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Small Honey Mandarin Oranges

Posted on 15 Dec 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

My parents are fond of giving us these small honey mandarin oranges whenever they are in season. Also known as satsuma orange or Citrus unshiu, they are mostly sweet and seedless. It took me a while to accept this fruit

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Lunch with H: Stir-fry Brown Beehoon (brown rice vermicelli)

Posted on 4 Dec 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

Since school holidays have started, Hannah started spending time at home with me. Despite my tiredness and morning sickness during this first trimester of pregnancy, I still prefer to have home-cooked meals. To make things easy going, I decided that

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Re-entering the Kitchen: Spare Pork Ribs in Plum Sauce

Posted on 17 Oct 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

It all started with a neglected bottle of plum sauce in our fridge. I just cleared and tidied up the fridge recently. And I’m very proud to announce that all the items in the fridge are neatly organised and packed

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Yummy Toddler Foods: Kiwi in Orange Juice Popsicle

Posted on 14 Oct 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

Feeling the unbearable heat these days? The popsicle to the rescue! :) Trying out new recipes for popsicles is so much fun as they are quick and easy with satisfying results. Making popsicles give a lot of room for creativity

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Yummy Toddler Foods: Simple Carrot Salad

Posted on 7 Oct 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

From the wide array of recipes which use carrots, I like raw grated carrot, carrot cake and carrot muffin best. Yang loves carrots but he likes them cooked to just tender to bite. Enter the raw carrot salad today! :D

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Yummy Toddler Foods: The Pomelo

Posted on 24 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

Pomelo is the largest citrus fruit in the world. It is rich in vitamin C and potassium. During the mid-autumn festival, it is a traditional must-eat item along with the mooncakes. Pomelo symbolises family harmony and abundance. As far as

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Accidental Discovery: Yummy Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee at a Ulu Coffeeshop

Posted on 23 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

The stall is located at a nobody’s coffeeshop tucked underneath a multi-storey HDB car park off one corner of Tampines town. I wonder if the stall even have a name! It is called ‘Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee’ or ‘Wu Ba

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Yummy Toddler Foods: China Barley Drink

Posted on 18 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

Taking barley drink to cool down our bodies on hot days is a common practice amongst the Chinese. There is the barley drink and then there is the China barley drink. One is the true barley and the other is

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Re-entering the Kitchen: Steamed Yam Cake

Posted on 7 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

After discovering our common favourite dish (aka steamed yam cake) at Qiji eatery, I was on the spur of the moment to want to whip up this dish at home. So once again, it was scouring on the Internet for

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Blueberries

Posted on 4 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

Hannah has been asking for blueberries as her ‘fruit fruit’ for her after-meal dessert at home. I guess she enjoys picking up the small, round, purple fruits with her small hand and popping them methodically into her mouth. :) Blueberries

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Local Coffee & Toast Outlets in Singapore

Posted on 27 Aug 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

In Singapore, one of our favourite past times is to hang out or stopover at an eatery selling kaya toast, coffee / tea and whatnots. I have a pet peeve over a particular such eatery of late. It is Toast

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Instant noodles? Not guilty! :P

Posted on 9 Aug 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

Sigh. I’m so pathetic lah. No new recipes to share and now am going to blog about my way of cooking instant noodles! Maggi mee, remember? In my childhood days, my brothers and I used to buy their curry flavour

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