Our Slice of Spice

Blessed Christmas!

2010-12-25T00:18:00.000+08:00

A tribute to the Reason for the Season!

Homemade Alphabet Soup

2010-11-23T10:25:00.001+08:00

Ahh...alphabet soup - the ultimate comfort food! I remember that Campbell's canned alphabet soup would be a staple in our home growing up..hot steaming yummy bowl of fun alphabets to form words on your tongue or on the side of the bowl. Having decided to reduce the amount of processed food we consume, I was determined to make this comfort food from scratch (for my girls to take forever over their dinner because they are playing with their alphabets, LOL)

And made it I did, and I must say it tastes just as yummy minus the MSG :) Hoorraay for homemade!

Homemade Alphabet Soup Recipe

Bones from 1 chicken

2-3 carrots - cubed

2-3 yellow potatoes - cubed

2 stalks of celery - cubed

1 large yellow onion - cubed

1 cup frozen baby peas

1 cup fresh corn (cut from the cob)

minced parsley

salt & pepper

1 can of tomato puree

Alphabet pasta

water - enough to cover veggies in the pot!

1 - Boil the bones until the icky brown stuff floats up. Pour away the water, put fresh water in and bring to the boil

2 - Add carrots, potatoes, celery, onions, salt & pepper

3 - Boil veggies with bones for 30 mins

4 - Add tomato puree, peas and pasta to the soup. Boil for another 20 mins

5 - Remove chicken bones. Add corn and parsley and boil for another 10mins (or until it alphabet pasta is plumped and taste is right!)

6 - Enjoy your homemade alphabet soup!

Chocolate Whole Grain Cereal

2010-11-07T16:19:00.004+08:00

Here's another gem of a cereal I found :) Whole grain and Chocolate flavored too! They have a super brittle crunch which is really nice I thought on something like ice-cream so - this was the treat we had with the cereal sprinkled on top.

That's sliced banana, strawberries, M & Ms and cereal on a scoup of vanilla ice-cream... mmm...mmm...mmm! Can't think of a better way to enjoy our whole grains!

Simple Apple Tarts

2010-10-07T15:25:00.001+08:00

Isn't this pretty? :) Thanks to my cg members, I get to present my tea-time treats with this lovely 3-tier caddy! Love you guys!! Muaks!

The Simple Apple Tarts are on the top tier... very easy to make and delicious!

Step 1 - Wash 2-3 very small apples (you'll see why you need very small apples later)

Step 2 - Core the apples using an apple corer. The one I used is from Ikea.

Step 3 - Slice the apples about 1cm thick and add 1 tsp of cinnamon, 1 tbs of brown sugar and the juice of 1/2 a lemon. Mix well.

Step 4 - Cut out round shapes from pre-made puff pastry

Step 5 - Brush the pastry with some beaten egg then place apple slices on it. Now you know why you need very small apples? :)

Step 6 - Bake for 18-20mins at 190C or till nicely browned. Serve on a pretty plate! Best enjoyed hot from the oven or with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream :)

Happy Cupcakes!

2010-09-28T23:17:00.000+08:00

Doesn't Cookie Monster look happy?? :) His fondant eyes were made with choc balls and white fondant. His happy mouth with half a choc round and his fluffy fur with desiccated coconut colored with blue coloring and a bit of water. Like his shocked expression above? Ran out of chocolate rounds so I used an upside down choc chip :)

Rainbows make me happy too :)

Oh and funny faces - this is N's creation with Kashi's cereal.

And finally my snowball cupcakes with colored balls just for fun :)

Chocolate cupcakes with some buttercream on them.

Dunk them in a bowl of desiccated coconut and walah! Yummy happy cupcakes :)

Super Easy Meat Puffs

2010-09-22T00:31:00.007+08:00

Ok. By now you'll know that I'm into simple. Simple but yummy. And oh - must must do justice in the eye candy department ;) Here's what I whipped up in under 15mins prep time for a tea party this morning. Of course the filling was already made the night before.

Step 1 - Grease your muffin tin with some oil and line it with pre-made frozen pastry squares. I used the Kawan brand puff pastry squares. (See picture here)

Step 2 - Fill with meat (or whatever filling you fancy - tuna/curry/peaches/apples) Here I topped my meat filling with some grated cheddar

Step 3 - Brush some beaten egg on the exposed pastry corners and bake for 20mins at 190C. The result!

