I think my last meal of choice would be soup. They say that Cantonese people love soup and their entire meals are centered around exquisitely composed and double boiled soups…except that I’m not Cantonese…but to me there is nothing more comforting than the sensation of warm soup in the belly. Lately I’ve been meal planning … More Instant Pot Low Carb Fish Chowder
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
There are some moments that my Asian belly just craves soup. I just came back from a retreat in Malaysia, where the hotel was wonderful and the buffet meals were crazy good. Those of us in the committee agreed that the hotel was the best we had ever stayed in for all the years we … More Instant Pot Sup Buntut (Indonesian Oxtail Soup)
And so I’m finally home and back to my IP…2 weeks away from my baby – how did I bear it??? Greece was great, but there was only that much souvlaki and tzaziki that I could manage. The weather was cold, ranging from 0-10 deg C, and with a sharp wind that cut through us … More Instant Pot Beef Soup
It’s Christmas Day in Greece and I’m missing home. We’ve been traveling around Athens, Delphi and Kalambata for the past week, and had really great souvlaki and grilled seafood, but I don’t know what it is about traveling, I just miss the simplicity of home flavours and perhaps the kind of food we take so … More Instant Pot Turkey Noodle Soup
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Every Christmas I entertain over 30 relatives in my squashy apartment – it’s noisy and chaotic but fun and D and I get the kick of big cooking once a year. It does take time and organization – about 2 days of food prep and cooking, not … More Instant Pot Beef and Port Wine Stew
I’ve been living low carb so long and the home is also pretty low carb (haha including my rabbit) that I struggled today with making our guest speaker’s coffee. Coffee with a packet of sugar???? We’ve been running a conference at work this weekend and one of our visiting speakers is a definite sugar-holic. The … More Smoked Ham and Kale Soup
Life has just speeded up incredibly. i have been into slow cooking, sous vide cooking and slow roasting to maximise flavours and textures…but I’ve been blown away yet again by my magical Instant Pot. I always thought that pressure cooking had the potential for very tender meat dishes but the pay off would be in … More Instant Pot Vietnamese Beef Pho
There’s nothing like a cold to drive one to comfort food. After a couple of consecutive late nights it was almost inevitable to succumb to a nasty bug. I had a lot of grand plans for the weekend but in the end I ended up tucked up in bed for the better part of the … More Instant Pot Cold Remedy
So the exciting thing about camp is that there are >1000 campers using the wobbly wifi at the same time. So the part of surviving camp is living without the internet, blogging and fortunately not living without food. It’s about day 4 of a bunch of soups – and I realize that yet again I … More Surviving Camp – Episode 2
Still Feeling Peckish 