Chocolate Eclairs Square

Our close friends had a cookout today and I had promised them that I will make a dessert for the cookout. Yesterday, I was still thinking which dessert? Should I make a pie, warm dessert, fruity dessert or no-bake dessert... I checked my dessert recipes books and the Internet.. so many delicious desserts.. I cant decide which one I really want to make so I asked my hubby for help. I gave him 4 types of desserts and asked him to choose one.... Oh boy!!! It was the right choice!! Chocolate Eclair Squares!!! They were FABULOUS!!! I said it again FABULOUS!!! This recipe is very easy, inexpensive and quick. No bake, just need 4 hours to chill. I got up early this morning, and start making this dessert. I also added something extra to my dessert.. Chocolate frosting!! At the cookout, everybody enjoyed it specially my hubby. The twins' mom is very picky about her food and I was so happy when she tried and said "its very gooood......" :) :) This recipe is definitely a keepsake. Thanks Kraft Foods for this fabulous dessert!!!!

Chocolate Eclair Squares
Recipe from Kraft Foods.

Ingredients

2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

2 cups cold milk

1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

64 NILLA Wafers

2 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate

Beat pudding mixes and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in COOL WHIP.
Arrange 16 wafers on bottom of 8-inch square dish; cover with 1/3 of the pudding mixture. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining wafers. Refrigerate 4 hours.
Microwave chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min or until melted when stirred. Drizzle over dessert.

Beginning......

Layered.....


(@ the cookout) I snapped a picture before it runs out... hehe...


The twins' mom made this delicious orange cake! oh boi! I brought back some for a midnight snack!! LoL!!!!! :P

S&SB : St. Clement's Drizzle Cake

St. Clement's Drizzle Cake was indeed a delicious cake!!! This quick cake was really light and moist! I took 2nd servings for this cake.. hehe... yummy!! :)

When I found out that S&SB's challenge for September is a cake, I thought why not "kill 2 bird with 1 stone"... make this quick cake as a birthday cake for my hubby too (September is his birthday month).

The other day, I was reading the previous S&SB bakes, I noticed that my chocolate St. Clement's Drizzle Cake is almost similar to S&SB June's challenge; Chocolate Orange Drizzle Loaf Cake. I was really busy and sadly couldn't partake in those few months... hehe...

Anyway, here is the picture of the birthday cake. Its really simple and my decorating skills, I think are terrible!!! Need to practice more.... :|

For recipe click here. Also check out S&SB website for the rest of the bakes... Looking forward to read all my fellow members' blog for this bake.... :)

xoxo

My potato and celery soup!

I like the can condensed cream of mushroom or condensed cream of celery. Usually, I just add water or milk. Easy and fast. However, this time, I wanted to make a little different. I looked up at all my soup recipes for guidance.

The end results....Wow! The soup was incredibly delicious.... I served the soup with toasted bread with cheese on top. Yummy!




Ingredients:
1 small red Onion - thinly sliced
1 Garlic - thinly sliced
4 Potatoes - diced
2 slices turkey bacon - thinly sliced
1 can condensed cream of celery soup
10.5ouces (298g) water/milk
Salt and pepper for taste

Boil or fried the potatoes first. Put it aside. Heat the oil in a medium pan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Stirring, for about 2-3mins or until onions becoming slightly browned. Add turkey bacon, cooked potatoes, salt and pepper. Lastly, add the cream of celery and water/milk. Heat until simmering.

P.S: Today is my hubby's Birthday. I just want to say "Happy Birthday to my better half. Thank you for all the countless love and caring ways. I love being loved by you." xoxo
Check out for my post tomorrow....... :)

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all...

I would like to wish all my Muslim friends "SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILTIRI. MAAF ZAHIR & BATIN".
Although I am so far away from my family and friends in Singapore, they are always close to my heart. I'm so happy that I get to talk to all of my family today. I miss all the Hari Raya food and the cookies and cakes.. also get to visit our relatives and friends and eat more food.. lol..

Since it is only the two of us here, I did not bake any cookies like I did in Singapore. Just a few dishes for us. It was my first time cooking all the Hari Raya food and they turned out great! Both of us were very happy eating good food and having a good time! :)


CHICKEN SATAY ON THE GRILL...


OUR HARI RAYA FOOD.. KETUPAT (Compressed Rice Cakes) AND KUAH LONTONG / SAYUR LODEH (Vegetables in Coconut milk) CHICKEN SATAY WITH PEANUT SAUCE, PRAWN CRACKERS AND CRUNCHY FRIED SHRIMP AND CRABMEAT

THE KETUPAT WITH KUAH LONTONG AND SERUNDENG.

Salmon Cakes

Gotta tell ya...I cooked a lot but I have the tendency to snap pictures of my food and did not post them right away in my blogspot!!!! Just like this one. We had it about 2 weeks ago and now, I'm just posting it here... What a procrastination!!! NOT GOOD!!!!

Anyway, I never had these salmon cakes before so I made them for dinner the other day.. They are great, I am not sure what is it but something is missing in my salmon cakes.. maybe I didn't sprinkle enough lemon juice.... I adapted the recipe from my 'The Seafood Cookbook, Florida Favorites' and change a little bit from the recipe, by adding mashed potatoes.....

Salmon Cakes
Ingredients:
1 can salmon
1 small onion, diced
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp mayonnaise
1/4 tsp Worcestershire
2 tbsp minced fresh parsley or parsley flakes
salt and pepper to taste
2-3 potatoes

To coat the patties before frying:
flour
1 egg, beaten
cornmeal
crushed cornflakes

Peel off the skin from the potatoes and cut into cubes. In medium saucepan with water, bring the potatoes to a boil until it turned soft. Leave it to cool before mash the potatoes.

In a medium bowl, flake the salmon with a fork (I removed the bones although they are edible). Mix in the potatoes, onion, egg, parsley, mayonnaise, Worcestershire, salt and pepper. Form into cakes or patties, about 12 small size.

Roll patties in flour, then in the beaten egg and lastly in the cornflakes or cornmeal or even breadcrumbs.

Heat oil in a skillet. Fry till golden. Sprinkle with lemon juice.

In the below picture, I drizzled my cake with some honey mustard sauce. yummy!