Meat Filling Recipe

200-300g minced meat

1 can chopped mushrooms

Bunch of frozen peas

1 clove of garlic

1 mid sized onion

1-2 tbs oil

1/2 cup of chicken or beef stock

1 tbs flour
1 Bay Leaf

1 tbs Dried Parsley flakes

Worchestershire Sauce

Salt

Pepper

1 - Mince garlic and onion. Heat oil in pan.

2 - Add minced garlic & onion, bay leaf and parsley. Saute till soft

3 - Add minced meat and brown. Season with Worchestershire sauce and salt and pepper

4 - Add mushrooms and peas. Add stock. Simmer for a few mins.

5 - Add a tbs of flour to thicken sauce.

6 - Serve over butter rice/pasta and use the leftovers to make beef pies :)

I "Heart" Whole Grain Cereals!

2010-09-12T21:55:00.004+08:00

I'm excited when I find a cereal that's whole grain and tastes good! Perfect for a snack on the go for the girls. They get their crunch, and best of all, the host of antioxidants that's good for them. Did you know that some antioxidants can only be found in whole grains and not even in fruits and vegetables?? Imagine that - every time you choose a whole grain slice of bread or in this case, cereal, over the refined stuff, you are choosing a superb source of antioxidants and vitamins :)

Here's the find of the month!

Kashi's Honey Toasted Oat Cereal - whole grain oats and other grains sweetened with honey.

Really yummy and crunchy! Not sugar laden and no added coloring! I must say they reminded me of the dog food pellets I used to feed my dog as a child :P Not to worry though, looks can be deceiving - these babies are yummy, crunchy and have even have heart shaped ones - awww.... ;)

Found this gem at Cold Storage Solaris.

Black Sesame Avocado Smoothie

2010-08-07T17:45:00.001+08:00

This has got the be my favorite avocado based smoothie so far! I love the nutty flavour of black sesame, and I love the fact that this little gems are packed with calcium and a host of other benefits! It went together perfectly with Avocado's smooth creamy mellow taste :)

Here's what I used - 100% pure black sesame powder. Hey, I could use this in cookies, bread, etc. Super!

The result! The yummiest potassium (from the Avocado) and calcium (from the black sesame) packed smoothie. Did I mention it's my favourite smoothie so far??

Black Sesame Avocado Smoothie Recipe

1 ripe Avocado - peeled and cored, cut into chunks

1 frozen banana - chunks

1 ripe Packham pear - peeled and cored, cut into chunks

1-2 cups Organic oat milk

2 tbs Organic Soya Powder (Cane Sugar Free)

2-3 scoops of Black Sesame Powder

Pretty Fondant Cupcakes

2010-08-03T09:57:00.000+08:00

Ta-dah! My first attempt at making fondant cupcakes. Made them for my ol friend from school days - for her daughter's 7th birthday. I didn't realize how much time it takes to mold 25 cupcakes, until I molded 25 cupcakes! But I had fun making them. For an amateur like me the following tools were indispensable.

My stainless steel rolling pin with 1/8" washers on either side. I have tried in the past to roll fondant "free-hand" and unless you have precision of a machine(or have years of fondant rolling experience - which I don't!), I dare say it is nearly impossible to get it the same thickness every time - much less for 25 cupcakes! So yes, the tools do make a difference - especially for amateurs like me :) Those purple babies helped me roll out the fondant perfectly even every time before I cut out the shapes.

The washers came in a small pack for RM2 at Bake With Yen. The pink washers are half the thickness of the purple ones - to make more delicate shapes like leaves/flowers. I had seen them before and always wondered what they were used for. So for those of you who had the same question - now you know :)

Alphabet cutters were a steal too! RM5.50 only for the whole alphabet at Chang Tung! You can probably guess how the other cutters were used.

Cupcakes. Pretty. Birthdays. Satisfied!

Step by Step Chocolate Smoothie

2010-07-21T22:40:00.002+08:00

Here it is - the fruit that's in almost all my smoothies. The Packham Pear! I get 5 nice large ones at the wet market for RM10. We just love this pear when it's ripe and has a melt-in-the-mouth texture. My girls loved it when they were babies just starting solids and they love them now! N can devour a whole large pear in under 3 mins, and that's saying a lot since she takes so much longer eating any other food :)

Here is simpler version of the chocolate smoothie minus the orange juice. Tastes just as creamy and yummy as the first recipe. Try it!

Step one - remove skin from 1 Packham pear, core and cut into large chunks. Place it into the blender together with one banana.

