HAPPY HOMEMAKER HELP YOU!
From the category archives:
Recently, I had to go back to the kitchen again and cook for the whole family. Okay, not true. I HAD to cook for 2 little people and then figure out lunch and dinner for myself and the Hubby.
In the end, I just cooked for everyone Easier that way, isn’t it?
Anyway, I had [...]
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Hello! I’m terribly, terribly, terribly sorry for not posting the past 2 months. If you’ve been following my other blog, you’ll know that I’ve just had a baby.
Of course, I’ve also had my Mum cooking dinner almost every night thus I didn’t need to dig up recipes or slave in the kitchen for home-cooked food [...]
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Coming back to Malaysia, I find that I need to prepare breakfast for the boy to eat at home or to go to the preschool.
In China, the preschool serves this daily menu ALL prepared in their kitchen:
Breakfast – man tou, bao, porridge serve d with powdered milk, almond milk, peanut milk or soybean milk;
Lunch [...]
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I remember the boiled pearl barley (and sugarcane juice) from childhood days growing up in my Chinese grandmother’s house. Even my Mum would boil it for us sometimes especially when the weather is hot because pearl barley has cooling properties.
Did you know that Koreans drink a barley tea regularly in place of water? If you [...]
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This is a backdated post of my attempt at frying Penang “char koay teow” (stir-fried rice noodles with prawns). As I was craving for Malaysian hawker food during the earlier stage of my pregnancy, I decided, “If I can’t buy it, then I’ll cook it!”
I adapted the recipe from “Malaysian Hawker Favourites” (by Periplus Mini [...]
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I got this recipe from my Mum’s 1970s book titled “A Basic Course in Home Management” by Lilian Tan and P. Visvalingam. Since I don’t use vinegar, I just omitted it. I also added chopped tomatoes to the recipe. The fish still came out tasty and the gravy was nice to accompany white rice.
Serves 2
Ingredients
1 [...]
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I’ve been yearning for a beef stew that I decided to wing it when Hubby bought some nice lean beef. Using the ‘magic’ slow cooker, I found this a simple, delicious, fragrant, nutritious and comforting dish that even the fussy little eater will eat with rice
INGREDIENTS
Lean beef – cut into small cubes (lightly [...]
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Temperature: 16 deg C
As the weather’s still cool and we’re in undershirts, sweaters and socks, I’ve been cooking soups almost every day. Here’s one I’d “created” by dumping what’s left in the fridge into the slow cooker. I swear the slow cooker’s “a magic pot” because ANYTHING you cook in it turns out delicious!
INGREDIENTS
1 stalk [...]
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When I started packing stuff to bring back to Malaysia, Hubby grumbled *often* about the many packs of curry, chilli and turmeric powder I had. Hey, some of them were given to me! (by well-meaning friends in Malaysia who either sent, passed via friends or pushed them to us… )
Maybe it’s his way of [...]
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