tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:27 +0000Grilled DishesCocktailsFrom your kitchen to mineCocktailMuffinsHome Made Christmas Gifts.Daring BakersFruitsChristmas BakingWe Knead To BakeDessertCupcakesIndian BreadsFrench DishesAbout MeBlack and White WednesdayEventsJapaneseBreadSnacksIndianChocolateSoupBakingLegumeThis and ThatRiceBelgium RecipesWagamamaSavoury BreadsIndian SweetsClick EventThai DishesPhotographyFishNon VegetarianSaucesPastaNoodlesCondimentsItalian DishesIce CreamsSeafoodMacaronsCake PopsKerala DishesTravelsBlog RollvegetarianBurgersCookieschickenCakechineseIndian Cooking, Baking, Desserts, Bread recipes, Italian Cooking, Belgium Cooking,Legume recipes,Cakes,Curries,Desserts,Chinese recipes,cupcakes,Pasta,Noodles,Ice Cream,Chicken,Seafoodhttp://www.mykitchentreasures.com/noreply@blogger.com (Finla)Blogger451125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-5322566041526409059Thu, 16 May 2013 14:14:00 +00002013-05-16T16:38:36.594+02:00 Do you think you can have a addiction calle book buying especially baking and cooking books, well according to my family I have one as I always buy baking/cooking books . It is for a while I have been eyeing this Book, but then as I have been trying to stop my addiction of buying Cooking / Baking books, I have been putting it in the back of my mind, but then as you can see I lost my self http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/QSU-zyp1K8I/bouchons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)8http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/05/bouchons.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-8283293442625004103Thu, 09 May 2013 22:11:00 +00002013-05-11T08:10:04.245+02:00Non VegetarianchickenIndian Shyama have started making Indian food in her place and she has most of the basic spices in her shelf and she looks to my blog to find some easy to make Indian dishes and I have been telling to her for few weeks that I will post this easy chicken recipe which is nnot spicy so that when she makes it her friends can enjoy the dish too. But as you all noticed I have not been blogging http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/a9K-DIaVPlE/chicken-korma-with-almonds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)27http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/05/chicken-korma-with-almonds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-4701927133266003439Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:15:00 +00002013-04-18T14:15:46.748+02:00   When I was a teenager there was no Mall or a big Shopping center etc.... and I remember there was only one posh store were you could buy imported things was at the same building as a Hotel was in the town. So ofcourse one never goes to this shop as it is in the building were this posh hotle is, and I remember once going to a friends ( ofcourse we lost touch after me getting married her http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/sshuORFaehM/noodles-with-chicken-and-red-curry-paste.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)11http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/04/noodles-with-chicken-and-red-curry-paste.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-5079427504937347531Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:13:00 +00002013-04-15T16:44:19.257+02:00FishSauces These days mostly on Sunday we have fish for lunch , the reason is Shyama, she don't make any fish dish in her place or I don't pack any fish dishes for her in tupperware when se leave on sunday evening as I think food prepared with seafood/fish etc should be eated freshly. So then I make a some fish dish on sunday as she can enjoy it and plus it is healthy too. So as it was sunday http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/y2OdhE-iZsg/fish-veloute.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)8http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/04/fish-veloute.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-6309351065558020122Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:08:00 +00002013-04-08T17:08:31.388+02:00 I am sure most of you know now about Pintrest and when ever I have a bit free time I go to Pintrest to collect recipes and other intresting stuff. So I had seen this Cola Chilli Chicken there and had pinned it. So one day while sis and I was talking to each other in phone, she was like do you have some intresting recipes for chicken and I gave her the link of this Cola chicken and after a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/WlFqE2VlqCM/cola-chilli-chicken.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)10http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/04/cola-chilli-chicken.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-6473726731863738916Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:34:00 +00002013-04-05T16:18:14.651+02:00 I know it is a bit late to post the Daring Bakers from March. But the thing is I only did the challenge the morning of the posting date which is 27th. And till now I have not had any time to edit the picture and write the post.   And the challenge from DB was baking something sweet with vegetable. First I thought maybe I will bake something with Zucchini or carrots, but then I thought http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/3A11o0eRtNs/potato-budnt-cake-with-sukade-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)9http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/04/potato-budnt-cake-with-sukade-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-265685612669618664Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:31:00 +00002013-03-25T15:31:56.432+01:00We Knead To BakeBreadSavoury BreadsBaking There was a time when I had so much free time, and to be honest, when I skyped or phoned with my sis in India and sis in Houston, I always used to make fun with them as they will be saying they have too much things to do and have less time etc....and I will be like hi hi look at me I have so much free time especially as Shyama only comes home in the weekend. But as my friends in facebook http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/fopS6wTqbvU/hokkaido-milk-buns-filled-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)18http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/03/hokkaido-milk-buns-filled-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-8512978784966024938Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:03:00 +00002013-03-18T16:03:31.752+01:00CakeBaking If you live in Holland or in Belgium you will know aobut Advocaat it is a creamy liqueur made from eggs, sugar and brandy. It has a smooth, custard-like flavor and is similar to eggnog. The typical alcohol content is generally somewhere between 14% and 20% ABV.   