Note: Photos of the final dish were updated on December 25, 2017. With everyone at home (including myself) feeling under the weather, I decided to make the ultimate comfort food – chicken soup! In my family, this particular version is always eaten with mee suah (a thin, delicate noodle made from wheat flour which signifies […]
Kuih Bakar
Most of those I know who moved away claimed it’s because they couldn’t take the winters here anymore. I feel the same way, although it’s not the snow or cold I mind so much, it’s the constant cloudiness that gets to me. Today is the fourth day since I last saw the sun and I […]
Peanut Butter Cookies
I think Martha (Stewart) couldn’t have said it any better on her website – these cookies are indeed a classic treat for the whole family. This is THE recipe we go to whenever we crave peanut butter cookies – it’s simple, FUN (Alex can vouch for that), and utterly delicious! We first saw it on one of Martha’s DVDs (I’m […]
Pick-Your-Own Apples
Last Friday, Alex and I went to the local orchard and picked some apples. There weren’t too many varieties available yet since it’s still fairly early in the season, but we got what we needed to make Apple Crisp (check out my post Ready, Set, Blog!). I’m sure we’ll be back there soon for another […]
Pandan Chiffon Cake
Pandan Chiffon Cake used to be my all-time favorite dessert growing up. I love the fragrant yet oh so subtle pairing of pandan and coconut, and the light-as-air texture with just the right amount of sweetness. Although I’m not as crazy about it as I used to be (due to an increased appreciation of other desserts), I […]
Vegetables from Our Garden
Most years, we’ll try to plant some spring vegetables such as lettuce, radish, and peas to enjoy. None of the vegetables I started out this year however, have survived so far due to various weather-related reasons. The worst was the flash flood we had on Memorial Day, which immersed our yard in at least 8 […]
Making a Bird Feeder
I love the Time For Kids website and use it often as one of my homeschooling resources. This worksheet – For the Birds, from which we obtained the steps to make the pinecone bird feeder comes from there. Alex enjoyed this activity tremendously last Spring, but I don’t think we fed a lot of birds […]
Alex in His Chef’s Hat
Sometime late Spring 2009 (I’m trying to catch up with my old unpublished posts) :), we signed Alex up for a kids’ cooking class at a culinary school nearby. He didn’t enjoy the class as much as we had hoped because there wasn’t too much prep work for the kids to do, which is what […]
Lactose Intolerance?
These past four months have been quite a challenge for me, eating-wise. After a couple of months of stomach discomfort, paired with bouts of diarrhea every two or three days, my doctor is finally convinced that I’m lactose intolerant. I’m still not entirely convinced myself although sure enough, those dreaded diarrhea and stomach cramps stopped […]
Chicken Curry
This is the kind of curry my mom made when I was growing up, which is more along the line of Chinese-Malaysian curries as compared to the Malay or Indian version. As with most of my mom’s recipes, the dish comes without any actual measurement of the ingredients – everything was just “agak-agak”, meaning “more […]