Chocolate Sauce

This is my family's favorite choco sauce. You can serve this as a pancake or ice cream topping.... hhmm... yummy!!!!

Chocolate Sauce

INGREDIENTS:

• 175 ml Water

• 200 g Sugar

• 58 g Cocoa Powder

• 55 g Dark cooking chocolate, chopped

DIRECTIONS:

1. In a medium saucepan, bring the water and sugar to a boil and sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat.
2. Add in the cocoa and cooking chocolate. Whisk together. Cool to room temperature. Put into a plastic bottle.
3. Store in a refrigerator

Marvel's Birthday

Today is my son MARVEL 2nd birthday.
Seems like yesterday that you were born. You were so tiny that time, but look at you now..

Ivel, I hope you can talk fluently ASAP.. not just "ajeba..ajebu"
you are so funny when you are angry because no one understand what you mean.

Ivel, love your sister, always!

Ivel, Mom and Dad love you so much... all the time

Happy Birthday IVEL !!!

Pancake

I’ve been searching for pancake recipe for years… finally, I got it!! (It’s a little bit late, isn’t it? C’mon, it’s only Pancake!!) Anyway, better late than never…

I’ve been modifying the recipe…try and feel the taste!!

BASIC PANCAKE

INGREDIENTS :

• 190 g all-purpose flour
• 10 g baking powder
• 3 g salt
• 25 g white sugar
• 4 g vanilla powder
• 295 ml milk
• 1 egg
• 45 g butter, melted

DIRECTIONS :

1. In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and vanilla.
2. In a small bowl, mix the milk, egg and melted butter until smooth.
3. Pour the milk mixture into the bowl with the flour mixture, and whisk together until smooth.
4. Let the mixture sit for about 10 minutes.
5. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Spoon about 1/4 cup of batter onto the hot surface for each pancake. When bubbles appear on top of the pancakes, flip, and cook until golden brown on the other side.
6. Serve hot with maple syrup, chocolate sauce or strawberry sauce.

STARTING AGAIN

WOW…!!!! It’s been a long time since my first posting. Well, a lot of things happened in my previous months. Anyway, we as human beings should always thank God for everything as now I am very grateful about my beautiful little girl who was born on February 6, 2008. Her name is ZOYA.
All parents want the best for their children, for sure, including the name of the baby. There are many books and websites that show you thousands of baby's name and meaning. But in my case, I got the name of Zoya when I read a novel “ZOYA” written by Danielle Steel. Zoya is a Russian name that means “life”. Reading “ZOYA” makes me appreciate life and lives to it day by day.