Step Two - Add about 2 cups of Organic Oat milk, 1-2 tbs of Organic Soya powder and 1-2 tbs of cocoa powder.

Step Three - Blend away and pour out into a glass to enjoy :)

Baked Fries Recipe

2010-07-15T14:13:00.002+08:00

Baked not Fried!

Trust me, these taste as good as the fried stuff but so much better for you and your family! I love simple dimple recipes - ways to prepare good healthy food for your family in the simplest way. Hey, when you're preparing A-Z plus washing up - simple is the way to go ;)

Baked Fries Recipe

3-4 medium sized yellow potatoes - skinned and cut into thick fries

Hot water

Salt

Paprika

Olive oil

1. Bring to boil a pot of water. Add a tsp of salt.

2. Add the cut potatoes. Boil the potatoes till they are just about tender. Don't overboil them if not they will be mushy fries!!

3. Drain the potatoes in a colander. Sprinkle paprika over the potatoes and drizzle olive oil over the potatoes as well.

4. Give the potatoes a good shake in the colander and pour them into a lined pan.

5. Put in a pre-heated oven 180C for about 30mins or until the fries are nicely browned.

6. Enjoy this side dish with grilled fish and a side of steamed veg!

Simple Pretty Cupcakes Technique

2010-07-14T19:01:00.001+08:00

Aren't these pretty?

And so simple to do...

Use a star tip and pipe small stars with your usual buttercream frosting all over the cupcake. Make a mistake? Just pipe cover your mistake! Top with a slice of fruit, and wa lah! Irresistible pretty cupcakes that will impress your tea guests. Thanks TC for the great idea!

I will definitely be using this technique again ;)

Couldn't Resist - another Bazaar find

2010-06-25T17:28:00.002+08:00

I love vintage!

There's just something about having something that's handed down from someone else that gives you a sense of history... and well for lack of a better word, connectedness. Maybe it is because I grew up with hand-my-downs most of my childhood being the youngest of four girls! LOL!

This darling, oh so darling tray isn't quite vintage but it looks it doesn't it? M's response when he saw this - "It looks old! Is that rust??" Pretty convincing I must say :) The rust spots look almost real, but they are carefully painted on to give it that weathered look.

I couldn't resist. Just couldn't. Vintage. Cute. Cupcakes. I was sold!

Making it Personal

2010-06-23T10:22:00.004+08:00

We were blessed to be hosted by our friends over the June holidays. Before we left I searched for a simple but practical gift for them. And of course it had to be cute too :)

Here's what I found at a Bazaar - a pretty darling vintage metal box to keep notepads or whatever else they fancied.

I personalized it by adding a clear label with a simple Thank You note from all of us...

...and added a stack of home-printed and designed note paper stationary to place inside! These were cut carefully from A4 paper with a small cutter by my most helpful assistant, N :)

We had a great time - and our hosts were so wonderful! Can you imagine stocking up on snacks for the kids so we could bring it along on our outings?? Thanks again D and LP! Hope you liked the simple personalized gift from us :)

Father's Day Desert

2010-06-21T00:31:00.003+08:00

Scrummy apple mango cranberry pie topped with vanilla ice cream!

To celebrate Father's Day for the girls' awesome daddy, M, we decided to prepare him a delicious home cooked meal :) While he relaxed with a good book, N and I got our elbows dirty and prepared dinner and desert! K was blissfully taking her nap but I promised her she will get to put the finishing touches on Daddy's meal.

Apple Mango Cranberry Pie Recipe

4 small green apples - cored, skinned and cut into cubes

1 small apple mango - remove skin and chop flesh into cubes

Handful of frozen cranberries

1/4 tsp cinnamon

Pinch of nutmeg

Pinch of salt

1/2 tbs molasses (or brown sugar)

3 small squares of frozen puff pastry

1- Put the apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and molasses in a bowl and mix well. Add the mango and cranberries and mix again. N helped to cut the apples and mix everything together.

2 - Spray or coat the baking dish with oil

3 - Pour the fruit into the baking dish.

