I was inspired to cook this dish after watching this video. It looked super easy and as it has been raining almost everyday, soup looked like something suitable to eat and it was also a great way to finish up the remainder sourdough bread. As I don’t have milk (no, I don’t drink it regularly) so I ended up making a vegan version. Ingredients: 1/2 small pumpkin 2 cups almond milk 1 tsp miso butter (or plain miso) salt and pepper to taste pinch of curry powder (optional) Method: Just as in the video, microwave the pumpkin so that it’s...
06/05/202011/12/2020
Warm Salad with Prawns
I think this is one of the healthiest meals I’ve had throughout this whole circuit breaker period. It was also my excuse to use up what’s left of my Hollandaise sauce. You can choose various types of vegetables but these were the ones that I bought and am finishing up. Ingredients: 1 asparagus stalk, sliced 1 cup kale 1 cup shimeiji mushrooms 1/2 firm tofu (aka tau gwa), cubed or cut into rectangles 6 prawns, shelled 1 clove garlic, minced Method: Slice up the kale and put it as the base of your salad. You can replace this with baby...
05/05/202011/12/2020
Korean Style Pork
I don’t dare to call this Pork Bulgogi because I’m not Korean and this recipe is really not the traditional spicy bulgogi recipe…but the taste is awfully close to it. I learnt this from a friend’s domestic helper who used to work for a Korean family but I made my own tweaks. I like to marinate this a day before cooking it and the many times that I’ve cooked this dish, it is always tender and super yummy! Ingredients: 250-300g pork collar shabu shabu 2 tbsp gochujang (Korean chilli paste) 1 tbsp miso 1 tbsp garlic chilli sauce 2 tbsp...
04/05/202011/12/2020
Pan Seared Salmon on Cauliflower Rice
I’m so proud of this dish! It looks amazing…and I cooked it mainly because I wanted a low carb meal and I made Hollandaise sauce. Really easy to do too. If you haven’t realised, I’m quite the lazy efficient cook. Ingredients: 1 salmon fillet steak 1.5 cup kale 2 cups cauliflower 3 tbsp Hollandaise Sauce 1 clove garlic, minced salt to taste Method: Cut the cauliflower into smaller pieces so that they’ll fit into a food processor. Grind it until it looks like rice. Heat up a pan, add olive oil and cook your salmon fillet on both sides until...
03/05/202011/12/2020
Gyu Nami inspired Gyudon
I didn’t want to cook a simple steak with vegetables and some sort of carb so I was inspired by the Gyudon (beef bowl) by Gyu Nami to come up with this dish which can be easily replicated at home. But unlike Gyu Nami, I didn’t use wagyu and it turned out really yummy so I reckon that you can use any type of beef, as long as it’s meant for a steak or roast. It’s not a difficult dish to do but requires a bit of wash up because you will use several pots and pans to cook each...
02/05/202011/12/2020
Quinoa with Chicken and Asparagus
I know, I know…this doesn’t look like much but it tasted amazing! It was so simple to cook as well, which is great during this pandemic where we’re all stuck at home but still lazy. I was tempted to call this a 3 ingredient dish…but…if you count garlic and oil, it’s really not 3 ingredients, right? Hahaha. Ingredients: 2-3 pieces of chicken thigh 1 large asparagus stalk 1/2 cup quinoa 1 cup water or stock 1 clove garlic, minced salt and pepper to taste Method: Heat up a saucepan with oil and when hot, fry the garlic till it’s almost...
01/05/202011/12/2020
How to make yoghurt at home
With people stocking up on food such as yoghurt at home, why not make your own? It’s really not that difficult and all you need is a little starter yoghurt from the one that you buy from the supermarket! Do note to use unsweetened natural yoghurt as your starter yoghurt. Have fun making your own creamy yoghurt at home!
19/04/202011/12/2020
2 Ways to do Noodles
Quite a lot of people probably have instant noodles in their kitchens now…stocking up perhaps due to the #StayHome policy of most governments. I only have the noodles without the seasoning, because too much MSG is bad for you. So while there are a few blogs out there that show you how to ‘upgrade’ your instant ramen, I’m going to show you how you can create totally new dishes that are healthy and easy to cook. Great for those days where your family is sick of rice or pasta. I’m only going to mention the ingredients for the toppings since...
13/04/202011/12/2020
k-Grain Kefir Probiotics
With the COVID-19 virus pandemic, more than ever we need to boost our immunity to best defend ourselves against any potential infection. Did you know that our guts contain 70% of the cells in our immune system – where there is a complex relationship between gut bacteria and immunity. That is why the effectiveness of our immune system depends on a healthy gut, and that is why there is increasing importance to eat a variety of probiotics and one source of this would be from kefir. What is kefir? It is essentially cultured, fermented milk which has a thinner consistency...
09/04/202011/12/2020
Ugly Meatball Spaghetti
This recipe is pretty similar to the hamburger one, except that I changed the olive oil to sesame oil and I didn’t add in any onions. You can choose either recipe to follow for the meatballs. What I like about both the meatball and beef patty recipes, is that you can prep these in advance and store them in the freezer for future uses! Great for meal preps too. Some other options to make your sauce more special: Add a tablespoon of garlic chillli sauce or Korean gojuchang (red pepper paste) to give it a kick Add half a cup...