Kids Friendly Avocado Mushroom Pasta

It’s been a while since I last cooked mushroom pasta.  I am not a fan at all of anything creamy with milk / whipped cream cooked into a savoury dish. So is the big girl.  Only Drama Queen likes creamy pastas, especially Carbonara. This time, I decided to be a tad adventurous and added avocado…

Final Exams Are Over!

FINALLY the day that all the exams for year 2016 are over and done with is here today. For all 3 girls. Can you feel my relief? Can you? 😀 😀 If you are a parent with school-going kids, I am sure you’ll feel me deeply. I have not planned out what to do with…

Exercise And Eating Clean

Before I share what I cooked again, I’d like to share with you some of my many accounts in my Journey To Fitness.  Just in case my posts on food and nothing-to-shout-about dishes bore you to brink of death 😀 All food and no exercise spells trouble for your body and I kid you not. Exercise…

Monday Dinner – 10 Oct 2016

Dishes on Mondays are normally kept simple and sweat-free. I keep them simple as I know I will most likely be bogged down with work after the weekend and Monday Blues. Today’s dinner consists of grilled chicken and grilled salmon head. I cranked up the oven and in went the 2 trays of meat. While…

Our Sunday – 9 Oct 2016

Today is the eve of the big princess’ final exam whereas next Sunday will be Drama Queen and Cass’ turn. The heat of the exam fever is burning in the house! Hubs was still in Ipoh for a gathering with his former classmates, leaving just us girls at home on a Sunday. Just before we…

Home-Cooked Dinner – 8 Sept 2016

Pan-fried red snapper fish and mackerel fish marinated with turmeric powder, Baba’s fish curry powder, organic shoyu and ground black pepper. I have tried frying fish using steel wok, non-stick granite pan, non-stick Teflon pan and Khind stir-fryer. My verdict is – the Khind electric stir-fryer gives the best outcome.  For the 3 slices of…

Yummy Kitchen Tales

My 2 kitchen side-kicks helping me to peel and chop garlic and onions. I am SO thankful for them coz I HATE this chore! They bicker and fight a lot but when they yak and laugh non-stop with each other, it really warms my heart 🙂 From a mere kitchen helper just earlier this year,…

Baked Corn Flakes Chicken

Our girls love grilled chicken. I cook it at least once a week, sometimes twice.  My grilled chicken is cooked in a variety of styles – with turmeric powder, teriyaki sauce, honey, lemon grass, lemon juice, curry paste, tomyam paste, black pepper, breaded and much more.  Last week I tried something different with the chicken…

Butadon (Pork Bowl Rice)

It’s been a busy 2 days for me. Two days ago, I discovered that 99% of the photos in  my 3 blogs from the period November 2015 – May 2016 were not loading!  That’s one of the worst nightmares to happen to a blogger. It’s tragic! My blogs mean a lot to me. I started…

Tau Yew Bak (Braised Pork Belly With Soy Sauce)

Ever since the mil went to Hong Kong, I have been spending quite a bit of time cooking.  I cook dinner from Monday through Friday.  On some days, I cook twice a day, like today.  I now have a pot of porridge bubbling in the rice cooker and it will be ready just on time when…

Tom Yam Fish & Grilled Boxing Chicken

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…

Easy & Healthy Home-Cooked Meals

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…

Khind Stir-Fryer

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…