milk Recipe Ideas – Family Meals Made Simple
Find easy and affordable recipes featuring milk. Great for lunch, dinner, or meal prep.
Recipes with milk
A sweet, chewy steamed treat with a rich black sesame aroma, balanced by creamy milk and just enough sugar—soft, bouncy bites that are especially satisfying served warm. A fast and easy treat that you can make whenever you crave for something sweet and chewy!
Fluffy Sweet Potato Cheese Bread is a soft, enriched bread that hides a creamy sweet-potato filling and a generous layer of mozzarella in the centre. The dough is made with bread flour, egg, warm milk, yeast, sugar, salt, and melted unsalted butter for a tender, pillowy crumb. Inside, mashed sweet potatoes are seasoned with a pinch of salt and black pepper, then loosened with milk for a smoother, creamier texture before being spread into the middle and topped with mozzarella.
Tamagoyaki is a soft, layered Japanese-style omelette made by rolling thin sheets of egg into a neat, sliceable log. This version mixes eggs with milk, a touch of salt and sugar, then adds shredded crab sticks and optional cheese for extra richness—perfect cut into bite-size pieces or served over rice.
This egg pudding delivers a softness that touches the tongue and leaves a sweet, moist trail. Its texture is silky smooth, blending with the aroma of warm milk and thick, creamy egg yolk. When cooled, its surface reflects soft light like a smooth mirror, garnished with dried grated coconut for a light savory touch and textural contrast. Each mouthful is a comforting, classic memory, ideal for relaxing with a cup of warm tea.
Desserts/snacks: directly used as a summer dessert to cool down, the sweetness of dragon fruit and the smoothness of ice jelly are combined, with crushed ice, coconut milk or syrup, the taste is rich, suitable for eating alone or as a dessert after a meal. Drink pairing: add "Dragon Ball" to milk tea, sparkling water or juice as a visual and taste highlight, such as making "Dragon Ball Exploding Milk Tea", the spherical shape is more eye-catching in the drink, and the dragon fruit juice and the soft and tender ice jelly are blended when bitten, which increases the fun of drinking. Creative cooking ingredients: used for decoration of dessert platters, fruit salad or smoothies, can also be added to yogurt, oatmeal to make healthy light meals, and even embellished in Chinese sugar water (such as red bean paste, mung bean soup) to enhance the appearance and taste diversity of dishes.
The coconut milk-flavored water chestnut cake is so delicious that you can smell the fragrance even through the screen! Key points for making coconut milk water chestnut cake (the key to making it bouncy!) 1. Preview: Be sure to read through steps 1-3 before you start to avoid mistakes~ 2. Demolding tips: ◦ Wait until the water chestnut cake is completely cooled before demolding and cutting (it will be sticky when it is hot, and it will be bouncy after it cools down!); ◦ When demolding, press the cake gently around the sides to separate it from the mold, then turn it upside down to take it out, and it will be neater when cut~
A quick, creamy noodle soup with a fragrant satay–curry base, enriched with milk and savoury soy and oyster sauce, then loaded with udon, hotpot balls, tender beef, and your choice of veg—finished with a fried egg on top for extra comfort. Flavourful and creamy soup base with beef and vegetables, definitely a quick and easy noodle soup you would want to try!
It's not that I can't afford the mung bean milk smoothie from my relative's (shop name) in Shanghai, but that making it yourself is more cost-effective! Keeping the mung bean skin (beating it into mung bean paste) is the key, it has the ability to clear away heat and relieve summer heat, detoxify and remove dampness. Paired with calcium-replenishing milk and condensed milk, you can make a fragrant smoothie at a cost of just a few yuan. Use the icy taste to "suppress" the summer heat, use the mung bean skin diet therapy to "extinguish fire and detoxify" the body, spend a little money to get the sugar water freedom and health buff together, the cost-effectiveness is directly maximized, and both the wallet and health can be fed comfortably~
Tornado Omurice is a show-stopping rice bowl topped with a dramatic “tornado” omelette—soft eggs whisked with milk, cooked into rippling folds, then laid over savory fried rice. The rice is stir-fried with cubed steak, cabbage (or your veg of choice), XO chilli sauce, soy sauce, and dark soy sauce for a bold, umami kick, finished with green onions for a fresh lift.
Poolish Black Tea Rose Bagel is a fragrant, floral bagel made with a poolish starter for enhanced flavour and improved texture. Dried roses and loose black tea are worked into the dough for a subtle, aromatic twist, then the shaped bagels are briefly bathed in a light sugar-water boil before baking—finished with a milk glaze for a shiny, bakery-style finish.