Home Sweet Home
Home sweet home in holiday island - nested 19 Jul 2014 :)
Artistry Café Mélange Collection
I got myself this limited edition Artistry Café Mélange Eye Shadow Palette, 8 colours in 1.
It really attracted me because of the easy-to-wear palette which inspired by warm coffee colours. The eye colour formula is soft, creamy and lightweight pressed powder that glides on easily for the perfect application.
I like the fabric-covered compact with ARTISTRY gold plaque. There's a mirror and dual-ended brush found in the compact.
You may purcahse the Sunrise Cheek Colour Duo too.It consists of two pressed powder cheek colour - Soft Mauve and Bright Sunny Coral with a silky touch and a luminous colour finish allows for multiple effects on the face. The formula applies effortlessly for a natural glow.
You may use the Soft Mauve alone to sculpt or shape.
Or you may use the Bright Sunny Coral to provide pop of colour.
Or swirl two shades together to soften the Bright Sunny Coral or brighten the Soft Mauve.
There are many ways to apply these eye shadow and cheek colours. Let me share one here:
1. Using the ARTISTRY Sunrise Cheek Color Duo in the collection, swirl the two shades together and apply to “apple” of cheek and sweep toward temples.
2. Using the ARTISTRY Café Mélange Eye Shadow Palette, apply the Green Tea Latte shadow to inner corner of eyes.
3. Apply the Raspberry Mocha eye shadow to eyelid. Starting from the lash line, blend shadow up over eyelid to the crease. Buff out shadow into crease to soften any hard edges.
4. Smudge the Espresso eye shadow along upper and lower lashes. Apply eyeliner and set with Espresso eye shadow over upper lid and with Hot Chocolate eye shadow and Green Tea Latte eye shadow along lower lid.
5. Apply Café au Lait eye shadow under brow to create a highlight.
6. Finish your eye look by sweeping Mascara in Black over upper and lower lashes.
7. Apply lipstick in Beige Peach to lips for a finished polished look.
Hehe I will share my first trial soon :)
PM me for details if you like to own the Café Mélange Collection :)
Homemade Dried Scallop Pan Mee
Out of sudden, there was a desire to eat Pan Mee, therefore added up having a playful Sunday with flour. It's really not easy to handle the flour + egg + water. Thanks to Mr. Chor lending a helping hands prevented me from making a big mess :p
Here's the recipe for two, hope everybody enjoy homemade Pan Mee. In this recipe I used dried scallops. You may replace it with any meat that you prefer.
Dough material:
300 g flour
1 egg
150 ml water
2 tablespoons oil
Step:
1. Mix the flour with whole egg, while kneading the dough, slowly pour in the water.
2. After the flour is well kneaded, add oil and rub evenly.
3. Cover the dough with a damp cloth, park aside at least an hour.
4. Remember you may rub the dough again after an hour until smooth, before to subject it for cooking.
Anchovies soup material:
100 g anchovies
3 tablespoons oil
1250 ml water
1 teaspoon salt
Step:
1. Wash the anchovies and drained.
2. Fry the anchovies with oil in a pot until slightly golden.
3. Add water, cooked until boil, then cover the pot continue cooking with small heat for 30 mins.
4. Pick up all the anchovies, remained the soup for later use.
5. Add salt to taste.
Soup topping material:
10 minced scallops
Sliced wood-ear
Sliced onion (shallot size)
Sliced garlic (4 cloves)
20 g anchovies
3 tablespoons oil
A little sesame oil
150 ml scallop water
1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce
1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
Step:
1. Fry anchovies, onions and garlic with oil until golden.
2. Add sliced scallops, continue cook for 5 mins.
3. Then add sesame oil, oyster sauce, soy sauce and water.
4. Cover the frying pan, continue cook with small heat for 5 mins.
Final serving:
1 pot of anchovies soup (above)
1 Pan Mee dough (above)
1 bowl of soup topping material (above)
Desire amount of Katuk leaves
Prefer chili sauce or sambal
Step:
1. Flat the dough by hand, make sure not too thick, as not nice to eat.
2. Tear the dough to pieces and boil in water.
3. Take out the floating Pan Mee, park aside to serve with anchovies soup.
4. Cook the Katuk leaves with anchovies soup.
5. Now you may serve the Pan Mee in anchovies soup + Katuk leave + soup topping with chili sauce or sambal.
Enjoy!
