October 11th, 2009 §
I would definitely not skip breakfast if ma prepares this every morning. Hehe.
Big breakfast! Lightly salted baked potatoes, crispy fresh lettuce, juicy tomatoes, bacon, baked beans and eggs! That’s a mouthful of goodness. Ma’s big breakfast beats MacDonald’s hands down.
Making your own big breakfast is much much healthier. It’s also very easy! Cut the lettuce and tomatoes a night before and store in the fridge. Next morning, bake/boil the potatoes, toast the bacon, heat the bake beans and fry an egg! Then, arrange everything nicely on the serving plate. Tada!
Your own Big Breakfast!
September 10th, 2009 §
No la I’m not talking about Rangoli, a traditional folk art from India. Haha.
For brunch, Ma proudly announced that she cooked coloured rice! The ubiquitous fried rice with strikingly coloured ingredients! This is what I’m talking about.
Green, Yellow, Black, Red, Pink, Beige!
I ? Ma
Green – Long Beans
Yellow- Capsicum
Red – Wolf berries
Black – Raisins
Pink – Hotdog
Beige – Egg
Haha. Looks really scrumptious right! Trust me it taste even better than it looks! It must be the wolfberries and raisins! Hmm or the yellow capsicum? I loved the flavour of the crisp capsicum with the rice and eggs. Ma did not add the soy sauce so we can taste the original flavours.
The wolf berries have a distinct sweetness. It has high nutritional benefit! In fact, Chinese herbalists and healers have used wolfberries for centuries. Wolfberries are covered in ancient chinese medical texts, including the Ming Dynasty Compendium from the 16th century and the Tang Dynasty from the 7th century.
To try this healthy recipe, just cook fried like how you do it normally. Then, add the ingredients mentioned above in quantities as you like it!
Easy beany.
August 21st, 2009 §
Ma decided to make really simple/healthy popiah for dinner because dad called in the afternoon and said that he has high cholesterol! Uh oh. No more meaty stuff for you pa.
Ingredients for 3:
1 medium mengkuang or turnip
4 carrots
1 cup dried shrimps
3 pips garlic, chopped
- We shall prepare the filling! Need to grate the carrot and mengkuang.
Grate carrots
According to ma, this is the perfect shape for turnips/mengkuang
Need to peel the skin off and grate it!
- Then chop the garlic and lightly fry it.
chopped garlic
- Add in the shrimps and fry for 30 seconds.
dried shrimps make the filling tasty!
- Add in the carrot and mengkuang. Stirfry for 2 minutes
Add the carrots first and stir
Then we add the mengkuang. Stir again!
- Mix the veg well and close the cover.
- Lower heat to medium and simmer for until the mengkuang is of the softness that you like!
Almost ready
- Season to taste. (Ma didn’t add anything!)
- Then we gotta steam the popiah skin.
50 pieces of Spring Home popiah skin
Gotta steam these popiah skins
- Once everything is done, its time to wrap the popiah and pop it into your mouth! yay!
Wrap it up
roll it
quick dinner/snack!
It didn’t taste bland without seasoning! There’s a mild taste of garlic and shrimps. Light and perfect for pa hahahaa. Oh actually you can add other ingredients ie. mushrooms/meat/anything at all! to the filling or even fry the popiah. I would add black fungus next time because it will add a crunchy texture!
This is a very simple and versatile dish. Try making your own popiah with ingredients of your personal liking!
August 20th, 2009 §
Eevon made tuna potato salad! 
I absolutely love raw food. Not only it’s really easy to prepare, raw food does more good than cooked food! So here’s a salad recipe I tried the other day.
For 4 pax:
3 canned tuna
4 eggs
4 russet potatoes
20 cherry tomatoes
1 small lettuce
some coriander leaves
Salad Dressing
3 tablespoon of brown sugar (add more if you have a sweet tooth)
90ml Olive oil (actually it’s up to you how much smooth you want your salad to be)
1 Lemon (to squeeze for lemon juice)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf coriander leaves
How?
- Place the eggs in a saucepan of cold water and bring to boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 4 minutes. Cool the eggs under cold running water, shell them and cut them into quarters!
- Peel potatoes and cut them into bite size cubes. Boil the potatoes and cook them until they are 70% tender. lol. Not sure what 70% is? When you poke a fork into the potato, it sinks into it smoothly but does not falls apart. If the potatoes falls apart, it is too tender. Once potatoes are ready, drain and refresh them under cold water. Leave aside to cool.
potatoes in small cubes
- Prepare the canned tuna. Use a fork to seperate the tuna chunks.
buy dolphin-safe tunas!
- Salad dressing: combine olive oil, brown sugar, lemon juice and coriander in a small bowl.
coriander leaves
chopped coriander leaves+olive oil+brown sugar+lemon juice+pepper!!
- Gently toss the potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes and season.
cherry tomatoes & crispy lettuce
- Add 3/4 of the dressing and toss well.
- Divide among 4 bowls, top with tuna and egg and drizzle the remaining dressing.
- Garnish with some coriander leaves!
So there you have it! Tuna Potato & Egg salad!!!
Tada! Tuna Potato & Egg Salad!
fresh salad!
You can try adding onions and olives or substitute lemon juice with vinegar. Also, I realised that I should had sliced the cherry tomatoes into halves! lol. Anyway it tasted pretty fine and hub was happy eating healthy! I shall make him more salad!
BTW tuna aka chicken of the sea is a great source of Omega 3 fatty acids. Eating tuna can raise good cholesterols and lower the baddies (LDL). But do enjoy tuna in moderation (eating it more than 1-2 times per week is considered excessive) because like all fishes, tuna contains mercury.
Also, remember to buy dolphin-safe tunas only!