Snow Day at work

Not many people showed up at work and only the "dedicated" employees are here, don't feel like doing work, just sitting back and dicussing about the wheather. What a tipical snow days in America. Good thing my boss is in the other part of the universe.

Cream Puffs

Yesterday was a snow day. Almost everything was cancelled, and we both didn't go to work, not that we attemped to go but o well...*dancing* ...hahaha....We didnt do much but watching TV and surf the internet. He didn't want to eat breakfast or lunch, he said he wanted to take a nap. But after 12 o'clock I was hungry and offered him something to eat, he still didn't want anything. I couldn't understand how a human being refuse to eat in this cold wheather! I myself had a big glass of blended fruits and macadamia cookies and indomie. I didn't know what to do and I felt like baking something. I decided to make cream puffs since he loves em and I do, too, and I want to practice more. So here the are. For recipe http://pennylanekitchen.blogsome.com/2005/07/31/choux-pastry-aka-kue-sus

American Risoles

It is called american risoles because the filling was modified to american taste. The taste is like asian style ham and cheese breakfast sandwich. Steve can eat this as a meal like 10 pieces, lol... and eat them with hot peppers like I do. He brought some to work and his friends were crazy about it and wanted the recipe. One said to me, wita will you marry us? lol...

Ingredients:

Crepes

- 300 gr flour

- 3 eggs

- 300 ml milk

- 450 water

- 2 tbs oil

- salt

Filling:

- Smoke beef/ham/turkey, slice

- white cheese, slice

- boiled eggs, slice

- mayonaise

Combine all ingredients for the crepes. Make the crepes with nonstick omelet pan, try to be as thin as possible. After done making crepes, fill it with the filling ingredients and seal it with egg white. Dip in egg white and bread crumbs. Fry until brown.

Pecan Squares

Ingredients:

Pie Crust:

- 1 cup flour

- 1 stick butter

- 1 small egg

- 2 tbs sugar

- salt

Topping:

- 1 cup corn syrup

- 3 eggs

- 2 tbs flour

- 2 tbs melted butter

- 4 tbs sugar

- 1 tsp vanilla

- salt

Preheat oven for 350F. Combine pie crust ingredients and put it on the bottom of a greased shallow pan. Bake it for 10 minutes or until the surface become light brown.

Combine the topping ingredients and pour it over the baked pie crust. Bake it for about 25 minutes. Let it cool for 20 minutes before cutting.

I'm not an alien

Not much to say, i'm no longer an alien in this country. After 11 years dealing with "you know who", today I feel like I have won the battle, yup..that's why I got the flag! It was a beautiful ceremony, Steve and my mom in law were with me. I was glad I had the wheelchair today becoz it's a big building. But... elevator was out of order! so Steve had to carry me on the stairs, long stairs. After ceremony, we went back to town and had lunch at Bartucci. I ordered Linguini Primavera to be my first meal as an american, and ate em all, nothing left, yes I overate, just try to fit american way of eating...hahaha. The pictures above are not great, I just want to have them for the proof. This is a blessing from the Lord, He has granted me more power and freedom to live in this country. God bless America.

Corn Muffin

Recipe courtesy by Lisa http://aprilisa.multiply.com/photos/album/26

Ingredients:

250 gr flour

1/2 ts baking soda

1 1/2 ts baking powder

1/2 ts salt

50 gr grated cheddar

150 gr corn

200 ml whole milk

25 gr sugar

1 large egg

50 gr melted butter

Directions:

1. Preheat oven for 350F

2. Shift all dry ingredients, add grated cheese

3. In seperate bowl, mix sugar, milk, egg, and butter, then combine to the dry ingredients.

4. Bake in paper cup for 20 minutes.

Macadamia Nut Cookies

Steve made these for us. Nothing special about it, but when they are baked in the oven, hhhmm... the smell of the butter soooo delicious, like you are in a cookie shop in downtown Paris... so fresh. No recipe, just made of Betty Crocker's sugar cookie dough and plenty of macadamia nuts.