4 - Tear the small squares of puff pastry sheets into small pieces. N did a great job of this altho her fingers felt frozen after a while :)

5 - Place the pieces evenly onto the baking dish of fruit

6 - Add a few bits of butter unto the pastry

7 - Pop it into a pre-heated oven 180C for 30mins till pastry is nicely browned

8 - Serve with a generous scoop of vanilla ice-cream and enjoy it with your kid's hero :)

This Hits the Spot! Strawberry Sorbet on Vanilla Ice Cream

2010-06-05T23:17:00.001+08:00

Last week we had a couple of people over and at the end of dinner the ultimate question was posed - Any dessert? I had the boring option of grapes or vanilla ice cream. Then it came - why not have all the above with an added zing!

Vanilla ice cream topped with strawberry sorbet and grapes... All I needed for the sorbet was

1 cup of frozen strawberries

One packham pear - skinned and seeded

About 1/2 cup of organic oat milk

Threw all that into the blender and ta-da! Lovely strawberry sorbet to top a scoop or two of Bud's Vanilla Ice Cream. Perfect! As my dear friend said - she was looking for something to fill this "hole" in her tummy, and she found that this simple dessert hit the spot! It sure hit the spot for me, although I didn't even know I had one to hit :)

Here's a not so pretty picture I almost didn't take cause we were all too busy enjoying this yummy dessert!

Seriously Good Whole Wheat Banana Cranberry Muffins

2010-05-26T18:38:00.005+08:00

Last night, I had a bunch of very ripe bananas and nothing to serve my kids for breakfast the next morning. So I went looking for a healthy yummy muffin recipe. And have I found it! Absolutely NO refined sugar or refined flour in this yummy moist delicious muffin which had the best blend of sweet, salty and sour (from the cranberries!). Oh and no dairy either! Took under an hour to whip up half a batch :)

All good! And SO GOOD!

Whole Wheat Banana Cranberry Muffin Recipe

1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/3 cup grapeseed oil (or olive oil)

1/2 cup honey

2 eggs

1 cup mashed ripe bananas

1/4 cup hot water

1/2 cup of frozen cranberries (frozen crans were superbly sour..if you want something not so shocking, try dried)

1. Mix together whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt. Add frozen cranberries to the mix to coat.

2. In a separate bowl, whisk together oil, honey and eggs. Add 1 cup mashed ripe bananas. I like chewing into my nanas so I left them pretty chunky.

3. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix, alternating with hot water. End with dry.

4. Mix quickly until the batter is all moist. Don't over mix or your muffins will turn out hard (at least that's what everyone says!).

5. Spoon into lined muffin tin. This recipe will make 12 muffins.

6. Pop into pre-heated oven. Bake at 170C for 16-18 mins.

7. Burn your lips on the hot-from-the-oven yummy wholesome muffins!

Indulgence - Chocolate Walnut Cupcakes

2010-05-17T22:51:00.006+08:00

This certainly looks like indulgence, doesn't it? Well, you betcha! Chocolate walnut cupcakes with cream cheese frosting with a a touch of orange peel. All I can say is YUM YUM YUM! Made these for my sister's birthday. I used the never-fail chocolate cake recipe I learnt from an American colleague of mine when I did a stint of teaching. Super easy, super delicious! Don't even need to use a mixer (for the cake that is)

American Chocolate Cake Recipe

1. Melt 6oz(170g) butter.

2. Mix in 1/2 cup cocoa powder. Leave to cool.

3. Sift 2 cups flour, 2 tsp bicarbonate soda & 2 tsp baking powder + 1/2 tsp. of salt

4. Add 2 cups of sugar (I used 3/4 cup brown sugar to reduce the sweet)

5. Add in 2 beaten eggs and mix

6. Add 2 cups of boiling water and then butter & cocoa mixture. Stir like a crazy person :) Don't worry about the lumps, they will soon disappear. (I added 1/2 cup chopped walnuts at the end)

7. Pour into cupcake liners (makes about 20 cupcakes) or into greased cake tin

8. Bake at 170C for 18 mins (45 mins for normal cake) until firm in the centre

9. Cool them on a wire rack and FROST and decorate!

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

1. Cream 4 oz butter and 8 oz cream cheese till fluffy

2. Add 1 tsp. vanilla essence and gradually add 2 cups of sifted icing sugar (to taste and consistency)

3. Add zest of one orange, mix it in

4. FROST!

and indulge... :)

Blessed Mother's Day

2010-05-09T23:44:00.014+08:00

What a privilege it is to have moms and for some of us to be moms ourselves!

