Home made ice cream!

We bought a cuisinart ice cream maker in our last trip down under (btw it's pink!) and its been under utilized... we've made only 3 batches of ice cream so far. The hubs say I "3-minute enthusiasm"..

So partly to prove him wrong & also cos I have a ripe mango sitting in the fruit basket, I decided to make that into ice cream! Using what I have in the kitchen, I made a mango-coconut sorbet. Surprisingly good though! Here's the recipe:

1 cup water
3/4 cup sugar (I mixed half white & half brown sugar)
1 cup coconut cream
1 cup mango cubes
A pinch of salt

1. Dissolve sugar in water using low to medium heat
2. When all the sugar is dissolved, add salt & coconut cream
3. Pour mixture and mango into a blender & purée
4. Refrigerate mixture for 2 hours
5. Pour mixture into ice cream maker

Voila! All done. Note for improvement is to use less sugar, and perhaps use only white sugar. The brown sugar made my mango ice cream look oxidized. Hur.

This is how the ice cream maker looks like. Cute max!

Happy birthday to Hubs!

We celebrated at marina mandarin. All thanks to the buffet lovers contest! Won us a free meal :)

The food there wasn't fantastic but I must say their service surprised me. I read their reviews and apparently everyone complained abt their poor service. I didn't experience that, in fact I was quite pleased with how quick they cleared our plates!

Food wise, I only liked their freshly shucked oysters and salmon sashimi. Everything else is mediocre. Wouldn't go there if I had to pay for it 😁 (yes we cheapo).

But overall it was a good night out :)

Happy birthday hubs! Cheers to a great 2012!

Hello 2012

It's time to say goodbye to another year! (or rather already said goodbye :p ) it has been an eventful year for the world and for me. This is the year that I became missus and a proud home owner! Everytime I think back about the year that just passed, I'll feel that it passed so quickly.. But when I was going through the year, it didn't feel that fast. Interesting no?

Short recap of the year...

Wedding!



New home!



Adoption of kitties



Well these are the key events of the year. There are other interesting events but if I were to list all, think you will either fall asleep or leave the page.. Hur..

Looking ahead, 2012 looks like a year of uncertainty. Many predict that the world may come to an end in dec.. Whether we believe it or not, we shld just cherish every moment with our loved ones.

In the next few days my second nephew will say hello to this world. May God bless him with good health! I know all his immediate relatives will shower him with lots of love :) hope to make a trip down under later this year..

Looking forward to my further studies later this year. Hopefully things will go ahead as planned.

Lastly, looking forward to a trip to France! Hopefully that will work out too.

That's all from me folks. Have a good 2012!