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Mottainai literally means “what a waste” in Japanese, but besides using it as an expression, it is also a tradition, a culture, a philosophy and a lifestyle to the Japanese. In brief, mottainai encompasses the “don’t waste”, “utilise as much as you can”, “reduce, recycle, reuse”, “respect”, and “be thankful” values. So what does this has…
Fusion
Cheesy Laksa Baked Rice (Made With Leftover Laksa Soup!)
X loves laksa a lot, but because it’s hard to get the ingredients to make laksa from scratch overseas, we stock up on laksa premixes whenever we go back to Singapore. Each box of premix makes enough for 3 (nowadays 4 as I try not to consume so much of the soup), so I will…
No-Mixer Okara Chocolate Cake [Eggless & Dairy-Free]
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If you make your own homemade soy milk, you will always end up with a by-product – the soy pulp, also known as tofu dregs or okara. Okara is an extremely nutritious by-product, containing proteins, soluble and non-soluble fibre and isoflavones. However, okara has a slightly gritty texture that I don’t enjoy with my soy milk, so…
Salted Egg Yolk Cream Puffs
I brought back a new ingredient when I went back to Singapore recently – salted egg yolks in powder form! Salted egg is a preserved food product made by soaking duck eggs in brine or packing them in damp, salted charcoal. The resulting egg will have a white that is salty and a yolk that…
Nasi Lemak Burger
When I first read about the launch of the special Nasi Lemak Burger by a popular fast food chain in Singapore 2 weeks ago, I was intrigued but not that interested because I’ve always liked my food in their original form (I’m boring I know). X, on the other hand, was quite interested to try…
Mrs NgSK’s Butter Cake [Flat Top with Egg-Separation Method]
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I think butter cake is my most-eaten cake during my childhood. My mom would occasionally buy a loaf for our breakfast or sometimes treating us to a butterfly butter cupcake after our swimming lessons. The first cake that my mom baked after buying the our first oven is also a butter cake! I love butter cakes – they are soft, buttery, have this skin…
TangZhong Pork Floss Buns
Here’s the last instalment of the bread series (for now)! I used some of my previous batch of TangZhong dough to turn them into pork floss buns. I think it was BreadTalk who first came up with this bun and it was an instant hit. Many bakeries also came up with their own version of this bun within a span of…
Asian-Style Egg Noodles Stir Fry (with Prawns and Chicken)
I love, love, love noodles. Currently I have 8 kinds of noodles stocked at home – spaghetti, tagliatelle/fettuccine, rice noodles (hor fun), rice vermicelli (bee hoon), somen (thin Japanese noodle made of wheat flour), soba (Japanese buckwheat noodles), udon and egg noodles. This is not including the other pasta shapes that are sitting in the pantry! So… yup,…
Garlic Parmesan Twists
As a result of my poor food management, I had two boxes of opened puff pastry to use up. I could have used it up on a chicken pot pie but it’ll be boring because there won’t be anything new to blog about. As I was making mushroom soup for dinner, I thought of having something garlicky and cheesy to go…
Matcha Lava Cake for One or Two in 30 Minutes
There are times when I have a lava cake craving but whenever I Google for a recipe, the recipes usually make 4 or 6 servings at one go, which can be quite frustrating because all I need is just one! And it’s hard to scale these recipes down because I don’t want to have 1/2…
Mini Sausage Bread Rolls (TangZhong Method)
Bread-making has always been a daunting task because my bread seldom comes out as fluffy and soft as I wanted them to be. I did consider buying a bread machine but X and I don’t eat much bread so I think it will be underused and a waste of counter space. Handheld mixers usually come…
Baked Honey Sriracha Salmon
And just like that, a month has flown by and we are now in March! Looking back at the past 2 months, I realised I have not been posting as regularly as I wanted to – somehow I couldn’t find the motivation to sit in front of the computer and churn out quality blog posts. Instead I had been…
Easy One-Pot Pasta Soup
When we were planning our trip to Iceland, I knew that in order to save money, we will need to cook our own meals. I thought that I would be able to whip up some tasty camping dishes like those one-pot rice or one-pot pasta with a big bowl of salad or maybe even cooking some…
Korean Keema
