Chicken Thighs In A Creamy Tomato & Basil Gravy

Posted on 24 February, 2017 by cllism

Sundried and Basil Chicken Thigh 2

Sundried and Basil Chicken Thigh 3

I have not been using my dutch oven for a while now, ever since I bought the pressure cooker. Time is precious nowadays – every single minute and second of it. Using the pressure cooker gives me that little bit more time to interact with the little one over the weekend. I even resort to cooking fried rice in the pressure cooker now. I must say, I am getting the hang of estimating the right amount of rice and water for my fried rice. No more soggy and wet fried rice out of the pressure cooker anymore.

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Simple Pan-Fried Salmon With Couscous Salad

Posted on 17 February, 2017 by cllism

Salmon with Couscous Salad

Salmon with Couscous Salad 3

I had couscous salad for the first time at a recent lunch appointment. It was at the Privé café. I ordered a grilled salmon served with couscous. I remember the taste very vividly – fresh, crunchy, citrus, light and a little lemony sour. The salad went really well with the salmon, neutralising and ridding it of its possibly fishy and oily tastes.

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Casual Caprese Tarts With My Favourite Toppings

Posted on 9 February, 2017 by cllism

Caprese Tart

Caprese Tart 2

It’s really simple to make, yet they look kind of elegant and sophisticated. Colourful – green and red. Fun. Lively. Carefree. You really could choose any toppings you like to go with the pastry.

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Rooster Pineapple Tarts For The Rooster Lunar New Year

Posted on 3 February, 2017 by cllism

Chicken Pineapple Tart

Saw some bird-like pineapple tarts in the newspaper ads and thought I could give it a try too. Just for the sake of fun. The end product wasn’t too bad, but there is definitely room for improvement (see my comments below).

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家常便饭 － 新年人日的七样羹 (Teochew Spring Vegetables)

Posted on 27 January, 2017 by cllism

Qi Yang Cai 4

Qi Yang Cai 3

My mum always cooks this dish for us every year. Without fail. The sad thing is that not many of us would eat it since the steamboat would have fulfilled our quota of how much we could eat at the dining table. Well, not that this plate of vegetables isn’t nice; there are so many other plates of delicacies like shabu shabu, fresh prawns, raw fish, abalone slices, fishballs (yes, my favourite!) etc etc. Vegetables? I could afford to eat healthy some other day.

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