Being the youngest in a family, I grew up with an insatiable desire to be heard, to be considered a voice in the family. The desire to be heard and do things "my way" often rubbed against "mom's way". Now having become a mother myself and experiencing first-hand the challenges and celebrations in motherhood, I have grown more in honour and respect of my mom and many many other fabulous moms out there! If you're a mom and I have had the blessing of peeking into your journey as a mom, thank you for being an inspiration to me!
Her children arise and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praises her.
-- Proverbs 31:28
If at first you don't succeed, do it the way your mother told you to.

-- Author Unknown

I never knew how much love my heart could hold until someone called me "mommy."
-- Author Unknown

Here's a simple craft I whipped up for the kids at cg last Friday. A pretty victorian lace handbag card for mom! Which mom doesn't need another handbag? :)

Here are the supplies you need to make this simple craft.

Coloured A4 size cardstock, folded in half, cut to resemble bag shape, narrow end on the folded edge

Paper doilies, cut in half

Craft gems for the snap button

Chenille sticks and beads

Single hole puncher

Double sided tape

Craft glue

Labels that say happy Mother's Day, Hand-made with love for the best mom, etc (optional)

1. Use double sided tape to attach the half doily to the folded card. Be sure to align the straight edge of the doily with the folded edge of the card.

2. Punch two holes in the top of the bag. These holes are where the handle of the bag will be

3. Thread beads on a chenille stick leaving about 2 inches on either end free from beads

4. Attach the ends of the stick to the holes

5. Glue a craft gem to the doily in the front of the bag to resemble a snap for your bag.

6. Decorate with labels or drawings :)

Guilt-free Chocolate Smoothie

2010-04-27T20:34:00.002+08:00

I couldn't wait to put up this post! :) I have a few friends with kids who are allergic to dairy and it just so tragic (ok, not tragic tragic but you know what I mean) to go through childhood and never enjoy simple pleasures like ice-cream, toast smothered in butter and yes, chocolate! Lovely decadent chocolate..mmm...which by the way IS good for you, minus the sugar of course. So I came up with this lovely chocolatey smoothie that's dairy-free and sugar-free and packed with Vitamin C too. I used Packham pear, frozen banana, freshly squeezed orange juice, Cocoa Powder, Organic soya powder and Organic oat milk.

It was SO GOOD. YUM!!

This is what I used to squeeze the orange juice, practically an antique I inherited from mum. I remember using this when I was a kid!

Cocoa powder - I used Van Houten Pure Soluble Cocoa

Guilt-free chocolate Smoothie Recipe

1 large Packham pear - skinned and cored

3-4 chunks of frozen banana

Juice from 1 orange - freshly squeezed

3 tbs of cocoa powder

3 tbs of Organic Soya Powder

1/2 cup of Organic Oat Milk

I am definitely letting my dad who's diabetic, try this awesome treat! Next variation to this is to add avocado to make it even creamier..mmmm....chhhooocccoolllatttee :)

Hair Art

2010-04-23T11:00:00.001+08:00

N had her first Ballet Exam this week and this mommy was tasked to put all her hair up in a neat bun. Did I say all? Yes, all strands of hair to be in place. Including those little fine baby hair that just flit and fly every which way. Boy, I was stressed! Her ballet teacher, bless her, said just use a lot of gel and hairspray. Maybe put in a few braids as single buns are too traditional. With N's hair being just shoulder length, do you see why I was stressed? How do you put her hair up in a bun when you can barely twist it once around?? So I went out to buy an arsenal of black bobby pins, gator clips and a hair net and went surfing to figure it out :)

Here's the result!

Her teacher added the cute little pink bows to go with her leotard. Not bad for an amateur? :) Notice those little hairs are sticking out...this picture was taken after her exam and changing out of her clothes. They were a lot more in place during the exam, thanks to super strong hair art gel and hairspray (double dose thanks to her teacher)

I learnt how to do the corkscrew twist braid here and got my eye candy inspiration from here. O my, if you have girls and they have long hair, there are SO MANY ways to do their hair! How blessed it is to have two of them :)

Green Grape Avocado Smoothie

2010-04-22T23:31:00.002+08:00

Green is good. Green food that is. And the more of it the better. I have had to reprogramme my tastebuds (and everyone else's tastebuds I hold dear - hubby, kids, parents) to salivate at the sight of green. A bowl of green salad, a slice of green avocado, a large serving of dark green kai lan, dark green spirulina, etc. Any of you have to do the same?

