Baked Mussels in Tomato Sauce with Cheese 帕斯塔番茄酱加芝士烤青口

I was trying to clear whatever I have in the fridge and in my store before we move house to make thing easier. This was a combination of (frozen) mussels, a can of tomato base pasta sauce and mozzarella cheese which was exactly what I had and wanted to clear.

It's an easy dish. Almost an instant dish. You could have it with pasta but I had it with bread, a la chilli crab. :P

Ingredients:

• 10 Frozen Mussels
• 2/3 - 1 can Campbell's Prego Tomato Base Pasta Sauce
• 1 handful Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• Salt and Ground Black Pepper to taste
• Sprinkle of Dried Parsley (optional)

How to do it:

1. Steam mussels for 2 minutes.
2. Drain and set in an oven proof dish.
3. Pour Pasta sauce over.
4. Season with salt and ground black pepper.
5. Give it a toss.
6. Top with Mozzarella Cheese.
7. Bake at 190C for 10 minutes or till sauce bubbles and cheese has melted.
8. Sprinkle on some Parmesan Cheese if you like and serve immediately with pasta or bread.

Chocolate Chips Cupcakes 巧克力粒小蛋糕

I'm back, finally!

If you are wondering what's with the long absence, we have been busy looking for a new place! Renovation was hell for us as we did not engage an ID or a main contractor. We did all the planning, designing, sourcing, etc, on our own. Hence, we have different contractors for different jobs and we had to oversee and co-ordinate the whole renovation works ourselves. Thank God it's all over now and we have settled in our new home, for just a month.

Hopefully, blogging will be more regular from now, that is, after I find time figuring out all the new changes in Blogger.  Looks like Blogger has undergone a lot of changes too while I was gone. Anyway, all the photos of my posts from 2006 to 2007 have gone missing and I'm not getting any help from Blogger on how to get them back. I guess I have no choice but to upload them again. It's not going to be an easy job cos there are more than 300 photos of them. I have to download them from my backup at another site, one at a time and upload them back here one at a time. -_-|||

While I'm at it, enjoy this simple cupcake. ^_^

Ingredients:

• 220g Butter, soften
• 200g Caster Sugar
• 4 Eggs
• 220g Self Raising Flour
• 200g Chocolate Chips, more if you like (I used raisin for some batter)

How to do it:

1. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
2. Add one egg at a time and continue beating.
3. Add in flour and beat well till mixture is smooth and pale.
4. Fold in the Chocolate Chips till combined.
5. Spoon batter into muffin cup.
6. Bake for 20 minutes in preheat oven at 180C.
7. Cool on rack.