I LOVE pizza so gave some frozen ones a go. These were the ones available at the NTUC near my place. The Plank and the Pizza Tradizionale one are supposed to be the fancier types and the Dr Oetker Ristorante one is just your run of the mill frozen pizza I guess. Here's what they… Continue reading Frozen Pizza Taste Test
Category: Food & Recipes
Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies with Oats
These chocolate chip cookies have been modified to have less sugar and more fibre. I made these so my diabetic father would have a slightly healthier version to store bought chocolate chip cookies.
Baked Sole and Cauliflower
Baked sole fish with vegetable sides and roasted cauliflower. A super easy to prepare and cook gluten free dinner!
Mother Dough Bakery
Mother Dough Bakery is a sweet little bakery off North Bridge Road. They sell a variety of baked goods - bread, pastries, cakes etc. It's owned by the head baker, Naadhira Ismail, who, according to the bakery's about page, studied baking in New York. (By the way, she's gorgeous! Just do a Google image search… Continue reading Mother Dough Bakery
Conducting a cooking class through Zoom
I was invited by Jocelyn from the SCGS alumni committee to conduct a cooking class through Zoom for mothers and children. (At first I was asked to do one just for children but I declined because I had some concerns about children handling knives without adult supervision.) I decided on Cottage Pie and Zucchini Crisps… Continue reading Conducting a cooking class through Zoom
Everyone Should Learn To Cook
I believe everyone should learn to cook. In his book 'Cooked', Michael Pollan very nicely outlined the reasons why we should all learn, which I have summarised to be: We should all learn to cook because it improves health and general well-being.makes the food system healthier and more sustainable.helps us to achieve a greater degree… Continue reading Everyone Should Learn To Cook
Roti Prata
Chances are, the best roti prata you'll ever eat, is the one that you make yourself. Recipe is based on Dr Leslie Tay's enriched prata but I like my prata a tad saltier so I've bumped up the salt a little bit. You can get instructions on how to put the dough together on his website.… Continue reading Roti Prata
Chicken Rice
Bak Zhang
Makes approximately 20 dumplings (depending on how big your hand is) Recipe 1kg glutinous rice 50 bamboo leaves 600g pork (shoulder pork) Marinade for meat: 4tsp sugar 2tsp pepper 1.5tsp five spice powder 2tsp salt 4tsp sesame oil 4tsp oyster sauce 2tsp light soya sauce 2tsp dark soya sauce 2tsp rice wine 1tsp mirin… Continue reading Bak Zhang