Its contents may be a blend of egg yolks, aromatic spirits, sugar or honey, brandy, vanilla and sometimes cream (or http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/XdXOWF_JTLc/advocaat-easter-budnt-cakes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)14http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/03/advocaat-easter-budnt-cakes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-3816894237414511768Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:16:00 +00002013-03-11T19:41:19.600+01:00Thai DishesNon Vegetarianchicken I love thai food anf flavours, even though I must admit that it took me couple of years to apriciate fish sauce, years before when a recipe asked for fish sauce I never added as the first time I boought a bottle of fish sauce from the thai store and I opened up to use it I gave a big sniff and I thought I will throw up as I didn't like the strong smell of the fish sauce.   But then I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/dPOE88efclI/red-curry-chicken-balls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)13http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/03/red-curry-chicken-balls.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-1451913389655158629Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:48:00 +00002013-03-07T16:51:13.230+01:00CakeBaking I am glad I have loads of pictures of recipes and baking in my computer as I have not been baking anything latley. I do have to say I have made this budnt cake couple of times and each time I make them every body here love it. Ofcourse it is a good recipe as it is from Dorie Greenspan book From mu Home to yours and each recvipe I have made from that book always come perfect .     Makeshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/Tt5gTiJgZuc/nuttychocolatyswril-sour-cream-budnt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)20http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/03/nuttychocolatyswril-sour-cream-budnt.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-1393914048292594284Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:35:00 +00002013-02-23T13:35:29.894+01:00 This pasta dish is something I made a while ago and as I have not made anything special or baked anything latley. I thought I will make use of something which is lying in my draft.   If you ask me is this a authentic recipe I would say NOOOOO as I have had this dish when I was in Italy and it is totally different, the way I got in a plate was with a fresh egg yolk in the middle of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/eGoYUn7Oico/spaghetti-alla-carbonara.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)7http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/02/spaghetti-alla-carbonara.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-4288632113887823698Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:02:00 +00002013-03-07T16:59:34.246+01:00Italian DishesDessert I have made a lot of time variety of panna cotta. And to be honest some of them were disaster, I do exactly what the recipe saya and they dodnt set sometimes so even though it is such a easy dessert to make every time when I try a new recipe I am always checking to see if it is set or not. There is nothing worse than making a dessert and then when it is time to serve to your guest you find http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/qwT8soxb0H0/vanilla-panna-cotta-with-mango-puree.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)18http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/02/vanilla-panna-cotta-with-mango-puree.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-5743313648293135225Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:32:00 +00002013-03-14T13:35:52.235+01:00CupcakesBaking By the end of every year we buy a calendar for the commng here. And you will be surprised when you hear we hang them. I don't think I have evern seen this in any body else home than ours :-) well it is in the WC we hang the calendar. Now I am sure you all be having a good laugh thinking about hanging a calandar in WC. Well come on isn't that really effective everybody goes every day few http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/qMIBH5Z0ajg/individual-raspberry-jam-cakes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)20http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/01/individual-raspberry-jam-cakes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-699597874018029567Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:55:00 +00002013-01-24T20:37:33.248+01:00We Knead To BakeBread In the begning od year when Aparna mentioned in Facebook that she likes to bake bread and she have so many variety of breads she wanted to make and if  intrested we can join her for making a new bread every month for a year. Ofcourse when I read her staus I was intrested, I do make bread here at home every few days ( spelt bread) as we have twice a bread here, morning and evening, but I thinkhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/ypit45UTY8M/herb-cheese-pull-apart-bread.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)33http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/01/herb-cheese-pull-apart-bread.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-8540737454887282947Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:38:00 +00002013-01-21T00:03:27.453+01:00chineseNon Vegetarianchicken If you don't have that much time to prepare a warm meal and you don't want to eat junk food then this is a chicken dish you can whipp up really fast. I think sometimes it takes longer to slice the chicken and the capsicum etc than making the dish it self. Plus as the dish is not spicy ( only spicy taste is from the chillie sauce, so if you have young kids or people who don't like spicy food http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/l98tnl0HM-U/chicken-with-capsicum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)18http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/01/chicken-with-capsicum.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-4842363830305029442Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:06:00 +00002013-01-16T16:22:11.134+01:00SeafoodItalian DishesPastaFish In my laast post which was Fresh home made pasta I had mentioned my next post will be what I have made with the delicuous home made pasta. Well one of the dishes I made with them is this super creamy delicious pasta dish with salmon. Ok I have made something else too, but that will be for the next post :-) I think making this salmon dishe with fresh pasta made it double delicious. In my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/-eIZryOB5RE/creamy-pasta-with-salmon-and-chives.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)11http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/01/creamy-pasta-with-salmon-and-chives.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-1160370762788387107Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:19:00 +00002013-01-14T15:24:42.983+01:00 I have nevee been for a Cooking or a Baking lesson. I always think maybe I should gor for a lesson to learn something new, but them I say to myself, all this years I have been cooking and baking without going for a lesson ( ofcourse I do have a large collection of cooking and baking books) But then in last November, in the cutlural center in my town ( we call that as there are halls for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/oyijjElXooc/pasta-with-eggs-pasta-alluovo-pasta.