tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88640228460274973052024-03-14T13:21:05.530+08:005 Loaves 2 FishMy journey to be a social entrepreneur in food business!Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-76150642794270149092014-05-12T00:05:00.000+08:002014-05-12T00:05:40.001+08:00Cincalok
Oh my!! I'm salivating by just looking at the picture of this condiment that I took long time ago. Simple to make, appetizing and go well with grilled fish. I could just eat it with a bowl of white rice for my lunch and dinner with lots of cucumbers.
Cincalok is made of fermented small shrimps. It has strong smell and taste and you will either like it or hate it. For me it is heaven's food!Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-61271736457042828942013-09-25T23:12:00.001+08:002013-09-26T11:18:18.120+08:00Chicken Soup with White Fungus and Cashew Nuts
The weather for the past one week was humid and hot. I was just graving for a bowl of nutritious, comforting and 'cooling' soup for dinner. This soup is especially good to expel heat in your body and phlegm in your lungs. I enjoy eating plain rice with certain types of soup though not all and this is one of them that I like. My husband and I enjoyed the soup and we had it for our supper. Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-74419726639851057842013-08-17T02:16:00.001+08:002013-08-17T02:16:15.820+08:00Chinese Fried Noodle
My boy is a noodle lover. He loves almost all types of noodles except vermicelli aka 'bee hoon'. My girl is more adventurous with food but still she practically prefers noodles more than rice. Thier favourite version of noodle is flat wheat noodle with oats tossed with homemade seasonings which combine a few sauces like light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil and fried Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-16908886684798854832013-08-16T01:29:00.002+08:002013-08-16T01:33:08.149+08:00Winter Melon Soup
A simple, easy and quick to prepare soup that is nutritious and cooling in this tropical country. I cooked this soup and had it together with the 'Rice Cooker' Chicken Rice. The traditional version of the rice is supposedly cooked in claypot using charcoal and it usually will cause our body to be 'heaty' after consuming it. Winter melon soup is the best accompanying soup to go along with itJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-80514208954464187432013-08-16T00:44:00.001+08:002013-08-16T01:31:41.666+08:00'Rice Cooker' Chicken Rice
Time is precious. My schedule as a Stay-At-Home-Mum (SAHM) is always packed with errands, chores as well as all activities to educate and nurture my kids. If I don't plan ahead well what I want to achieve for a day, I realised that I could hardly able to find time for prayer and left with no time to myself to do something that I like or just to rest. What I had planned for dinner was Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-3965875358704869542013-08-13T23:41:00.001+08:002013-08-13T23:41:22.968+08:00Homemade Meat and Lentils Burger
Rice and noodles are the two typical staple products that I would make sure I stock them up most of the times like all other Asian households. Meals served in my household are mainly based on these two staples cooked or served in various ways. I want a change!! Yesterday I decided to make burgers for the kids and myself for lunch and we had it to our satisfactions. The fact that my boy, whoJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-10428413057094041632013-08-01T01:28:00.001+08:002013-08-01T01:28:08.703+08:00Macaroni Chicken Soup
If you were to google in the web on macaroni chicken soup, you probably would find ton of interesting recipes from Western to Asian styles. The images are captivating and each one looked so delicious and has its uniqueness just for this simple dish. I took a closer look at most of the images and visited some of the sites that I Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-74271374202997468952013-07-18T23:18:00.002+08:002013-10-10T00:42:34.514+08:00Soy Sauce Chicken with Liquorice Roots
This is a modified recipe from the original recipe that I posted last month on Soy Sauce Chicken. I wanted a chicken dish with vegetables that doesn't require long time of preparation and cooking. I also wanted to have a grilled chicken meat without using the toaster or oven. If you are residing in Singapore, Happy Call Pan is a no stranger term of cookware Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-2256365149879922992013-07-18T00:21:00.001+08:002013-07-18T00:21:10.942+08:00Asian Fried Rice
A plate of fragrant, grainy and non-oily fried rice is not too hard to cook I supposed, but yet this is a simple dish that will put your Chinese cooking skills up for challenge! Like how my little brother put it, "Taste the fried rice of a Chinese chef and if he/she could cook it right, he/she is good!". He could be generalising his thoughts but to me it makes sense.
I Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-75652725451864344352013-07-14T02:08:00.001+08:002013-07-14T02:15:56.555+08:00Steamed Cakes
I have never seen my eldest brother bakes. All along I knew he doesn't mind to spend some time in the kitchen to whip up a meal or two for us. He prefers to handle everything on his own whenever he is in the kitchen. He is a man of few words but a nice guy. I love him for the way he is but I wish if he could open up a little more to me and his siblings so that we could know him Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-42373780930870561692013-06-08T00:31:00.000+08:002013-06-08T00:31:35.184+08:00Soy Sauce Chicken
I could still remember the taste of the succulent soy sauce chicken that my confinement lady cooked for me. The ingredients used are so simple and the method is easy. The trick to make a yummy and fragrant soy sauce chicken is to use a very good quality light soy sauce. I grew up in a Chinese village in Kuala Lumpur. Our family never used any store-bought light and dark soy sauces Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-35976190929517586762013-06-05T23:37:00.001+08:002013-06-05T23:37:04.924+08:00Indian Curry Chicken
This is my family's favourite curry chicken. I longed to eat it as i have not been cooking this for a long time. I used to cook this dish preparing all ingredients from scratch. The original recipe was taken from an Indian cookbook called 'Taste of India'. Suggested by the name, you should able to guess that all recipes found in the book are authentic Indian cuisine. Freshness of ingredientsJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-77197860650641972952013-05-12T23:51:00.000+08:002013-05-13T00:58:39.160+08:00Steamed Red Snapper with 3 Sauces
Today we had a simple 3-dish meal with miso soup for dinner. We had fried vegetable with pork shabu shabu, fried prawn tempura and steamed red snapper with three sauces. The key ingredient for the sauce mixture is this special Taiwanese sauce called bull head toona bean paste that i bought a while ago during the Taiwan fair held in my neighbourhood supermarket.This sauce goes well with riceJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-26349988779471201052013-04-26T00:25:00.002+08:002013-04-26T00:25:59.922+08:00Minced Mutton in Mild Sauce
Have you ever experienced a day that you thought you have planned what you wanted to cook for lunch and got all the ingredients ready but changed your mind totally when you saw some other interesting ingredients you have in the fridge or pantry? I had that crazy day yesterday. I planned to cook pasta with fish and chick peas but I was inspired to cook something else when I saw a packet of Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-10668072299987570962013-04-21T23:24:00.002+08:002013-04-21T23:24:33.127+08:00Strawberries Cream Cheese Butter Cake
I was having a little body ache after a bowling game with my family yesterday. If I could I would really wish to spend some time doing nothing but just relax after our Sunday Mass at the church. However, my mind just could not detach from this gorgeous picture that I saw in a blog on a cream cheese butter cake. I visited Cuisine Paradise frequently to look out for healthy, yummy and Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-44508454523006109332012-05-25T01:34:00.001+08:002012-05-25T01:34:44.446+08:00Cream Custard
The cream custard was made as filling for the cream puff I made. The recipe was also based on 'Ah Jiao Excellent Chef' programme. This recipe is simple and the custard cream texture is very smooth and best to be consumed when it is very cold. The recipe is perfect however I find the rum used was just too strong for me since I prefer more vanilla flavoured desserts than anything else with too Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-88915819334959788122012-05-19T03:38:00.000+08:002012-05-19T03:38:39.822+08:00Cream Puff
A reader has written in to request for the recipe of cream puff from Ah Jiao's Excellent Chef programme. I am a fan of the programme and so far I have tried a few recipes and each recipe is a proven success and so far they have never let me down. I had coincidently baked some cream puffs for my kids' birthday party and therefore able to share here.
