FollowThese days, my mil has been very adventurous in the kitchen. Almost everyday, a surprise would await us ;P One of the days last week, she whipped up a hurricane. In just half a day, she whipped up these surprises for us: Baked lemon-orange cheese cake and a big portion of pesto sauce (made from…
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Homecooked Dishes
Here I go again, flaunting some of my mil’s sau sai (culinary skills). When she goes to Hong Kong again very soon, I will be left with the daunting task of planning the meals, 2x a day, 6/7, boohoo hoo hoo hoo ….. Steamed chicken with wood ear fungus, dried golden needle mushrooms, dried mushrooms,…
Homecooked Dishes… And My Bone-Loving Girls
These are some dishes that my mil cooked for dinner: Braised chicken with potatoes. And stir-fried red and yellow bell peppers, french beans and ‘kai paye koo’ (chicken drumstick fresh mushrooms). It’s called ‘kai paye koo’ as the huge mushroom stems resemble chicken drumsticks! I love them and so do #2 and #3 but not #1…
Simple Homecooked Food
Whenever my mil wants to clear off all the perishables in our 2 huge refrigerators, we will have like 5-6 dishes for dinner. We had 6 dishes and 1 soup of the day for dinner several nights ago: Clockwise : pork ribs from the pot of watercrest soup (to dip with premium soy sauce), braised duck…
Easy-To-Make California Roll
Alycia was craving for California roll / hand roll early this week. Day after day, she pestered my mil to make char siew California rolls for her. Some time back last year, my mil made some homemade char siew (roasted pork) and used them for the California roll. Since then Alycia was hooked on the…
Tuna-Egg-Onion Maya Open Sandwich
Ever since Alycia started Standard 1, her appetite has been at an all-time low, especially during lunch. Most of the food that she previously liked and could whack a big bowl, she can’t even finish half a bowl now. I guess the lack of shut-eye, rushing and a change in the time which she normally…
Dad’s Homecooked Food
When my parents were here last week, my dad took over the wok one afternoon and cooked fried vermicelli. After happily sweating it out in the kitchen (my dad is naturally a talented cook and loves whipping out dishes for us), my dad suddenly remembered he had forgotten to put the marinated pork into the…
Roasted Pork Ribs-Abalone-Chicken-Dried Oyster Yummylicious Porridge
My girls don’t really fancy porridge, unless the porridge is cooked with tons of ingredients and is full of flavor and tasty like this one: Porridge with roasted pork ribs, abalone, chicken (marinated with sesame seed oil and sea salt) and dried oysters. Even Baby who dislikes porridge and mushy stuff loved this porridge and whacked…
Soup And Tong Sui Maker
My mum recently bought a Primada Grains Nutrition Expert, which is a ‘tong sui’ maker. The maker is primarily to make tong sui from grains – soy beans, mung beans, red beans, barley, white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, white almonds, walnuts, peanuts, brown rice, red rice, black rice and just about any type of grains,…
Homecooked Dishes And Homemade Bread
Here are some of the dishes that my mil whipped up last week: Her ‘lar sau’ stir-fried minced pork with fermented bean paste, garlic, shallots and brown sugar. It’s one of my favorite dishes, yums… iLikey! Shallow fried ‘char yue jai’ fish, fried till super crispy and with crackling sounds when you bite on the…
Delish Homecooked Food And Homemade Cakes
These are some of the dishes that my mil cooked last week: Turmeric (kunyit) chicken which is everybody’s favorite, especially moi! I always polish off all the chopped turmeric and shallots, yums! And then have yellow lips and teeth, hahahaha! Braised turnip with carrots, mushrooms, sliced pork, dried cuttlefish and Chinese parsley. Another of my…
Delectable Homemade Breads And Bread Spread
Before my parents came to KL 1.5 weeks ago, I had a special request for my favorite sugar-reduced homemade kaya. And so my dear mum and dad slogged over the stove for hours and made me these bread spreads: L to R : Pandan kaya with extra eggs, sugar-free peanut butter, caramel kaya, reduced-sugar strawberry…
Fish bolognaise pasta
I whipped up this meal for Baby last week – fish bolognaise pasta and she LOVED it. I had only intended to cook this for Baby but it turned out that my 2 older gals loved them too. Next time, I shall cook this for everyone. Nothing makes me happier than seeing my kids enjoy my creations.…
Another Easy-To-Cook, One Pot Meal
Another easy-to-cook meal that I love to dish out whenever I am in a lazy mood to cook is pork ribs porridge / chicken porridge. The other day I cooked porridge with ‘siu cee kuat’ (roast pork ribs), porks ribs, lin cee (dried lotus seeds) and dried oysters. When it’s cooked this way, my 3 little fussy eaters…
Steamed Fish And Pumpkin With Butter And Mixed Herbs
This is one of Baby’s latest favorite dishes: Ma Yau fish slice with organic Japanese pumpkin (this type of pumpkin tastes very much better than regular local ones), McCormick mixed herbs and butter. This is before steaming. This is how it looks like after 8 minutes of steaming in the pot. Baby spoon-feeding herself. There…
Wholesome, Tasty And Fast-To-Fix Lunches
Whenever I run out of lunch ideas, sandwiches and toasts will always be served and they are a great hit with my 2 older gals too. Here’s what we had this week: Tuna and hard boiled kampung chicken (free range chicken) eggs all mashed up and mixed with a heap of Philadelphia Light cheese spread, in replacement…