Weekend Blessing !!

Lamentations 3:22-23

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

Carrot Cake

 

Hi All !
My husband loves carrots cake. This past weekend I found this recipe.  After I read the reviews that so highly talk about the recipe. I decided to make one for Easter dinner. I'm glad that choose this one because everyone loved it !!

I made some changes to the cake I didn't use raisin instead I add the carrot up to 3 cups. And next time I might reduce the flaked coconut 1/4 cup. I top it with my favorite cream cheese icing recipe. Yum !!!

Ingredients:

3 eggs 3/4 cup buttermilk 3/4 cup vegetable oil 1 1/2 cups white sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt

2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 cups shredded carrots 1 cup flaked coconut 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice 1 cup raisins

Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x12 inch pan.
2.	In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
3.	In a large bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk, oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix well. Add flour mixture and mix well.
4.	In a medium bowl, combine shredded carrots, coconut, walnuts, pineapple and raisins.
5.	Using a large wooden spoon or a very heavy whisk, add carrot mixture to batter and fold in well.
6.	Pour into prepared 8x12 inch pan, and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour. Check with toothpick.
7.	Allow to cool for at least 20 minutes before serving. Linking Up : livingwellspendingless

Our Easter Weekend !!

I didn't realize the month of April only one and half week left. We just celebrate Easter for this year. This past weekend my husband and I were looking at our calendar trip schedule between couple retreat, wedding, anniversary and over seas trip then we realized our calendar is already full. We are planning to do most of the trip although sadly one of the wedding we need to eliminated.

My sister in law's table setting

How was your Easter ? Did you had a nice time to celebrate the victory over dead ? Hallelujah !! Jesus is Risen !!

We had nice Resurrection Service at church. We bought this beautiful Lilies through our church in memory of my parents and my father in law.

We went to my brother in law house for dinner. The food was great. Everything made out of starch. My sister in law just adopted healthy habit diet. And we love it !!

I made carrots cake, asparagus and rolls, and macaroni salad.

We found/explored new park close to our house. We have known this park for a while and took a walk often there but there is the other side of the park that we haven't explore yet. So, this weekend we took our time to find out about it. We just love it the flowers are blooming and colorful. The weather just make it more inviting and beautiful to take a walk in the nice crisp Spring morning.

 

I hope you have a wonderful and nice weekend !!

Weekend Blessing !! ( Happy Easter )

 

Luke 24 : 6-7

He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,  saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’”

Easter Tablescape ( Sweet Chicks )

Happy Good Friday All !!

Wow...It's feel I just took down all my Christmas decorations. Now, ready or not Easter is coming this weekend. Do you have a big plan for Easter ? We are going to the church for sunrise service and continue to a regular Sunday service.

After that we are going to my brother in law's house for late lunch and early dinner. I will bring pasta salad, and carrot cake. But I still want to decorate my table with Easter setting.

I'm using my dinner plate set that I bought a while ago. I mix it with white simple plate salad. The eggs place I got them from Michaels last year.

The centerpiece is very simple. I use chicks bowl and put hydrangea silk flowers.

Happy Easter All ! I hope you have a nice one with your family and loved one !

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Steamed Bun Filled with Black Bean ( Bakpao )

Hi all !

Lately, I have craving food from my childhood. I have been watching YouTube a lot and browsing for recipes to make some of my favorites.

Yesterday evening I tried one of them called bakpao. It's a steam bread filled with black beans. This is my version. The original recipe called for mung bean. Since I don't have any of them, I substitute the black beans. You also can filled it with chicken, pork and coconut. This recipe doesn't call for any eggs or milk.

Tasted very good and reminded me of my childhood. Not bad for the first attempt !!

Ingredients :

1 cup flour
1/8 cup sugar
1 tea spoon baking powder
1 tea spoon salt
2 tea spoon quick rise yeast
1 1/2 table spoon melted butter
1/2 cup warm water


Filling :

1 cup black bean ( I cook my own black bean and always have it in the freezer )
1 cup water
1/4 cup sugar ( depend how sweet you want it )

Put all the ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth. Pour into a pot and bring to a boil and simmer until it thickens like a jam.

Directions :

1. Preheat 2 liter boiled water in a big steamer pot and let it sit.

2. In a large bowl mix all the ingredients except water.

3. Add water little by little and mix it well.

4. Cover with a clean kitchen towel for about 45-1 hour.

5. Shape the dough into rolls and fill with 1 tablespoon black bean jam. Make 6 buns. Let them sit for about 15 minutes. Cut out small parchment paper to line the bottom of the roll to keep from sticking while steaming.

6. Steam the rolls in the steamer for about 15 minutes.

Enjoy while they are hot and re-heat in the microwave if you have leftovers.

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Our Road Trip To West Virginia

I hope you had a wonderful day today ! I heard some part of the country is getting a little flurries today. Can you believe that. It's April already ! Today we got lots of rain and thunder storm.

The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia

Last Saturday we went to visit one of my husband friend's and his family. Actually, he is his basket ball coach from high school and now become a pastor in a small country church in West Virginia.

 

 

We were stopping by at the Greenbrier Resort on the way there. No...we didn't stay there :) Probably sometimes in the future to celebrate our anniversary or some special event in our life. The resort is very beautiful and peaceful. It's a perfect place if you want to celebrate some special event with your husband. They offer lots of activities to do from golf, horse riding, spa , and bowling etc. We were walking around and took some pictures. The place not far from high way so its very convenient. From what I heard this resort is one of the historical place in USA. There is a bunker tour that cost around $35 including tax.  The lobby is very beautiful and looks very elegant too.

We were stay in hotel in Lewisburg, WV for free using my husband point from Wyndham group. We drive around Lewisburg and have dinner at this local BBQ restaurant.

Sunday morning we drove to the valley of beautiful West Virginia mountains to visit my husband friend's and attended his church. We had a nice Sunday worship service, had lunch and catching up with each other life :)

Around late afternoon we were drove back home and stop by at this another resort in mountain the Homestead Resort in Virginia you can read about it more here. This resort took us about 1 and 1/2 hours from interstate. The place is beautiful and have the uniqueness as well. But if I have a choice I would go with the Greenbrier because its convenient to drive :)

Both resorts distance just one and half hours from each other.

After all, we had a nice weekend visiting our friend and sight seeing of two beautiful resorts.

The Homestead Resort in Virginia