The Quicky Dessert: Lime Jelly & Vanilla Greek Yoghurt with Passionfruit

Ok, this will be a quicky blog entry for a quicky dessert that accompanied my chicken and pasta bake 2 nights ago. I have my first practical assessment for basic cookery this Saturday which includes a theory component as well so I’ll be up later going […]

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Chicken and Pasta Bake with Grilled Eggplant

We’ve only just ushered in autumn but it feels as if winter will be upon us sooner than expected. This calls for comfort food to warm the soul and chase those chills away. Rummaging through my fridge for supplies bought a week prior, I’ve got eggplant, chicken breast fillets […]

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Lazy but Tasty: Niçoise Salad & Microwaved Chocolate Cake

Tonight was one of those nights I couldn’t be bothered cooking a full warm meal but that doesn’t mean I compromised on wholesome (disregard the cake) and flavourful. I could have just torn open packets of Indomie but I already did that for lunch 😳 (yes, one of my guilty […]

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Chicken Salad & Precision Cutting

Tonight, I decided to practise precision cutting vegetables as per Unit Kitchen lesson 1 of my patisserie course. Over the next few days, J & I will be eating salads and soups and whatever that allows me to practise ‘cutting’ vegetables for my assessment in lesson 5. It […]

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Butterscotch Banana and Mocha Cream Sponge Cake

Mom’s Birthday Cake Butterscotch Banana Genoese Sponge Cake with Mocha Whipped Cream & Toasted Flaked Almonds decorated with Les Fruits De Mer Belges Originaux De Guylian

The name is a mouthful isn’t it? How else shall I call it? Over the last few […]

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Satay: the Epic Project

Chicken Satay with peanut sauce and usual sides of cucumber, red onions and the nasi impit that didn’t turn out 🙂

J and I ushered in the year of the Tiger with a gathering of families at J’s cousin’s house. Now, when they emailed us about their open […]

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Murukku – The Experiment

Last night my kitchen looked like a war zone, gooey strings of dough splattered on the benchtop, tiny pools of oil coating the surface, layers of paper towels excessively saturated. I would describe my first-time attempt at Murukku as awkward! Murukku is a deep-fried savoury Indian snack often made during Deepavali (Festival of lights) […]

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