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)10http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/01/pasta-with-eggs-pasta-alluovo-pasta.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-3944553758946904803Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:50:00 +00002013-01-10T18:55:59.359+01:00SeafoodBelgium RecipesFishSnacks Belgium is really famous for a variety of Croquettes / Kroketten. One of the most famous one will be Aardappel kroketten / Potato crouquettes, are often served as a side dish. Then there is Kaas kroketten / Cheese croquettes which i super yumm, and then there is this Shrimp / Garnalen crouquettes which is made with grey shrimps and as we live near to the North sea ther eis always fresh grey http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/KmmHqY24P1U/shrimp-croquette-garnalen-kroketten.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)9http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/01/shrimp-croquette-garnalen-kroketten.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-9044619726422377423Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:47:00 +00002013-01-09T11:03:13.919+01:00 A hour ago came back home from the train station after saying bye to Shyama, she has been home for the last 2 weeks for the holiday not that she had that much holiday as she was revising for her exams as colleges here in Belgium have exams after the holiday, which is a bumer for the kids as during the holiday they have to learn, plust point they can use the holiday for studying so guess it ishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/7VkUo8ybohA/vanilla-cup-cake-with-baileys-frosting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)12http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/01/vanilla-cup-cake-with-baileys-frosting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-6406175603414336776Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:58:00 +00002013-01-04T11:58:53.304+01:00 First time I had this Chicken dish was when I went to visit my sis in Houston, we had gone to this chinese place for a buffet and if I am honest I have never ever seen such a huge buffet, they had so many variety of dishes, I didn't know were to start. My sister did warn me, that the place will have a lot of dishes but I didn't expect to see so many. Actually I didn't know what to eat, so Ihttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/xkQYc0lCaiE/general-tsos-chicken.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)15http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/01/general-tsos-chicken.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-6060942899711183043Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:37:00 +00002013-01-01T18:37:24.615+01:00BreadBaking I thought as I love baking bread, why not do a bread post for starting the New year of Blogging.Wishing all my friends and lovely blog readers A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR Hope every one had a wonderful start of the new year. We any way started with a bang. Went to my inlaws place for New years eve party which was so fun and the food was so delicious too. A good way to start the year I think withhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/5ybZEFj2NB0/the-softest-challah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)14http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2013/01/the-softest-challah.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-3062764456512598830Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:29:00 +00002012-12-30T18:29:01.406+01:00Daring BakersBreadHome Made Christmas Gifts.Christmas BakingBaking I have been planning to make a panettone this year, and I was delighted when I saw in Daring Balers foroum that the challenge was this famous Italian sweet bread.Though initially I was a bit reluctant to make them as it had so much butter eggs etc.. but if you look to the size of breads I think it is not tha tmuch butter :-) Plus I loved how special the bread is made and knew if I tried thishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/FQD0LNlMm8s/panettone-daring-bakers-december-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)7http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/12/panettone-daring-bakers-december-2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-6335686428698429337Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:26:00 +00002012-12-19T12:56:39.638+01:00 I remember I used to love christmas cakes, the one we got from Kerala Bakeries and the one mom always made for christmas. But to be honest now I am not a huge fan of Christmas fruit cakes. And that goes to the rest of my bunch. Hans and Shyama would much prefer if I make a traditional christmas log cake with all the cream and butter etc.... But I on the other hand always get nostalgic during http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/_8ryWcbZlF8/kerala-plum-cake-christmas-fruit-cake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)31http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/12/kerala-plum-cake-christmas-fruit-cake.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-3995842187735106724Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:54:00 +00002013-03-08T17:49:34.625+01:00FruitsCakeChristmas BakingBaking The weather is getting colder day by day , last night I could hear that the heating system was automatically (when we go for sleep we regulate the degrees and if the living get colder then it goes on) going on as it must have been so cold in the night. Not that I can complain as I am tucked comfortably in the warm bed. But I am a light sleeper and when the heating systme goes on it make a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/fTa6ZC0MWmc/lime-cranberry-pound-cake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)14http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/12/lime-cranberry-pound-cake.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-6815348776159367215Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:24:00 +00002012-12-10T19:33:56.965+01:00 I don't know if I really love to eat macarons, I do eat them when I have my coffee as it is a habbit of us here when have a cup of coffee we will have a biscuit, cookie, chocolate etc....not that it is a must but we do that.   In my early macaron making time I did eat them even though I think macarons are really sweet, but now after making macarons so many times the excitment is not same http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/R-9OrGpEwC4/christmas-macarons-wtih-advocaat-butter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finla)13http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/12/christmas-macarons-wtih-advocaat-butter.html