So, I’d like to think that I am a somewhat health conscious foodie. I tried with all my might to replace ingredients with the healthier alternative whenever possible. For as ...
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Asparagus + mint + lime barley risotto
Cauliflower + Sweet Potato + Soymilk Creamy Puree
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Vegetarian Tuesday
So, I’d like to think that I am a somewhat health conscious foodie. I tried with all my might to replace ingredients with the healthier alternative whenever possible. For as long as I can remember, I am always in a quest to find the best butter replacement. And no, I would never use margarine. Read […]
Asparagus + mint + lime barley risotto
Apologies for the delay, but here’s the second recipe I promised for asparagus celebration. Jamie Oliver’s recipe bank is almost always my first go to place in search of inspiration for seasonal foods. I have a bunch of his cookbooks – at one point in time I even had all of them, but the man […]
Asparagus + Shrimp + Mushroom + Green Peas Soup
A few days ago, during yet another glorious weekend in Nagareyama (home of Kaz+Kelly+Baby Quinn), Kelly asked what we should be doing on the Sunday, since we didn’t exactly have any grand plans in place. Without thinking very much about it I blurted, “Well, how about going to Costco?” The Mouse, who was also there, looked at […]
Jerk pinto beans + couscous
I’m having a bit of obsession over beans these past few months. Went berserk and got myself quite a large collection of dried beans the other week, from black eyed peas to garbanzo beans, pimento, black beans, multiple kinds of lentils, lima beans, edamame beans, soy beans, mung beans. Beans, beans, BEANS! Human truth: You can’t have […]
Cauliflower + Sweet Potato + Soymilk Creamy Puree
This can’t be right, it’s February 28 already! Better get one post up, or else it will be too quiet in the blog. I’m still here, folks. Still cooking, procrastinating, scheming. All good. Truth of the matter is, as an ode to getting myself back in shape, I returned to the trusted regime of Cardiologist […]
Thai Suki Hot Pot
13 days into the New Year and I don’t have very much pleasant things to say about 2013 thus far. And this is because I am going through the most annoying case of sniffles. Although not exactly sprightly, I don’t feel horrible and there is no serious fever to speak of. However stopping every 5 […]
Shabu shabu and 2013 resolution
It is the year of 2013, on the 9th of January to be very precise. I looked at my food blog, and in dismay I realized the last post I did was on October 6, 2012. Noting the vast gap between that post and this one, I have bitterly concluded that the so called “Grand […]
Vegetable tagine + anchovy sauce
It’s been 8 weeks since I posted last. A lot, including one of the biggest milestones in my life happened in the interim. My father, my wonderful and beautiful father passed away on August 17, 2012 at around 9pm. He was 71 years old. My father was my biggest fan. He was always the most […]
Carrot + Courgette + Orange Cake
I have deep love for Florence, so deep and gripping, like a teen girl’s infatuation that keeps getting more and more serious. Perhaps it has much to do with the Tuscan capital’s breathtaking landscape, amazingly delicious and honest meals, sound history… or maybe it’s just a combination of it all. On a trip there on […]
Vegetarian Goya Chanpuru
I still think that Okinawa and Indonesia are related somehow. One of Okinawa’s beloved vegetable, goya (their bitter melon), is extremely well known and used all over Indonesia, under the name pare/paria. Even the way most people consume it is the same, stir frying it. The Japanese name for the dish is Goya Chanpuru. Phonetically […]


