Yuu's Food Diary

I don't know what opening I should talk. SO... Let's just straight jump into it. Ingredients: 50g unsalted butter (room temp) 45g granulated sugar / (half-white, half brown) 1 egg (room temp & beaten) 30ml milk (room temp) 1/2tsp vanilla essence 70g all-purpose flour 10g corn starch 1/2tsp baking powder 2tsp matcha powder 6pcs Oreos Steps: 1. Cream the butter + sugar until pale white. 2. Add in egg little by little while whisking in the butter until combined. 3. Add in milk + vanilla essence and whisk until incorporated. 4. Sift in all the dry flour to the batter and fold until all combined. 5. Last, crush the Oreos (left some to sprinkle on top of the cake) and fold into the cake batter. 6. Pour the batter into a floured baking pan (5x3 inches) and bake in a preheated oven 180°C for 35-40min.  It doesn't seem mini in the pictures but it is pretty small compare to normal pound cake though. A sing...

Someone in the house bought a lot of carrots and it almost can't all of it in the fridge. As a sweet tooth of me, I just take one of the carrots and make a carrot cake. Sound healthy but not really. I got this recipe reference from Food Wishes by making a little adjustment.  Here is the link from Food Wishes:  https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2018/03/carrot-cake-so-good-i-make-it-every-10.html And here are mine recipe: Cake: 157g All-purpose flour 1tsp baking powder 1/2tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon powder 100g granulated sugar 37g soft brown sugar 155g corn oil 2 large egg 155g carrot (grated) 113g sour cream 1/2cup finely chopped walnut (opt) 1tbsp floured raisin (opt) Cream Cheese Frosting: 30g unsalted butter (softened) 112g cream cheese (room temperature) 1/2tsp vanilla essence 4-5tbsp powdered sugar(add more if needed) (* I was planning to put it on top of the cake only but something went wrong and I ended stack ...

I've been eating a lot these days, too much oil, salt, and fried food. So, I need to eat something refreshing and light in order to atone my guilty about eating unhealthy food.  Searching my fridge and see there is some leftover kimchi so I decided to make this kimchi but quite a little Kimichi Somen with some vegetable and meat. Ingredients: Somen Ground chicken breast Sweet peas Enoki mushroom Shiro dashi / Mentsuyu Tomatoes Kimchi Green spring onion Sesame seeds Seaweed Steps: 1. Cook the somen according to the packaging. Set aside. 2. Heat up the pan a 1tsp of oil, then cook the meat until well done. 3. Put the Enoki mushroom + sweet peas. Cook for 3min. 4. Then pour like 1/4 cup of Shiro dashi and cook for about 2min. 5. Pour the cooked ingredients to the somen and pile up the tomatoes+kimchi+green spring onion. 6. Sprinkle some of the sesame seeds and seaweed and serve. And of course, if you like a ...

Yes, another one pan "something something" again. I just want a fast and easy meal for my dinner today. So it is not that kind of 'very' delicious type of food but it's okay to eat when it just me alone. I don't know about others but I find it quite delicious tho, especially you need something warm to fill your stomach when it is a raining day.  Recipe: *Everything is just a one person serving A handful Macaroni 1/3 Onion (chopped)  A handful of Mushroom 1/3 Chicken breast A handful of Mixed vegetable 2 Baby Corn 1/2 cup Milk 2 Cheese Slices Salt & Pepper Onion powder Garlic powder Steps: 1. Saute the onion with butter. 2. Put the mushroom, mixed veggies, baby corn, chicken breast & macaroni. Cook it for 1min or so. 3. Pour in milk and cheese and seasoning Cook until the macaroni al dente (depending on the package stated time).  4. In between check if there is enough water/sauce. Add wate...

Hey everyone, another cooking alone time. I saw those one-pot spaghetti videos a few weeks ago and it quite simple to prepare with. In the weekend, I don't know what to eat and so lazy to go out, so I ah.. borrow the method and make my own lunch with just a single pan. My version is kinda bold taste since I make it as simple as I can so if you are a lazy person just like me or you have only a few ingredients I guess you can try it out?  Recipe: 1person recipe 3-4 mini hot dog/ sausage (or switch to ground chicken) 1 ripe chop tomato a handful of frozen mixed vegetable (defrost) 1/3 chop onion  2 cloves of garlic minced a handful of chop Pleurotus Eryngii (a kind of mushroom) 1 person serve spaghetti 3tbsp tomato puree salt and pepper 1 1/2 cup water 1. Cook the sausage in a pan and put aside. 2. Saute the onion until soft, then add in garlic and Pleurotus eryngii. 3. Add the tomato and vegetable and cook it for a minute....

There are two reasons i make this recipe, first, my brother had bought a souvenir from Vietnam - the famous Vietnamese Coffee set. So in order to try it out, i want to make something sweet to match it with the bitterness from the coffee. Second, I know Valentine's day is around the corner, every girl is been busing prepare chocolate for her boyfriend. Well, I'm not. You know why. So, I have come out with a recipe that is simple to prepare with. Even a single person can prepare and eat it he/herself and that is one person serving chocolate chip cookie in a pan, no oven required. Recipe: 2 tbsp melted salted butter (if using unsalted, add a pinch of salt) 1/2 tbsp granulated sugar 1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar (depend on how sweet you want) 4 tbsp all-purpose flour 1/8tsp baking powder 1/8tsp baking soda 2-3 tbsp chocolate chips (roughly estimate) Steps: 1. Mix sugar and melted butter. Mix the sugar while the butter is still hot/warm. 2....