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Cooked chicken porridge for Puppy today after much persuasion from Jo and Eddie :D who both could not believe I was actually contemplating tapao-ing porridge instead of making some sweet love porridge and hand-delivering (and spoon-feeding) to him. My weak excuse was that he’s already just recovering from a bout of viral fever from [...]

Neglected to take photos, but I cooked dinner today :) We had cheese omelet (Puppy made it) and simple stir-fried veggies and Indian butter chicken.
Despite some veggies I didn’t wash carefully enough *abashed* and a substitution of five-spice for garam masala powder, I think it wasn’t too bad :) I quite liked my [...]

Slice and sauté an onion. Add 3 cups chicken stock, a 1-pound bag of frozen peas, 1/3 cup oats, 1/8 teaspoon cardamom, some salt and pepper. Bring to boil. Purée in blender.
That’s it, folks.

For the next party. I promise!
Serves 4 to 6.
4 tablespoons (60g) butter, salted or unsalted
1 cup (200g) packed dark brown or cassonade sugar
3/4 teaspoon coarse sea salt
3 tablespoons cornstarch
2½ (625ml) cups whole milk
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons whiskey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1. Melt the butter in a medium-sized saucepan. Add the dark brown sugar and salt, [...]

More to add to the list of recipes to try. Using my blog to remember them all :D
Pork Riblets Braised in Vietnamese Caramel Sauce
Serves 2 as a meal or 4 as a starter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/3 cup fish sauce
1/3 cup sliced shallots
1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
1 slab baby back ribs [...]

Oh yes Girl Scout thin mints! I wants to make these!
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup milk (I used skim)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 tsp peppermint extract
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder and salt.
In a large bowl, [...]

I made the chocolate ice cream today after my hands got to itching for some cookin’!
The banana turned out to be a biiiiit too much - I could probably have gotten away with using just half a banana or maybe two-thirds - but the sweetness of the banana nicely balances out the bittersweetness of the [...]

Another on the list of things to make, right after I recreate my workplace’s famous mushroom melba toasties… :)
INGREDIENTS
* 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
* 1 egg, lightly beaten
* 1 cup quick cooking oats
* 6 1/2 ounces evaporated milk
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I’m so making this!
2 ounces (55 g) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
6 tablespoons (80 ml) milk, whole or low-fat
6 tablespoons (80 ml) Baileys liquor
1 medium-sized ripe banana, peeled*, and cut into chunks
1 tablespoon (15 ml) dark rum
1. In a small bowl set over a pan of simmering water (or in the microwave), melt the chocolate [...]

Oh I am having fun with the kitchen all to myself these two weeks and whipping up simple food for my family :)
Today I made fried miso macaroni with deep-fried luncheon meat cubes (mother would never approve), mixed veg, mushrooms, onion, and little fishcake cubes. Yesterday was Hokkien-style mee with chye sim and minced [...]