It’s the second last day of 2017…I’ve finally opened all the Christmas presents and set up my new Nespresso machine (present to myself…bought the machine and told hubs this was his Christmas present to me, only to be told in return that I had gifted him with a golf driver for Christmas!). There are still … More Caramelized Onion Dip
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The home is amass with wrapped presents and hampers. Hubs gets a lot of hampers from specialist doctors as a thank you for all the patients he has referred them in the past year. Certainly these hampers are much more appreciated than the moon cakes we also … More Low Carb Zoodle Soup
Christmas is coming! The baking has started and I thought this brief post would just link a couple of great recipes for Christmas baking. Now these little guys are crazy good. I’m baking a huge batch of this for my clinic nurses (the many long-suffering souls who stay back when my clinic inevitably runs late), … More Christmas Frenzy
December is a wonderful time of the year. Work doesn’t quite grind to a halt but lets up gently for a while and allows one to take a deep breath before the next big thing. 2017 has been an eventful year for me – lots of interesting new experiences like trying to balance work and … More Wafu Miso Steak and Cauliflower Purée
The simplest things in life are the best. When hubs and I were dating I remember one of the “get to know you” questions was what kind of noodle we liked best. I guess as noodle-loving Asians we each had strong views on this. Hubs loves yellow noodles, especially a fettuccine-like flat yellow noodle called … More Low Carb Ipoh Hor Fun Soup
I’m a confirmed potterer. Nothing makes me happier than pottering round the house…recently I reorganized my entire repertoire of scrapbooking stuff – washi tape, ink stamps, and miscellaneous stickers and the like. All this in the middle of some deadlines! But the pottering helped me to think and to relax a little in between major … More Instant Pot Frittata
Today was a day of introspection. A medical school classmate passed on; we knew he had been ill for a while and our hearts ached with his family’s in these couple of years of the nearing inevitable. He is the first of our class to pass on and his passing was a salutary reminder of … More Instant Pot Bak Kut Teh
Is it possible to survive in Asia if you really want to be strict with a low carb diet? To be honest after going low carb for the past 4 years, I still have some difficulty eating out. My family knows that I never go into Thai or Vietnamese restaurants willingly and I will only … More Low Carb Korean Bibimbap
The first time I stepped into an American supermarket I was gobsmacked. Firstly the trolleys were almost twice the size of our trolleys back home and similarly the aisles were wide and uncluttered (which is why shows like Guy’s Grocery Games don’t have contestants getting jammed into little corners or knocking down displays). And the … More Instant Pot Corned Beef
There are some really ugly dishes. And they look ugly because the ingredients look pretty gross. Yesterday I was in the wet market and snooping around a dried food stall when I spied some preserved vegetables and the craving for Hakka Mui Choy and Pork Belly came on me. I am a Hokkien Chinese but … More Instant Pot Mui Choy Pork Belly
Still Feeling Peckish 