.:I LOVE Baking Cookies.:

Ingredients:
- 1 lb salted butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 4 large eggs (5 small eggs)
- 6 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 lbs of chocolate chips (mix and match or add according to your liking)
- 1 pack of pudding mix (Secret ingredient!!! Any flavor you want or just vanilla)

*Big batch of cookies!

Throw in all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl

Hand mix or I use the Kitchen-Aid hand mixer

Bake in 350 degrees for a few minutes

I love chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies!!! A mix with Oatmeal is the BEST!

• I like to take them out of the oven right away when they brown just a little on the outside.
• IF they look like they need more time, I keep them on the hot baking tray. I don't put them back because that just overcooks it. The hot tray will firm them up.
• I like to use the brown paper bag to absorb some of the oil from the cookies. This way your cookies are not so oily. I use wax paper on the cookie sheets during baking.
• I use this recipe everytime I make my cookies, so I've become a cookie machine and have made it for several events. 

.:My Spicy Cucumber Salad:.

I love love Spicy Cucumber Salad. The bf and I love it shrimpy, crabby, fishy, limely... you name it.. We like it tasty with lots of flavor!

The idea is to make it and make it according to your liking!

All the ingredients: Salt, Crab pieces, crab paste, shrimp paste, salad seasoning, fish/squid sauce, peppers, garlic, tamarind

Cucumbers: peel, sliced into thin slices. Do not use core.

 -I used 4 small cucumbers (farmer's market, locally grown). I like these better than the ones from the grocery stores. They are young and crisp!

Also need 6 peanuts, l/2 limes, 1/2 mango and 2 tomatoes

Start with peppers and salt first then add peanuts and garlic in the mortar

 -I like mine extra spicy so I used alot of peppers here... adjust to your liking.

Now add your tamarind (spoonful) , shrimp (1 tspn) and crab paste (1 tspn).

  -For best results, put your tamarind, shrimp and crab paste in a small bowl with a spoonful of water and microwave for 20-30 seconds. Mix with a spoon. This way it's all mixed up and not clumpy. No one likes to eat a hunk of crab paste.. :P

Prepare and slice the mango, tomatoes and 1/2 lime this way

 -This mango was more ripe than I would like it, but it was the best I could find at the time. Asian markets usually have very green mangoes!

Add the seasoning onto the sliced cucumbers

Now add the cucumbers in the mortar. Then add the tomatoes, lime, mango, tbsp of fish/squid sauce and crab pieces

Use the pestle to crush and mix the ingredients a couple times.

  -Don't crush them too hard, unless you want it mushy. We like ours a bit crispy so I only do it a few time to get the ingredients to mix around.

Spoon cucumber salad onto bowl/plate

Ready to eat!!

-Easy right? It'll probably take a few tries or several to perfect it.. It's one of those things where you gotta test and taste and add more. If it's too salty or spicy, add more cucumbers or lime/tamarind to your mix.
 -You can make it with papaya, cabbage and or carrots!