I baked in 2 batches and each was a Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-90676438080651107722012-05-18T02:14:00.000+08:002012-05-19T01:38:56.619+08:00Kid's Birthday Party.... My Kids!!
I decided to have a combined birthday celebration for my daughter and son last year since their birthdays are just less than 3 weeks apart. The daddy worked on the games, gifts and decorations while I took care on the guests list and the food. I decided not to cater for the food by reducing the size of the guests. We kept the party small but fun-filled at least for the kids, after all it was Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-60521045903572964292011-06-07T01:22:00.020+08:002011-06-10T03:01:05.719+08:00Scones This was my first attempt making scones after watching the 'Excellent Chef Series - Ah Jiao' on AFC. This has been one of my favourite cooking programmes recently as I can learn a lot on basic baking techniques which are clearly explained and demonstrated by the experienced professional baking instructor. I just could not wait to do this project after watching the show.My daughter enjoys baking Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-69388988364012175232011-05-22T01:08:00.014+08:002011-05-22T02:38:51.086+08:00Under The Sea Birthday CakeC just turned 4 last year. I was holding her hand while I walked her to school last week and suddenly I felt the tiny little hand that I once held has grown much bigger. I was wondering for how long more I could continue to walk her to school and hold her hand like I did. Everything seems unimportant to me suddenly at the moment than to cherish her the way she is... yes just the way she is even Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-44701562558850173702011-04-08T02:12:00.016+08:002011-06-23T00:14:02.767+08:00Phelgm RemedyI stumbled upon Audrey's website when I was searching for chinese remedy to clear the stubborn phlegm that my daughter had due to her prolong cough. Since she turned two she falls ill frequently due to upper respiratory tract infections. She is sick at least once a month. I boiled this once for the whole family and I think it is not appropriate for me to comment whether it is effective or not Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-76479959461524675002011-03-28T00:58:00.008+08:002011-03-28T02:10:56.665+08:00Apple Pie : Mistakes that you can avoid... I have been working on sugar cookies for the past few months. I have been researching a lot on it and baking trays of these cookies with different recipes. I am almost there getting the perfect sugar cookies recipe and once I am satisfied with the final recipe I will post it up and share with you my experiences.Now the weird thing is that the more I am into this sugar cookies thingy the more I Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-68135100259856403152010-09-10T00:26:00.008+08:002010-09-10T01:22:10.894+08:00'Bubur Taukwa' or Dried Bean Curd PorridgeI always find this porridge rather a little too plain and lacked of 'ummpph' but I am a fan of porridge so no matter how you cook it I am able to finish up more than a big bowl of porridge most of the times. Today I finished two big bowls and was so satisfied as I have discovered a new way of enjoying this food.Previously I would add more light soy sauce to this dish as I really felt that it Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-74623091295966128852010-08-15T23:28:00.009+08:002010-08-16T00:10:32.698+08:00My Husband's Rumbling in the Kitchen!Today my husband insisted to spend some time in the kitchen reason being our dear girl kept on pestering the daddy to cook her favourite pork chop. He likes to do his rumbling in the kitchen once a while. If we are not in a rush to prepare a meal or the kids are napping or at least not cranky, we both do enjoy our cooking time together at the kitchen during weekends. Our daughter if were to know Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864022846027497305.post-21484857917737687722010-08-12T23:30:00.011+08:002010-08-16T00:16:16.005+08:00What should I call these soups?My two kids and I are coughing. The kids started coughing about 3 weeks ago and still coughing a little here and there now. They passed the bugs to me and I really hope that the chain of spread will stop there. Unfortunately, we passed it to our closed friends and the whole family was down! I felt so so bad and regreted to have stayed over their place that weekend. We are recuperating and I do Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996148642849197554noreply@blogger.com0