Lisa's Lemony Kitchen

I was frantically looking for the banana bread recipe (100% fool proof) given to me by Norbi... no luck... the mind just went blankety-blank .... luckily I found an altenative from Ms Janelle, and decided to try her version of banana bread... not bad at all.... but I must keep on trying to look for Norbi's recipe... 4 ripe bananas - mashed 4 tablespoon of golden syrup (or honey) 1 cup sugar 1 eggs 2 cup of self raising flour a pinch of salt Mashed banana in a mixing bowl then add syrup, sugar and stir in. Add egg, sifted flour and salt. Lightly mix until combine. Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake @ 180C for 40 minutes or until the skewer comes out clean. Serve warm or toast it and enjoy it with butter......

This is a fabulous meal.... especially when the aniseeds and leeks are in season.... one could buy both in market for less than $3 each. And the leek photographed below is only half the size.... 600g white fish fillet 300g smoked fish... I am using Smoked salmon 1 leek (or half in my case) ~ thinly sliced 1 aniseed or 2 baby aniseeds ~ thinly sliced 2 tablespoon plain flour 1 1/2 cup fish stock 1/2 cup cooking cream 1/2 lemon juice 2 tablespoon horseradish cream... alternative dijon mustard pepper 2 sheets puff pastry 1 egg lightly beaten Preheat the oven to 200C. Line a baking paper on a baking tray. Spray some oil. Cut up the puff pastry at least 5cm bigger than the ramekins used. Place it on the baking tray and brush with the egg wash and sprinkle some pepper and salt. Baked until the pastry puffed up. Cool on a rack. Heat up a large pot with 2 tablespoon of olive oil, Add leek and aniseed and stir until the vegetables softened. Add plain flour and coat it well. ...

Love the spuds....... Large potatoes sour cream rashers - cut into strips chives - finely chopped tasty cheese Choose quite a sizeable potatoes, make a X marking on the potatoes with knife. Coat with a little bit of olive oil, wrap with aluminium foil. And bake at 200C for at least 40 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Unwrap the aluminium foil, and push in the potatoes where the X marking was... Option: either fill up with cheese and back under the grill to melt the cheese or just serve with sour cream and chives with rashers....

Those were the days when my mother and her mother would used the freshly grounded spices to make fish curry...it tasted so good.... this is my version, after a quick lesson from my sister.... To make fresh rempah (spice) for the fish curry... ground all the ingredients.... 6 tablespoon of coriander seeds 2 tablespoon of cumin 1 tablspoon of fennel agak-agak... tumeric powder and chilli powder Then blend together with red onion and garlic... and tumis or saute until fragrant.... The rest of the steps ...follow fish curry published on 1st July 2009

Did I mention that Miss E loves to make dessert that is rich in taste as well as rich in calories? Yes.. she loves to 'torture' her parents who tried their hardest to have a slimmer waisteline...hahaha! hmmmmm 250g digestive biscuit - crushed in the food processor 125g butter - melted 250g packet cream cheese 395g can sweet condensed milk 2 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind 1/3 cup lemon juice 1 teaspoon gelatine or agar-agar powder 1 tablespoon water Line base of 20cm springform tin with foil or baking paper Add butter to the processed biscuits until combined. Press biscuit mixture evenly over the base and the side of the pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes until firm. Beat cream cheese in a small bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Beat in condensed milk, rind and juice; beat until smooth. Sprinkle gelatine over the water in a small heat proof jug. Stand jug in a small saucepan of simmering water. Stir until the gelatine dissolves. Cool for 5 minutes. Sti...

A nice dish to go with savoury rice. Serve with papadum and tomato chutney.... 700g mince beef 2 tablespoon cumin seed- grounded 2 tablespoon coriander seed - grounded 3 potatoes - cut into 2cm cubes 1 teaspoon of chilli powder 1 onion - chopped Heat up the wok with 2 tablespoon of canola oil and saute the onion until soft. Add the grounded spice. Keep stirring until fragrant. Add mince beef, and lastly add precooked potatoes. Season with salt and pepper.

Lovely crunchy taste of the wild rice... and very easy to cook. The only problem is... to get the wild rice! Some supermarket may stock up ... but then ... wild rice is imported from Canada ... it can be quite costly ... 450g white fish - skinned and deboned and cut 3cm 1 brown onion - chopped 2 garlic- crushed 1 red capsicum - chopped into 2cm 1 green capsicum - chopped into 2 cm 1 tablespoon taco seasoning 1 can diced tomato 1 1/2 cup wild rice mix 150g rashers - chopped 1 3/4 cup of stock. coriander leaves to garnish. Heat up the wok and spray some oil. Saute onion, rashers and garlic until soft. Add taco seasoning and capsicums. Stir for awhile. Then add the stock and diced tomatoes. Season to taste. Mix everything into the rice cooker. Add fish the last 10 minutes before the complete cooking time. ~sfi tip 1 : for stock... boil the fish bones and skins, Season with salt and pepper or use the commercial chicken stock . tip 2 : If ready mixed wild rice mix is ...

The last dish to compliment my Mexican meal week.... 1 ripe tomato - chopped 1/4 cup of chopped coriander leaves 2 tablespoon lemon juice salt Mix all the ingredients and season with salt. Tip: add corn kernels and a little bit of sweet chilli sauce the complete Mexican Meal....