~ Dessert Crepes

Taken from:
Allrecipes

Description:
Fragrant versatile crepes for every occasion!

Ingredients:
1 C flour
4 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tbsp butter, melted
5 tsp sugar
2/3 C milk
1 tsp vanilla

Directions:
1) Blend all till smooth in a blender.
2) Ladle an appropriate amount onto a greased pan, and cook on medium heat till the top is dry. Flip over and cook the bottom till brown. Serve warm or stack the crepes on each other with a kitchen towel in-between.

Remarks:

Yummy! These smelled great, tasted fantastic and were a snap to make! We made them into savoury brocolli mushroom and cheese crepes,

sweet fruits and nutella crepes,

and durian crepes!

~ Toasted Wheatgerm

Toasted them for 5 min, and stirred constantly to prevent burning. Keep a close eye on them - they burn fast!

~ Carroty Tomato Soup

Taken from:
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Description:
Plumy and carroty soup for a beta-carotene and lycopene boost!

Ingredients:
1 medium tomato, diced
1 medium carrot, chopped into chunks
1 tsp wheatgerm
Salt (optional)

Directions:
1) Fill the bottom of a sauce pan with a thin layer of water and add in tomato and carrot. Simmer till most of the liquid has evaporated.
2) Top with wheatgerm.

Remarks:

Most vegetables lose their nutrients if they are cooked. But not for carrots and tomatoes. By cooking, their major nutrients (beta-carotene and lycopene respectively) are being liberated from the fibre matrix for better absorption.

It was a wrong move to add the raw wheatgerm which spoilt the sweet plumy taste. Toasted wheatgerm would seem better in this case.

~ Sweet Potato Soup

Taken from:
Dad's

Description:
Traditional sweet potato 甜汤 - 吃在嘴里，甜在心里!

Ingredients:
3 small sweet potatoes, skinned and diced
1/2 C rock sugar
1 knob ginger
Bunch of pandan leaves
1 L water
1 tbsp mini sago

Directions:
1)Boil pandan leaves and ginger in 1L water till fragrant (around 10 min) before adding in the sweet potatoes.
2) Bring to boil, and simmer till potatoes are soft but firm.
3) Dissolve rock sugar in the broth first, and then add in the sago.
4) Simmer till sago is no longer opaque. Serve warm.

Remarks:

Despite the fact that the sweet potatoes were really sweet, the dessert seemed to pale in comparison to the ones Dad make. The broth can be made spicier with more ginger or sweeter with sugar to one's taste.

~ Berry Nice Yoghurt Smoothie

Taken from:
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Description:
Sweet strawberries and creamy milk blended with berry yoghurt for a chilled luscious smoothie~

Ingredients:
1 C (150 g) mixed berries yoghurt, frozen
1 C milk
1 tbsp ribena
1/4 C ice
5 strawberries, destemed

Directions:
1) Place all in the blender and pulse till smooth. Serve immediately.

Remarks:

Use frozen milk and omit the ice for a thicker smoothie.

And photograph immediately after blending!