I’ve been mulling over this recipe for a year. Chinese New Year is coming and I’ve been dusting over old recipes and thinking about what to cook for the celebration. Celebrating Chinese New Year is no walk in the park – there is an immense amount of feasting during this season and we usually visit … More Instant Pot Braised Mushrooms
Family holidays are usually somewhat catered to my need to cook and potter around the kitchen as part of my destress routine. We’ve been traveling in Hiroshima, which is a prefecture more well known for the devastation wreaked by the world’s first A bomb. Why we ended up here was serendipitous – kid#1 had been … More Beef and Okra Cauliflower Rice
For those who are on low carb or keto type lifestyles, I wonder if you feel a little overwhelmed at the higher proportion of meat in the diet. I do know of vegetarians who do low carb but I think it’s not easy to get below a certain carb target without eating some dairy or … More Tofu Puffs with Laksa Sauce
It’s been a super busy season – it seems like I haven’t had time to draw a breath in a month. Today was the first day I feel I really got back to pottering around in the kitchen and finally got my head space back. I realise in the past few weeks any spare time … More Grilled Squid in Low Carb Teriyaki Sauce
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
I’ve been feeling a little low because the little Scottie we were going to adopt and in fact had started fostering for more than a week, was taken back by the owner. This was inexplicable – a bit like a baby being taken away from the adoptive parents. It didn’t take long for us to … More Instant Pot Chinese Beef Curry
One of my early good memories was of my mother making Chinese pork chops. This was usually a Saturday lunch treat. I don’t remember my natural mother being much of a cook; I think she grew up in a family where she was never expected to cook (although I did have a grand aunt who … More Braised Pork Chops
I think I may soon regret issuing pantry challenges to friends. One thing in common with friends I know who cook regularly is that our pantries are stuffed full of odd ingredients that have been accumulated over time. I regularly receive food gifts that include the exotic, and my spice cupboard overfloweth. I’ve been on … More Low Carb Edamame Falafel
I do have a lot of friends who don’t cook and don’t really understand why I like pottering around in the kitchen. I take great delight in chopping onions and garlic…there is something about the rhythm of chopping and dicing that is really soothing. I’m not as fast a chopper as those guys on Iron … More Giant Low Carb Meatball
It’s the school holidays and everyone seems to have left Singapore! My Facebook feed seems to be littered with holiday pictures (and strangely, even pictures of airplanes and airplane tickets). I’m pretty much stuck in Singapore however as kid#1 is in the army and doesn’t have much leave, and kid#2 has a crazy schedule and … More Instant Pot Japanese Beef Stew
Still Feeling Peckish 