It’s been the strangest of years. Notwithstanding the absence large parties, I realised that I have been equally busy cooking for small parties. The same effort is still needed for every festive meal. So after yesterday’s thanksgiving meal for the women’s ministry leaders I found myself teetering on the edge of exhaustion. So much for … More Low Carb Mee Bakso
Little things make me so happy! I was in Orchard Road recently and impulse bought some kimchi from Isetan basement at Shaw Center. The sales lady managed to talk me into upsizing my kimchi purchase and she threw in an extra bag of kimchi “juice”. She went into excruciating detail about how to stew meat … More Kimchi Jiggae
The one thing I love about living in Asia is the wet market. Yes I know that the wet market got a bad name as the epicenter of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak was initially thought to be a wet market. But truly wet markets are amazing places. My go to wet market in Singapore is … More Instant Pot Singapore Bak Kut Teh
“Simplicity is the essence of happiness” – Cedric Bledsoe. It’s almost 6 months since WHO declared the Covid19 outbreak to be a global pandemic. I think everyone has been through lockdown of some shape or form and is familiar with social distancing and the use of masks. 2020 started off with a bang, with raging … More Pork Ball Cauliflower Porridge
So recently someone asked me for a brownie recipe and that made me pause…and scratch my head. I realised that I hadn’t made brownies in years! And it surprised me because brownies are actually one of the easiest things to make. In fact I think it was one of the first things I ever baked … More Low Carb Skillet Brownie
So it’s happening soon. The dreaded lockdown. Although it’s not called a lockdown here, it’s a circuit breaker. A (hopefully) limited shutdown or reset of the system. So schools and non-essential businesses will be closed till the end of April. Of course working in healthcare means that I don’t get to work from home, but … More Fish Zoodle Soup
Some people run marathons on weekends and we call them weekend warriors. I think I’m a weekend warrior in the kitchen! It is usually because my family has a proper sit down Sunday dinner every week; it’s really good for the family as we catch up with what’s happening in our lives and also subtly … More Chicken Meatball and Seaweed Soup
Dear hubs just crossed a major milestone – his big 5-0. I have uncomfortable memories of how in my teens and twenties I thought that 50 was really old…I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere near that age. And now that I’m a shade off this milestone as well I’m happy to say it’s not so bad … More Instant Pot Feijoada
I’ve been craving Indian food for a couple of weeks. This started when I tried a really good catered Indian food lunch at work and I haven’t stopped mulling over it. So this evening I decided to make oxtail curry for dinner. My family members are universally beef lovers and oxtail stew is a hot … More Instant Pot Oxtail Korma Curry
My tummy has been on the fritz of late. This has been rather disconcerting as I have never had less than a hearty appetite and I’m a typical Singaporean who thinks of what to eat for lunch before I’m done with breakfast and what to eat for dinner when I’m barely done with lunch. Truth … More Low Carb Seafood Pie
