January 31, 2015
What do I do with yesterday’s left over dashi stock? Cook more Japanese food! I am starting to realize how easy it is to prepare donburi. This recipe will get serious consideration when I need to whip up dinner quickly. Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 15 min Serves: 3 Ingredients 3 pieces chicken thigh, cut into bite size Read More
December 1, 2014
Hillary asked me to cook the ‘purple rice’. I told her I’ve never seen or cooked purple rice. Then one day, I decided to make pulot hitam (black glutinous rice) for dessert and she said, this is the purple rice she wanted. Hope she’ll never mix up purple and black again. But she is right, the black rice turns purple Read More
December 1, 2014
Made Split Pea Soup and French Dimpled Rolls for Thanksgiving dinner. I borrowed the help of my slow cooker; making the soup was a breeze! This is the first time I tried making bread from scratch, kneading the dough by hand is fun! It has turned out much better than I thought. Ingredients: (A) Split Pea Soup with Ham Bone Read More
November 30, 2014
A recipe for vegetable stir fry? Why not? The garlic, shallots, heat, and cooking duration all make a lot of difference to the final product. We want the dish to smell good, taste good, and look good. Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time:10 Minutes Serves: 5 Ingredients: 20 stalks Chinese mustard greens 2 Tbsp minced garlic 2 Tbsp thinly Read More
November 30, 2014
This is another dish I cooked for dinner last weekend when my daughter was home for Thanksgiving break. This can’t be any easier with the slow cooker; just dump all the ingredients into the cooker, set it to low and stew it for 8 hours. Its another dish that I remember my sister used to cook for me back home. Read More
November 29, 2014
My daughter’s all-time favorite is Mushroom and Minced Meat Stir Fry. Scrambled Eggs with Glass Noodles is another of her favorite. I had to make it for her last weekend when she came home for the Thanksgiving break. So here is another simple, easy, and tasty dish that I hope she will cook when she moves out to the apartment Read More
November 10, 2014
A stir-fry dish for dinner, the best part is the gravy … Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes Serves: 2 Ingredients: (A) Main Ingredients 1 (16 oz) pack of fresh wide rice noodle, available from Chinese grocery store. Separate noodles and cut into 1″ wide pieces 2 tsp dark soy sauce 1/2 chicken breast, sliced into bite size Read More
September 2, 2014
If you have left over jasmine rice, this is a quick dish to fix and very tasty. Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time:15 Minutes Ingredients: 4 cups cooked rice, cook rice the night before, loosen the rice and chill in refrigerator overnight 1 cup crab meat 4 tsp minced garlic 1 cup yellow onion, sliced 4 stalks of green Read More
August 16, 2014
One of my favorite breakfast/dessert from the hawker center in Singapore. In this recipe, every mouthful is filled with beans and you can feel the texture and satisfaction. Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes Serves: 6 Ingredients: 302g (10 oz) shelled, split green beans (mung beans) Chinese crullers, thinly sliced. (A) 280g coarse sugar 143 ml (5 oz) Read More
August 14, 2014
I was treated to a class at Mama Thai Cooking Club. One of the dishes we prepared was Thai Spring Rolls. I realized that using coconut oil to cook the ingredients really gives the spring rolls that special taste. Made this for the Flower theme Gourmet Club event. Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Serves: 3 Ingredients: 6 Read More
