Luncheon Meat
I can’t recall exactly why luncheon meat is unhealthy food but it has been my belief since I started teaching. Like any protein of animal origin, you can be certain that saturated fats and cholesterol are present in luncheon meats
Porridge 101
Sweet potato porridge @ Home Well, this entry should be flagged “by demand”.:) Seriously, as what Ling told me the other day, sweet potato porridge is known here in Singapore as a “poor man’s food”, largely because of the very
Ah di => Uncle => Ah Pek
It’s funny to think of it sometimes, how as one grows older, one’s label changes. Specifically, over here in Singapore at least, when you’re young (sort of), people around you call you “Ah di”, or little brother. When you’re older,
All watery
Vegetable rice @ Hougang Mall Kopitiam Most of the fourth level of Hougang Mall seemed to have been undergoing renovation like forever. The area had been pretty much partitioned off for several months, which left the both of us guessing
Black Pepper Goodies
Black Pepper (Beef) Rice @ Pepper Lunch Express Ling was remarking the other evening the absence of food-related entries into the blog. Truth to tell, we’ve been either eating at the same places or cooking at home-our dining experiences have
A Story of Love and Money
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Ah, the famous opening line in Jane Austen’s novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Yang surprised me by buying
On a lovely Sunday morning
We’d stopped by Ang Mo Kio Central for brunch after Sunday service just now, and guess what was on offer? Yep – the Bee Chee Hiang bakkwa was going for just $31.50 a kg – which Ling remarks is the
No time to stand up for myself…
…a sign of preoccupation with our Lord Jesus Christ – something I read from today’s (27th Jun) devotion passage from ‘My Utmost for His Highest’ (http://www.studylight.org/devos/utm/) by Oswald Chambers. Just the third day of school and I’m feeling great anxiety
Marble (Butter) Cake
Yang has become overwhelmed by cakes these days – thanks to his loving wife. So now I will bake cakes no more for him…perhaps till next week? Hee hee hee. Anyway, my latest attempt is a marble cake. Better than
Where have all the trampers gone?
“Wade out when the tide is low…” An Australian song my choir sang as part of her repertoire long time ago rang in my head tonight as I blog about a recent field trip to the Labrador Park rocky shore.
I want to have my cake and eat it too!
Since Yang loves butter cake and requested that I try to bake one, I have been browsing various butter cake recipes and experimenting with some of them. I started with my mother in-law’s recipe but it turned out somewhat rubbery.
I'm into baking, yep
I’ve been into baking muffins and butter cake over the past month I didn’t know that baking muffins can be so easy until my colleague who’s expert at baking share her recipe with me. My first attempt at blueberry muffins
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