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Natural Drain Cleaner
By Hester
Use the following formula once a week to keep your kitchen sink drain clean and free of soap and grease residues th...
- 1/2 cup baking soda
- 1/2 cup salt
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
Thai Prawn Soup from the Maldives
By Hester
Slice the chili. Slice the ginger, garlic, lemongrass thickly Pound the kaffir lime leaves a bit (do try to get t...
- 200 g (7 oz) Prawns (shrimps)
- 800 ml (3 1/3 cups) Chicken Stock (or prawn stock)
- 2 sticks Lemongrass (a beautiful plant that is easy to grow, give it a try!)
- 3-4 Fresh red chilli
- 100 g (3.5 ounces) Straw mushroom (canned is ok)
- 100 g (3.5 ounces) punnet Cherry tomatoes
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 1 knob (approximately 1 T) ginger (or galangal)
- 2-4 Limes (juiced)
- 1-2 T Fish sauce (nam pla) – to taste
- 1/2 bunch (1/4 cup) fresh Coriander (cilantro)
- 200 ml (3/4 cup) Coconut cream (or evaporated milk)
- 6 Kaffir lime leaves
Cola Frosting
By Hester
Combine butter, cocoa and cola in medium saucepan
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 1/3 cup cola carbonated beverage (Coke)
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped (optional)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Spicy Si Chuan fried noodle
By Hester
1. Cook noodle and strained
- Raw Ingredients
- 1 onion, cubed
- 1 small carrot, sliced
- 4 button mushroom, quartered
- 1/4 cabbage, sliced
- 1 medium chilli, sliced
- 2 noodle of choice
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 pork steak, cooked in chinese style and sliced
- Seasoning
- 2 Tbs Dark soy sauce
- 1 Tbs Light soy sauce
- 2 Tbs Oyster sauce
- 1 Tbs Brown sugar
- 2 Tsp Siracha
- 1 Tbs Minced garlic
- 1 Tbs sesame oil
- 2 Tsp vinegar
- 3 Tbs Si Chuan spicy chilli oil
Tres Leches Cake
By Hester
Tres Leches means ”three milks” and is a reference to the three types of diary used to make this dessert: conde...
- 3/4 cup of butter
- 1 1/2 cup of sugar
- 9 eggs
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (can be substituted with vanilla sugar)
- 2 cups of wheat flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1 cup of milk (fresh or evaporated)
- 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar (potassium hydrogen tartrate) or 1 teaspoon of white vinegar
- 2 cups of heavy whipping cream
- 5 ounces of evaporated milk
- 14 ounces of sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups of heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup of sugar
Oven-Fried Zucchini Sticks
By Hester
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
- 1/2 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon basil
- 1/2 teaspoon parsley
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon paprika
- 2 medium zucchini (12 oz.)
- 1 Tbsp. Olive Oil
- 2 tsp water
Christmas Coal Candy
By Hester
Coal candy is perfect for those on your naughty and nice list
- 1:
- 1 1 1 egg white
- 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 cups powdered sugar divided, plus a little extra might be needed for thickening purposes
- 1 1/2-2 1 1/2-2 1/2-2 tsp. black gel food coloring such as Wilton brand
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 tsp. lemon juice
- 1 1. 1 Whisk together 1 cup of the powdered sugar along with the remaining ingredients in a medium bowl.
- 3 3. 3. Set aside while you cook the sugar (next step).
Rasmalai
By Hester
Rasmalai, translated, means cream sauce
- 2 lbs. ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 pint half and half
- A pinch of saffron
- 1/4 tsp. cardomom seeds, finely crushed
- 1/2 cup blanced almonds, finely slivered
- 2 Tbsp. crushed green pistachios
Onion Soup Mix
By Hester
Mix together and use in recipes
- 8 teaspoons instant minced onion
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 4 teaspoons beef bouillon
- 1/4 teaspoon celery salt
Zucchini Noodles with Creamy Avocado Pesto
By Hester
This recipe is perfect because it’s super filling, crazy healthy and the best part is you feel like you’re eati...
- For the Sauce:
- 6 large zucchini, spiralized
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 ripe avocados
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- Cracked black pepper, to taste