Chicken, veggies & rice
This is the last dish I made from my pre-prepared chicken. I sauted some garlic and onion, some strips of red and yellow capsicum, then added the chicken and its […]
Potato chicken salad
Nothing could go wrong with a salad, that’s what I think–it could only get better! I am using the chicken I prepared yesterday–I am amazed how the lemon grass has […]
Slow-cooked chicken
The chicken in the ref had to go, but I still didn’t have the time to cook–the solution? Slow-cook it! So what went into the slow-cooker…. 1/3 cup of water […]
Pancakes (my favourite recipe)
My favourite pancake recipe is something I got from allrecipes. Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour 1 tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp baking powder 1 egg 3/4 cup milk […]
Chili con carne
Ingredients: 500g dried kidney beans (soaked for 12 hours, boiled on high heat for 10 minutes, slow-cooked for 8 hours) vegetable oil for sauteing 1/2 head of garlic (minced) 2 […]
Savoury porridge
This may not be your cup of tea and you must be horrified. But I assure you that “the quakers” are far ahead of me as a long time ago […]
Banana Yoshimoto-inspired breakfast
When I started going independent, that was also the time that Banana Yoshimoto’s short story “Kitchen” came out. I was thrilled with the juvenile love story, but fell in love […]
Picadillo and giniling are the same!
‘Just made giniling again–didn’t know this is also called picadillo! Well, this is the Filipino version, of course 😉 I usually skip the raisins, but this time I added them. […]
Cheese pimiento (short-cutting my way)
Back in the old days, at primary school there was the subject “Home Economics” for girls. There we were taught how to sew, crochet, do embroidery, cook, and make cheese […]
Couscous (#2)
What went into my couscous this time…. Ingredients: olive oil for sauteing 3 cloves garlic (minced) 1/2 courgette (diced) 1/2 yellow capsicum (julienned) 1 tomato (sliced) 8 green beans (cut […]
