91. Our Food Diary March2021

Tuesday, March 02, 2021

91. Our Food Diary March2021

Our Food Diary for March 2021

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i guess after cny month comes a month observing "a full recovery from gluttony" haha! the eating was a bit too much this year. and i think i'll try to use the month of march to eat simply and healthily - a time where food needs to help in overall health recovery and rejuvenating one's well-being. and yes, i just regurgitated a bunch of bullshit LOL

i suspect my lack of "balance" is throwing my appetite off, making me feel a tinge "weak". i suppose i will need to have a balanced yingyang or "hot/cold" diet then.

am craving simple, clear, clean and nutritious food. hopefully more soups, possibly teochew porridge and some flavoursome simple home cooked light-tasting "cheng" or 清 dishes.

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what we ate in March 2021

- boiled chicken

- kuay teow soup

- pork ribs

- beef golden coin with nam jim sauce with recipe

- ribeye steak

- knuckle beef - stir fry

- pork porridge

- salt baked sea bass - with recipe

- yellow croaker in soya sauce - with recipe (puah jiang zhi)

- chicken rice - home cooked and bought

- spaghetti oglio e olio

- roast chicken with smoked paprika, garlic, black pepper and lemon juice (recipe)

- fried rice with leftovers Lol

- chicken wings!

- nasi lemak & nasi padang from changi village

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31 March 2021 wed

corn beef!! missing a fried egg here but who cares!!

i miss cornbeef!!

30 March 2021 tues

breakfast - something so yuck that i didn't regret that i hadn't finished my food

lunch - homemade meatballs, celery, long beans with egg and chye poh

dinner - too full!! ate too much for lunch and had pastries in between hehehe

29 Mar 2021 mon

late tea at tiong bahru bakery after a very unpleasant afternoon at sgh (jac's cancer appt)

jac had sausages with egg, a bun, veggies (potatoes, mushrooms, tomatoes) fried with onions, fresh rosemary and a mexican tomato dip on the side - it was a big plate and was pricey but very nice.

hardly had dinner, was too full!

28 March 2021

chicken wings with garlic, soya sauce and shaoxing wine!!

Recipe - Chicken Wings

cooked with Garlic, Soya Sauce & Chinese Wine

1. Season chicken wings with salt, white pepper, light soya sauce

2. Heat up wok/pan, fry chicken wings to brown

3. Add 15 whole garlic into the wok and cook

4. Add shaoxing chinese wine and stir fry

5. Add fragrant light soya sauce and stir fry

6. Stir fry till chicken wings are cooked

and then serve hot (with or without gravy),

sprinkle freshly chopped spring onions & red chillis

and enjoy with fragrant steamed rice

omg i haven't had this for such a long long loooong time!

28 March 2021 Sun

Breakfast - Tabao Nasi Lemak and some nasi padang favourites from Changi Village (before we pick aidan from the Pulau Tekong camp - ferry terminal)

Lunch - tabao pastries & cake from origins and bloom, mbs

26 March 2021 Fri

breakfast - fried macaroni with leftovers & veggies yummmm!!

late lunch - fishball, stuffed beancurd skin in soup, veggies & rice

dinner - shaved ham, bacon & eggs with tomatoes, cucumber on buttered toast - nice!!

no pics for breakfast & dinner haha!!

25 March 2021 Thu

26-27 March 2021

sometimes a bowl of rice with veggies and fried egg

goes super well with a soup! almost any chinese or local sg soup!

26-27 March 2021

sometimes a bowl of rice with veggies and fried egg

goes super well with yong tau foo and/or any soup!

almost any chinese soup or local sg soup seem to complete a meal, like comfort and soul food!

24 March 2021 Wed

egg toufu - fried with salt & pepper

23 March 2021 Tues

Mee Suah batang fish soup at Telok Blangah crescent market

22 March 2021 Mon

leftovers and any food needing to clear from my fridge ends up in my fried rice!!!

fried rice with leftover capsicums & tomato, mushroom, omelette, roast chicken, bean sprouts...

21 March 2021 Sun

Lunch at singapore swimming club

below: pics without edit - lighting is bad Lol

below - edited pics - much better!

mutton dum briyani -

this is not bad but can't beat the briyani's at tekka or some other shops!

19 & 20 March 2021

we went to dempsey to get curry from Samy's and sausages from Huber's.

below: mr huber on how to cook sausages

20 March 2021

Sausages for dinner!

(pork sausages from Huber and NTUC - sadia brand halal sausages)

below:

Left - Sadia Sausages - BBQ, Hot Link, Beef & Chicken Gouda Smoked Sausages

Right - Sausages from Huber's

below: cooking sausages! 20 march 2021

19 March 2021 -

Lunch (tabao Samy's Curry)

tabao fish head curry, masala chicken & black sauce sotong from Samy's

also had pappadum!!

