I think I’m conquering Chinese New Year one snack at a time. I’ve always made a mean pineapple tart; this was thanks to baking classes as well as lots of shared tips from other baking gurus. But when diabetes hit and sugar and flour became no-nos, I stopped making pineapple tarts for several years. After … More Low Carb Pineapple Tarts
Happy Chinese New Year to all my readers and fellow bloggers out there! Here’s wishing you health and wisdom in the year ahead with plenty of great food decisions and increased zest for life! I’ve seen people asking what to cook for low carb celebrations and so here are some of my previous recipes that … More Happy Chinese New Year Recipe Roundup
This Chinese New Year will be different! I got tired of tossing Yu Sheng and not eating any of it year after year. Yu Sheng is a kind of “prosperity” salad made up of shredded vegetables and tossed with a sweet plum sauce. It is one of the distinctives of Chinese New Year – its … More Low Carb Yu Sheng
It is that time of the year! The year of the Dog is running out of the gate and the year of the Pig is grunting in. I realised (a little belatedly) that Chinese New Year is literally less than a week away and I haven’t done all my usual baking. CNY is supposed to … More Raspberry and Mandarin Orange Jelly
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 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
I have a confession to make. Chinese New Year is one of my least favourite times of the year. Even before Christmas is over, the Chinese New Year snacks are already displayed in the supermarkets. Every single red-topped container is filled with sugar-laden snacks. And part of Chinese New Year requires us to visit family … More Low Carb Pandan Coconut Cookies
It’s been a crazy end of the year – a surfeit of cooking and feasting that usually marks the season in my house. This year we had our family vacation in Hiroshima, Japan. And thanks to our tight schedules, we organized it such that we could come back 2 days before Christmas so that I … More Low Carb Matcha Mug Cake
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
One of the things about living on an island with almost no agriculture (how much can you actually grow in a concrete jungle?) is that we have no choice but to import everything we eat. This isn’t really a downside as I see blueberries around the year, rotating from Australian to US to Chilean blueberries. … More Garlicky Spaghetti Squash
Still Feeling Peckish 