Making Pineapple Jam is easy. We make this jam for pineapple jam tarts. These tarts are very popular during Hari Raya ( Celebration days) or Eid Al-Fitr as know here in the UK. In fact it is eaten all year round. I wanted to post this recipe for Chinese New Year but I had some …
Easy Chinese Blanched Vegetables
The Chinese have a way of preparing vegetables and blanching the vegetables is one of the easiest and finest way of cooking it. This recipe is suitable for vegans and omnis as well. It is a dish that most of us Chinese make as a quick and easy dish. I always make this
Nothing to Eat! A Quick & Easy Meal To Make
Nothing to eat! Is a common phrase in many homes. Some times it indicates that there is no food. Most of the time it just indicates that there is no food that we like to eat is available at home. I think it is usually the 2nd case. The solution is to have some handy …
Easy & Tasty Stir-fried Nian Gao
We usually serve the Nian Gao, or Chinese New Year Cake, or Tnee Kuih as a sweet dish. I have been thinking about new ways of eating it. This time I decide to make a stir -fry out of it! Nian Gao is usually deep fried with sweet potato and taro. We steam it and …
Easy Stir-fried Sugar Snaps – a One Pot-Meal
Easy stir-fried sugar snaps is a one-pot meal. We all lead busy lives and sometimes, cooking is the last thing we want to do. Even though I love to cook, I have other things to do as well. I say one-pot is because I only cook this one dish. This dish contains protein, loads of …
How To Lose Weight Without Starving
It is my goal to lose weight without starving, or depriving myself of the food that I love. To be honest, I have been a pleasantly plum child, a young person and as an adult, too. I have been shamed because of my weight. I wasn’t particularly fat, but bigger than most of my peers. …
Pancake Day
Pancake day is about… pancakes. It is also known as Shrove Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday is observed by many Christians, including Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and Roman Catholics,[4] who “make a special point of self-examination, of considering what wrongs they need to repent, and what amendments of life or areas of spiritual growth they especially need to ask God’s help in dealing with.”[5] This moveable …
6 Top Tips To Make Nian Gao
Nian Gao is the 1st Chinese New Year cake my late made mother made for the Lunar New Year. As kids we would be very excited as it means Chinese New Year is around the corner It took many hours to steam and negative words are not to be spoken when making it lest …
2 Top Tips To Make Tasty Melt-in-the Mouth Almond Cookies
Almond cookies is one of the Chinese New Year Treats. It is normally made at home around this time. This recipe is really simple. And if you have you have young children, it is a good project for family bonding. I used this time to tell my kids about about my background and family stories. …
News Round Up Veganuary & Chinese New Year
Hello New year, hello New You, Time flies and we are in the middle of the first month already. I hope you have many things planned and done. And most importantly plan time for yourself. Sometimes we forget that we are the most important person to ourselves! My new year resolution is to love and …
5 Top Tips For Kuih Bulu
Hi there, (This recipe was first published on 20.05.2013. It was the old version) Today I am revisiting this recipe. Kuih Bulu or Bahulu is a much loved kuih (cake in the Malay language). I used to make this with my late mother in the good old days. Since moving to the UK, I had …
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Hello, Just a short note to wish You a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May 2022 be a better year for all of us. I wish you: Plenty of opportunities to better yourself, More time to pamper and self-care, Great friends and good social support, Be around people you who care for you …
Salted Duck and Chicken Eggs
Salting is one of the earliest form of preserving eggs. In days yonder, we used to keep our own chickens and ducks. We would have loads of eggs and my mum would preserve them by salting. I remember my mum first trying it out ( I am like her, I like to try things). I …
Easy Egg Fried Rice
Easy Egg Fried Rice Fried rice is one of the easiest and most basic of all the rice dishes. There are many variants, Nyonya fried rice has dried prawns and the Thais have pineapple fried rice.
Easy Prosperity Money Bags
,As the name implies, prosperity money bags are just the appropriate dish to be served in auspicious occasions like Chinese New Year. These easy to make bags contains jade and, silver and gold!