Brownie Cupcakes

See the original post here.

This time around, I just put them in little cupcake tins for portion control. The cooking time shortened to about 15 minutes.


They're so cute.


So instead of eating a piece of brownie, I ate two cupcakes at a time... which doesn't really work for portion control.

Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day

This is Paula Deen's Easy Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe. We've made this many times, and it's simple and tasty every single time. However, you must be warned, this recipe is not suitable for those with high blood pressure or coronary artery disease because of the butter and bacon.



This is the perfect celebratory meal for St. Pattie's Day. Bottoms up!

Fun with Slow Cookers

We had a busy weekend.


First try - Beef and Beer Stew. We choose Guinness for the beer and the beef turned out very flavorful. The sides were creamed spinach and sweet potato fries, which provided nice contrasts to the meat.


Second try - Pork Barbecue. This came out really good too. We used Famous Dave's Sweet & Zesty BBQ sauce.


Asparagus is one of our favorite sides. This was sauteed with olive oil and a splash of vinegar.


The sides assembled. In addition to the asparagus, we had whole grain rice and macaroni salad.


The finished product

Made-Over Deep Dish Brownies

I got the recipe from here.

A little set-back today got me really, well, set-back, today. Nothing starts me back up like a little baking and sweets.





It didn't taste exactly like the brownies that I used to make with all the sugar, butter and eggs, but it wasn't bad. It tasted like chocolate-y bread, in a good way.

I really need to get that tripod from best buy. Having a little equipment malfuntion =/

My kind of breakfast

The best part of waking up, for me, is my dressed up instant noodles.


I find that this brand of instant noodle goes well with beef or pork.


I added hot sauce and napa along with the noodles. After a few minutes, added the egg and leftover fatty pork.


With cilantro

Sometimes with the addition of extra ingredients, the flavor gets diluted and so, I like to add some extra sauce to balance it out. The following are a few items from my sauce collection:


Ay-Chung is a present from my brother on his vacation in Taiwan. It is one of the most spicy, intense and flavorful sauces that I've encountered. I add about 1/4 teaspoon to my noodles. I dare not add more!


This hot soybean paste is good for dumplings and stir fries. It's not as spicy as Ay-Chung, but it's easier to obtain and I'm not as worried about killing my taste buds.


This chili garlice sauce you can get just about everywhere. It adds a lot of color, but isn't very spicy and nearly as flavorful as the hot soybean paste.


Satay sauce, good for hot pots and beef stir fries

I'm out of photos, for real, now.