Things have been rather crazy lately. On top of the usual daily rush, which is crazy enough as it is; on top of the mid-year exam happening about now; we decided to remodel our home during the holidays. This means countless things to do right now. Meeting contractors, shopping for fixtures, packing up the house in preparation for a move-out,
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Ginger is something that I use quite often, but not often enough to finish using a whole piece before it spoils. Apart from slicing and julienning ginger, I also mince ginger. Mincing ginger is my least favourite way of using ginger. But sometimes, it is unavoidable. Usually, the amount needed is really small, like a teaspoon or a tablespoon. I
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This is another question I often get : How do I “do it all”? The people who ask me this question are also asking another question : “How can I do it all (like you)?” I most certainly do not ‘do it all’. But what I do is besides the point. My answer to this question is another question
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I am, at heart, a paper and pen person. My husband has always been trying to convert me to become a techie like him, but I have always resisted. To me, the simpler the technology or method, the better it is. Some things may come with all kinds of bells and whistles, supposedly to make our lives easier, but it
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Although it looks like a lot of work to me, the Shrimp & Edamame Balls turned out to be quite easy and quick to make! Of course, I took a couple of shortcuts (as I will explain as I go along) but the end result was still good. As usual with me, I basically 4x the recipe amount. (I have
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I don’t think I am the only SAHM who experience this all the time : People tend to think that just because I don’t work outside home, I must have a lot of time and flexibility to take on extra errands or commitments. I also often find it difficult to just say,”I am not free” and turn down requests because
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I usually don’t like to stir fry cabbage because it gets watery and soggy – I dislike soggy vegetables. This Miso & Bonito Flavoured Stir Fry Cabbage looked very promising, so I decided to give it a try. The recipe time state is 10 minutes. I took 5 minutes to prepare all the ingredients. The frying part took longer again.
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Sake Steamed Assorted Seafood from Masa’a “Welcome to Bento Time” recipe book is definitely a Quick-and-Easy Meal to prepare. This ones gets a thumbs up on all counts. It is not only quick, but according to my family, it is delicious. Putting everything in a pot took only 5 minutes. The cooking time was longer than what was stated in
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This Tofu Omelet with Assorted Vegetables recipe is delicious. However, I won’t say that it is a Quick-and-Easy dish to make. I will explain : The preparation is easy. Doing all the cutting and mixing the tofu, egg and assorted vegetables together probably took me about 15 minutes. This is not counting the time taken to drain the tofu of
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Kinpira Style Stir-fried Pumpkin is the first recipe from Masa’s “Welcome to Bento Time” that I know I will not want to make again. Why? Because I dislike cutting pumpkin. :( I dislike cutting pumpkin into chunks for stew pumpkin on a normal day. Imagine cutting pumpkin into matchsticks like this : It looks like a lot because it is
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The next recipe I tried from Masa’s “Welcome to Bento Time” is : Chicken Breast Roll with Green Vegetable”. Once again, it was an incredibly easy dish to make. Basically, it involves chicken breast meat, and green vegetable that you can roll in the breast meat, like so : The vegetable does not have to be asparagus. It could be
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This post is about how I made a Quick & Easy Katsu Don using a recipe from a book I picked up from Popular last week. In general, I do not follow Chinese news and trends, so I have no idea who the author is. This is the first time I heard of Masa Yamashita. Apparently, he is quite popular
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