super-fluffy wholemeal pancakes.

Happy Sunday morning!

Since this is a long weekend, i'm having so much fun at home with my nephew and niece and get the chance to cook something again. This time i want to try a super-fluffy wholemeal pancakes recipe from Best Recipes.

All you need:

• 3/4 cup wholemeal flour
• 1 tbsp soft brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs

Method:

1. Mix together dry ingredients in a bowl
2. Make a well in the centre, add eggs and buttermilk
3. Whisk until smooth
4. Pour a quarter cup of mixture into a non-stick frying pan brushed with a little bit of oil
5. When bubbles appearand the edges start to dry, flip over and cook on the other side
6. Serve warm with you choice of toppings. This time i use powdered sugar, butter, honey, and bananas.

Enjoy your lovely breakfast!

spaghetti meatballs.

Another weekend recipe to make at home. Easy, delicious, but not quite healthy, haha. I made this for approximately 3 to 4 people.

All you need:

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 pack already made spaghetti sauce (yeah, too lazy)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 2 cups beef stock
• 1/2 package angel hair spaghetti pasta
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 tsp oregano
• salt and pepper

How to make:

1. Heat olive oil in a large pan. Add garlic and onion and cook until lightly browned.
2. Stir in spaghetti sauce, sugar, oregano, bay leaf, and add beef stock. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer while preparing meatballs.
   
3. In a bowl, mix ground beef with thyme, salt, and pepper. Roll into 1 inch balls and then drop them into the sauce.
4. Cook meatballs for 20-30 minutes in the sauce.
5. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil and stir in the spaghetti. Cook 8 to 10 minutes and then drain.
6. Serve the meatballs and sauce over the cooked angel hair spaghetti.
   

honey baked chicken wings.

February 29th, 2012.

You may got bored already because i haven't posted anything besides cupcakes all this time. That's because i've got so many people ordering my home-made cupcakes, so i haven't tried another cake recipe ever since. Well, maybe because i haven't got much time to try new cake recipes. But since i have to prepare meals for my husband, i think from now on to a couple months forward, i will try out some of savoury recipes. Last Wednesday i've successfully made this honey baked chicken wings recipe that i got from cooks.com. Here goes :)

What you need:

• Chicken wings (i only use 6, cut in half so you have 12 pieces)
• 2 tbsp olive or vegetable oil
• 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 tbsp ketchup (this one i didn't use)
• 1 cup honey
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
2. Season chicken wings with salt and pepper to taste
3. Mix together with remaining ingredients until well blended. Place chicken wings in baking dish, top with the sauce and cover. Refrigerate for at least 8 hours.
4. Remove wings from sauce and set aside.
5. Pour the remaining sauce to a small saucepan and then simmer for 15-20 minutes on loe heat. This sauce we're gonna use for basting.
6. Bake chicken wings in the pre-heated oven for 1 hour, or until wings are well browned. Baste frequently with reserved sauce.