I know it is not Friday yet but this is too good a recipe to wait. I made it from memory last Sunday after watching Nigella fry it up for her girlfriend and herself. After which I checked her book and found that I completely changed the seasoning. It went really well nonetheless and was [...]
Tags: light meals, non-vegetarian, recipe friday
Yikes! Sorry folks I have not been posting for 2 months! I have been working on a project with potentially life-changing effects. I cannot talk much about it now but things are moving alone and hopefully I will be able to announce soon! It is the time of the year again and we have set [...]
Over the weekend, dear husband’s maternal grandmother passed away. He told me that this is the last of his grandparents. Actually his exact words were, “I have no grandparents left!”. I felt sad and helpless. This sorrowful remark of his leads me to think that, this means the next generation is “next”. Deaths of my [...]
Homemade yoghurt. You have too much time on your hands? Not enough to have homemade kids? Surprising contrary to what I used to believe, homemade yoghurt was unbelievebly easy to make. The inspiration come from my lovely colleague and good friend, C. She packed her delicious India lunches and they always come with a nice [...]
Tags: recipe friday, snack, vegetarian
I went to mass as I always do during lunchtime on Wednesday. It was the Feast Day of St Clare of Assisi. During the homily, the priest spoke about how she had taken to a life of poverty, abstinence from meat, speaking only when necessary. A life of simplicity and detachment. A life focus on [...]
Tags: detachment, simplicity
Wikipedia defined omelettes as, “An omelette or omelet is a dish made from beaten eggs quickly cooked with butter or oil in a frying pan, sometimes folded around a filling such as cheese, vegetables, meat (often ham), or some combination of the above. To obtain a fluffy texture, whole eggs or sometimes egg whites only [...]
Tags: light meals, non-vegetarian, recipe friday
I don’t love my job. Period. Age old discussion about whether it is better to have a job that you don’t like but pays well or to have a job that you love but pays okay. I am still in the job I have been for the last 13 years (in fact my anniversary is [...]
Tags: job, priorities, Work
Dear husband and I visited a garden last weekend to shop for herbs that I use frequently in my cooking. All the plants were clearly labeled with care instructions – frequency of watering, how much sun and most importantly, different types of fertilizers. I commented that they must have tested each type of fertilizer to [...]
The slow cooker is one of the most used kitchen appliance in my home. I loved the simplicity of use and also the resulting favour extraction from the slow low heat cooking. This is one of the easiest recipe I have for the slow cooker that looks complicated to make but really it is a [...]
Tags: cuban, full meals, non-vegetarian, recipe friday, western
http://www.mummysg.com/forums/f97/being-special-parenting-child-medical-conditions-15948/ I stumbled upon this forum when I was surfing. As I read the many posts, tears ran down my face. It did not help matters when I found out this morning that a girl friend lost her baby at 4.5 months. How I have taken my kids for granted! How I have squandered the [...]
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