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Practical kitchen tips, cooking guides and how-tos for home cooks. From understanding Asian ingredients to choosing the right tools – everything you need to cook with confidence.
“Extensive aromas in your cooking with Italian herbs blend” I love this Italian Herbs seasoning! This Italian herbs blend can be widely used in cooking of pasta, lasagna, steak, pork chop, mushroom dishes, and even making sauce. Italian herbs blend is a blend of many types of herbs i.e. Marjoram, Thyme, Rosemary, Savory, Sage, Oregano…
“How to create tender bites of meat chops or tough cut steak?” If your baked pork chops, grilled steaks or even fried chicken cutlets appeared too hard to chew, you need to tenderise them. Tenderizing is a process to break down fibers in tough meat to make it more springy and palatable for consumption. There…
Measurements differ from country to country. I used most common units for Asia (Singapore) which might not be so familiar for some western countries. Even though minor variations in measurements won’t affect your cooking, but it’s good if the recipe you like comes with measurements you are familiar with. As a resident in Singapore, we…
Stir-fried Chinese Spinach with Goji Berries (清炒枸杞子苋菜) “Healthy Stir-fried Chinese Spinach aka Yin Choi (Leaf Amaranth) with Goji Berries (Wolfberries). Don’t forget it’s nutritional values!” If Chinese Spinach does not sound familiar to you. Try read it in Cantonese – Yin Choy, or in Mandarin as Xiàn Cài (苋菜). It’s Amaranth leaves. This is a…
“The must-have food products in my kitchen/ refrigerator” 3 Jan 09 Genie: “Hi, really love your blog.. please keep on updating! can i request for a post on the “necessity” ingredients/things you will always buy and store in your kitchen/fridge?” The above was a message from my reader, Genie. Her request of having a post…
“My Favourite Breakfast Cereal” I love breakfast cereals! All kinds of breakfast cereal, from cold whole grain cereal to hot porridge oat. Breakfast cereal is usually eaten cold mixed with milk. Of all kinds and brands, I prefer Post Selects brand, particularly Banana Nut Crunch Cereal. I loved the generous amount of real banana and…