Butterfly Food prints

Seen @ Butterfly Food

Clicked on Butterfly Food's etsy store

and enjoyed looking at her pretty prints which

are for sale. They are somewhat like the prints

I am planning but till mine come about, feast your

eyes on these pretties {or buy some?} *smiles smiles*

Chunky Vegetable Soup

Seen @ Butterflyfoodie

Chunky Vegetable Soup

recipe adapted from Donna Hay

1 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves of garlic, chopped finely

2 stalks of celery, chopped

3 carrots, chopped

1 tbsp fresh thyme

sea salt and fresh ground pepper

2 x cans of chopped tomatoes (14oz)

1 1/2 litres of water or stock

1 cup of pasta (your choice)

 In a large sauce pan over medium heat add the oil, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, thyme and salt and pepper and cook until just soft. Add the tomatoes and water and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the pasta and cook for another 8-10 min. Serves 4-6.

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I chanced upon this recipe and immediately wanted 

to try it out. It isn't winter here, but it sure looks

like comfort food and something that even I, the non-cook,

can whip up in the kitchen. 

Am thinking of adding some sausages into the mix or 

meatballs. What do you think? 

Happy cooking folks!

Pain au Chocolat

Seen @ Not So Humble Pie

Pain au Chocolat is something that I love immensely. 

It is one of my favourite breakfast pastries especially 

if it is right out of the oven and is piping hot... 

the chocolate just oozzeeesss out of the crisp buttery croissant!

I had a pain au chocolat recently for breakfast...

{ok, it was a chocolate and almond croissant but its close *smiles*}

and by golly was it yummy. I had it with a box of milk {was a tad

to lazy to pour it in a glas, so I slurped it from a bendy blue straw}.

Seen @ Paris By Mouth

The one thing that makes me smile merrily to myself on days at the

office that drag on by mercilessly is the thought of one day soon, 

having a pain au chocolat with B in Paris with an awesome

view of the Eiffel Tower *smiles smiles grin grin*

Although there are some kinks in the trip, I am still

hopeful that we will make it to Europe this year.

In the summer or early Autumn.

Anyways, to all your bakers and baking adventurers,

here are some recipes for the delicious pain au chocolat

for you to try {here, here and here}. And if you would like to 

know more about the different types of bread available that

starts with the letter "P"{panettone, panforte, pita, paratha and 

the likes}, read this article which will surely help.

It's a start of another long-ish week, let's hope it's a productive,

fun, unstressful and blessed week ahead ~ 

happy baking, munching and daydreaming.

Rainbow Pink Cake

Seen @ Bower Bird

This has got to be one of the prettiest cakes I have seen!!!
I just love the tones of pink and the pretty banner on top of the cake.
The size is just adorable and perfect for a girly girl tea/birthday.
THREE thumbs up *smiles smiles*

Remember: "Hoarding & Collecting is not a crime. It is an art!"  

Pantone Edibles

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Seen @ Kim Creative Star

When I saw these delightful cookies by Kim, I thought that they were an awesome idea! I also love the box that these adorable edible Pantone chip cookies come in. Plus the Pantone colour 186C is seriously a rad colour for heels {I have a pair which looks awesome}. Cheers to Kim for her creativy. It would be so awesome to try some of these cookies *grin grin*

Remember: "Hoarding & Collecting is not a crime. It is an art!" 

TWG Tea Me

Passed by the TWG store in Singapore and it beckoned me in for a drink. But we were full and had to rush on by. Perhaps on my next trip down, I will sit for awhile and have a cuppa tea and some of their good looking deserts. Anyone want to join me?

Whisked away

After having the tour of the Empire Hotel ballroom and such the other day, my friend and I had an Italian lunch followed by shopping and more shopping. I bought a dress from Dorothy Perkins and I think some other small trinkets... (I can't really recall now!).

The main reason, besides shopping and hanging out, was to actually have macaroons and coffee at Whisk Espresso Bar + Bake Shop. We managed to locate the small quaint narrow cafe and spied rows upon rows of delicate, round and rainbowed treats, whispering out to us.


We decided that that we would come back to Whisk for tea and proceed to have lunch and a spot of shopping first. BIG mistake! Several hours later, we went into Whisk to only find a miserable green macaroon pleading with us to be bought. Gone were the neat rows of coloured goodies! My friend and I were just gaping at the empty display and felt sad that we had not gotten a chance to try the macaroons.

So, we decided instead to treat ourseleves slices of cake. As we were late, there were very few selections left (Note to all: Go Early!) left but we decided on Hummingbird cake (very much like banana cake but better and richer) and Red Velvet cake and what good choices it was. I truly enjoyed the Red Velvet cake (so recommended!). I also had a coffee, though once again I forgot the name of the said coffee... all I remember was that it tasted awesome possum!

Look at how moist the cake was and 

I just love this rich red colour and the cream frosting.

Whisk is a lovely place away from the Coffeebeans and Starbucks of the world. It is a cosy nook where you can just sit, read, pen down your thoughts in a journal or blog on your laptop or... daydream the day away whilst enjoying delicious cakes and coffee. I would definitely be back at Whisk and hopefully this time I will be able to try the macaroons. Yes, I have never tried a macaroon before and it is torturous looking at photos of this round delicate beauties. 

peanut butter cups

Reeses Peanut Butter Cups are Awesome!!!

{Click the link to read}

Why the sudden post about peanut butter cups? Well am snacking on one right now

 (courtesy of our IT head who just got back from the USA) 

after Christian Fellowship and after a lunch of noodles.

My old friend Shan, liketh these Reeses pieces...

me not quite a fan, but hey are indeed quite yummy. 

Happy Friday ~ 0.5 days or so to go!

This virtual peanut butter cup is for B *smiles*

Citrusy goodness

The music of Sex and The City OST is playing. It's surprisingly good I have to say.

I sip my favourite bottled Lychee Tea and I reckon that I should pack up my laptop and call it a night, but I am somehow glued to the screen of my uber slow laptop. 

Nothing great or grand has happened since the last time I wrote... but then again, I know with a certainty that its these small moments that make up the best part of my life and Praise God that there have been heaps of these small moments of which I am so thankful for. I will post some more updates soon on these moments... hopefully this weekend but then I know that the weekend would probably be packed with other stuff like bringing Belle to the vet, going to a Raya open house in some far away place, playing monopoly cards or poker, watching DVDs, doing my filing and etc.

Btw, I had a craving for lemon meringue tart from Delicious cafe today after work and bless my mother and my brother for going out to get me a lemon meringue tart as well as a slice of flourless orange cake. I never used to like cakes which did not have chocolate in them but about a year ago, I sorta took a step back from chocolate based cakes to try new delights and I have to say I am not regretting this decision.

The lemon meringue tart was citrusy and sweet at the same time with a light flakey tart base. It was so good I swooned in pleasure after each mouthful!!! Really, its during moments like this that I know my life is good and that I am so blessed. Sitting in my jammies, with Belly and my family with me laughing at the telly and me eating mouthfuls of divine lemoney goodness ~ blissful. The only thing that would have made this whole picture more perfect than it already is, would be the presence of B beside me *grins*

Anyways, I should go to bed. I have an event tomorrow, so there is lots to ogranise and am also presenting some slides and stuff. I pray it goes well and after that... well its Friday! Thank you God for Fridays and weekends. Have a good weekend all *hugs*