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It’s Children’s Day today, meaning it’s already October – the last third month of the year. We are nearing the end of the year! I am not looking very forward to 2027, mainly because it’s PSLE year for the boy, and I’m really not sure about what to expect for him and for myself as well, being a full time mum at home. I’m hoping that all these cooking will help to ease my mind a little and feed the family well too.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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I had a chat with a friend of mine yesterday, and she cooks for her family everyday too, almost. What she does though, is to cook a carb with two side dishes, including one soup into which she throws a lot of things. And then maybe another stir-fried dish of sorts to make the second. It’s a very practical way to cook a meal with one soup and one stir-fried dish in Singapore for a family of five because of the number of mouths she has to feed. For me, it’s not practical to cook more than one dishes per meal though, because:<\/p>\r\n

(1) unless you go to the wet market everyday and buy exactly what you need for that day, otherwise you will need to settle for the packaged ingredients at the supermarket (think one big bunch of coriander, 2 cucumbers in a vacuumed pack, half a cabbage (which is still huge for our consumption)) which is usually too much for us even if I try to cook every meal everyday. And the two adults in my household can’t eat that much nowadays given they are aging quite rapidly and the appetite is decreasing at the speed of light;<\/p>\r\n

(2) fresh ingredients spoil quickly, so they can’t keep well even if I store them in the refrigerator. As such, one pot dishes work the best for me because they help small households like ourselves to plan our groceries in a more practical manner.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

I would have loved to be able to cook larger portions for my family, but in my next life, if and when I have a bigger family to cook for. For now, dishes like this Sichuan shredded pork with garlic works very well on a weekday for us, because I just need a smaller, decent portion to feed three pax and eat it with rice on a simple weekday evening. It has the required protein and vegetable (I hope!), and doesn’t require a lot of preparation time too. As long as it’s tasty (and it is!) and everyone likes it, I think that’s the most important criterion for me as a home cook now.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Wishing all of you a great October ahead!\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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