Kaya (meaning rich in Malay) jam is my absolute favorite. My girls’ too. We only like my dad’s homemade pandan kaya and no other. Just like its moniker, kaya is rich in eggs, santan (coconut milk) and sugar. Kaya jams sold commercially are too cloy for our liking as they are all loaded with sugar,…
Yesterday Cass informed me of her class and standard position for the second term exam. Though the position dropped 3 notches down, she is still within top 10 in class and in the whole standard of about 300 Year 2 pupils in her school. Next came the request for reward! Cass – mummy, remember you…
Our Sunday lunch was at our favorite neighborhood Japanese restaurant. We had a meat intense lunch and was so stuffed that even the foodie hubs didn’t suggest the usual post lunch gourmet cakes and coffee. Yippee!! Below – I love this spider sushi, composed of fried soft shell crab, cucumber, avocado, daikon sprouts, flying fish…
Dinner on a hectic Wednesday yesterday… 1 Tomyam pomfret fish with lots of brinjal, tomatoes, carrots and broccoli. I used half a packet of Mak Nyonya Tomyam paste. 2 Blanched organic broccoli. The reddish tomyam paste looks and tastes really fiery. I sauteed the paste with some oil and garlic. You can add onions…
Today is the day that both Cass and Drama Queen have been waiting for. They have spent many days practising for their sports day. We reached school at 7am. After roll-calling, we had a quick bite at the canteen before rushing off to the running track. Marching event… Perfect shot of Cass’ team mate passing…
The first meal for dinner that I cooked after a half-year hiatus is this: 1. Cincai fried rice with onions, left-over shredded chicken breast meat and eggs. 2. Blanched organic veggie 3. Steamed pork ribs braised with sand ginger, shallots and tomatoes. The mil had cooked this earlier before she left for Hong Kong and…
If you ever feel that you’re not as healthy as you should be or always feeling very tired, it is most likely due to oxidative stress. What is oxidative stress? Oxidative stress is essentially an imbalance between the production of free radicals and the ability of the body to counteract or detoxify their harmful effects…
I ensure that the girls get their daily dose of fresh fruits and vegetables everyday. They have either fruit smoothie or fresh whole fruit everyday. Yesterday I made them apple + orange + pineapple + chia seeds smoothie. Today is papaya + sliced red capsicum. Alycia has no issues eating capsicums. She grazes veggies…
I have always wanted to get an air-fryer and Thermomix (TMX) to help me cook in the kitchen. But lack of support from the hubs (he commented that these gadgets will eventually turn into another white elephant, duh!) and most importantly, lack of budget (the TMX costs over RM6,000!) have prevented me from getting those…
Yummy dishes whipped up by the mil for dinner yesterday… On the foreground above: acar fried fish, which is an extremely tasty and tantalizing Nyonya dish. It’s my favorite and a traditional recipe that not many people know of. Foreground below: stir-fried lean pork slices with preserved vegetables. This is another much celebrated appetite-whetting dish…
Yesterday started off really early for me, despite the fact that I only clambered onto bed like a dog who had slaved so hard the entire day at around midnight the night before. My parents were in KL since Friday and left today. We attended my cousin’s pre-wedding dinner at his house on Friday night. By the…
Lunch today was a one-dish + rice meal. Some spoilt brats weren’t too pleased as they had expected more than that. When Drama Queen and Cass came back from school, they looked really disappointed when they found out that there was only one dish, i.e. steamed egg with minced meat and that’s something very rare….
Once or twice a week, the hubs and I will steal some time from our busy schedule to have breakfast together, when the girls are in school. We tend to communicate better without the kids ka-ka-cau-cau (disturbing) and distracting our train of thoughts 😀 Yesterday, I fetched the hubs from his office and then sent my…
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