Scrumptious pumpkin soup

We always have hearty soups in autumn when pumpkins are abandonment. So the other day when I saw some fresh pumpkins at the fresh fruit market, I had to buy some. Pumpkin season or not, pumpkin soup is always my favorite soup. I love its golden colours and yummy taste. So satisfying. Even my hubby and little one ask for seconds. Our family can easily feed ourselves with pumpkin soup and breadsticks that I love to make.

On second thoughts, the pumpkin soup is really a great food for babies or toddlers. When my little angel was a baby, I actually made her cooked pumpkin cubes, or carrots, and she loved it. All natural baby food, now that is a great idea.

And the aroma in the kitchen? Oh, I love it so much. Have to make this soup more often, no doubt about that. If you have hungry teens to feed, pumpkin soup might be a great choice, they are packed with nutrition and is so yummy that everyone in the family loves it. Sometimes, I will sprinkle some ham or seeds on top of the soup to make it even more nutritious. Of course, you can make this soup vegan by not using the ham and butter. Use olive oil instead and it tastes just as delicious.

Want to make your very own pumpkin soup? Check out the recipe and instructions below. It’s so easy.

Scrumptious pumpkin soup

Ingredients (for 6 persons):

– 1 kg pumpkin
– 300 g carrots
– 200 g of onions
– 200 g leeks
– butter
– 3 cloves of garlic
– parsley or shallot (optional, for garnish)
– 40 ml cream
– salt and pepper (to taste)

Cut all the vegetables into large chunks.

Heat frying pan, add butter and crushed garlic until aromatic.

Add the vegetables, saute them in butter until soft.

Pour 1.5 liters of water in a large cooking pot.

Add sauteed vegetables and cook for 25 minutes or until the vegetables are soft.

Pour into a blender and mix till smooth.

Add the cream, salt and pepper and serve hot. Garnish with parsley or shallot if desired.

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Awesome Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

These Lemon Meringue Cupcakes were not only pretty on the face, but they are absolutely delicious as well. Even my less sweet teethed hubby gave them two thumbs up.

And, amazingly, they are a healthy version of your everyday cupcakes as lemon is used in the recipe. Lemon and meringue, makes me dream already.

I ate my cupcakes sometimes with a hot mug of Dandy Blend with raw cream and stevia. They would also be good with tea with cream. Talking about tea, have you tried our Thai Bubble Tea lately? They are super yummy, too. Check out here if you want to try this most popular tea in Thailand.

The recipe is from King Arthur Flour, check the recipe and baking instructions! It’s awesome. I cannot wait to get my next batch of the Lemon Meringue Cupcakes already.

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Cupcake Nail Art

My all time favorite nails are classic French nails, but that said, I am also a fan of other beautiful nail colours which are perfect matches for my cupcakes. So today I am going to show you a collection of cupcake nail art in soft pedal colours such as pink, purple, aqua, green, yellow and brown. Why not be different for a day, and try these cupcake nail arts. You can even decorate your nails with diamonds, and love hearts.

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Chocolate ice cream cupcakes

Look at these delicious ice-creams and you would never think that they are fake ice-cream cupcakes. Yep, these are not ice cream cones but chocolate cupcake!

A Very simple cupcake idea but has such a striking effect!

The kids would love their fake Italian ice-cream cupcakes!

These ice-cream cupcakes are easy to make and is such an original idea!

Ice-cream cupcakes Ingredients:

1. 1 pack of your favorite cake mix
2. 1 creamy frosting vanilla,
3. 6 squares of dark chocolate
4. 8 ice cream cones

Tools: Piping bag with large star tip or a freezer bag or a spatula.

Mix the cake mix per instruction.

Pour the batter into the ice-cream cones till 2/3 full.

– Bake as regular cupcakes for about 20 minutes

– Chocolate Frosting: Melt baking chocolate and mix with half the frosting creamy.

– Pipe chocolate or vanilla frosting onto cupcakes.

– Sprinkle colourful chocolate M&Ms on top of the frosting.

– Place the cones in glasses or a hard-boiled egg displays to serve.

You can also make these ice-cream cupcakes into different flavours by using different buttercream frosting.

– Strawberry ice cream: A bit of strawberry jam on the buttercream icing to add pink colour to the cupcake and place a strawberry on top to decorate.

– Very tasty Chocolate Ice: Replace the chocolate frosting by the chocolate mousse. It is divine! Remember to serve immediately after adding the chocolate mousse.

– Coffee Liege! Dip the end of the cupcake in sweetened coffee, add whipped cream and serve immediately.

– You can experiement with more flavours according to your taste and what’s in your cupboards …

Be creative and enjoy your ice-cream cupcakes.

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Green Tree Christmas Holiday Cupcakes

Christmas tree out of cupcakes is too good to be true!  Get your favourite mini cupcakes ready, make sure these cupcakes are decorated with the yummiest buttercream, gumdrops, and of course a bit of sparkle and big yellow shining star on top. Guess what, we are decorating our Christmas trees today. This cupcake Christmas tree can be a fabulous centerpiece for holiday parties. Use classic Christmas red and green for Christmas. Change to other colours, and these cupcake trees can fit for any other seasons. Think soft pink, yellow and blue for spring, and the Easter Holidays. Add a bit of Lindt or Cadbury chocolate eggs to make them super special. For summer, think of beach theme, and add blue and white for a crispy clear and fresh feel. For autumn, use orange and deep red colours, even black, for that Halloween party. There we go, a yummy cupcake tree fit for 4 seasons, how good is that.

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Easter Egg Galore Cupcakes

Eggs galore for the Easter Holiday. These colourful Easter Easter eggs are so cheerful, orange, purple, blue, green, these colours can brighten up our Easter day. The cupcake wrappers are very special and super cute for these dark chocolate cupcakes.  They are edible food art looking like bamboo wrappings. These Easter cupcakes will make the Easter holiday extra special.

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Easter Bird And Nest Cupcakes

Dreamy Easter bird and nest chocolate egg cupcakes. Everyone will love these Easter cupcakes. No doubt. Yellow frosting, yellow birds, yellow candy eggs. Even the cupcake liners have yellow birds on them. Love these Easter cupcakes.

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Oreo Sunflower Cupcakes

Spring is here and these brilliant Oreo sunflower cupcakes will fill your table with life and colour. The kids love Oreo and what’s better than an Oreo sunflower cupcake for a lazy sunny afternoon? Actually, these cute sunflower cupcakes are too cute for eating, we need to have our high tea ready and marvel over these sunflower arts slowly. Take your time, and enjoy.

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