat another pan and add in the butter, let it melted.

- Slowly add in the flour and keep stir it.

- Slowly add in the water and keep stirring, also add in the full cream milk as well.

- Add in the bay leaf cook together.

- After a while add in the cooked mushroom into the cream mixture

- Cook about 5 to 7 mins, add the salt and pepper for seasoning.

- Mix it well and take out the bay leaf and get ready to serve.

   (If you have the whipping cream, you also can add it the whipping cream to let it creamier) 

Steph's Classic French Mushroom Soup