Nadiah Alwi

Soon it will be Idul Fitri. As usual, I bake cookies. One of them is kaastengel. Most Indonesians love this particular kind of cookies.

It’s actually a popular cookie from the Netherlands. Made of Edam cheese, butter, flour, and yolk.

It’s definitely my favorite cookie!

My baby Hana is 5 years old today. A few weeks ago, she told people that she wanted to invite Rachel Ray (and Oprah) to her birthay party. FYI, sometimes she accompanies me watching Oprah and Rachel Ray‘s cooking sessions.

Well, I can’t afford a birthday party with them as the invitees. So, I tried to be a ‘lil bit creative about that. I decided to cook. The way Rachel does. It’s gonna be Rachel Ray’s food look alike.

I gathered the ingredients which are somehow quite different than those Rachel normaly uses. I walked in to the kitchen at 6.30 am — which is RARELY done, almost never! I expected to complete the whole thing at 7.30 am. If Rachel needs 30 minutes. Well, this almost-never-cooking woman might need an hour.

At 8.30, my baby Hana was getting starved. She came in to the kitchen. Then, she smiled. No, she didn’t complain. She was being a sweet girl.

You know what, I finally came out of the kitchen at 9 am. It took me 2.5 hours to complete the cooking. 2.5 hours! Can you believe it?

How was it? Umm…it tastes ok for me — although Hana said it was YUMMY! Very very sweet.

Well, Happy Birthday, Dear! I’ve tried my best though!