18 March 2021

breakfast - didn't feel well, so had pork porridge

lunch - japanese yakiniku bbq & katsu don for lunch at casaurina!

dinner - kiam chye soup with pork ribs, prawn roll (hae zork), roast chicken with paprika

Breakfast

porridge with minced meat balls, pork liver and an egg. so good and comforting!!

since aidan coming home, bought some kiam chye and garlic

Lunch at Tamako, Casaurina Road

Tamako Yakitori Set $12.80

- pork belly x2 sticks

- chicken x1 stick

- bacon & asparagus x1 stick

- garlic fried rice (add $2)

- miso soup & japanese tea

garlic fried rice - add $2 extra

katsu don $9.80

my iona turbo convection oven broke down :((((

so we used the oven toaster to grill our chicken maryland

(and one small chicken wing)

Recipe - Roast Chicken seasoned with

- Smoked Paprika powder,

- Salt & Black Pepper,

- Oil,

- Garlic

- Lemon Juice

got this recipe from Gordon Ramsey's youtube video

pork and prawn in a beancurd roll (hae zork)

20 March 2021

Lunch - leftovers and grilled smoked paprika chicken thighs

leftover kiam chye soup with pork ribs

cooked this on 19 March 2021

17 March 2021

Breakfast - nasi lemak even tho i would have preferred soup or porridge

but i wasn't too hungry to finish up a bowl of noodle soup or porridge

16 March 2021 Tues

Breakfast - leftover macaroni soup

Lunch - soup & rice

Dinner - spaghetti oglio e olio

15 March 2021 Mon

i don't like chicken breast meat but some days i have no choice but to make the meat as yummy as posisble. here is what i've done for boiled breast meat for macaroni soup.

14 March 2021 Sun

Sunday is sometimes chicken rice day! haha

12 March 2021 Fri

soya bean milk drink in a cup with hello kitty! Lol

dinner - oxtail stew

10 March 2021

breakfast - been a while but today decided on mee pok dry even tho i didn't feel like having any. it was good tho and i ate it all up!

ha blur photos!

10 March 2021

Dinner - cooked 2 yellow croakers -

puah jiang zhi (fish cooked in soya gravy)

Recipe: Fish in Ginger and Soya Gravy (puah jiang zhi)

- fry fish, set aside

- fry ginger, garlic and red chilli

- add soya sauce and then chinese shaoxing wine

- add water and boil, add in the fish to stew

- serve hot with spring onions and coriander

9 march 2021

breakfast - bee hoon from market

lunch/dinner - home made bee hoon and chicken curry (no pic)

8 March 2021 mon

for brunch, had porridge since i didn't feel too well

8 March 2021 dinner

bought a fresh seabass from ntuc amk hub this morning.

the fish was $7.43 ($0.99/100gm), size quite big,

almost the size of a small 22inch wok.

Recipe Salt Baked Fish (Sea Bass)

1. Season the cleaned stomach of the fish with salt & white pepper

(this time i used a seabass)

2. Stuff pandan leaf x1 pc, and onions or spring onions.

(optional) stuff chopped chilli

3. Oil the wok.

4. Wet salt with water and mix (i used only one packet of salt)

5. coat the oiled wok with a layer of salt

- make a bed big enough for the fish

6. place the fish on top of the salt bed

and then cover the fish with a layer of wet salt

7. cover the wok and turn the fire on.

8. bake the fish for 7-15min depending on size of the fish

(around the same timing as steaming a fish)

9. remove the salt and skin of the fish

10. enjoy!! use the nam jim seafood sauce as a dip for this fish.

before baking

i think this is a very easy recipe!

below: cropped pics

below: it was a big fish but we ate it ALL up!

look at the bones!! haha!!!

Salt Baked fish - tips from gordon ramsey

https://youtu.be/YmJzFZ13vE8

i also watched how they do the salt baked fish in thailand

- forward video to 15:30 (15min 30sec mark) to watch how they season the fish

https://youtu.be/m7nvdUEa-4Y

Nam Jim Seafood Sauce Recipe

i used this version - https://youtu.be/H6JafLGn6-w

Another version: https://youtu.be/wTzZUxozRMI

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7 March 2021 sun

so we had beef for lunch and dinner!

- golden coin with nam jim chilli garlic lime sauce

- ribeye steak with onions

- knuckle beef stir fry with HP & tomato sauce, garlic, chillis and onions

- mixed boiled potatoes, carrots and frozen veggies

seasoned with melted butter, salt & pepper

my plate - rice with stir fried beef knuckles and veggies

christen's messy plate - ribeye steak and veggies

6 March 2021 sat dinner

so i cooked beef golden coin in a soup for half a day on fri (yesterday) but didn't get to eat it till today Lol it goes so well with the sauce that's quite like the teochew sng mi chou chilli sauce.