Familiarly Different

After being a student for the longest time, you start getting used to waking up unpleasantly early hours in morning. This semester has done a 180 on me where my classes only start after 6pm. So after arriving home at 10pm after my lecture and having eaten my dinner at 5pm i felt like something to nibble on while i finished the remainder half of the new Harry Potter book. To keep with the theme of familiarly different i made Chocolate & Zucchini Muffin. Chocolate muffins being the familiar and Zucchini being different :p In my bed i gobbled the muffins while reading my book which turned out to be not such a good idea as the wedge between the pages started trapping crumbs. I read till 6am - my body clock is so screwed up ...

Chocolate & Zucchini Muffins
yeilds 12 muffins

240 g all-purpose flour
40 g unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
110 g butter, softened
160 g light brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp instant coffee granules (the Nescafé type, the stronger the better)
3 eggs, at room temperature
280 g zucchini, unpeeled, grated
170 g chocolate chips

1.Preheat the oven to 180°C
2.Whisk together the flours, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt
3.Cream butter and sugar
4.Add in the vanilla extract and espresso powder, then the eggs, one at a time
5.Mix in half of flour mixture.
6.Coat grated zucchini and the chocolate chips with reserved flour mixture
7. Fold in the batter, and blend thoroughly
8.Spoon mixture into muffins tin.
9. Bake for 30minutes.

Recipe from http://chocolateandzucchini.com

dare i say..
i miss you.
all of you.
i miss melbourne.
i miss baking.
i miss spicy chicken.

what should you eat if you wake up late?

you just wake up, and it is already passed the breakfast time?

and you haven't decided what to eat for your breakfast or lunch?

(mainly for myself... always wake up late one)

an econmic, rich and available in choices of side-dishes for noodle should be introduced to you...

cant say it's supa yummy... but okay okay la...

what do u expect since it only costs AUS$ 3 (all you got are all shown in the picture)...

it is located opposite my restuarant...

so not far away from my house either...

guys... I am waiting for you all coming...

miss a lot lor... =(

blue(berry) days

The skies are blue
I'm down with the cold and flu
There nothing to do
So I'll just bake something blue!

Blueberry Muffins
Makes 6 large or 12 small muffins

• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for tins
• 3 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups sugar, plus more for sprinkling
• 1 large egg
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• 1 3/4 cups blueberries

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.butter large (3 3/4 inches) or small (2 3/4 inches) muffin tins, and set aside. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg, egg yolks, and vanilla; mix until well combined. Reduce speed to low; alternate adding reserved flour mixture and milk to mixer, beginning and ending with flour. Remove bowl from mixer; gently fold in berries by hand. Divide batter among muffin tins; sprinkle generously with sugar. Bake until light golden, about 45 minutes for large muffins, about 30 minutes for small muffins. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pan; transfer to wire rack, and let cool completely.

Recipe from Martha Stewart.