{"id":1533,"date":"2008-10-02T12:52:47","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T04:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2008-10-02T12:52:47","modified_gmt":"2008-10-02T04:52:47","slug":"simple-ingredients-but-fantastic-flavours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2008\/10\/02\/simple-ingredients-but-fantastic-flavours\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple ingredients but fantastic flavours!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"After an unsuccessful attempt at beef stew (I added too much red wine! Sobs!), I was determined to do it right. But this time, I chose something easier – chicken stew.<\/p>\n

I went\u00a0on a recipe hunt on the Internet again and found a well-reviewed and tested recipe on Recipezaar. Initially, I was skeptical over the reviews\u00a0as the ingredients were too simple to be true. Nevertheless, I went ahead to give the recipe a shot and it turned out to be simply delicious! The soup was bursting with aromatic and delectable flavours. I believe the vegetables did it together with the chicken broth. Tomatoes, potatoes and carrots: they\u00a0make up the terrific trio in the soup.\u00a0They blend so well. Why, my mother also used this combo before but with water instead of\u00a0chicken broth. The result was still irresistable. I remember sitting at my family\u00a0home’s kitchen table\u00a0sipping at\u00a0her home-made\u00a0soup with such contentment.<\/p>\n

There’s another wonderful ingredient which Yang and I love to include in almost all of our home-cooked dishes. Fresh mushrooms, of course! Yang favours the white buttons while I enjoy a greater range of fungi. Anything from white\/brown button mushrooms to shiitake, golden mushrooms, padi mushrooms, oyster mushrooms and portobellos.\u00a0And do you know where to get the cheapest mushrooms? Not Cold Storage or NTUC. It is Sheng Siong supermarket. But it is a pity that the take-up rate of fresh mushrooms\u00a0at Sheng Siong is poor. I feel so sad whenever I see those mushrooms ‘withering’ in their containers on the shelves. Yo people,\u00a0start eating fresh mushrooms leh. They are good for you; high in fibre, protein, minerals and antioxidants (prevents cancer!) and low in fat.\u00a0:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After an unsuccessful attempt at beef stew (I added too much red wine! Sobs!), I was determined to do it right. But this time, I chose something easier – chicken stew. I went\u00a0on a recipe hunt on the Internet again<\/p>\n

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