Butadon (Pork Bowl Rice)
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FollowCrazy Hazy Hot Days Are Back!
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The inevitable time of the year is here again, totally unwelcomed. For the past two days, the familiar acrid smell of haze can be smelled first thing in the morning at 4:45 a.m. when I stepped out of my bedroom. Thankfully my girls and I have always been pretty OK during the haze period with…
Tau Yew Bak (Braised Pork Belly With Soy Sauce)
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Easy Double Boiled Kaya Jam
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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,…
Breakfast – 10 August 2016
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Random Conversation With Cass
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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…
Sunday Meals – 7 August 2016
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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…
Tom Yam Fish & Grilled Boxing Chicken
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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…
Healthy Tuesday – 2 August 2016
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Our Saturday – 30 July 2016
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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…
Easy & Healthy Home-Cooked Meals
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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…
Reducing Lethargy/Lack of focus/Energy Caused By Oxidative Stress
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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…
Fruits & Veggies
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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…
Black Monday – 25 July 2016
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Khind Stir-Fryer
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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…
Home-Cooked Dinner – 19 July 2016
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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…