Thought of honey cornflakes and found the recipe from the internet.

Ingredients:
90g butter
1/3 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon honey
4 cups of kellogg’s cornflakes

Method:
1) Melt butter, sugar & honey together in a pot
2) Add cornflakes and mix well
3) Place into small paper patty cases
4) Bake at 150 °C for 10 mins

At last, Eugene can have his cup of espresso at home.

He wanted to get the nespresso machine when we were in Italy 2 yrs ago. However, we could not find it at our last destination in Milan.

Last month, he was in Sweden and Germany but did not get it too.

At last, his colleague from Sweden helped him to buy the machine and even hand carried on board the plane. Thanks alot Martin.

Our new addition to kitchen! Mini rice cooker from Courts. Don’t have to steam rice anymore as this can cook 1/2 cup of rice.

Eugene participated in the Standard Chartered Bank sure win contest and won the IPod Nano.

This was the 3rd IPod Nano which we received. We sold the 1st one, gave Nigel the 2nd one and this time, we are giving it to Meredith.

Managed to find the Sesame Street Activity books from Toa Payoh Popular bookstore for Keegan.

He was so delighted to see them. He still loves Elmo & Grover till now. All his stories books & DVDs are also Sesame Streets.

Decided to try making my own pineapple tarts as my usual supplier is not making for sales this year.

With the help of the recipe and video found on the website, my pineapple tarts turns out to be nice and tasty.

Pineapple filing: bought from Phoon Huat, brand RedMan. I reheated the pineapple jam with some sugar.

Pastry:
350g plain flour
50g corn flour
250g of unsalted butter
50g icing sugar
2 egg yolks
1 egg yolk for glazing
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 vanilla essence

Method:
1) roll the pineapple jam filling into oval shape balls and set aside on a plate.

2) sift the plain flour and corn flour.

3) using a electric mixer cream butter and sugar together until light. Beat in egg yolks one at a time until well combined.  Add vanilla essence and salt till fluffy.

4) fold in sifted plain flour and corn flour and mix to form a dough.

5) roll a tablespoon of dough into a 5 – 7 cm long tube in your palm then gently press down with the index finger to flatten the dough into a oblong shape.

6) place the rolled-out pineapple jam ball on the edge of the strip and roll the dough to wrap around it to form a small elongated roll.  Place the roll on a greased baking tray.

7) preheat oven at 180 degree for 10 mins.  Use a fork and draw lines on top of the tarts.  Brush the rolls with beaten egg yolk.  Bake in the oven for 15 mins or until golden brown.

cool on wire racks before storing in a airtight jar.

Keegan going to school “unwillingly”.

Meredith’s hardwork for this year in her studies have rewarded her with the Certificate of Achievement (Academic).

Well done, Meredith. You have made Mummy proud.

Seeing so many yummy posts of muah chee by Happycall users in Facebook, I was tempted to make it too. Today, I tried and it was successful.

When I was about to start, Keegan wanted me to sing “Tell Me”, just like the advertisement. I did it and both Meredith & Keegan laughed, seeing them so happy, I don’t mind acceding their “special” requests.

Ingredients:
150g of glutinous rice flour
180ml of water

Mix all ingredients well (watery paste)

Peanut coating
Ready packet from NTUC or Buy from Bee Chian Kueh store

Method:
1. Grease pan with shallot oil
2. Pour in paste and cook on very low heat for about 3 mins
3. Once it has been set, roll together to form a lump using a fork to flick up the side and roll together
4. Toss around for a while to ensure completely cooked
5. Remove and put onto peanut coating, cut to desire size

Keegan took this picture for me and I love it.