Deviled eggs

Tips :
Use eggs that are a week or two old for easier peeling.
Rest eggs sideways on the egg tray for atleast one day so that the egg yolks will be centered.
Take eggs out from the fridge atleast half an hour before cooking them.

Place eggs in a large pot. Fill with water. Sprinkle with some salt. Cover pot with tight-fitting lid. Boil.
As soon as you get big bubbles and steam, take the pot off of the stove.
Wait 30 minutes to let the eggs cook.

Then, remove eggs using tongs into a bucket of ice water. Leave eggs to cool for about 15-20 minutes.
Slowly crack the egg surface until the shell is cracked all over.
Place the eggs back into the cold water for another 10 minutes to aid peeling.

Then, peel the shell off.
Place freshly peeled eggs into the fridge for about 30 minutes.

Slice eggs into half.
Squeeze yolks into a separate bowl.
Mash the yolks with a fork.

Mix in ingredients : (for a dozen eggs)
1/2 cup light mayo
2 tsp honey mustard
2 tsp chives (optional)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper

Cut the tip of the ziploc bag. (or use a pastry bag) Place egg yolk mixture inside.
Squeeze bag and fill the egg white shells.
Sprinkle with paprika (or garnish of your choice)

Coconut Almond bars

Ingredients :
1 pack Oreo cookies (approximately 24 pieces)
5 tbsp unsalted butter (melted)
1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz)
4 large egg whites
1 bag (14 oz) coconut flakes (about 5 1/3 cups)
1 cup sliced almonds (can substitute with chopped walnuts)
1 cup chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350F.
Line a 13x9 in baking pan with nonstick foil.

Pulse cookies in food processor until fine and crumbly. Add in melted butter.
Press crumbs into foil-lined pan. (I use a mug to press and flattened the crumbs)
Bake for 8 minutes.

Combine coconut, milk and egg whites in large bowl. Fold in almonds. (leave some aside for later)

Remove pan from oven. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
Spoon in coconut mixture on top. Spread evenly.
Sprinkle top with remaining almonds.

Bake 30-35 minutes until top is set and golden.
Cool completely.
Let it set in the fridge for an hour. Remove foil and cut into bars or triangles.

Lemon cake

Ingredients :

One packet Betty Crocker White moist cake mix
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp grated lemon peel
A few slices of lemon
Powdered sugar

Follow instructions on Betty Crocker's cake mix.
Add lemon juice and grated lemon peel
Bake according to instructions

Let cool.
Sprinkle powdered sugar
Decorate with lemon slices

Lemon Pudding Cake

Ingredients :

3 eggs separated
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tsp grated lemon peel
3 tbsp butter (softened)
1 1/2 cups milk
3/4 cups sugar
1/4 cups flour
1/8 tsp salt

Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Set aside
Beat egg yolks and blend in lemon peel and lemon juice, add butter and milk.
Combine sugar, flour and salt. Add to egg mixture, beating until smooth.
Fold into beaten egg whites.
Spoon into crockpot.
Cover and cook on high for 3 hours.

Garnish with lemon (optional)

~From Mable Hoffmans Crockery cooking~

Claypot Chicken Rice

Instead of using a claypot, I made this in the rice cooker, and modified the real recipe and made this using whatever I had in the kitchen and it turned out pretty good.

Ingredients :

1 cup of rice (uncooked)
1 cup of chicken broth
4 drumsticks ( chop up 2 drumsticks into small pieces)
3 slices of ginger

Garnish :
Fried onions
Spring onions (chopped)

Marinate :
1 tbsp black soy sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp kicap manis
3/4 tbsp mirin sweet cooking sauce
3/4 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp ginger powder
Dash of pepper and salt

Mix all the ingredients for the marinate together.
Marinate the chicken for about 45 minutes.

Place the two drumsticks on a pyrex baking dish, drizzle with some oil and brush some marinate over.
Bake in oven 400 F for about 40 - 50 minutes or until chicken is cooked. (turn chicken over half way during cooking)

Put uncooked rice, chicken broth, ginger and marinated chicken slices in the rice cooker. Add a few spoonfuls of the marinate and stir.
Cook rice. (If your rice cooker is not an automatic one, cook for about 20 minutes or until rice is cooked)

Sprinkle spring onions and fried onions on top of rice and serve.

Note : To make it more authentic, you should add some chinese sausage, shitake/chinese mushrooms and salted fish into the rice. The two drumsticks I made in the oven is just an add-on to the meal and is optional.