Category Archives: Mains

easy indonesian nasi goreng

When I was a teacher ages ago and lived alone, I would cook enough food to make up 2 meals a day – one for dinner and the rest to…

roasted thai red curry chicken

I bought a chicken. That, in itself, was not unusual.  But unfortunately, I forgot to instruct the shop people to remove the head and feet of the chicken. So I…

roasted vegetable soup with bacon and croutons | cooking with left-overs

Every year, we serve roasted vegetables at our table for Christmas.  A bag of sweet potatoes, a bag of carrots and potatoes and yet, we still end up with left-over…

{giveaway} braised ox tail burguignon | a review of purely fresh online grocery store

I shall start this post with a SIGH. A well and truly happy and totally satisfied SIGH. Let you show you what I just had for dinner. It was so, so…

baked parmesan crusted barramundi with garlic butter, asparagus and cherry tomatoes | kuhlbarra barramundi

Every year, the LAM and I will host a small dinner party to celebrate Christmas. We’d almost always have the same few close friends over, and well, I can say…

one-pot creamy fusilli with spicy italian sausage and caramelized onion

This is one of those dishes that stem from the need to use up left-over ingredients in the fridge. We had a small gathering last week and I had a…

easy slow cooker beef ragu

This is a meal for all lazy busy Moms. This is because the cooking is mostly done in a slow cooker. Slow cookers are one of the best inventions in…

one-pot creamy smoked chicken penne

Sometimes it is not so much that I am super busy but that I want to get dinner done and out of the way so I can get on with…

super easy creamy chicken, chorizo and mushroom pasta bake

I was going to cook a baked rice dish for dinner but the LAM observed that we hadn’t had any pasta for a while. That is true since I usually…

flower crab hor fun with ginger oil, scallion and coriander drizzle

It is no secret that I love crabs, and since I saw some flower crabs being sold the other day, I could not resist and bought some to cook a…