Foodie Q&A ~ randomly

Hola my dearie readers!!..

not much to share as I am not feeling well. I am currently under the weather.. thanks to the leftover germs that my three lil kiddos save for me! Just like what my daughter said to me this morning, Mama, we save the best germs for you! teehee.. God Bless you my dear child! teehee..

Anyway, I got few questions to answer from some of you (local) happy readers. Firstly about the macaroons post I did few days ago.. The colourful macaroons or macarons to the French, were bought from a small cafe at the Empire Mall in Subang Jaya. The mall is just next to Subang Parade. You can find them at a cafe name Whisks. They have all sorts of baby macaroons in rainbow colours for you to choose.. and also some delicious cakes and pastries to try.

I really love this red velvet cake above with vanilla icing topping. Superb!

If Empire Mall is too far away from you, maybe you could try and give Huckleberry cafe in Times bookstore in Bangsar Shopping Complex a visit. They have macaroons too.. just tasty as the one I bought from Whisks and wonderful selections of cakes and pastries too die for!

and this photo above, is another type of macaroons that I love too! this is coconut macaroon where you add coconut flakes in the mixture and bake them until golden brown ~ Our family fave snacking treats for the weekends.

and I also would like to say You Welcome Sabrina for trying this Strawberry Shortcakes recipe. I am so glad that you like it!. May be you should give the other recipes from the Farm Chicks a try. They cook and bake wonderful yummylicious dishes..

As for the jams, there is one reader asked me, what kind of jams I used, welp, I have few types of jams in my fridge but Bonne Maman Jams are our fave. The kids love it a lot that I have to stock them up, at least 3 jars at one buy.. We love the strawberries, raspberries and mix berries.. the texture and the sweetness of the jams just right and taste good even on toasted bread!..

on another question about how often I cook in a week? welp, it all depends. On weekdays, after work, we normally will have dinner at my parents home if they are around, otherwise, we will off to our nest, and this lil Fitty, will whip a simple meal that the kids would like to eat, normally would be pasta, pizza, roasted chicken, meatballs, buttered rice, chicken tika or anything that my kids fancy! teehee.. same goes on weekends.

My style, I prefer to cook dishes that I know my kids would love to eat rather that spending so much time in the kitchen and at the end of the day, the kids don't eat much..

and weekends normally include baking time for our tea treats. Oh!, we love our tea time so much, because this is the only time, the four of us, would set the table beautifully and enjoy some pies, biscuits or sweet treats over a pot of tea either at our garden or our living room.

This is like a must.. or more like a tradition that I would like to instill in my childrens' life. and am so glad that they do enjoy the time spent together at the kitchen.. and always lookforward what to bake on weekends.. :-)

Sometimes, we have potato croquette with stew

or Japanese salad with baked chicken pasta

or just like last Sunday, we had apple pie made from scratch..

On the other hand, I am a foodie, so, I like to expose my kids to taste varieties of food from other countries namely English, American, French, Italian, Swedish, Aussie apart from our Malay, Chinese, Indian, Japanese and Arabic dishes as long as they are Halal.

Reason being, I don't want my kids to be picky when it comes to food.. I want them to be adventuress.. just like how my parents teach me to be adventuress with food.. so any where I go or they go, they don't have much problem of trying dishes that they know look familiar or have taste it before..

Oh, forgot to tell you that we hardly do take outs or dining out..
I can count how many times we have McDonalds in a week, let alone in a month..
If we happen to have take outs or take away or dining out,
it must be for some special occasions or special treats
OR I am just purely lazy to cook at home!
teehee, which hardly happens too!

Welp, thats about now. I hope I have answers some of the questions.

Till next post!
Adieu
xo
fitty