Martie Missus Mommy

12/10/2018

Some holiday baking.

11/30/2018

Sadly, I am announcing that I will be deleting this page in a week’s time. As you can already tell, I’m in the midst doing a bit of “rebranding”. I am changing all my social media handles from the current ‘Martie Missus Mommy’ to ‘Pastries and Things’ (or a variation thereof with ampersands and abbreviations). I’ve been able to do so with all my other social media accounts....except here. I submitted a name change on this account, but it’s not approved, even after an appeal. Facebook says ‘Pastries and Things’ will confuse my followers and it will affect the traffic to my page. I don’t understand why they are so concerned with my analytics. But this is proving to be more difficult than I expected, and I really don’t wan to waste my time fighting them. Hence, I will be deleting this page in one week.

Please follow me at my other accounts:
Http://pastriesnthings.wordpress.com
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Thank you again for all your continued support.

10/16/2018

Mom and dad found this purple yam sticky rice ball (mochi) 紫薯糯米糍recipe. So I decided to give it a try and make my own version. They were super easy to make and delicious if you like chewy foods.





#紫薯

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Ingredients:
200 grams purple yam (紫心番薯）
60 grams glutinous rice flour（糯米粉）
Suitable amount of water
Suitable amount of desiccated coconut
65 grams of lotus seed paste (for filling)（蓮蓉）

Method:
1. Cook the yams until tender. Remove the skin and mash the yams until smooth.
2. Add the rice flour in stages as you knead the mixture together to form a pliable dough. If the dough feels dry, sprinkle some water to moisten. If dough feels to wet, continue to add rice flour bit by bit.
3. When dough is done, divide it up into 10-12 equal pieces.
4. Divide the lotus seed paste into 10-12 equal pieces.
5. Using your thumb, create an indentation on a piece of dough and put in a piece of lotus see paste and “wrap” the seed paste up with the dough and roll into a ball.
6. In a pot, boil some water in medium heat and drop the rice balls in. Let them cook until they float to the surface. Careful not to overcrowd the pot with too many rice balls at once.
7. Once the rice balls are cooked, dry them slightly with paper towels and roll them over some desiccated coconut. Done and enjoy!

10/09/2018

No turkey 🦃 dinner this year, but made these baked 🍎 🍩 instead. 🇨🇦

10/06/2018

Saturday morning. Pancakes 🥞

09/26/2018

Trying out different types of bread using what I have available at home. I’ve always liked using tangzhong in my bread recipes. So, when I found out I had an abundance of pure organic sesame powder at home, I Googled around to see what recipes I can find and found this one. It was exactly what I was looking for. This recipe is from the site The Tart Tart (http://www.thetarttart.com/2013/07/black-sesame-bread/). It turned alright. The inside was slightly wetter than I wanted, but I figure I can bake it a bit longer next time. My youngest really likes it.

09/24/2018

Wishing everyone an early Happy Mid-Autumn Festival 預祝大家中秋節快樂🎑
#中秋節 #月餅 #自家製
This homemade moo cake is a recipe from and the filling is a store-bought lotus seed paste with an egg yolk custard recipe from @ Vancouver, British Columbia

09/13/2018

Anniversary Japanese Cheesecake.

09/11/2018

Walked by the installation in this afternoon. Love it. I love seeing these art installations pop up around the city, as it’s a reminder that there should always be room for art and culture in our daily lives.

09/10/2018

09/10/2018

Dinner with the kiddies. Yes, we let them play with their “devices” during mealtime. 😬 But, who’s judging, right?🤷🏻‍♀️

09/06/2018

A little round-up of some of the baking I did the weekend before going back to school.