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
Holidays have hit us again. Kid#2 has been hanging round the house and even kid#1 has been home-bound because of wisdom tooth surgery. The problem about the young appetite is that it is often voracious and craves variety. After the kids inhaled the 2 tubs of low carb ice cream barely a day after I … More Low Carb Chocolate Mug Cake
There are some things I haven’t made for the longest time because it seemed like too much work. But friend S from Australia who is one of the most enthusiastic travelers I have met, recently trawled through all the supermarkets in Singapore and found low sugar kaya and asked a couple of us if this … More Low Carb Kaya Jam
I’ve been mulling…when I first switched to a low carb lifestyle 5 years ago I did spend an inordinate amount of time mourning over the loss of my favourite dishes. For the longest time I would console myself saying that perhaps 1 week before dying I would eat Hokkien Mee or char kuay teow or … More Low Carb Chocolate Mousse Bombs
So I’m a little on a dip and spread obsession at the moment. I have these terrible “snacky” moments where I seem to need to nibble on something in between. Nuts and cheese are pretty good low carb options for snacks although nuts are hard to regulate and I often eat more than I should … More Japanese-Style Chicken Liver Pate
I gave my second low carb talk today! It was fun hanging out with a bunch of ladies and sharing my own story and the journey of the past 5 years. I also figured that you can’t have a low carb talk without low carb food tasting and I decided to bring a bunch of … More Easy Spinach Dip
I think I’m in a Japanese phase at the moment. I didn’t realise it but after sequentially making Japanese cold tofu, Japanese beef stew, Japanese cauliflower rice inari and now Japanese curry mussels I suspect that my subconscious is embracing the land of the rising sun. I remember growing up learning to eat Japanese food. … More Instant Pot Japanese Curry Mussels
I just had a brainwave today. I bought some inari on one of my forays to little groceries in search of low carb options. Inari sushi is a lovely sushi item that is a sushi rice filled fried tofu pocket. It can be served with plain sushi rice (my kids used to love this) or … More Low Carb Inari
Sunday dinners are often times of experimentation for me. My helper D is off on Sundays and the kids often want a home-cooked meal on Sunday night. And then there are some days one doesn’t want to spend too much time over a hot stove – which is why I often break out the steamboat … More Low Carb Sukiyaki
So I recently had some friends over and baked a spaghetti squash for them. Pretty soon after my friend C told me that her mother found a kind of local version of the spaghetti squash, which is the sharksfin melon. I was really intrigued because the spaghetti squash is great for baking but usually the … More Baked Sharksfin Melon
Still Feeling Peckish 