Western Wonder Recipes: #4. Ham & Egg & Melted Cheese Croissant Sandwich

The perfect combination of a warm, buttery croissant with fried egg, ham and delicious melted cheese can be a lovely breakfast, light lunch or afternoon snack.

Ingredients

• 1 Freshly baked butter croissant
• 3 tablespoons Softened butter
• 2 slices Cheddar cheese
• 1 slice Smoked ham
• 1 egg
• Pinch of salt

How to cook

• Slice the croissant in half horizontally.

 

• Spread 2 tbsp butter over both sides. 

 

• Heat a pan over medium heat. 
• Add the croissant, butter side down until golden.
• Flip the croissant and set aside.

 

• Add 1 tbsp butter to the pan over medium heat and let it melt. 
• Add the egg.

 

•  Flip the egg over, let the yolk cooked through. And set aside.

 

• Add the smoked ham and sauté until lightly browned. Set aside.

 

• Place a fried egg on top of the croissant. Add a pinch of salt to the fried egg.

• Place the cheese slice over fried egg.

• Place the smoked ham over cheese.

• Fold the croissant down. Garnished with the other slice of cheese, roll and place on top.

Serve immediately while it is still warm and melts-in-your-mouth!

 

East Meets West Recipes: #3. Fried Brown Rice with Cheesy German Sausages

Brown rice is rich in vitamin B6, Fiber and Selenium.

Ingredients

• 2 cups pre-cooked chilled brown jasmine rice (Note: Day-old rice is dryer, and reduces the chances of the dish turning out too wet.)
• 1 onion, sliced thin
• 2 eggs
• 300 g. cheesy German sausages, diced and/or sliced
• 1 tablespoon of fish sauce or salt
• 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon of cooking oil 

How to cook

• Heat a frying pan and add 1 tablespoon cooking oil. When the oil is hot, add onion. Stirring, on medium heat until lightly browned.

 

• Add eggs, stirring until they are lightly scrambled. 

 

• Add sausages. Stir-fry the sausage for a few minutes.

 

• Add cooked brown rice, mix well. 

 

• Season with fish sauce and soy sauce. Taste the food, if not flavorful enough, add some more sauces. 

 

• Continue to stir-fry for another 5 minutes until the rice is heated through and well mixed.
• Remove from heat. 

 

• Shape up your fried rice with your favorite cartoon character, and garnished with a ketchup smile

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Serve hot!

Refreshing Drinks Recipes: #1. Banana & Vanilla Cookie Milkshake

Very refreshing summer drink with high levels of potassium!

(Servings: 2 - 3)

Ingredients

• 2 ripe Bananas, sliced 
• 250 ml. Milk
• 10 pcs. Vanilla organic cookies  (you can also use other types of cookie that you prefer i.e. Chocolate Chip Cookie, Oatmeal Cookie)
• Syrup (50 ml. hot water & 1 tablespoon brown sugar)
• 10 Cubes ice

Preparation

• In a blender, combine bananas, milk, and cookies.

  

• Make your own simple syrup by dissolving brown sugar into hot water, stirring constantly.

 

• Pour the syrup into the blender.

 

• Blend the ingredients until bananas are chopped.  Add the ice cubes. 

 

• Blend further until the drink is smooth.

 

• Transfer to a serving glass. 
• Put banana slices on the lip of each serving glass for garnish, and...

 Serve Immediately!

Western Wonder Recipes: #3. Fried Garlic Chicken with a Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Ingredients

• For Chicken
• 300 g. Chicken fillet
• 3 cloves of minced garlic 
• 2 tablespoons of fish sauce (or salt)  
• 2 tablespoons of milk 
• 2 tablespoons of Cooking oil

• For Sandwich
• 2 slices of French bread 
• 10 g. Butter 
• 2 slices Gouda cheese (you can also use other types of cheese i.e Edam, Cheddar, Swiss cheese)

How to cook

• Fried Garlic Chicken 
• Season the chicken with minced garlic, 2 tbsp of fish sauce and 2 tbsp of milk.
• Mix well and set aside.

 

 

• Heat  2 tbsp of cooking oil in a frying pan over medium  heat.  
• Place the chicken into the hot oil.

 

• Turning every 1 – 2 minutes to ensure that both sides are golden brown. 
• Do not use high heat setting as the outer part will burn while leaving the inside uncooked.

 

• Cook until heated through. Turn-off the heat and set aside.

• Grilled Cheese Sandwich
• Spread the butter evenly over one face of each slice of bread.

 

•  Turn bread around. Add the cheese between the two slices of bread.

  

• Put 2 slices of cheese on top of bread. Fold the bread down.

 

• Place the bread on grill, buttered side down until golden brown. (Grill only the buttered side)

 

• Flip over and brown the other side as well.  

 

• Transfer to a serving plate with Fried Garlic Chicken and...

 Serve immediately!