I have never of or tried Chocolate Mochi Balls (most called these as Mochi Bread) before until I saw Catherine share her picture and recipe on Instagram. I just can’t wait to try it out myself. This is another easy recipe to make without much effort. The ingredients for this gluten free snack are glutinous rice flour, tapioca flour, cocoa powder and chocolate chips. All you need to do is just  mix the ingredients together and form them into mini size balls and these can be easily popped into your mouth at one go. It has a a crusty bite on the outside and inside is chewy with melted ..read more

These Peanut Butter Chiffon Cupcakes are a little dense but soft and bouncy and it is not too sweet, just the way I like it. The cake is indeed yummy with a wonderful nutty fragrance and taste of peanut butter. No oil is added in the recipe as I find the creamy peanut butter is quite oily after mixing. The preparation is easy and fast, in less than 15 minutes just pop the pan into the oven to bake. You can even smell the fragrance of peanut butter lingering in the kitchen while baking. Definitely great to serve at any time of the day.   Peanut Butter Chiffon Cupcakes ~ great to serve at ..read more

Making this refreshing Red Bean Ice Cream or Popsicles is easy peasy with only 4 ingredients. They are perfect to enjoy with your family at home. You don’t need an ice cream machine to churn the mixture. The inspiration for making this yummy sweet treat in a healthier version came from Youtube. I saw many recipes using corn starch, glutinous rice flour or tapioca flour and milk.  So I tried with coconut water instead of milk. In fact I made this red bean ice cream twice. Firstly I followed the recipe by soaking the red beans overnight and boiled th ..read more

This Butter Matcha Mochi Cake is chewy, sticky and delicious with tropical flavour!  It’s the easiest butter cake that I came across when I was surfing for beautiful picture on Pinterest. Just stir and bake. The original recipe is from Hawaiian butter mochi cake but you can make any flavour by adding cocoa or matcha powder and I added coconut flakes on top. The main ingredients are glutinous rice flour, fresh milk and coconut milk. This gluten free cake texture is entirely different from the traditional butter cake because of the glutinous rice flour (sticky flour) used. It is crust ..read more

These Madeleines filled with Pear Jam are delicious. The small cake is bouncy with crisp edges after baking. It’s best to serve these madeleines fresh and warm from the oven or to consume them within a day. The preparation is quick and easy by using a hand whisk. Just chill the batter in the refrigerator for 30 minutes after mixing. This will help the mixture more thoroughly and produce a soft bouncy texture after baked. I used the old recipe which I liked and had shared it with you before (Lemon Chia Seed Madeleines). This time I added some beetroot powder to give a little pinkish sweet look ..read more

These oven Baked Potato Pancakes are another guilt free comfort food that are great for a snack or serve as a side dish with salad and grilled food. After I shared the Potato Chicken Stew recipe, I still have leftovers of potatoes, onion and broccoli to make these potato pancakes. These Baked Potato Pancakes are tender, a little cheesy and fragrant. Most of the potato pancake recipes that you find online are usually pan fried but I chose to bake them in the oven for a healthier version rather than adding more oil to pan fry them. I find it is much easier and cleaner to shape out the pancake w ..read more

This comfort and delicious Potato Chicken Stew is easy to cook and it can be done in less than 30 minutes of cooking. It is also a homey soupy dish very suitable for busy moms. The potatoes and carrots are soft and tender, and the chicken meat is pan fried before adding to the boiled mixture. By adding a little cornstarch thickening this stew-in-a-pot is a wonderful, healthy and well balanced one dish meal. Just serve this Potato chicken stew with rice on the side and it’s a perfect meal for your family to enjoy!   Potato Chicken Stew  A wonderful, healthy and well balanc ..read more

These Mini Almond Orange Cakes are flourless (gluten free) and dairy free too. These cute mini bite size cakes are soft and fragrant with the aroma of orange zest and ground almonds. Only 6 ingredients are needed, eggs, sugar, orange zest, salt, ground almond and cocoa powder for  dusting.  Mixing the ingredients is so easy with the egg separation method and only takes you under 15 minutes to prepare. Just pop the muffin pans into the oven to bake for about 13-15 minutes. Then you can start to enjoy these healthy dainty cakes with  your family for breakfast ..read more

This healthy and refreshing Hawthorn Apple Tea is so easy to make with only few ingredients, dried hawthorn berries (山楂干), red apples, water and rock sugar. It has a unique tangy flavour and hawthorn fragrance with the almost melt in  your mouth soft apples after being boiled. It is best to serve it chilled as an after meal dessert or anytime for the day.   Hawthorn  (山楂) helps to regulates blood pressure, lowers cholesterol and body fat.  Also good for relieving for poor appetite or indigestion. Hawthorn Apple Tea This refreshing Hawthorn Apple Tea is so easy to make ..read more

My family loves Ku Chai (Chinese Chives 韭菜）in whichever way it is served, either with fried egg or boiled/fried dumplings. In fact I had shared many recipes using Chinese chives on my blog before and you can search the recipe in the Recipe Index under Dian Xin 点心 (dim sum). Today’s recipe steamed Ku Chai Kueh (韭菜粿) aka Steamed Chive Dumplings is a typical popular Chinese snack amongst the Teochew people.  This healthy steamed Dim Sum or snack is usually available at the Teochew restaurants and can also be found at most local snack stalls.  To be honest, my recipe is not an authentic ..read more