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Aug 14

Daring Cooks - Pierogi

The August 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by LizG of Bits n’ Bites and Anula of Anula’s Kitchen. They chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make pierogi from scratch and an optional challenge to provide one filling that best represents (read full article)

daring cooks, Pork, recipe, savoury, vegetable

Jul 29

Broad Bean Couscous

I've been eating lots of broad beans recently at restaurants but have never cooked them myself, so I thought I'd give it a go. I decided to toss them with some couscous and serve with the spiced roast lamb I made. The beans reminded me of edamame be (read full article)

grain, recipe, savoury, vegetable

Jul 25

One Pot Rice with Olive Vegetable

Do you bother cooking for yourself if you are home alone? Because I don't. I usually eat whatever I can find in the kitchen but very often cereal or 3-in-1 Milo. The only thing that I'd cook for myself is oats. Oats with matcha, agave nectar and a t (read full article)

grain, recipe, Rice, savoury, vegetable

Jun 21

Homemade Gnocchi

I never knew homemade gnocchi could be this good! When I told the wild boar I was going to make gnocchi, he made this really sour face at me. He's not a huge fan of gnocchi as accoding to him, they are "starchy, stodgy, and heavy". But after eating (read full article)

italian, Pasta, recipe, savoury, vegetable

Jun 03

Olive Vegetable Fried Rice

Kenny, I used it to fry rice too! Apart from eating olive vegetable with rice porridge and using it in stir-fries (especially with long beans), fried rice is another popular recipe. Fried rice is comfort food and I cook it at least once a week. It's (read full article)

grain, recipe, Rice, savoury, vegetable

Jun 02

Chicken Stir-Fry with Green Beans & Olive Vegetable

I was introduced to Chinese olive vegetable 橄榄菜 in my recent trip to Hong Kong. They served it as a porridge accompaniment and was also used in a French bean and minced pork stir-fry dish. It is extremely tasty and has very strong taste and aro (read full article)

Asian, Chicken, chinese, Meat, Poultry, recipe, savoury, vegetable

May 25

Spicy Sweet & Sour Tofu

I'm not a huge fan of tofu. The only tofu I enjoy eating is Japanese egg tofu 玉子豆腐. It is smooth, creamy and eggy, a bit like undersalted chawan mushi. Other tofu like Silken tofu, however, has a really weird aftertaste and so I often cover t (read full article)

Asian, Chili, recipe, savoury, spicy, vegetable

May 24

Watercress Soup Two Ways

Chinese believe that our body reacts differently to different kinds of food which affect our state of health. I believe you heard yin and yang? Which often relates to female and male, cold and hot? Yin foods are cooling and calming while yang foods h (read full article)

fish, Meat, Pork, recipe, savoury, Seafood, Soup, vegetable

Mar 02

Potato-Crusted Egg White Pie

I've finally finished all the egg whites! After making the cake with 20 egg yolks, I was left with an amazing amount egg whites. After making some meringues, I wanted to do something different, maybe something savoury for a change. The potato crust w (read full article)

fish, pie, recipe, savoury, Seafood, vegetable

Jan 08

Asparagus & Top Shell Stir Fry

Does this look familiar? Do you have a few cans of this sitting in your pantry? My mum had a lot. She gave them all to me together with cans of abalones and fakey abalones. These are very popular Chinese New Year gifts and they usually come along (read full article)

food photography, recipe, Seafood, vegetable

Dec 06

Sweet, Sour & Spicy Pork with Sour Mustard Green (酸辣芥菜豬肉) II - Have It Many Ways!

I cook this dish very often as it's very simple, super tasty and we can eat it for days. The basic ingredients are usually pork, mushrooms, pickled sour mustard, tamarind paste and chili. This is actually a variation of the basic version which I have (read full article)

Asian, food photography, Meat, Pork, recipe, savoury, vegetable

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