Sweet Desserts

Cutie has been very happy lately and life has been great for me. I had a great but tiring week but it's all worthwhile. =) Anyway, since it's such a sweet week for me, let me share with you some desserts.

Panna cotta is an Italian classic dessert which is very simple to make. It's made by simmering together cream, milk and sugar mixing with the gelating and leaving it in the fridge to cool until set. It's an Italian expression which literally means "cooked cream". However, doesn't that already give you the idea that this dessert is heavenly sinful. Well, I just gotta say yes and it's not a dessert you can have it daily.

So I was interested in looking for an alternative in preparing this delicious dessert. Then I thought of an idea, instead of using cream, why don't I use yogurt. Yup, yogurt can be used and in fact it's not sinful and pretty delicious as well. However, I would recommend to use fruit yogurt and not plain one to give it more flavour. These can be served with berry sauce or fruits.



Here is a simple recipe for you to try out in preparing these healthy panna cotta dessert.

2 tsp unflavoured gelatin
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp honey
160gm flavoured yogurt
Fresh strawberries

In a bowl, sprinkle the gelatin over 1/2 cup milk. Let stand until the gelatin is softened about 5 minutes. After gelatin is softened, heat the mixture and stire to make sure the gelatin is dissolved.

Remove from heat and gently whisk in yogurt, honey into the milk mixture. Then pour the mixture into 4 ramekins. Place it in the fridge to cool for at least 1 hour.

To unmould, carefully run a whin knife around the edge of each ramekin to loosen it from the inside of the bowl. Invert the ramekin onto the plate and carefully lift off ramekin once the panna cotta is release. Garnish with fresh fruits and/or fruit puree of your choice.

Here is also another dessert picture of sticky toffee pudding which I had prepared. These pudding was prepared in advance and can be kept in the freezer for about a month. So you can have it anytime you want.

These warm pudding is always best to serve it with cold vanilla ice cream topped with toffee sauce. *drool*

That's all for dessert at the moment. A little too much sugar for me now. hehe... Gotta work it all out this weekend. 'lol' Anyway, got a marathon to run on Sunday so I guess it shouldn't be a problem to burn it off.

Have a great weekend. Cutie hopes next week will be a happy week for me again. I love this feeling. =)

Chili Con Carne

It's been a busy week for me. What a way to start the New Year. I haven't been getting enough sleep and I'm pretty tired most of the time. And what more this weekend I have a packed schedule. Guess I won't be able to catch up with my sleep. Hopefully I don't become a grumpy cutie. That will definitely not be cute. *lol*



Anyway, during that Christmas night, besides fajitas, I also made Chili Con Carne. It's a spicy stew dish made with beef, garlic, onions, cumin and chili peppers. I had never try it before and I heard about this dish. So being a little adventorous, I just gotta try preparing it.



I find that preparing this dish is actually kinda easy to prepare. Basically you just throw everything into the pot and slowly stew it for about 30 minutes and it's ready to serve. Top it with tons of cheese while it's still hot so that the cheese will melt. And then scoop a big dollop of sour cream to be served with it. Yummy!!!



It's a flavourful dish and you can serve it with rice, tortilla, bread or even with chachos chips. I personally love to snack on this dish with chachos while sitting comfortably on my couch watching my favourite telly. What an excellent way to enjoy life?





Anyway, I guess it's time for me to go sleep and catch some rest. Take care to all my dear readers and have a lovely weekend. I know I definitely will as I have something to look forward for. =)