Ikea Meatball

Children love Ikea Meatball. I decided to make one by myself. But it turned out not so successful.

"It tastes like Chinese Dumpling." My daughter complained, though she is a lover of Chinese dumpling.

"It is kind of funny, not authentic." anyone commented.

I guess, everything, must has to be "uniquely right"

I searched IKEA meatball receipt, here we are:

Recipes


Meatballs with Cream Sauce

How to make your own meatballs:

Ingredients:
250gm minced beef
250gm minced pork
1 egg
200-300ml cream and water (or milk and water)
2.5 tbsp. finely-chopped onion
50ml unsweetened rusk flour
2 cold boiled potatoes
4-5 tbsps butter, margarine or oil
Salt and pepper

Instructions:

Heat the onion till golden in a couple of tablespoons of lightly browned butter.
Mash the potatoes and moisten the rusk flour in a little water.
Mix all the ingredients until there is consistency and flavour generously with salt, white pepper and (optional) a little finely crushed allspice.
Use a pair of spoons to shape the mixture into relatively large, round balls and transfer to a floured chopping board.
Fry them slowly in plenty of butter.

How to make the cream sauce:

Ingredients:
100ml cream
200ml beef stock
Chinese soya sauce
1 tbsp white flour
Salt, white pepper


Instructions:
Swirl the boiling water or beef stock in a pan.
Add cream and thicken with white flour if preferred.
Season well with salt and pepper.
Serve the meatballs with the sauce, freshly boiled potatoes, uncooked lingonberry jam and salad. There you have the perfect Swedish meal!

So you gotta to figure out "knowhow", plus practicing, then you will get perfect Meatballs.

Kaya Making

We are the family who loves Kaya, that makes us one mile closer to Singapore, doesn't it. My children love it, my husband loves it, even I love it.

So....after constantly consuming two 500ml kaya bottles per week, I am brooding to "home-make". It is surely healthier, more economic....and, if I am lucky, maybe taster!

I can almost imagine the praises from my children flooring to me, "Wow, mummy, you made it!"

First step, Google, "Kaya making", easy-busy-lemon squeeze.

this is one I decided to use http://www.makantime.com/kaya.htm

Second step, find a day when baby sleeps longer, get all ingredients, eggs, sugar and coconut milk.

Then, I followed the receipt, which I am good at.:)

After an hour of no-sweet labor, my two cans of "home made" Kaya was "proudly" produced...except... the color was bit funny, and jam was a bit cuddled... but it does taste like Kaya, I assure you.

The next day, I shyly offered my kaya to my children.

"What is this? Mum?" with the ascending tone, grammatically correct though.

"It is Kaya, I made it!" I spoke loudly

"It doesn't look like Kaya."

"But it tastes like one. Try it."

"Yiiiii, No thanks."

Moment later, my husband entered into kitchen. I kept quiet, but he discovered the kaya bottle.

"What is ?" He asked

"Kaya, I made it." I said quickly, much lower volume this time.

"Enmmm, interesting." He took the jam, spreading on his bread, with some difficulties, of course. Then he had a bite.

"Ennmmmmm, delicious." He exclaimed, I know it, as he always does.

Moment later, I returned kitchen, to my horror, my home made kaya was half gone.

"Oh, dear, you don't have to eat that much to show me that you love me." I was really moved.

"But, I really like it!" My dear husband.

The next project, how to make kaya, which is not only taste like one, but looks like one too.!

Noah Bakes Muffins

Noah came home one day with a homework sheet in hand, "Mum, I have to cook something nice and healthy. you must help me, and take picture of me doing the work."

"What can you do?" I asked him.

"No, not what I can do, what can you do? because you have to help me."

Ok, sounds like a homework for mummy!

So we did the following, and hopefully his teacher likes it....