Philips Airfryer

Love eating fried Spanish Mackarel and thick crinkle cut fries.

Hate frying. The smell, oil pops, greasy kitchen floor, stale air, stained wok...you name it, I'd probably have that on my pet peeve list.

Enter the solution to my kitchen woe:

Oil-less. No more fear of oil pops and burns! The frying rack goes into a little neat compartment. Helps me to stay trim too.

Clean kitchen, floor and air. That means more time for the kids and less for follow-up after cooking and eating. 

Easy wash-up (dishwasher friendly). Very important deciding factor in all my utensils and kitchen toys purchase.

I am eager to try frying more in this little helper, as it also saves me from having to fire up the oven. That said, I still love my steamer more!

Do you use one too? Please share your fun and easy recipes!

Day of Arafa'

Blessed day indeed. May Allah s.w.t. accept our prayers and expiate our sins.

Amin!

Self-inflicted Misery

Out came my Ogawa Magic Belt from its resting place after 3.5 years.

Back to commission of being my fat buster.

Pray it works like it did before because after 30 minutes my blubber is all hot and bothered! 

Hot as in warm feeling, the sort you'd feel after a good long warm shower. Bothered as in prickly itch, the combo of blood rush and lactic acid burn you'd feel after a 5km run.

Will duly report on results when I see some. It did me wonders back in 2010!

Now, if only I can stop craving for a snack every night after the kids go to bed...

Love Hate

That pretty much sums up how The Little Girl and Bean are like, sometimes.

How do you cope with your pre-schooler and baby? Do share!

Please Help. Thank You.

I am so thankful my cousin sister-in-law found this link for me. The co-ordinator, Puan Azila Aziz is one blessed, generous and kind lady. 

Needless to say, I have found a very good solution to my housekeeping woes, in a way. More importantly, those who matter and need them will be helped in ways better than that I could have imagined. Alhamdulillah. I feel like my prayers have been answered.

May Allah s.w.t. Bless this project. Amin!

Giveaway: 0-6 months clothes for little boy

The first box is for 0-3 months and comes with mittens, socks and bibs.

The second box is for 3-6 months and comes with socks.

We are also giving 2 Grovia swaddles with car design in white and blue.

You can email me at hannah.zulkifli@gmail.com with your mailing address if you are interested, or know of needy ones, baby hatch or orphanage that may be interested.

I will mail them via PosMalaysia for free within Peninsula Malaysia.

We are blessed as Bean is a tall and healthy boy. He outgrows his clothes, sometimes before he even gets a chance to wear them. Those that were worn are washed and ironed. Bean has no skin diseases or eczema, alhamdulillah! 

Hope to hear from you soon!

Destress

Recipe: Banana Poppy Seed Bread with Lemon Glaze

You'll need:

Dry part:

1 1/2 cup flour

1 1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp poppy seeds

Wet part:

3/4 cup milk

1/2 cup + 1 tbsp. vegetable/olive oil

1 cup mashed bananas

2 large eggs, slightly beaten

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

For the lemon glaze:

1/3 cup sugar

2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract

1/2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled

What to do:

Preheat oven to 180C/fan forced 160C. Set aside standard size loaf non-stick baking dish lightly brushed with olive oil.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and poppy seeds. Stir on low, until just combined.

In a separate medium bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients—milk, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla, mashed bananas.

Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry. With mixer on low speed, beat until incorporated. Then, raise the mixer speed to medium and beat for one more minute. 

Pour batter into prepared loaf pans and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until toothpick/satay stick comes out clean.

While the bread is baking, prepare the glaze. Combine all glaze ingredients and whisk until incorporated. When the baked loaf is removed from the oven, immediately brush the glaze over the warm bread tops. It will seem like a lot of glaze, but it will soak in and make the bread ultra-moist and flavourful, with a bit of a sugary crust once cooled. 

Cool loaves about 20 minutes. Then run a knife around the edges of the pans before removing bread from pans. 

 

Note: You can also replace mashed bananas with grated carrots-walnut-sultanas mix.

Bon appetit!