Cook For Family Day

A couple of weeks back, I set about to organise a “Cook For Your Family” Day, an initiative to encourage more people to cook for their families by pledging to cook on 25 November. I found out through a fellow food blogger that Daniel from DanielFoodDiary had organised a similar initiative for food bloggers in […]

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Cooking Competition (Teachers’ Entries)

And here’s a continuation of the cooking competition entries – teachers’ category. We are still on the chicken theme. One look and you can tell that teachers and students have very different concepts of plating. The plating done by students is of a modern flair, but the most of the ones done by teachers are […]

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Cooking competition (Students’ Entries)

My school held a cooking competition after the examinations for the teachers and the staff. Each team had two members, either two students or two teachers. There were four student teams and four teacher teams, each representing their house. The theme of the cooking competition was “chicken”. Participants were judged based on their presentation, creativity, […]

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Cereal Chicken

I’ve tried making cereal prawns several times, but I’ve never attempted using chicken in place of prawns. My cousin was coming over for dinner, and since she was allergic to prawns, I decided to tweak my usual cereal prawn recipe. The result was surprisingly delicious – the chicken was juicy and the cereal and curry […]

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Zucchini and Mushroom Pasta

I found a packet of Lemon Pepper Pappardelle sitting in my cupboard, and decided to do something with it. Rummaging through my fridge, I found a zucchini and a pack of swiss brown button mushrooms. I decided to combine the ingredients, and the result is a simple, healthy and delicious pasta. I bought my pappardelle […]

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Chicken and Century Egg Porridge

Porridge is one of my comfort foods on a cold rainy day, or when I am recovery from a flu. It is simple to prepare, feeds a large number of people easily, and best of all, has a low glycemic index! Did you know that porridge has a GI index of 42-45, in comparison with […]

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Baked Asparagus and Spinach Risotto

This simple risotto is great for nights where you feel like something fast and “meatless”. Though it is almost vegetarian (just switch the chicken stock to vegetable stock), it is chock full of flavour. A risotto dish typically requires one to stand in front of the stove patiently stirring and adding ladles of hot stock. […]

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