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A platter of boiled sausages, crab meat, steam dim sum and 2 fried eggs garnished with fresh lettuce.

Instead of having my usual 2 pieces of bread plus a cup of milo, sometimes in the morning I just like to make myself a big platter like the above. A heavy breakfast not only makes me feel more energetic, it also keeps my stomach fuller thus the need to have a heavy lunch. If I were to dine something like this in a cafe or restaurant, surely it would cost me a lot. Since there is no one to dine with me, might as well keep it simple by making this myself at home. Just hope I would not eat something so heavy so frequently and also not too much of oil intake to keep my face acne free and spend less on Acnetix.

If you are a SAHM like me, what is your favourite morning breakfast at home then?

Marinated with sauce

Marinated wings are arranged on a tray of cut potato, carror, and onion chunks.

I made butter cakes so frequently, but have not jotted down the recipe I used from Agnes Chang. Here is it, for Miche. (This recipe can 24 medium size cupcakes)

Ingredients

• 250g butter
• 200g castor sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1tsp vanilla
• 250 self-raising flour
• 4 tbsp milk (optional)

Method

1. Mix butter and caster sugar at slow speed till even (sugar not resolved yet)
2. Add egg one at a time and beat well before adding next
3. Add vanilla and mix well.
4. Divide flour by 3 portions and fold in flour (hand fold or use slowest speed mixer)
5. Finally add milk.
6. Pour into baking tin or 24 cup liners (1/2 full) and shake lightly to distribute bottom evenly.
7. For cake: bake at pre-heated oven @ 180 degree celcius for about 45 mins.
8. For cupcakes: I bake at 10 mins, then rotate them (inside out) and continue baking another 10mins till golden brown

diet pill reviews

Yes, it is durian season again and I think I am going to have lots of durian this season. This King of Fruits is so cheap at my hometown and it would be a waste not to savour this king of fruit, since we only get to eat this once or twice a year.

In another 2 weeks time we will be back to hometown again for a cousin’s wedding. Besides going to have dinner again at Ikan Bakar, I know hubby is surely going to get more fruits this time. Look like I am going to read more on diet pill reviews again to see which pills could help me most.

I baked the butter cookies (see recipe) again for party favors for the kids birthday party using Tomica Car moulds (it is actually vege cutters that comes in a set of 2). The cutters are quite small in size. Since my pastry was very soft, it was surely hard to stamp the cookies on surface.  I had to cut the out and have them nicely arranged on the baking tray before stamping. This way, they surface will dry off and make stamping easier (so that the soft pastry will not stick to the mould). I even baked some Mickey cookies for this coming June Mega Birthday Picnic. Can’t wait to pack them individually again tonight. These butter cookies are really fattening. Just hope I will stop popping them into my stomach otherwise I shall need diet pills to help me loose weight again.

Our MASS Picnic is just another 3 weeks away! And now we have

* Sue-Ivan (5y)
* Jaz-Vyktore (3y)
* Millie-Zuleyka (1y)
* Hanz-Hambali (1y)
* Liz-Angie (6y)
* Vichelle-Rachel(5y)
* Kelly - Ian
* Chee Yee - Hao (1y)
* Chin nee-QQ (5y) and De Bumbo Boys (1y)

Venue: TTDI Park (by the shallow stream)

Date and Time: 21st June, 2009 (8.30am-11.00am)

Instead of celebrating just my kids’ birthday, we (Jazz , Sue, Liz and Vichelle) would like open up invitation to anyone, ANYONE (even though without June babies) to come join us in this great event.

Instead of bringing presents, you shall bring:

* own food and drinks to share (or if you wish to share your potluck, only halal)
* own cutlery and food container (so we can bring back the leftovers)
* bucket, bubbles or your own sandpit kit (to play water by the stream)
* additional clothes for the kids to change

June is definitely the month of food for me. I guess I am going to gain lots of weight and need top acne treatment if I continue eating so much of oily food whole month long.

Our plan:

* (8.30am-9am) Arrival
* Music & movement - Liz and Karen
* Food and cake management - Jacss
* Free play & Craft (a team of 3 mummies who can prepare simple crafts ideas related to nature)
* (11.30am) End

Not sure how big our group will be, but I would surely appreciate some offline and on-site helpers on areas for the above.

Attention to June babies

If you have a child who is born in June and wish to celebrate together, just contribute RM10 so we all can share just ONE BIG cake. Just leave me a comment here and I’ll get back to you in details.

From 8am, we cream this….

then bake this….

and packed each of this …..

into something like this…

and lastly get oily with this….

June is the month of birthdays. This is the third time making buttercream, i am totally tired by it already. No more messing with buttercream, at least for the time being. Have been eating too much cakes and cream anyway. I think I would need appetite suppressants if I continue eating like this one whole month!

2 reasons for my 2nd trial on the cupcakes decor:

To produce a tastier buttercream.

Instead of using only butter, I add 30% creamwell. Also use lesser icing (slowly add into the batter a little, at a time).

Recipe: cream well, butter, icing sugar, 2T milk, and few drops vanilla essence

1. Whisk creamwell (can get from bakery store) till white and light.
2. Add in butter and continue whisk till fluffy.
3. Add icing sugar little by little until it is sweet enough.
4. Alternate with milk, I estimated 2 tablespoon, just enough for 9 medium size cupcakes.
5. Add a drop of vanilla essence.
6. Pipe onto cool cupcakes.

Pretty pink and white icing with double hearts

To improve my piping skill

Not very satisfied with my previous cupcake decor, this time I try pipe out rossette icing instead. The tip is a little bit small, therefore I need to make many swirls ontop of another to get this result.

Quite presentable right?

I just love to bake. It is such a good destress activity and I hope I will not need any more hair loss treatments when less stressful.