Monthly Archives: April 2014

review of maroyaka kale extract by yakult health foods

The Japanese are known for their longevity. It is a fact that in Japan, there are more people over 100 years old per 100,000 population than anywhere else in the world….

40 minute sausage rolls

This is another post that is related to the 40 minute bread rolls post I did a couple of weeks ago. Many people have tried making the bread successfully (yay!)…

cream cheese muffins with crumble topping

I am a work-at-home-mom and I plan all the meals for my family. As such, I always go to the supermarket with a list, for fear that I would end…

ham and gruyere cheese muffins

Today I am going for super simple. Is it possible? For sure! I baked a lot this week. And that’s saying a lot since I normally bake quite a lot…

40 minute ham and cheese pinwheel bread rolls

Recently I posted a recipe for a 40 minute bread roll. The recipe was a huge hit because apart from being super, super easy, it produces really soft bread rolls…

the impossibly easy tuna, egg and cheese mini-pies

Canned tuna is a really versatile ingredient to have in the kitchen. Apart from the numerous combinations of sandwiches one can make with canned tuna, there are also many salads…

snow fungus, red date, longan and gingko (dessert) soup

Go to an Asian market (we just call them markets here) and chances are, you would find some very strange looking things. When I was a kid, I would go…

cajun chicken pasta

Whenever I think of Cajun seasoning, I think of my friend, Yvonne. She makes a mean roast chicken marinated with Cajun spices. Feeling very inspired by photos of Yvonne’s roasts,…

quick and easy assam fish head curry

I love to potter around the kitchen. And I love cooking things from scratch. Unfortunately, I don’t always have the luxury of spending a lot of time in the kitchen,…

ultimate chocolatey-chocolate muffins

I love being a mom. I love being the cook-of-the-house. Well, most of the time, anyway. In the last couple of weeks, I had been pretty frazzled. The little boy…