The Cookbook Challenge Week 18: Garlic and Mustard Beef Skewers

Summer is still lingering on, temperatures are still in the low thirties. With the Cookbook Challenge being “barbeque” we decided to have a simple barbeque lunch in our backyard. The lunch was not anything special – just the four of us and the electric health grill. Our electric grill is now the barbeque substitute as [...]

Cute Bento

My 3 year old is super picky with her food. Every meal time she raises my stress level by refusing to eat certain food, needing to be spoon-fed, leaving food in her mouth and not swallow, and running around and play. Last year I tried searching for creative ideas to feed my fussy eater, and [...]

The Cookbook Challenge Week 17: Bánh Cuốn – Vietnamese Rice Rolls with Pork

Theme: Vietnamese
Since I moved away from home and started my own family, I have come to appreciate my mum’s cooking. I love her soup noodles that she had boiled for hours and that I would slurp up the very last drop, or the comforting and delicious taste of plain rice served with thịt kho. But [...]

Fried Meringue

Last week on Poh’s Kitchen, Poh did her infamous fried meringue. The first time I saw Poh attempted this on Masterchef I was very intrigued and have been wanting to make it ever since. I was very excited about finally having the recipe.
This was such an easy and quick dessert to put together. I just [...]

Bún Chả Giò – Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Vermicelli Noodles

Back in the days when family get-together was a regular event, mum would used to fry up batches of spring rolls. I was given the task of rolling up the spring rolls and it was a task I enjoyed the most (better than washing herbs and cutting up vegetables). I took pride in rolling the [...]

The Cookbook Challenge Week 16: Crispy Vermicelli Noodles

Theme: Noodles
We love our noodles – fried noodles, soup noodles, cold noodles and of course the instant noodles. Noodles are also the kiddies favourite food. Even my 1.5 year old is slurping up long strands of noodles. It amazes me to see her chomp on big chunks of food when she only has two teeth.
I [...]

The Cookbook Challenge Week 15: Pandan and Coconut Cupcakes

Theme: Muffins
This week’s theme is muffins and I instantly knew I was going to make pandan cupcakes. I love the sweet fragrant of pandan and have been wanting to make a pandan cake for a while now. Fresh pandan leaves are not always available but luckily my parents was recently given a small pandanous plant [...]