Rosemary, Italian Parsley, Thyme Marinated Chicken
As Asian, we seldom use western herbs as cooking ingredient. But I find it wonderful to explore western herbs, as the taste always give surprise.
Over the weekend, I broiled chicken drumsticks with Rosemary, Thyme and Italian Parsley.
I wish to have stronger herbs taste, hence day before I marinated the chicken drumsticks with below:
1 pack Italian Parsley
1 pack Thyme
5 Rosemary leafs
1/2 lemon juice
3 tbsp olive oils
1 tbsp melted salted butter
Let it overnight in refrigerator.
And the next day:
1. Let the chicken drumsticks back to room temperature.
2. Preheat the oven, 180C.
3. After that broil the chicken drumsticks @ 200C for 15 minutes. Or longer if you prefer more brownish finishing.
4. Flips the chicken drumsticks after 8 minutes. So that both sides broiled evenly.
5. Done!
Hope you enjoy this recipe!
Penang One Stop Home Renovation Service Provider
Excited moment, as counting down to obtain house key in month of Jun. Now actively looking for home renovation company in Penang...will try to engage few service provider to do quotation and get a good price!Sharing this few service providers with you:
Seng Huat Furniture Center
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seng-Huat-Furniture-Centre-Penang/222693017858878
Cucina Kitchen & Wardrobe
Website: http://cucina.com.my/
CML Furniture
Website: http://cml-furniture.com/
WL Chong Renovation & Furniture
Website: http://site.wlchongrenov.com/main/3172/index.asp?pageid=22724&t=welcome-to-wl-chong-renovation--furniture-
Kitchen cabinet drawing from Seng Huat
Kitchen cabinet profile from WL Chong
Chinese Style Steam Salmon
I always love salmon, regardless of sashimi or cooked salmon. Therefore salmon also one of my favorite home cook menu. As always I used to fried the salmon on pan oil free. But this time I try something new - steam style!
Oh yes, steam! If you like to keep the salmon taste at its best.
Very simple...just 1, 2, 3 and 4 steps!
1. Marinate the salmon with little black pepper and salt for an hour.
2. Prepare Cilantrol (Chinese Parsley), ginger slices and onion slices on plate.
3. Put marinated salmon on top.
4. And steam for 10 to 15 minutes. Done!
Enjoy home cook!
What is protein?
I'm so surprise to know that many people have limited knowledge about protein.Why we need protein?
- Healthy Skin and Hair
- Defense and Immunity
- Energy Level
- Growth and Maintenance
- Balance
- Blood Component
If below situations happen, it may indicate that you are lack of Protein.
- Easily fall ill, low immune system
- Easily feel tired, bad mood
- Slow healing on wound
- Poor digestion, poor physical condition
- Low energy level
- Brittle hair, rough skin and less elasticity
My favorite mix berries protein drink :)
Love Lock
Lock you @ Penang Hill
Noxxa Breadmaker: Homemade Healthy Seed Bread
First bread baking experience using Noxxa Breakmaker, which also a 3 in 1 multifunction oven: bread making, oven, toast, defrost and even keep warm too.
It's very easy to bake this healthy seed bread. I just put all the ingredient in the bread pan, put into oven, choose bread program 6. It will knead, rise, punch, rest, shape, final rise, bake and keep warm itself. No mixing, stirring, and mess at all. Awesome.
Here's the recipe:
- Water 1 1/2 cups
- Oil 2 TBL
- Sugar 2 TBL
- Salt 2 tsp
- Dry milk 2 TBL
- Bread flour 3 cups
- Seed and wheat mixed flour 1 cup
- Active dry yeast 3 1/2 tsp
Using bread program 6: whole wheat rapid.
Happy baking!
lost and found
I found the vintage black flats again.
It gives me the inspiration to start writing and sharing again.
We lose ourselves in the things we love. We find ourselves there too.
