Dinner came very early today as Mandarin tuition class began at 5:45pm at home. At 4:45pm, I started to work in the kitchen. After an hour, this is what I churned out… A big batch of pasta with beef and portobello mushroom bolognese sauce. I used 2 big packs of antibiotic-free Australian minced beef, 2…
I spent the entire afternoon today helping Cass revise for her Math test tomorrow. Have you ever tried teaching a language that is so foreign to you to another person who is still very shallow in the language? Like blind leading the blind? Dang it, the feeling is indescribable. Very very frustrating and head-banging-on-the-wall kinda…
This pot of yummy braised chicken drumsticks and eggs in soy sauce, organic blackstrap molasses, garlic and star anise is awaiting the girls when they come back from school today… I dished this up for dinner last night and kept 4 drumsticks for lunch today. I boiled 3 eggs just now and added them…
I survived the first week of school! And so did Cass (who started Primary 1)! After 3 days of waiting in the school to guide Cass and to give her moral support, parents were not allowed in the school anymore yesterday. Yesterday was the first time Cass sat on Aunty J’s van, along with her…
Here’s a simple and wholesome lunch for Alycia, Cass and me today… Grilled crispy sandwich with egg mayo, sweet corn kernel, mashed avocado, butter and cheese. I also lightly toasted some macadamia nuts in the oven (while the sandwich is grilling in the oven. Killing 2 birds with 1 stone!), for us to snack…
Cass is lovesick ever since her 2 sisters and grandma left for Auckland yesterday morning. She was down and broody the whole day and kept asking me whether her che ches have reached NZ. I made her favorite grilled herbs and turmeric drumsticks for dinner but even when she savored the drumstick, she put one…
I have been wanting to try grilling breaded boneless chicken thighs for the longest time and finally tried them last week. I googled around to get an idea of how to prepare this dish and then adapted the recipes that I found online to my kids’ liking and to the availability of my ingredients. For…
Hubs bought a box of Wendy’s fried chicken home on Sunday night. The RM10.99 for 6 pieces fried chicken is an on-going promotion at Wendy’s. But the girls and I had already eaten our dinner. So I refrigerated the fried chicken. The next day, I gave the fried chicken a make-over and dished up a…
Alycia had been bugging me to get some taco shells ever since she saw a taco recipe at her daddy’s Flavors magazine. Taco shells are not as common as pasta, spaghetti or tortilla chips where you can easily get them from mini marts and supermarkets. They can only be found at places like Jaya Grocer…
I stumbled upon this recipe at skinnytaste.com while searching for some recipes to dish up. Chicken drumsticks cooked with maple syrup and dijon mustard in a crock pot seems pretty easy and delish. Best of all, not many ingredients are needed for this dish. I was excited and very eager to try out this dish,…
Dinner whipped up in a jiffy yesterday – fried organic spinach noodles with minced pork, meat balls, garlic, a whole head of Chinese cabbage and 5 eggs (free-range ones). We had dinner at 6pm yesterday, which was earlier than usual as the girls had an extra Mandarin tuition class for the tutor to help…
What do you do with leftover salmon fish for dinner? My kids and I do not like eating overnight fish. When re-fried, re-toasted or steamed, the meat gets too dry. So I normally ‘re-cycle’ the salmon fish and convert it into another appetizing dish. I will add the shredded salmon flesh into fried rice, fried…
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