Mung Beans and Pumpkin Tang Yuan dessert soup 南瓜汤圆绿豆糖水

Mung beans soup is one of our family dessert soup. The other day i tried to add some Tang Yuan (glutinous rice balls) that using leftover mashed pumpkin, glad that it turned out nice. The pumpkin Tang Yuan has QQ texture, not bad at all !

Pumpkin Bao with Chicken and Onions 洋葱鸡肉南瓜包

This morning just realized that today is deadline to submit pumpkin baozi (steamed buns) to "Best recipe for everyone" event. So i decided to make pumpkin bao with chicken and onion filling so can be served as lunch.

Pumpkin Bagel 南瓜貝果

Maybe some of you have noticed that i very often making bread nowadays, rather than bake cakes . This is because we try to reduce sugar intake and also my daughter is now staying at the hostel of her campus, less family members at home to enjoy my bake. So i rather baked more breads, so we could enjoy from breakfast, lunch till dinner.

Ah Mah Pumpkin Kueh (steamed pumpkin cake) 阿嬷金瓜糕

I saw a local actor's Ah Mah (grandmother) shared this steamed pumkin kueh in a Hokkien cooking TV program. I know her kueh must be tasty, and I tried it out, it was so good !

Fu Shou Quan 福寿全 (Vegetarian Buddha Jumps Over The Wall ) ~喜气羊羊 2015

Today is Chap Goh Mei (CNY day 15th) , last day of CNY. I chosen to cook this healthy vegetarian version 养生素菜 of Buddha Jumps Over The Wall 佛跳牆 to end  CNY 2015. Recently i got to know the name of this vegetarian Buddha Jumps Over The Wall called as Fu Shou Quan 福寿全, a very auspicious name.

Fig and Pumpkin Seed Cookies 无花果南瓜子饼干~喜气羊羊 2015



My family learnt how to enjoy dried figs from a hiking member. He gave us some dates, dried figs and nuts in order to build up our stamina while hiking. We enjoyed taking those nuts especially the figs which has gummy texture and kids enjoyed the sweetness.
So, I try to create a recipe using dried figs to make some Chinese New Year cookies since my family appreciate the figs. I also added in some pumpkin seeds to make these cookies into nutritious cookies.

Pumpkin Walnut Loaf 南瓜核桃面包

Finally I have used up the big pumpkin ^_^. I made this pumpkin loaf two days ago. I still used my preferred recipe which using cold milk, no egg and less butter. I also added some walnut in this bread.

Pumpkin muffins with Reese’s mini peanut butter cups 南瓜马芬

I got this set of cute Halloween featured of cupcake liners from a blogger friend the other day, so just perfect to use it to bake some fun pumpkin muffins.

Pumpkin Brownie 南瓜布朗尼

My son asked me when can I finished making something using pumpkin? then I told him by end of this month because of LTU event , LOL..Anyway, this brownie even added pumpkin, but no one at home could detected the pumpkin taste ^_^.

Pumpkin Gnocchi with Sage and browned butter sauce and baked beef balls 南瓜義式麵疙瘩

When I was figuring out what to cook for lunch yesterday, seeing the balance pumpkin sitting in the fridge, suddenly think of making gnocchi using pumpkin instead of the usual potato.

Pumpkin Churros with palm sugar caramel dipping sauce 南瓜西式油条

The first time I had Churros (Spanish doughnut) was in Gold Coast Australia, and I also made it at home but it was four years ago. Recently my kids told me that they have so long didn't have churros. So this time I made into pumpkin flavour since I still have a big piece of pumpkin in the fridge.

Pumpkin 南瓜 Ondeh-ondeh



My friend Jane so nice sent me some gula Melaka (palm sugar), my first thought was to make some ondeh-ondeh. Since this month LTU event is all about pumpkin, so I use pumpkin to make the dough and fill up with palm sugar.

Roast Pumpkin and Chorizo Pizza 南瓜西班牙香肠比萨

Yesterday after we have dinner at Bangsar, then we went to nearby Jasons food hall to get this Chorizo which is a new ingredient for me. Today i used this chorizo and add pumpkin to make into pizza. I got this new inspiration after watched the Australian masterchef TV program.

Pumpkin Rose Buns 南瓜玫瑰形馒头

At first I was planning to make normal mantou or steamed buns with pumpkin. While the dough was resting, suddenly I think of the rose shape of buns that I have been wanting to try out. This dough is easy to handle and I am glad that these rose buns turned out so good that it gone finished at the same day ^_^.

Marble Pumpkin Talam / Kuih 大理石南瓜糕

When I first tasted this pumpkin kuih, it reminds me of the corn talam or kuih that I used to eat when I was young. This talam or kuih is best to serve while cold, very refreshing indeed!

Chinese Pumpkin and Chayote Pork Ribs Soup 南瓜和佛手瓜排骨汤

This soup is so natural sweet, can't really taste pumpkin, Chinese says 好清甜 !! Pumpkin is in season now, why not buy some to try this soup out. Hope you will like it ^_^.

Pumpkin stuffed with Chicken 南瓜醸鸡

 



Since this month LTU event is Pumpkin, let me continue sharing dishes with pumpkin. This dish was inspired from a food TV show.

Steamed Pumpkin Meat Bao 南瓜鲜肉包子



This month is good time to enjoy fresh and cheap pumpkin. At first I was thinking to make these bao into pan fry type. Anyway, last minutes changed to steamed type, as I am lazy to clean the mess after pan fried.

Pumpkin Custard 金瓜粟米燕菜

In the recent missing MH370 flight, let me realized that we have to 活在當下  (appreciate every moments that we have now !! ). Lets us pray for all the passengers on board this flight and have a safe return..

The other day I got a small good looking pumpkin from wet market, the seller told me this pumpkin is planted here but the species is from Taiwan.

Chestnut and Pumpkin Bread Rolls 栗子南瓜麵包捲



In order to clear the leftover pumpkin and a pack of roast peeled chestnut that have been sitting there for too long and going to expire, so I bake this chestnut and pumpkin bread rolls the other day. After did quite a number of breads recipe, I am able to use the basic bread ingredients to come out my own bread recipe. I noticed that recently it is so fast to proof bread dough (about 30-45mins), due to recent hot and warm weather.