Food experiments from my little kitchen

Marketing can be challenging when cooking for a small family. Like when I buy a cabbage, I probably have to cook it twice in the same week. That day I bought one to make chicken soup on one day, the other half cabbage was sitting in the fridge so I wanted to make something like chap chye but a simpler version with all the possible ingredients I have at home. This is another time saving dish because it allows me to do some quick washing up when the vegetable is cooking. Ingredients Half a cabbage (cut into chunks) 5 small dried shiitake mushrooms Some dried black fungus Sliced carrot Sliced ginger Chopped garlic Sauce 1 Tbsp oyster sauce 1 tsp tau cheo White pepper Sugar to taste  Some water Recipe 1. Soak the mushrooms and black fungus till soft. Remove the stems from mushrooms and cut the mushrooms into strips. For the black fungus, remove the thick part and cut them into pieces. Retain the liquid for soaking mushrooms. 2. Heat the oil in the wok and stir fry t...

Ever since I left my full time work last June, I suddenly took on the additional task of preparing breakfast at home. My boy used to go childcare for breakfast and my husband will buy his own breakfast but now I am the one preparing for them. So I thought it will be a good idea to share some of the breakfast that I made.  Cream cheese spread with strawberries  Peanut butter spread with strawberries  Personally I love the bread with cream cheese spread. I like to add cut strawberries in the bread. Sometimes strawberries are sour and nobody at home likes to eat as a whole. But when it is cut and put in bread, the sour tangy taste goes well with the bread and spread. :) Yeah, for the little boy, he loves to eat peanut butter with bread. Putting fruits in breakfast makes it healthy!

It has been a long while since I last cooked cod. Bought some frozen cod before the Chinese new year but I didn't have much chance to cook until recently. This is a very simple and easy recipe yet my family loves it. To me, as long as I have fried ginger strips, everything is nice. :) Ingredients Cod fish Ginger Spring onions Marinate Soy sauce White pepper Chinese cooking wine Sauce ~1 tbsp Soy sauce ~ 1 tsp Sugar A few tbsp of water Recipe 1. Marinate the cod fish with some soy sauce, Chinese cooking wine and dash of white pepper for at least 5 minutes. Layer the steam dish with some sliced ginger, put the fish on top and cover with some more sliced ginger. 2. Steam the cod until it is fully cooked. I am using an electrical steamer and it takes me approximately 12-15 minutes depending on the cut. (I do not preheat the steamer) 3. While the fish is steaming, cut some ginger into long thin strips and fry them in a saucepan till it turns golden brown. Set the ...