Birthday Sunday - Mini Pies and Marshmallow Brownies

Birthday Girl and Birthday Boy (in red)

It was Mirza's and Zara's bithday party on Sunday. We had 20+ screaming, hyper, excited kids from Al-Hidayah pre-school running around JungleGym @ BSC. The kids had lots and lots of fun. The adults could do nothing to curb their excitement but to just watch and hope they dont fall and howl ! :) As hosts, my sister and I served Little Marshmallow Brownies and assorted Mini Pies for the parents to nibble on whilst waiting for the kids. We had party favor bags custom-made by the talented sisters from DearAzalea and filled it with party goodies.

The birthday 'cake'

The partybags
Thank you DearAzalea

The fingerfood - assorted mini pies

The dessert - mini brownies & mini cream cheese bars

Saturday's BBQ - Milk Chocolate Brownies + Cream Cheese Bars

It was a little bbq with fellow colleagues and neighbours.

And dessert was Mini Milk Chocolate Brownies

and Cream Cheese Bars with Caramel/Toffee Topping.

TAKE ME HOME COOKIE BOX

In keeping with Luscious Treat's tradition,

I am proud to introduce our

'Take Home Cookie Box'

for 2010 Hari Raya Eidul Fitri.

(subject to availability)

Purchase two (2) jars of Luscious Treat's delightful Hari Raya Cookies

and you will receive your cookie jars in the elegant little box above.

And once the cookies are long gone, use the box as a little treasure chest to store your priced possessions, trinkets, love letters, your deepest secrets, picture perfect memories..your heart, your soul..It can sit pretty on your dressing table or away from prying eyes and itchy fingers..so that your little sweet memories and secrets are safely tucked away...It will be your own little box of treasures..

Sardine Mini Puff/Pie - Mid Morning Snack

Homemade pastry

Homemade filling (sardine/beef/chicken)

Good at any time..best for mid-morning break, tea, party snacks...or

simply..for when you need some homemade comfort snacks..

Luscious Lasagne - Monday Night Dinner

It was a lazy night for me yesterday.

Lazy nights = Lasagne

This feeds about 10-15 people. Which is just nice for my family.

Nine (9) adults and three (3) kids....and

Lola/Titta/Aunty Ruby who came to visit...and

still had some left for today's breakfast ! 

Can I help make your lazy night a little easier ? :)

Cream Cheese Brownies

Thank you, Azrin..

Fudgy brownies with creamy cheese topping.

FAREWELL...for now - Carrot Cake & Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cake

It's time to move on...

It's time to say goodbye...

Thank you NCheeah for this order..

I hope it added a little cheer to your colleague's farewell party.

Road Trip Dessert - Moist Chocolate Cake

Early Friday morning we all started out on our roadtrip to Alor Setar, Kedah for cousin Nawal's wedding. A pre-requisite when going on a roadtrip is, you must fill up the picnic basket with foodies just in case we get a little hungry along the way. So, my mother made egg mayo and tuna mayo sandwiches, my dad bought chips & kerepeks and I made some chocolate cake. And as always...after every roadtrip/holiday...I will put on an extra kg or two ! :)

Moist chocolate cake with gooey chocolate topping sprinkled with chocolate rice.

This is actually from 1 recipe but baked in 2 containers.

Quick Dinner - Lazy Burger

If ever you find yourself too lazy to cook dinner (which is pretty often for me !)..you might want to give this a try. I call it the Lazy Burger. To make this you need to have the following :

1. Frozen Beef Burgers - 5 pieces
2. Bread (any kind will do)
3. Chilli Sauce
4. Onion (chopped)
5. Cucumber (as salad)

Here's what you do :

Part 1
* Shallow fry the beef burgers.
* Dice the cooked burgers
Set aside

Part 2
* Lightly fry the onions
* Add the diced burgers to the fried onion
* Drizzle with chilli sauce.
* Add salt and pepper to taste

Part 3
* If you're using pre-baked dinner rolls like I did, bake the dinner rolls whilst your frying the burgers.
* If you're using normal bread, once you've done Part 2, toast your bread of choice.

Optional
* Sunny side-up egg

Putting together your superquick dinner
* Spread the dinner roll or toasted bread with mayonaise and mustard.
* Generously top the dinner roll/toast with the diced beef burgers
* Serve with sunny side-up egg and cucumber.

* Easy and Delicious *

If you love bread - Bruschetta with Sauteed Breakfast Beef Bits

I love bread..in fact my entire family loves bread ! So, as part of the Father's Day makan-makan we had at home last weekend, I made Bruschetta with Roast Beef Bits. This is really an easy-peasy starter to make. Here's what you need :

Bread

Focacia

Garlic Bread

or any plain/wholemeal baguett will do.

* I bought both at the bakery at Sunway Giza's Village Grocer. Even got them to slice it up for me.

Tomato Salsa

1 yellow capsicum - diced

1 red capsicum - diced

4 medium tomatoes - diced

4 shallots - sliced

Coriander - chopped (abt a handful)

Lemon juice from 1 lemon

1 teaspoon white vinegar

Olive oil - abt 1-2 tablespoon

Salt - to taste

Sugar - to taste

Honey mustard - 1-2 teaspoon (optional)

* Put sliced shallot into a deep bowl, add lemon juice season with salt and sugar - taste.

* Then slowly drizzle olive oil - mix well - taste again - add more salt and/or sugar if required.

* Put in the diced vegies - taste again. Add lemon juice/vinegar/salt/sugar if so required

* Lastly, add the chopped coriander. Set aside for the flavours to develope.

The salsa must have a sweet, sour tangy taste to it.

Sauteed Breakfast Beef Bits

200 gm of breakfast beef 

2 tbsp olive oil

* Chop the breakfast beef into small bits.

* Fry in the olive oil until crispy

Cheese

Choose between grated Cheddar or Mozzarella or you can use both ! :)

To assemble the Bruschetta :

* Pre-heat your oven to 160c

* Arrange the sliced breads onto a baking tray.

* Drizzle olive oil over the bread

* Pile small mounts of crispy breakfast beef on the bread followed by the salsa.

* Top with the grated cheese.

* Bake/Grill until cheese becomes gooey and brown around the top and edges.

Serve immediately. Then again, it tastes just as yummy at room temperature.

Note : I forgot to take a picture of the bruschetta I made..so I've borrowed from Mr.Google..:)

Heart 2 Heart..its an Engagement !

Thanks Ita !

* BEFORE *

* AFTER *

Little Heavenly Bites - Carrot Cake with CreamCheese Topping

Chilled Cheesecake with Snickers Topping

For my Ayah on Father's Day..

Base : Crushed Milk Biscuit

Body : Creamy Creamcheese

Topping : Melted Snickers Bar

More Brownies..

Chewy Brownies for my friend Zety.

Thank you !

Chilled Cheesecake with Cadbury Choc Topping

Baked or Chilled ?

When it comes to cheesecakes I prefer mine chilled rather than baked.

It is essentially easier to make and does not possess that dense creamy texture that you get from a baked cheesecake. Having said that, I would definately not turn away a slice of baked cheesecake if one is placed in front of me ! :) In the end..it is all preference.

The one in the picture has Crushed Oreos as its base, Luscious CreamCheese+SourCream+Melted White Chocolate as its body and Decadent Melted Cadbury Chocolate as its topping. The recipe for this cheesecake is as such that it produces a cheesecake that is absolutely light in texture and virtually melts in the mouth.