The moment I saw this recipe over at Joyce’s blog, I knew I have to make it. Both X and I are huge fan of one-dish rice meals – he loves it because it’s easy to eat and I can simply scoop it on top of rice, meaning less dishes for him to wash up later; I love it…
Umami Pasta (Cherry Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Tuna, Basil & Parmesan)
Grocery shopping has been real fun here, because besides Asian produce that are expensive (such as ginger, beansprouts, shallots, lemongrass etc.), a lot of the other produce are cheaper, fresher and/or tastier then those I have tasted in Singapore. Cherry tomatoes are 90% of the time, sweet and juicy and cost only SGD 2 per kilo; white/brown button mushrooms and…
Pan-Fried Salmon with Asian Glaze
Buying chicken, beef and pork (we don’t really eat lamb) is easy, just go to the counter, ask for the parts and the butcher will give it to me. Fish, on the other hand, is a whole new different game. I would stare at the fish and the fish would stare back at me and I guess…
Guest Post – Soft and Pillowy Cranberry Bread
Here is our 3rd instalment of our Guest Post series! I’m really excited that Victoria from Victoria Bakes has agreed to write a guest post for Foodie Baker. Victoria has an amazing collection of sweet treats – I’m very thankful that I won’t get fat by reading her blog posts, because I probably won’t be able…
Sticky Asian Pork Chops
Chops are one of my favourite comfort food – there’s this alluring and comforting feeling when I hear the chops (be it chicken, beef or pork) sizzling away in the frying pan or on top of a grill. Pair it with a creamy sauce like a mushroom sauce – a thousand times yes! But today this…
Guest Post: Creamy Kimchi Pasta
Sorry there’s no recipe today! Well that’s because the recipe today is posted at BAM’S Kitchen! I blogged about a Korean-Western fusion Creamy Kimchi Pasta with crispy bacon, chewy mushrooms, crunchy kimchi and a light creamy sauce. I hope this entices you enough to head over there! Head over to BAM’s Kitchen for the recipe!
Spaghetti with Seafood Velouté (Gordon Ramsay)
Gordon Ramsay is a popular celebrity chef who hosts many variety shows. I can’t say I’m an avid fan of his, considering the huge amount of swearing in his shows – I can’t decide if he meant what he said or he had to for show-effects. But even so, I have collected quite a few…
One-Pot Beer Mussels
National Day is coming! I remember singing and loving all the catchy National Day songs during school days; and the fireworks display is my favourite moment of the National Day parade. For all the Singaporeans out there, how are you going to celebrate Singapore’s 49th Birthday? In the case of Tiger Beer, our Singapore-born beer…
THB #28: Greek Almond-Crusted Citrus Rolls
Christmas is just around the corner and I had just finished planning what I want to bake for the upcoming Christmas parties and giveaways! (Still left with the savoury meals though…) Hopefully I will remember to take photos of them and post on my Instagram! (Follow me @foodiebaker if you haven’t!) This bake was chosen…
Steak with Chimichurri (Curtis Stone)
Grilling steaks is not a favourite hobby of mine as high heat is needed – and when there’s high heat, there’d be lots of smoke and my house would always ended up smoky and oily! I’d have to mop the floor after the cooking, which is definitely not my favourite household chore. However, restaurant steaks…
Sesame Seeded Crackers
In a blink of an eye, it’s time for Bake Along again! I first had savoury crackers in an Italian restaurant – the crackers were served together with bread as a starter and I was intrigued and pleasantly surprised by the unpretentious, crispy and salty crackers. When these savoury crackers were chosen as the Bake…
Creamy Mushrooms and Prawns Pasta
Today I’m sharing a recipe I’ve adapted from Johnny’s (Feed the Piglet) blog – Johnny used to train as a chef and he has developed more than 200 recipes that he is sharing on his blog. He also take really awesome photos of his dishes – so do check it out! I adapted Johnny’s Prawn…
Mango Salsa Chicken
I would love to bake desserts every week (in fact I would love to bake almost everyday), but the butter, sugar and the occasional chocolate are contributing to the disappearance of my waist (thankfully it’s still here). As I’m not in office most of the time, I can’t bring the baked goods to office and…
Rösti with Egg
I’m a huge, huge fan of potatoes. And eggs. And potatoes with eggs. And eggs with potatoes. (Ok I think you get the picture.) One dish that I love to make with potatoes and eggs is Rösti. Rösti originates from Switzerland and was originally served as breakfast as a main dish. Today, it is consumed…