Sweet and decadent, that’s what I’d describe my dessert here. It’s really quite simple but you just need the right ingredients. The recipe below serves 3. Ingredients (for the baked banana):1 tbsp Malibu Rum flavoured with coconut2 bananas1/4 tsp cinnamon powder1 tsp sugar (preferably brown)dollop of butterpinch of nutmeg powderraisins are optional Method Cut the...
Author: Melissa Fann (Melissa Fann)
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Pork Chop With Spinach And Mozzarella
Inspired by the delicious pork chops that I ate at my aunt’s place, I decided to buy pork chops when I came back to Singapore. So here’s the first ‘chop’ that I cooked! It’s pan fried/grilled and the marinate that I used is very simple: salt, pepper, paprika powder and five spice. Once that’s cooked...
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Salmon Confit Is Back On Saveur’s Menu
There are a few changes to Saveur’s menu, one of which is that they now have a main course portion for their popular Saveur Pasta! Those pink things are sakura ebi and honestly, I find them relatively tasteless. It’s the chilli oil and sauce that they toss the pasta in that’s delish. I’m most glad...
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Multi-grain Pancakes
I put my dino into action again and this time, I made pancakes! More like hotcakes cos I like them slightly thick. For the batter, my bro bought the 4 grain mix and so, it’s made of the flour of quinoa, rice, flaxseed and wholemeal. It didn’t really look any different from regular pancake mix...
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Grilled Salmon with Roast Potatoes and Hollandaise Sauce
So I had leftover hollandaise sauce from breakfast and because it was so good, I HAD to eat more food with it. The solution? Lunch. I simply grilled 2 small pieces of salmon with a bit of paprika powder, parsley salt, pepper and drizzle of olive oil. In the meanwhile, I also boiled 2 small...
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Egg Benedict With Microwaved Hollandaise Sauce
Yup, you read the title correctly. I made hollandaise sauce with my microwave. No need to slave over a water bath and fear that your sauce will curdle! Perfect hollandaise sauce out from the microwave! Look how perfect it came out! How did I do it? I followed a recipe on AllRecipes.com (but I used...
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Adorable Cooking Utensils
Saw these 2 and I couldn’t resist them! They’re only US$1.99 each and with such adorableness, I think I’ll enjoy cooking even more! Can’t wait to use them 🙂
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Kale Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing
My aunt doesn’t like kale and she doesn’t know what to do with it. Unfortunately, she keeps getting a bunch of it every week in the organic box of vegetables. So I come in a helped to demolish some of her kale in a humongous salad with spicy peanut sauce. Ingredients:3 kale leaves, sliced1 tomato,...
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Spontaneous Watermelon ‘Sangria’
We opened a bottle of wine for dinner tonight and had watermelon after our meal. There was some wine left as well as some watermelon. What do I suggest? Making a sangria of sorts but it’s really just white wine with watermelon cubes. Would’ve tasted better with some orange juice and mint. That’ll really be...
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Spaghetti with Homemade Pesto
Went basil picking with my aunt last Saturday and the weather was so good that I managed to get a tan while picking! Haha. I really enjoy picking herbs and fruit. There’s something quite peaceful, calming and satisfying about picking your own food. The smell from the picked basil was amazing! It permeated the whole...