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…
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….
This morning I was interviewed by a Caucasian professor from an Australian university at a cafe in my neighborhood. The topic was on social media ‘micro celebrities’ who are also parents. It’s for his research paper. It was an eye opening experience for me. While I was away, Cass and Sherilyn attended Mandarin enrichment class at…
Here are a few more wholesome and delightful home-cooked dishes that the mil wok-ed up this week… Below – Braised chicken with dried sand ginger, shallots and tomatoes. Below – braised chicken with dried tofu sheets (fu choke) and mushrooms. Below – pan fried prawns with soy sauce and Chinese cooking wine. I am so…
Yummy home-cooked dishes for dinner last night, lovingly dished out by the mil… Stir-fried baby sweet potato leaves with garlic, vegetarian ‘cai’, blanched lady fingers and crispy fried baby pomfret fish with tomato + onion sauce. Cass who has just recovered from high fever had pretty good appetite last night. It’s a joy to see…
My healthy low in cholesterol, low in fat, low in oil and high in fiber dinner yesterday 🙂 Bitter gourd soup with carrots, red dates and lean pork with 4 tablespoons of organic oats… Sauteed organic spinach and braised arrowroot with roast pork and ‘nam yue‘. I singled out only 3-4 small pieces of lean…
To all my Muslim readers, this is a non-halal post. Apologies! Two nights ago, I created another new dish for my curry-loving kids – minced pork curry with potatoes and tomatoes. And it was so delish! You can also use minced chicken or minced beef to cook this dish. Direction for Minced Pork Curry: 1)…
Here’s our home-cooked dinner on a busy Thursday night, on the first school week of 2016 🙂 Tomato omelette ala Fong Lye Taiwanese Restaurant Grilled fish cutlet with curry paste, topped with potato curry sauce. Chicken soup with green radish and organic cabbage and ‘foo pei’ (fried bean curd skin) This is the first time…
I had a sudden craving for Ayam Pongteh since weeks ago but only got into the cooking mood at full swing a few days ago. Yeah, after the December holidays, celebrations and feasting with almost a month of hiatus in cooking, I needed a few days to get the momentum going. The last time I…
It’s fridge-clearing day every Friday and here’s what I dished out today… ABC soup – Sakura chicken (breast and drumsticks) with carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, lots of onions, pepper corn and sweet corns. Sauteed organic brinjal with ‘tau cheong’ sauce, minced meat, tomato and organic ‘lai park’ veggie. Used a little ABC soup to give this dish…
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