Well, try this smoothie and perhaps your tastebuds will grow to love GREEN :) I used green seedless grapes, avocado, packham pears, frozen bananas, organic soya powder and a touch of spirulina powder. All green except for the bananas and soya powder. Notice I upped the amount of avocado to 1/2 portion. I think it could do with a whole avocado and still have the same delicate flavour. The result, a lovely light green smoothie that's yummy and creamy!

Green Grape Avocado Smoothie Recipe

1/2 ripe avocado

2 generous handfuls of washed seedless green grapes

1 packham pear - skinned and cored

3 chunks of frozen banana

2 heaped scoops of Organic Soya Powder

1-2 cups of water

1/2 teaspoon of Organic spirulina powder'

Note: Be sure you wash your grapes with a fruit and veggie wash and give them a good scrub to get rid of any nasty pesticides since you'll be eating the skin. Organic if you can find them reasonably priced :)

Creamy Quinoa Asparagus Soup

2010-04-16T11:23:00.004+08:00

Ok, this doesn't look as pretty as a smoothie but I assure you it is absolutely yummy! Mum has been asking me for asparagus. With her appetite low, a request like that will surely be fulfilled ;) So I came up with this creamy asparagus soup with quinoa flakes for added protein and iron. And yes, I said flakes!! I found organic quinoa flakes last week and what a great way to add this superfood more of our food. We use quinoa regularly in our diet but in the whole seeds form. Now with flakes I can throw them in creamy soups, cookies, bread, cupcakes, etc. I'm just giddy with thinking of how many ways I can use them in our food!

What a find!

Creamy Quinoa Asparagus Soup Recipe

1 pack of fresh asparagus - snip off tops (about 3 inches) and chop up the stems

2-3 cloves of garlic roughly chopped (be generous if you can take the taste, garlic is so good for you)

1 small yellow onion roughly chopped

1 tbs grapeseed oil

3 cups of organic oat milk (you may substitute with low fat milk)

2-3 tbs of quinoa flakes

salt/pepper to taste

1 - Heat the grapeseed oil in a pot

2 - Throw in the garlic and onions. Saute till soft

3 - Add the asparagus stems, saute till tender. Add salt /pepper

4 - Pour in the milk then bring to a boil for 5 mins.

5 - Turn off the heat, use hand blender to blend the hot soup in the pot.

6 - Put on the heat and add the asparagus tops and quinoa flakes. Turn off the heat when tops are tender and the quinoa flakes has thickened the soup. Enjoy your nutritious soup :)

Purple Spirulina Smoothie

2010-04-14T15:13:00.004+08:00

Don't you just love the colour of this smoothie? This has dragon fruit, bananas, passion fruit, organic oat milk and lots of spirulina powder. I thought the best way to hide the dark green colour of spirulina is the match it with the rich purple of dragon fruit. I don't know about you but a tall glass of dark green slush doesn't quite work as eye candy for me...especially when it's mixed with some red or yellow fruit! Then its dark green brown slush...shudder shudder.. ;) My other recipes have a lot less spirulina in them. With this one, I doubled the amount. Best way to get this awesome superfood into your tummy - in a yummy purple shake! Barney is done proud here I say!

Purple Spirulina Smoothie Recipe

1 large purple dragon fruit - skin removed, cubed *

3-4 chunks of frozen banana

2 passion fruit - pulp only

1 heaped tbs of organic spirulina powder

1/2 cup organic oat milk

* Next time I will freeze the dragon fruit to give it a bit more body..came out a little more runny than I would like

One happy customer :)

Retail therapy at DAISO

2010-04-13T16:31:00.005+08:00

You see, this is what happens when I decide to take a break from the crazy busy schedule I've been keeping and indulge in a little retail therapy at DAISO. It was inevitable, the draw of cute was too strong and I ended up with these. If you haven't figured it out yet, they are sushi makers - bear and bunny shaped! Aren't they adorable? And they double up as cookie cutters since they are made of metal. If you're into cute like I am, don't go to DAISO because you'll end up spending waaay too much, like I did :P

But oh, look at the final product...

The girls had so much fun making them! Here's a quick simple recipe for the kid friendly rice sushi.

Bear and Bunny Sushi Recipe

About 2 cups hot cooked brown rice - use a little bit more water so sushi holds its shape better

1 tbs butter

1/2 cup blanched baby peas and corn niblets

Some seaweed flakes

Salt/pepper to taste - mix the above into hot rice and put rice into sushi molds, press down hard

Sliced cheese / ham / Spam / luncheon meat/ egg omelet - cut out in shapes and place on the sushi..enjoy!