Bean soup….hmmm, I don’t really get the concept of bean soup because for us here in Malaysia, that’s more of a hot dessert thing. But I’m game to try anything Italian because I find sometimes the name sounds fancier and harder than it really is. The weather is a bit wonky these days. It gets [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Tuscan Bean Soup
February 25th, 2012 
Sharon 
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Tags: bean soup, Beans, cheese, light meals, One-pot, pasta, Soups, tuscan bean soup, Vegetables, Western 
4 Comments »Ham Choi Soup
February 21st, 2012 Sharon I had problems trying to shoot this bowl of soup without making it look so…..for lack of a better word….’peasant-y’, but I gave up after changing props a few times and decided that if this is how it should look, then it’s how it should be. Ham Choi literally means ‘salty vege’ but in Hokkien, [...]
Posted in Home Tags: Asian, eggs, Noodles, salted vege, soup, Soups, Speedy Meals, Vegetables 6 Comments »Lurve week……..and Simple Fried Fish
February 17th, 2012 Sharon I attended a bridal shower 2 weekends ago, this was the day before the bloggers CNY pot luck, why am I writing about this, cause the bride-to-be is getting married TOMORROW! Woot woot! And also to show you all the yumminess that was prepared for a somewhat high-tea cum dinner gathering…complete with a chocolate fountain! [...]
Posted in Home Tags: Appetizer, fried fish, light meals, people, Seafood, sides, Snacks, Speedy Meals 1 Comment »CNY Pot Luck and Pork Stuffed You Tiau (U Char Kuey)
February 15th, 2012 Sharon I attended a bloggers CNY pot luck 2 weekends ago and I’m probably the last one to post about this. Haha! I had to do theme week first and then get to this post. We had the gathering at Sonia’s house. She had been more than generous to play hostess to the event and I [...]
Posted in Home Tags: Asian, Bread, deep fry, gathering, people, Pork, pot luck, sides, Snacks, Speedy Meals, u char kuey, you tiau 7 Comments »Eat More Vege – Melanzane
February 11th, 2012 Sharon This post was inspired by the River Cottage Vege series. They created this dish in one of the episodes but unfortunately I can’t remember which. Anyway, melanzane is the vege version of lasagne but instead of using pasta sheets, we use aubergines. Layer it like how you would a lasagne and then pile on the [...]
Posted in Home Tags: Bread, cheese, marinara sauce, melanzane, One-pot, sauce, vege lasagne, Vegetables 12 Comments »Eat More Vege – Grilled Corn Salsa
February 11th, 2012 Sharon My husband doesn’t like corn, so this was made for one! I’m not a fan of eating corn ON the cob, not in restaurants anyway because I’m paranoid I’ll always have bits of corn fibres stuck in between my teeth. And when you talk to people, you’ll spew out those yellow bits. It almost ALWAYS [...]
Posted in Home Tags: Basics, corn, grill, grilled corn, light meals, Oil, salsa, sides, Snacks, Speedy Meals, tomato, tortilla chips, Vegetables 2 Comments »Eat More Vege – Potato Latkes with Poached Egg
February 10th, 2012 Sharon This method of cooking potatoes has so many names, latkes, rosti, cakes, fritters, pancakes…so I’m not sure if there is a jarring difference in all of them, just different names from different places. I saw these potato latkes from Once Upon a Chef and since I love potatoes, this was just the thing for like [...]
Posted in Home Tags: brunch, egg, herb, latkes, light meals, potatoes, Snacks, Speedy Meals, Vegetables 8 Comments »Eat More Vege – Parsley and Rocket Pesto
February 9th, 2012 Sharon I have never made pesto before and I must confess that I’m not a real fan of the basil ones. Rocket is my favourite salad and I thought I could do somewhat of a pesto version with that instead. There has been cases where pine nuts have been known to give that metallic after-taste lately [...]
Posted in Home Tags: arugula, cheese, herb, light meals, Oil, parsley, pasta, pesto, rocket, Speedy Meals, Vegetables, Western 2 Comments »Eat More Vege – Ratatouille
February 8th, 2012 Sharon What would vege week be if I didn’t make that well-beloved vege stew? One of my favourite vege is aubergine…..big, fat, round aubergines. Prep correctly, the aubergine tastes good in anything. I have even seen Jamie Oliver (below) make an aubergine chocolate dessert (not sure if I find that appetising but it was drowning in [...]
Posted in Home Tags: aubergine, courgette, marinara, One-pot, pasta, ratatouille, tomatoe, Vegetables 3 Comments »Eat More Vege – Asian Inspired Broccoli & Romaine Salad
February 7th, 2012 Sharon Now this is what I call an experiment with happy results. I had like bits and pieces of so and so left in the fridge and neither was enough for a whole dish in itself. So I decided to do some sort of salad but didn’t want to go down that Western dressing route. There [...]
