Banana Cake

So we bought too many bananas the week before and they become mushy in just a couple days. Therefore, I found a recipe online to turn these mushy bananas into goodness.





Banana Cake
8 servings
estimated time used: 1 hour

Ingredients:

• 2 cups self-raising powder
  
• 1/4 teaspoons soda powder
  
• 1/4 teaspoons salt
  
• 5 oz. butter
  
• 3/4 cups sugar
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 2 bananas
  

Directions:

• Beat sugar and butter.
  
• Add in self-raising powder, soda powder, and salt and beat more.
  
• Add in beaten eggs and mashed bananas and mix well.
• Pour mixture into baking dish.
  
• Bake at 340°F for 1 hour.

Final Product

Kitchen Gadgets

  

we got this steamer a while back.  We finally decided to take it out of the box.  It works very well.  I can steam two dishes at once, it has a water level indicator so I know when to add more water to keep the steamer going.  Timer feature is also very nice.  The only thing I don't like is the amount of condensation that drips back to the food.  I've more control on how the condensation drips with my old set up (12" frying pan with a small steamer tripod).  The convenience definitely outweighs the condensation.  overall a very good kitchen gadget.  I see more steaming on the way.

Orange Chicken

Orange Chicken
5 servings
estimated time used: 1 hour

Ingredients:

• 5 drumsticks
  
• broccoli
  

Marinade:

• 1 tablespoon soya sauce

Sauce:

• 2 oranges
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  

Directions:

• Cut chicken. Marinade for at least 15 minutes.
• Extract orange juice.
  
• Fry chicken on medium heat until they are cooked.
• Add in sauce. Cook until sauce it thicken.
• Service with broccoli.
  

Baked Chicken Rice in Creamy Sauce with Cheese Topping 白汁芝士雞皇焗飯

Haven't written an entry for awhile. I have been trying out different recipes recently. This is one of my sister's favorite dish that I have made so far. She told me to save the recipe for later as soon as she had a taste of it. I do think that it is a very delicious Hong Kong local dish. Hopefully, it will bring everyone a taste of Hong Kong.





Baked Chicken Rice in Creamy Sauce with Cheese Topping 白汁芝士雞皇焗飯
3-4 servings
estimated time used: 1 hour

Ingredients:

• 4 leg quarters
• ham
• 2 eggs
• 4 servings of rice
• 1 can cream of chicken
• 3/4 can of milk
  
• 1/2 block of Parmesan cheese

Marinade:

• 1 tablespoon soya sauce

Directions:

• Fry rice. Place it in a baking dish after it is done.
  
• Cut chicken and ham.
  
• Fry chicken and ham until they are cooked.
• Add in a can cream of chicken with 3/4 can of milk. Cook until it is thicken.
• Pour sauce with chicken and ham on top of rice which is in the baking dish.
• Shred cheese on top.
• Bake at 375°F for 10-15 minutes or until it looks golden.

Yes Indeed!

We can now confirmed that they are bak choi.  Apparently, they can grow from roots leftover from spring season, no seeds needed.  This is pretty amazing!  We may be able to put some home grown bak choi on the  dinner table during my parents visit. 

More Bak Choy??!

Finally pulled out our dead spring crops as we harvested the seeds.  Then I found some seedlings in the planters.  They look like they could be bak choy since some of them were attached to the dead ones I pulled out.  We would be super excited if that's the case.  And now we wait...

From Cooking Possibilities

Garden Update

It has been a LONG time since I blog about our garden. 
Check out our first tomato!  Learning from last year's experience, we harvested it before it became bright red, before the ants started eating it. 

And our bak choy seeds are finally ready!  We've been waiting for a long time for the pods to turn light brown (see pic below).  We collect a lot of seeds from our spring bak choy plants today.  Hopefully, they will grow into more bak choy plants for the fall season.  we'll probably start seeding at the end of July.