Linda's Cravings

After days of festive feasting, I craved for simple meals. As I ransacked the fridge, the left over food from the reunion dinner is long gone, so are the perishable greens. I do have some cabbage (wang bak) and minced pork (in the freezer) on stand by for days such as today. My first thought was to cook Mee Hoon soup with these ingredients, but "HRH" does...

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Among my repertoire of Nonya dishes, Hu Pioh Soup is the crowd's favourite. A MUST have in my annual CNY cookout for my in-laws' clan. A nephew is so fond of this soup that the other nieces and nephews have to keep counts of the number of bowls he consumes - aloud! Its popularity lies with the wholesomeness of the soup, made from scratch...

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If you have been following this blog, you would have known by now that I am a big fan of pumpkin. Simply because it is a versatile nutritional powerhouse. I have used it in curry, porridge, stir fried and my favourite way - as a dessert. I first come across this dessert in a Chinese restaurant in China many many moons ago. The restaurant uses hollowed-out...

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I find minced pork so versatile that it is a must have in my fridge/freezer. I reached for it each time I run out of ideas to cook or in idle mode. I used it for noodle soup, stir fry, with steam egg, steam tofu, the meatball for pasta and in the stew, the list is endless. I recently cooked a batch of Char Siew (Chinese...

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Lately, I have been craving for something sweet after dinner, which is very unusual as I am not known to be a "sweet" person. I have gone from polishing off the whole fruit cakes (during the festive period) to popping truffles every evening (to a point HRH starts rationing) While super marketing the other day, I was attracted to some pretty edible gems - tapioca jellies. I don't know about you, as for...

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