Archive for February, 2010

Chewy Sweet Potato Gnocchi in Palm Sugar Syrup

sweet potato gnocchi in palm sugar syrup

sweet potato gnocchi in palm sugar syrup

Sweet potato again! I love sweet potatoes very much and my world can’t go on without sweet potatoes…..of course the other one being condensed milk. I like condensed milk so much that I even made my own! Click How To Make Condensed Milk to learn how to make your own. Maybe I should grow my own sweet potatoes…haha.

Sweet potatoes make great desserts. I was really delighted to discover that it is possible to make a sweet potato gnocchi dessert. The gnocchi was chewy and really delicious in palm sugar syrup, drizzled over with coconut cream. My daughter liked it very much.
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Beautiful Winter Scenes In Aberdeen, Scotland

A beautiful swan

A beautiful and graceful swan

It has been snowing quite heavily last week and the temperature dipped to below zero degrees. I really don’t like the biting cold. Aberdeen, Scotland, is facing the North Sea and the wind causes an intense winter chill that seems to pierce into all my bones. It gets worse when the Arctic wind blows south.

sunny but cold

Sunny but cold

Aberdeen buildings are mainly built from granite, making the city particularly depressing during the cold, gloomy winter. So, a big snowfall is actually most welcoming as it lightens and cheers up the place. In fact, Aberdeen is a very beautiful place to live in…beautiful sceneries, clean air and not too crowded.
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Hot Ginger Sauce Chicken

Ginger sauce chicken

Ginger sauce chicken

My whole family loves ginger. Ginger is very warming and it’s especially welcoming in this freezing weather when temperature dropped to -7 degrees Celsius. This may not be cold to some people but it’s too cold for my Malaysian skin! I’ve been cooking soup everyday with added ginger and wine to keep warm. Apart from soup, Hot Ginger Sauce Chicken is another family favourite dish that’s very gingery and delicious. It is perfect for this cold weather and goes great with rice.
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Chinese New Year Women’s Happy Hours

All pretty ladies.

All pretty ladies. Which one is MaryMoh???

How cool it is to be able to celebrate New Year for 15 days! That is what Chinese New Year is. It’s a great time of get-together, food and merry-making. It’s a time of building relationships, especially among family members and friends and making new friends through all the visitation and parties.

My family has been eating a lot of awesome food this Chinese New Year and having lots of fun together as a family and also with friends. There’s still one more week of celebration to go. This whole celebration will end on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, called ‘Chap Goh Mei‘. We had an amazing Chinese New Eve with friends but the other day we had an all Chinese New Year Women’s Happy Hours when all our men were at work. We had lots of food and fun. I think there is more fun when no man is around…haha. We always seem to make our men jealous…haha.
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Condensed Milk Pine Nuts Slice

Condensed milk pine nuts slice

Condensed milk pine nuts slice

Here I come with my favourite again…..condensed milk! Those who follow my blog know that I LOVE condensed milk…..so much so to the point that I made my own. A daily dose in whatever way makes me happy and I’m sure makes me sweeter, too…..haha. Click How To Make Condensed Milk to learn how to make your own.

Chinese New Year is not over yet and my Chinese New Year will not be complete without something with condensed milk. It’s an auspicious occasion meant to be filled with lots of sweet goodies to bring sweetness to life.
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Chinese New Year Eve Family Happy Hours

Table of goodies

Table of goodies

Table of delicacies

Table of delicacies

Chinese New Year Eve is a very important event to all Chinese. It’s the time when family members gather together for the reunion dinner if possible. Many travel home from far to join the rest for this auspicious time. But for me, sadly, it’s been quite a number of years since I’ve not been back for the Chinese New Year. We miss home a lot during this time and so are our families back home in Malaysia.
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Baked Cajun Sweet Potato Wedges For Birthday

Cajun sweet potato wedges with lamb chop

Birthday meal of Cajun sweet potato wedges, lamb chop with creamy mustard sauce and stir fried bok choy

Baked Cajun sweet potato wedges

Baked Cajun sweet potato wedges

I want to thank everyone who visited my blog, and also Joy’s blog, yesterday and especially so for all your warm birthday greetings. You have made my day very, very special indeed. This must be my best birthday so far. I must say it’s really awesome to receive so many birthday greetings from around the world. Blogging has indeed added so much fun and meaning to my life, especially making so many wonderful friends around.
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Mary Moh’s Birthday Surprises

Birthday joy

Birthday joy

It’s my birthday today…yeah!! I’m  a year older, hopefully a year wiser. It’s such a thrill to receive birthday wishes from all over the world. A friend back home sent me a triple greeting….Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day and my Birthday. He called it ‘triple happiness’. I fully agree with him. I think this has been a special and awesome season for me….great time with my friends, lots of special attention from my hubby and children and of course lots of special gifts, one of them being my new Apple computer!
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