I have always time and time again mentioned that I loved baking with bananas. They make such a great addition to desserts and are so easily available in this part of the world. This particu...
This particular casserole makes a great dish for family gatherings or when you have friends around. The unusual flavours of this cassrole and somewhat reminded me of a tarjin because ...
I have now been baking for over 5 years now and I cant believe that I have never made a souffle before in my life plus eaten it only once in my entire life. Amazingly it is such a simple recipe...
Unlike in the United States or in UK, cupcakes have never been much of a craze in Singapore until of late. Overseas, especially in the United States, the cupcake trend really took off back in t...
I like Bill Grangers recipes for its simplicity and ease in preparation. Most of his cook books are easy to follow and the ingredients are usually available in local stores. It does not have tonnes o...
My office colleague would bring passionfruit for me once in a while when she visits her hometown in Malaysia. So about three weeks ago, she brought back about half a dozen and I promised her that I w...
Do you occassionally stop yourself from buying cakes from bakeries simply because you could probably make it yourself? Furthermore it may even taste better as you know what ingredients goes into it. ...
You may probably be more familiar with the version of this dish made with glutinuous rice in dim sum restaurants. It is presented in small little packets wrapped in lotus leaf and served pipping hot ...
In early January this year I attended a Chinese New Year baking class at Shermays Cooking School. One of the goodies taught by Valerie Kong was the famous Kueh Lapis Spekkoek (Indonesian Layer Cake)....
I have finally found bottomless tart rings in Singapore! I have been looking for these for a long while now and had even contemplated purchasing them from overseas and having it shipped to Singapore....
I bake on most weekends. Its just me and if I dont something is definitely not right! A few weekends ago I had the urge to make something with left over bananas that had been in my fridge for more th...
Macarons are still a mystery to me because I am never consistent whenever I make these french cookies. I could have a good batch one time and a total disaster another time. I dont purposely plan to m...
It is not often that I cook elaborate western dishes but when I do, I would sometimes do a roast lamb or beef. I know some people dont fancy lamb at all and my mum is one! However I believe a fresh c...
Of late I think I have been really slacking in updating this blog. From my usual two posts a week it has now gone down to about one. Its not that I dont have recipes to post up but the initial eagern...
I must confess that I am really a simple person at heart. Simple, home-cooked meals brings such pleasure as it brings back childhood memories. Fried rice and fried rice noodles were staple weekend me...
I regularly prepare chilled tofu dishes at home because its easy to put together and it is delicious as well. There are in fact so many ways to prepare tofu and to me it is the perfect home-cooked co...
The Lunar Chinese New Year is celebrated over 15 days. During this period, auspicious food would be consumed and one of this would be Nian Gao or Sticky Rice Cake made from glutinous rice flour and s...
As far back as I can remember, pineapple tarts have been served in every single household we visited during the Chinese Lunar New Year. Our own household served these tarts as well to visitors. Pinea...
I cant believe how time flies! We had just celebrated Christmas and we will now be celebrating the Lunar New Year in a weeks time. Chinese New Year is considered the most important traditional holida...
I confess big time that this is my first ... very first Pavlova! I have never made one or eaten one in my life. Even my 12 year old niece Caitlin who stays in Melbourne has beaten me to this recipe a...
At times I am just in the mood of having a simple meal such as a salad or soup. This particular weekend was one of those days and I decided to make some homemade pumpkin soup. I know it would be easi...
After seeing some of my blogger friends posting up madeleine recipes in their blogs, I was really tempted to try making them and having my very first taste of these cute little cakes. Alright I confe...
You could say I am an avid fan of the Food Channel on my local cable television. There are so many programs I currently follow that it would be simply impossible to list down. On some evenings, my te...
I have not had these treats for years and years. When we were little tots my mum would occassionally make this candy for us. We looked forward to these occasions and loved it mainly because it was ch...
These cookies were on the cover of this months "Desserts" and the entire magazine featured Christmas cookies. Such a timely publication as well. There was even a section covering popular Chri...
I love baking with bananas and am always on the lookout for a good recipe to try out. I baked muffins, cupcakes and cakes with this fruit but have yet to make a banana bread. I tried out this recipe ...
I must confess that I very seldom cook with pork. I guess this is because my late hubby, LT, never had a liking for this meat. However I was tempted to make some pork chops one weekend when I was doi...
I was blog hopping a while back and came across a Pau recipe from my blogger friend, Shirley of Kokken69 . Timing was right as I was trying to find a simple and easy recipe for steamed buns. I guess ...
Would you think Im mad if I told you that I send my pet shitzu, Milo (He is the dog on the right with his signature tongue sticking out. This photo was taken after a whole day out playing.) to doggie...
I had some left over chorizo sausage in my fridge from a breakfast recipe. This therefore gave me inspiration to use the remaining for a new dish and when I chanced upon this stew, I knew it was the ...
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