I’ve had a love-hate relationship with avocado for a while last year. It started off when I began to drink avocado milkshake during my pregnancy, something my gynecologist wanted me to do to put on more weight. I got addicted to the shakes and continued to drink them regularly throughout my 2nd and 3rd trimesters.
It’s the time of the year to bake Chinese New Year cookies again! I’ve decided to revisit a previous recipe but use a different ground nut powder instead.
It’s going to be Chinese New Year again in two days’ time.
Time passes by so quickly. Last year this time, I was still waiting impatiently for the little one to be born. This year’s Chinese New Year would be the first one that the ten-month old is going to have.
It is very common to see patrons order this dish of spicy stir-fried kang kong/spinach at local zi char restaurants (‘zi char’ = stir-fry; meaning restaurants with a huge kitchen to whip up home-style dishes). Usually, you would be able to see tables at such restaurants piled up with seafood dishes such as chilli crabs, prawns, grilled stingrays and steamed fish, plus one or two dishes of meat such as deer meat, plus one or two dishes of stir-fried rice or noodles, plus one or two dishes of vegetables or tofu etc. There aren’t usually many plates of vegetables, as far as I observed, but I must say, this dish of sambal kang kong is one of the most favoured of all.
When you are a working mum and has been for at least half a year, the stress and effort of having to cook dinner every single night would freak you out. I am sure that, like me, a lot of working mums out there are constantly looking out for shortcuts that can help them to complete the daily tasks at home in half the time.
