Author: carrieshanks

I am a proud mom of a 16 years old boy. I am Chinese with a little Dutch descent and was born and raised in Indonesia. Moved to Texas to be with my better half. I love cooking, baking to anything artsy … when I have the time. I enjoy creating stuffs..and watching people enjoy what I create. Cooking and baking are my passion. When I am bored and not doing any baking nor cooking, I found myself sitting with a sketch book or canvas, though I also like to work my scribbling online. Any form to let my ideas flowing from my head. Being away from home is what made me live in my kitchen. I found it hard to find food that I missed which suit to my taste. I started cooking first then after few years paying so much on celebration cakes I dare myself with a little push from my co-worker to start entering the baking area. I learned using fondant after one night sitting and playing with playdough with my son and making little figurines. And of course with so many episode of CakeBoss, I am obsessed with this cake world. So here I am sharing with you with what I have been prepared for my friends and family. Hope you enjoy my blog, and as always any positive comments or opinions are welcome…Be Sweet ;).

Tahu Telur – Egg and Tofu

Ingredients: 1 box Medium firm tofu, diced 4 eggs 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 shallot, minced green onion, minced 1/2 tablespoon celery, minced 1/2 tablespoon salt pepper Sauce: 3 tablespoon sweet soy sauce 1 small tomato chopped 1 tablespoon lime juice fried onion sliced chili (optional) Directions: Beat eggs, shallot, garlic, green onion, celery and…

Botok Daging

Ingredients: 1 lbs daging sapi cincang 250 ml santan kental 2 sdm bawang goreng, haluskan 1 butir telor ayam, kocok lepas Cabe rawit secukupnya Daun salam secukupnya Daun pisang untuk membungkus Bumbu haluskan: 5 buah cabe merah 6 butir bawang merah 3 siung bawang putih 2 cm kunyit (1 sdt kunyit bubuk) 2 cm…

Tiramisu

A very quick and easy dessert to prepare but looks like you spend a whole day to make it. Even my husband say it’s easy…my whole family loves that. I made it for my mother in law to try and she loves it. Ingredients: 8 oz mascarpone cheese 8 oz cream cheese 1 1/2 pint…

Ayam Rica

This is an Indonesian dish originally from Manado, Sulawesi. It’s very spicy but the taste is layered from hot and spicy to the sweet and sour. You could smell the fragrant of lemon from the lemon-grass and lime. Served it with warm white rice and stir fry water spinach. Ingredients: 10 red pepper 10 bird…

Ayam Gulung Ham Saus Mentega – Naked Rolled Chicken Cordon Bleu Chinese Style with Butter Sauce

This is just a variation of Chinese-Indonesian Ayam Goreng Mentega and chicken cordon bleu. And it turned out very good. Ingredients: 4 chicken breast fillet, flattened lemon juice from 1 lemon salt pepper worchestire sauce chinese cooking wine 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil 4 slices of ham 1 cup cooked spinach 1/2 cup shredded cheddar…

Banana Bread

I searched on the internet for this recipes and after some trial and error in my lab, which is my kitchen, I came up with this nice and moist banana bread recipe. This is my husband favorite, he doesn’t like any kind of nuts so I don’t use that. I add raisins sometimes, or chocolate…

Blueberry Coffee Cake

Again my husband is a blueberry lovers. So I came up with this blueberry coffee cake as a variation of his breakfast menus. I use bundt cake pan instead of a basic round pan. Tried it once and he keeps asking for more :). Ingredients: 1 cup fresh or canned (drained) blueberries 1 cup milk…

Hainan Chicken Porridge

I always love the hainan chicken rice. Never thought about this chicken porridge until one of my friend from Malaysia cooked this for us. He’s a great cook, we went to the mountain with him and he just pampered us with all the dishes he prepared, and it’s all quick and easy, not to…

Kue Pisang / Nagasari / Banana Rice Pudding

Indonesian snacks I grew up with. Made with rice flour and coconut milk, with plaintain banana slice filling then wrapped in banana leaves and steamed. Jajanan pasar yang ternyata gak repot bikinnya…gurih … Ingredients: 1 lbs rice flour 2 1/2 oz corn starch 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon of salt 5 pieces pandanus…

Pad Thai

Ingredients: 2 tablespoons tamarind paste or substitute Â¾ cup boiling water 3 tablespoons fish sauce 1 tablespoon rice vinegar 3 tablespoons sugar Â¾ teaspoon cayenne pepper 4 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil 8 ounces dried rice stick noodles, about 1/8 inch wide (the width of linguine) 2 large eggs Â¼ teaspoon salt 12 ounces medium…