94. Our Food Diary May2021
Our Food Diary for May 2021!!
we cut each piece into 3 thinner steaks. so we had 6 pcs.
also cooked minced pork with salted szechuan vegetables -
cooked these in a pot with the gravy provided when i bought the sio bak (roast belly pork) and pig skin. having this for dinner. unfortunately, we added too much vinegar today, so the pork gravy has a bit of tang haha!!
below: my rice bowl -
below: christen's plate haha -
fried tofu
omelette with onions and cherry tomatoes
stir fry baby kai lan
recipe - thai nam jim sauce
lunch & dinner
1. Lamb Shanks x3
may day, may day...
so much food, so little time!!
ha! corny!!
Star Pics
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what we ate in May 2021
- Lamb Shanks with recipe
- Fried Crispy Chicken with recipe
- Roast Chicken
- Pork Chops with recipe
- fried fish in batter with recipe
- boiled cauliflower & brocoli, seasoned with butter, salt & black pepper with recipe
- Beef knuckle with recipe
- Beef - Oxtail and Golden Coin with recipe
- home made porridge with recipe
- chicken feet hor fun
- fried rice with recipe
- fish soup with recipe
- boiled chicken soup with recipe
- sushi without rice - home made
- roast pork tau yew stew
- salmon (from aidan's friend)
- kiam chye
- sze chuan vegetables with minced pork with recipe
- japanese cucumber salad with recipe
- masala chicken with recipe
- mango salad with recipe
- omelettes - cheese & ham, tomatoes & onions
- steamboat - soup and rice
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31 May 2021 Mon
lunch -
leftovers and minced beef and lap cheong
dinner -
fried rice with minced beef and sambal belachan (no pic)
thai beef knuckle salad
mangoes
mangos from our tree (right side) & mangoes from the park (2pcs on the left side)
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30 May 2021 Sun
simple steamboat - with sukiyaki beef & pork, chicken thigh, pork meatballs, chinese cabbage, mushrooms, baby spinach and macaroni chilli! wow. i had more than 2 bowls of rice!
below 2 pics: without photo edit
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29 May 2021
Lunch - chicken rice - no pics
Dinner - fried chicken thigh with black sauce, ginger & garlic - no pics
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28 May 2021 Fri
breakfast - ham and cheese omelette
5 eggs,
3 slices of honey baked ham (NTUC),
2 slices of cheddar cheese
salt & black pepper to taste
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28 May 2021
dinner -
sukiyaki - beef & chicken, carrots, chinese cabbage, mushrooms
(the sukiyaki sauce from daiso is too sweet. quite yuckyyyy!!ewww)
& hor fun from 628 amk coffeeshop (no pics)
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28 May 2021 Fri
NTUC Online - purchased frozen pork soft bones x2 packets
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27 May 2021 Thu
morning - went 628 market to get beef, pork and chicken
they didn't have oxtail though :(((
beef mince $10
beef knickle $10
beef ribs $14
pork ribs $10
pork belly $10
chicken breast meat $10 for 3 pieces with bone
chicken feet (big) $5
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| knuckle beef from 628 amk market |
27 May 2021 - Lunch -
Recipe - Roast Chicken seasoned with
- 5 Spice Powder 1-2 tbsp
- Honey 1tbsp
- Black Sauce (sweet type like chicken rice sauce) 1tbsp
- Light Soya Sauce x1tbsp
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Shaoxing Wine 1-2 tbsp
- Oil 1tbsp
below: our turbo comes with super bright (and annoying) yellow light
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27 May 2021 Dinner
Beef Ribs!
with beef balls, canned button mushrooms and carrots.
(forgot to take pics of the beef ribs from 628 market)
Recipe - Beef Ribs Stew
1. Beef Ribs (or Brisket) seasoned with
- baking powder & salt to taste
(beef ribs $14/kg, i bought 1kg today)
2. Stew beef in slow cooker or crockpot
- add water to cover beef ribs
- salt, light soya sauce, dark soya sauce
- japanese soya sauce, fish sauce
- white & black peppercorn - crushed
- shaoxing chinese wine
- mirin
- raw sugar, about 1tbsp
- tung gui x1pc
- shallots x8
- garlic x1
2. add various favourite ingredients
to make stew more interesting
- beef balls with tendons
- carrots
- button mushrooms
- peas or potatoes or pumpkin or corn, etc
3. re-season stew with
- mirin & shaoxing chinese wine
- salt to taste
4. thicken with cornstarch slurry
5. garnish with
- chinese celery (keng chye),
- coriander,
-spring onions
- crispy fried shallots and/or fried garlic
and serve hot with steamed white rice
(remove oil by cooling the stew
and skimming oil from top of stew)
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25 May 2021 Tues
hor fun from a coffeeshop near 628 market
pork chop and
japanese pickled cucumber
omelette (onions & tomatoes)
egg tofu
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24 May 2021 Mon
Dinner
1. stir fried minced beef
with potatoes and dark soya sauce (chicken rice type!)
2. mapo tofu, yum yum!!
3. omelette with fried & softened onions and tomatoes
4. stir fried baby spinach
5. cabbage soup with ikan bilis powder (no pics)
below - exposure too low
original photo - a bit dark (left)
photo edited by me (middle)
photo edited by jannah (right)
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23 May 2021 Sun
Masala Chicken,
mango salad and
Japanese Cucumber Salad
Recipe - Japanese Cucumber Salad
1. add salt to cucumber till water is released from the cucumber
2. rinse salt off the cucumbers and strain dry
3. add dressing to cucumber & sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds
