Who likes clams and mussels? You will love this super simple recipe and it’s the prep work that’s more of a hassle than the actual cooking. This recipe works for clams and any shell fish. For 300g of green lipped mussels, you’ll need: 3-5 cloves of garlic, minced 1 small nob of ginger, julianed 2 shallots, sliced (or 1 large shallot) half a chilli, sliced and seeds removed salt to taste 6 tbsp of shao xing wine or white wine 1/3 cup of water or stock about 6 tbsp of oil, or enough to cover all the ginger, garlic and...
13/03/201311/12/2020
Vanilla Coconut Cupcakes with Ferrero Rocher centre
I baked vanilla coconut cupcakes with Ferrero Rocher centres and topped with pink icing and a raspberry. I cheated. Everything came out from a pre-mix so I have no recipe except to follow the instructions on the box. However, I used it as a simple base that I can be creative with. Use a butter sponge or vanilla sponge cake mix. To that, I added dessicated coconut and vanilla essence for more oomph. As the coconut will take out some of the moisture, I added a tablespoon (not dessert spoon) more milk into the mixture. Fill half of the muffin...
28/01/201311/12/2020
Potato Salad
I love potato salad and I love making it! I tend to poo-poo most potato salads made outside because potato + mayo does not make a good potato salad!! I made this potato salad to go with my brown rice salad for my Sunday picnic by the beach so its simple and a picnic staple in my opinion. To make a good potato salad, you’ll need: 4-6 small Fingerling or local (ie. Singapore or Malaysian) potatoes 1 egg cracked black pepper (must be black. White pepper does not cut it) salt Mayonnaise (I prefer to use the Japanese Cupie brand)...
28/01/201311/12/2020
Brown Rice Salad
Had a picnic on Sunday so I prepared some simple food that could be packed into lunchboxes and carried to the beach! First up is my brown rice salad. You’ll need: 1/2 cup brown rice half a tomato, diced 1 cup shredded roast chicken 2-3 tablespoon pesto sauce 1 roasted red pepper, diced salt & pepper Cook the rice as per normal and when done, toss in all the other ingredients and you’re done! This recipe serves 2-3 people, depending on what other foods you have. Total cook time = 20 min and this is mainly due to the rice....
25/01/201311/12/2020
Baked Salmon & Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with paprika
I love brunch. It’s perfect for people like me who like to laze around in bed before getting up to the humdrum of the world. Who ever said that brunch had to have eggs? I decided to go with salmon and potatoes but in a lighter way. I coated the top of my salmon steak with pesto sauce and this is a perfect balance of garlic, saltiness and even a slight tinge of sour to cut back on the richness of salmon. Bake this for about 6-7 min (depending on the thickness of your salmon steak). Boil some fingerling potatoes...
06/01/201311/12/2020
Sambal Fried Rice
I love home-cooked fried rice because it is a lot healthier but still has the bursting flavours. In my fried rice, I used diced carrots, broccoli, cubed chicken and sliced fish. Another healthier option that I used was olive oil instead of vegetable oil. But of course, me being Singaporean, I must add a dose of sambal to add the heat and wonderful taste of dried shrimp. I don’t think you need my recipe for fried rice, do you?
25/12/201211/12/2020
Merry Christmas Chicken Roast
Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope your Christmas dinner was as yummy as mine! Instead of a turkey, I roasted a chicken and potatoes to go along with it. For my roast chicken, I marinated it since 11am and here’s my marinade: 4 cloves of garlic 3 tbsp oyster sauce 5 tbsp honey 1 tbsp light soy sauce (add about 1 tsp of dark soy sauce if you want the chicken to be a little darker) pinch of truffle salt pinch of black pepper 1 tsp cinnamon powder (or you can put in a whole stick) 1 tsp sesame oil 2 star...
17/12/201211/12/2020
First Attempt at Savoury Pancakes
Not content with sweet pancakes, I just had to try my hand at savoury pancakes. Helps that I prefer to eat savoury foods in the mornings. I didn’t want to try anything fancy so my main ingredients were pancake batter, bratwurst and cheddar cheese. I first sliced the bratwurst and pan fried the slices in a non-stick pan. When they were slightly browned, I added them into the batter. To the batter, I also added a pinch of truffle salt and black pepper. Note: I made the batter a little more runny compared to that of a hotcake. Since this...
11/12/201211/12/2020
Blueberry Pancakes
Sorry…not the most appetising photo but I had to put my pancakes into a tupperware as I’m bringing it to work. I had a craving for pancakes ages ago and as you know, they never sell those pancake mixes in small bags. Always those large ones that will feed you forever. So…I decided to buy some blueberries to make blueberry pancakes! This is really simple. Just follow the instructions on the pancake mix box and then dump blueberries into the mixture. To make it more flavourful, I added a tablespoon of strawberry jam. Just for the heck of it. I...
09/12/201211/12/2020
Avocado ‘Ice’ – Mimicking Bing Bian
There’s this new dessert place called ‘Bing Bian’ and I’ve been making a few trips down to eat their lovely desserts. You can read my review on them here. They say that imitation is the best compliment and so…yes, I mimicked their avocado ice but I substituted the avocado ice with actual avocado… That’s a whole avocado in there baby!! 🙂 Anyway, results wise, it tasted really similar which made me really happy. I prefer using the whole avocado compared to the avocado ice because avocado has a very subtle creamy flavour which was wiped out in the snow ice...