Rice and Coconut

To cousin Mary,,, thank you for gave me this three Homemade delicious preserves jar, I use the triple berry jam for this thumbprint cookies, can't wait to use the strawberry jam and mango curry chutney :) Ingredients : - 2 stick unsalted butter/room temperature - 3/4 cup sugar - 2 eggs yolk - 2 cup flour - pinch of salt - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract - 1/2 cup triple berry jam / any berry's jam Preparation : Preheat oven on 350 F prepare baking sheets pan with parchment paper or grease baking sheets pan shift flour and salt,set aside cream butter and sugar until fluffy add egg yolk one at a time,add vanilla extract add flour mix until the dough start to come together shape the dough into small balls, presh with thumb and fill them with triple berry jam or any  berry's jam/preserve. put into baking sheet about 2 inches a part bake for 20-25 minutes

A slice Indonesian Tempeh, coated with Japanese teriyaki sauce arrange with vegetables and fresh herb, and roll them tight in Vietnamese spring roll wrapper, Serve with homemade soy spicy peanut sauce,simply healthy recipe. This Asian signature dish just perfect for appetizer. Ingredients : - Vietnamese spring roll wrapper - 1 block tempeh/8 oz - 2 tablespoon vegetable oil for fry tempeh -  1/2 cup teriyaki sauce - 1 carrot - 1 cucumber - lettuce - handful basil - handful cilantro Direction : cut tempeh into stick, not to thin , fry them until golden brown ( not too crunchy ) and coat cook tempeh with teriyaki sauce or marinate for about 5 minutes. Cut cucumber and carrot in julienne,set aside,and place them together with basil,cilantro and lettuce To make it easier to arrange on the spring roll wrapper. Pour warm water into a large bowl dip spring roll skin in water for 3-5 second ( one sheet at a time ) place  the filling,tempeh,cucumber,carrot and herb

This baked tofu cheese balls in an experiment in my kitchen, I blended tofu with Parmesan and mozzarella cheese and bake them, serve with soy spicy dipping sauce. I never thought tofu and cheese work well together but it turn out really Yummy  recipe, I already made a second time and will make it again for sure. Today I'm honored to be featured blogger at  Yummly's blog  so please click the link for the recipe http://www.yummly.com/blog/2013/07/cheesy-baked-tofu-with-spicy-soy-dipping-sauce/ And thank you YUMMLY to share my recipe with the readers :)

I made this banana white chocolate muffins for family and friend yesterday morning, the white chocolate morsel adding rich sweetness to the muffins and well blended with banana, I definitely will make it again. Ingredients: - 2 stick unsalted butter room temperature - 3/4 cup dark brown sugar - 2 eggs - 2 1/2 cups self raising flour - 1 teaspoon ginger powder - 1/2 teaspoon clove powder - 1 teaspoon cinnamon - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract - 2  ripe banana - 1 cup white chocolate morsels/toll house by nestle Direction : Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/ 175 degrees  In a large bowl, combine self raising flour,ginger powder,clove and cinnamon powder, In a separate bowl,  In a stand mixer cream together room temperature  butter and brown sugar. Add egg one at a time and vanilla extract Slice banana,add into butter mixture,stir and add flour mixture, stir just to moisten add white chocolate morsel and stir. fill muffins liner about 3/4  make about 18-20 medium size muffins

My friend gave me beetroot's fresh from farmers market, And not long ago another friend share this beets Apple salad recipe with me, so is perfect time to make this salad  :) I thank you both , Pam and Bridget for the fresh beet roots and the recipe. in my previous post  I use the  beet greens  too, click the link for the recipe! for this salad I cooked  beets instead of raw, but you can prepare raw if you like. Ingredients : - 4 fresh beets - 2 green apples /granny smith - handful of chopped parsley - 1 cup roasted walnut/rough chopped Dressing ingredients - 1 lemon juice/zest - 1 tablespoon olive oil - 1/2 tablespoon honey - 2 cloves garlic/ chopped - 1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar ( combine and whisk all dressing ingredients ) Direction : Peel beetroot's and bring to boil about 15-20 minutes drain and let them cool, Grate  beetroot's and  green apple in food processor or grater in large bowl mix them together and add chopped parsley

This mango coconut pudding is my early blog post when I start blogging about two years ago, I just want to re-share the recipe with you all. Mango is one of my favorite fruits since I was kid,back home in Indonesia we had varieties of mango  Good mango when we cut there is no string in it,that what I like, I don't like stringy mango  because is too hard to slice it, and if  too ripe is not good either,the good one is ripe but still firm, anyway it's my personal opinion about mango :) Ingredients - 2 ripe mango - 3 teaspoon Kosher unflavored gelatin / small package - 1/2 cup water - 1/2 cup condensed milk - 2 tablespoon sugar - 3/4 cup thick coconut milk Preparation : 4- serving peeled mango and cut in cube/ slice puree mango in food processor or blender, set aside on the sauce pan boil 1/2 cup water until hot (or microwave about a minute ) pour unflavored gelatin to the hot water stirring really well,make sure there is no lump add

Kid friendly,refreshing, easy and ready in few minutes,  I use fresh raspberry juice and stevia  sweetener for a sweetness, squish  fresh raspberry with a small strainer to get a fresh juice. You will need : - 2 lime - 1/2 cup fresh raspberry - 5-6 cups cold water - 1 1/2 tablespoon sugar or natural stevia sweetener if you like - ice cube  ( In a pitcher  squish fresh raspberry with a strainer, mix with lime juice add cold water and sugar or natural stevia sweetener stir until dissolved and ready to serve with ice cube )

My friend gave me a bunch of fresh beets and she mentioned that I can cook beet greens too, I love to try something new, I sauteed this beet greens with garlic and onion  and serve as side dish for dinner. Ingredients : - bunch of beet greens/ rough chop - 2 clove garlic/ chop - 1/2 of onion/dice - 1 tablespoon olive oil - 1/2 teaspoon salt - 1/2 teaspoon black pepper - finch of red flakes pepper Direction: Heat olive oil in medium high temperature, add chopped garlic and onion, cook for about two minutes add beet greens and season with,salt,black pepper and red flakes pepper cook for another 4 minutes an ready to serve.