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~ Bangers and Cheese Fettucini

Adapted from:

Tiff =p

Description:

Crispy sausage rounds, juicy tomato cubes and smooth pasta smothered in a velvety fragrant cheesy sauce~

Ingredients (serves 1):
100 g fettucini
1 tbsp oil
2 cloves garlic
2 tbsp flour
400 ml milk
2 sausages, sliced
1 tomato, deseeded and diced
2 slices low-fat processed cheese
1/2 tsp black pepper

Directions:

1) Cook fettucini in salted water till al dente. Drain and reserve some liquid, around 1 C.
2) In a saucepan, sautéed garlic and sausages in oil for 5 min till brown. Set aside.
3) Introduce the flour to the saucepan, followed by milk. Whisk well to ensure no lumps.
4) Once the sauce is bubbling, add in the sausages and tomato. Season with pepper, add one slice of cheese and add pasta liquid if the sauce is too thick.
5) Toss the pasta with the sauce and don with remaining crumbled cheese.

Remarks:

This pasta is made as a quick lunch for my bro. He sort of fancied it, but felt that it didn't match up to the standard set by the recipe utilising Campbell soup. Oh well, kids nowadays do not know how to differentiate the good stuff from the bad.

I only tasted part of the sauce remaining on the saucepan, it was delectable :) Even better than Campbell's.

~ Chocolate Tofu Pudding

Adapted from:

Tiff =p

Description:

A yummy tofu breakfast that is kind to your tastebuds and health :)

Ingredients:

1 pkt silken tofu (300g), well drained
1 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp instant oatmeal
1 tbsp honey
2 tbsp milk

Directions:

1) Blend tofu, cocoa powder and oatmeal together, and steam the mixture for 10 min.
2) Mix honey and milk together to get a syrup.
3) Serve the pudding topped with the honey milk syrup, warm or chilled.

Remarks:

I wasn't really sure to call it a pudding or porridge or poop =x It looked really messy and gooey, but hmmm it tasted right for me! The tofu was well-masked by the chocolatey taste (put more than 1 tbsp for dark dark chocolatey taste), and saccharine mixture of milk (reduce to 1 tbsp for a thicker syrup) and honey sealed the deal with a sweet finish! Anyhow, the pudding was rather chunky resulting in a oatmeal-like texture as my blender was spoilt so I had to manually force the tofu through a small sieve to attain its current state. A blender is definitely on my shopping list.

I chilled some portion as well, and it turned out to be thicker:

~ Instant Pasta

Today I wasn't prepared to make dinner myself so I just cooked pasta in water seasoned with Myojo instant noodle soup base, and tossed in lettuce, tomato, frozen mixed veggies and egg :) The soup tasted weird with the nutty taste of the wholemeal spaghetti, but overall still acceptable for me since it's a healthy meal!

~ Sugared Orange Rind

Adapted from:

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Description:

Orange rind candy~

Ingredients:

1 C water
1 C sugar
Rind of 1 orange

Directions:

1) Blanch the rind of 1 orange for 10 min. Pour away the water and add in cold water.
2) Blanch 3 times in total.
3) Using a spoon, scrap off the pith but take care not to spoil the external peel.
4) Cut the rind into 1" strips.
5) Dissolve the sugar in water and add in the rind. Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 1/2 hour, till water has evaporated.
6) Spread out the rind on a plate and store in airtight container when cool.

Remarks:

I am G.R.E.E.D.Y! Added too much sugar and boiled till the rinds turned out like stones and stuck to the teeth like glue! =/ Mum couldn't stop eating them though, and finished most of them the next day (the orange rind softened and were more chewy)

I made the mistake of placing the hot orange rind on tempura paper and they got stucked to paper. I had a hard time peeling them off the paper and some of the paper got attached to the sugared rinds. Almost wanted to throw them away when the microwave appliance came into mind and yeah, my efforts were not wasted :)

I bought rolled oats not long ago, and am enjoying its chunky goodness with oatmeal and wheatgerm:

Ok fine, it looks the same as my usual mushy oatmeal.