Chocolate Swiss Roll with Cream Cheese filling

Chocolate Roll Ingredients :
5 eggs
1 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting
1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line one 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper and grease and flour lightly.
Separate the eggs. Beat the whites (or with 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar) until stiff. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup of the sugar.
Sift the remaining sugar, cocoa, and flour together.
Beat the egg yolks until thick and fold the flour mixture into them. Stir in vanilla. (The egg yolk mixture will be very stiff).
Carefully fold the egg yolk mixture into the beaten egg whites. Evenly spread the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 20 minutes. Let cake cool for 5 minutes.
Turn cake onto a parchment paper sprinkled with confectioner's sugar, peel off parchment paper and roll cake up with the parchment paper. Let cake cool completely.
Unroll cake and spread with the filling. Roll again. Refrigerate for one hour before serving.

Filling ingredients:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup confectioners' sugar

Blend cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and sugar with a wooden spoon or electric mixer

Peanut butter blossoms

48 HERSHEY'S KISSES Milk Chocolates
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup crunchy Peanut Butter
1/3 cup granulated white sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Beat butter and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended.
Add 1/3 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy.
Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well.
Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
Put 1 inch balls on ungreased cookie sheet
Bake 8-10 min or until lightly browned, in the mean time, unwrap kisses
While cookie's hot, press a chocolate into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges.
Cool completely till chocolate hardens

48 cookies

皮蛋豆腐

1 盒嫰豆腐
2 颗皮蛋
葱
醋
糖
盐
酱青
麻油

Drain tofu. Invert tofu on plate.
Slice tofu into thin strips
Peel century eggs. Dice century eggs
Put century egg on top of tofu
Chop spring onion and sprinkle on top of century egg

Mix sauce
Dissolve 1/2 teaspoon of salt + 1/2 teaspoon of sugar in 2 tablespoons vinegar
Add 1 teaspoon soy sauce and a drizzle of sesame oil
Taste and add stuff to your liking
Pour sauce over century egg and tofu

Serve chilled

$2

Ketchup Cola Ribs

2 lbs ribs
0.5 cup ketchup
1 cup coke
0.5 head garlic

Brown ribs by frying in oil
Prepare marinate/ sauce by mixing chopped garlic, ketchup and coke in a giant bowl
Transfer ribs to baking tray, pour sauce over ribs, leave and marinate if you like
Cover with aluminium foil
Bake at 350F for 2h, open foil for last 30min (be careful, sauce will splatter)

Serves 2

土豆烧排骨

1.5lb 排骨
2 potatoes
2 carrots
ginger
2 spoonful 辣椒豆瓣酱
soy sauce
vinegar

排骨过沸水
炒锅放油, 油热后炒排骨直到排骨变金黄色
加入豆瓣酱, 酱青, 醋, 姜, 一起炒
放水盖过排骨, 盖锅炖
炖到水所剩无及 (~30分钟), 加入胡罗卜和土豆块翻炒
再度加水盖过材料, 盖锅炖
炖到土豆软或汁收干 (~15min)

Serves 6
$4

Sangria

1 bottle Merlot (750ml)
1.5 cup orange flavoured rum
0.5 cup sugar
1 orange
1 lime
1 lemon

Slice fruits into rounds
Soak in rum and sugar overnight
Next day, crush fruits and pour wine in
Add ice and serve

Makes 2L
$9 depending on what alcohol you buy.

Rum might not be a great idea.. too much alcohol taste

Fried tofu with mushroom

1 piece Tofu (hard) (1/2 lb)
1 pack mushrooms, any kind
1 egg
garlic
basil leaves
salt
pepper

Beat egg. Add salt, pepper, basil leaves in egg.
Slice tofu to 1cm slices
Heat up oil in pan
Dip tofu in egg mixture, pan-fry tofu till slightly brown on both sides
Add in garlic
Add in mushrooms
Pour leftover egg mixture in
Salt and pepper to taste

Serves 2
$1.50

Little seasoning used, very natural mushroom taste and tofu's great. Tofu starts juicing out after a while so don't overcook.