Fried Spagetti with Spinach Japanese Style

Over the weekends especially Saturday or Sunday afternoon,  I seriously do not know what to cook. Or too lazy to cook. But we still need to eat & fill up the stomach. We just need something quick & comfort- PASTA!!

My kid says the pasta with tomato sauce ...again? =.=
Fine. Mummy cook stir fry pasta, simple ingrediants & extremely satisfying.

Simple ! Simple! Simple!

Serving for 2:
200 g dry pasta (cook as per package instructions- 1 min less than al dente)
3 slices of bacon (cut into pcs)
some minced garlic (load more if you love garlic)
2 stalk of spinash (wash & cut into 1 inch lenght)
some japanese muchroom or any fresh muchroom (optional)
1tbsp Japanese soy sauces
1tbsp sake
1tbsp mirin
olive oil
Probably half a cup of pasta water or less

Method:
1) Fry olive oil with garlic, add in the bacon & muchroom. Fry for 2 mins.
2) Add in spinach. Stir fry for 1 min,
3) Add in cooked pasta with soy sauces + sake+ mirin & some pasta water. Stir fry for 1 -2 mins. Let the sauces absord into the pasta.
4) Serve & dig in immediately.( I like this the most!)

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Red Velvet Cupcakes & Frosting

To me, sometimes writing a blog is like writing a diary. Mine is a food diary. I am sharing some mistake or fun that I have learn through my "culinary" journey. I have fallen in love with kitchen because I have always believe in nurture my kid with good nutritions make them a better person - healthy & mentally. Desserts are just part of it. Every mum feel proud when their kids tell them : "My mummy is the best cook in the world!!" .Besides, I seriously need to de-stree myself in the kitchen.

I love sharing my baking goods with the neighbours, nanny & friends. Let me tell you something funny happened in this 2013 Chinese New Year.

Amanda was  telling me that she has these new year cookies taste very good & asked us to try. Then, she asked her son where did they bought the cookies because she just couldn't recall where she bought it. The son answered it was from the neighbour's bakery. She was not awared that the cookies was from me.  I handed over to her son while she is not around. I will share the recipies with you later. It is the "fruitcake cookies", which taste really good. My ex-nanny love it too. Kinda miss her also.

Today, let me share with you the RED VELVET CUPCAKES recipies.
Red velvet is a chocolate based cake with cream cheese frosting. Kids & adult love red velvet.
For the cake recipies, pls refer to my previous post:

Rich Chocolate Cake
http://fabulouscake.blogspot.com/2013/04/rich-chocolate-cake.html

Red Velvet Frosting/ Cream Cheese Frosting:

Ingrediants:
1/2 cup of salted butter
6 oz cream cheese
0.5 tsp vanilla extrat
3.5 cup of icing sugar
(Optional) 1 tsp of milk depends on your liking on the frosting consistency.
Some decorative silver balls or food colouring

Method:
1) Mix cream cheese with butter, beat until fluffy. About 4 mins on medium speed.
Do not over mix because the mixture will become grainny. Never overmix when there is cream cheese.
2) Add icing sugar (pls shift before use),beat until smooth & fluffy.
3) Add in vanilla extract. Use pure vanilla extract which taste so much superior.
4) You can separate the icing into a few bowl, add in food colour (one or two drops will do), spread the colour icing on the cupcake & decorate colour sugars.

These are gifts to friends & colleugues for special occasion, my mind tell me..."Christmas".
Haha....now is too early for Christmas.

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