Category: Treats

Homemade Bak Kwa (Chinese Meat Jerky)

It has becoming a tradition for my family to make this homemade oven baked Bak kwa, or also known as rou gan 肉乾. Bak kwa is Chinese sweet and savory meat jerky and it is actually quite a must-have treat for Chinese Lunar New Year especially for Chinese in Singapore or Malaysia. By this time

Oven-baked Sweet Potato Cheese Ball

Time to make these delicious oven-baked sweet potato cheese ball. It’s holiday season now and you can fill the festivities everywhere you go. I love these moments – seeing everyone is filled with joy and happiness and meeting more people at the mall or at the grocery store as they are getting presents and preparing

Refreshing Banana Plum Smoothie

The easiest healthy breakfast idea that can be made less than 5 minutes. This banana plum smoothie also needs 3 ingredients only and tastes so delicious. Perfect for busy morning! The key for this quick fix is that you freeze the plum and banana ahead of time. Usually, I would just freeze a bunch so

Blueberry Banana Smoothie

Unbelievably creamy and smooth, it is an ultimate bliss to have this blueberry banana smoothie in the midst of summer’s heat wave. I usually make lots of blended drinks during summer, especially the blueberry banana smoothie, because: 1. It is hot, and I need some refreshing drinks and 2. All kinds of berries are usually

Delicious & Easy Banana Pandan Muffin

My kids love cupcakes. However, I do not want them to consume too much sugar. My solution – muffin. I told them that muffin is actually some sort of cupcakes without the added sugar frosting on top. As a result, they love muffin too! So, today I am sharing this muffin recipe that is easy

Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips

This banana and chocolate chip bread is one of my favorite bread recipes. Whenever I have some extra ripe bananas, I always make the bananas into a good use.  This banana bread with chocolate chips is very easy to make. Moreover, this particular banana bread recipe is so hard to mess up. It always come

Kastengel (Dutch – Indonesian Cheese Cookies)

Kastengel or Kaasstengels is one of my favorite holiday treats in Indonesia. These cheese cookies are most commonly found during festive celebrations such as Christmas, Chinese New Year or Eid Al Fitr. Kastengel is Dutch Indonesian cheese sticks or cookies.  One of its main ingredients is the semi-hard cheese that originated in Netherlands and the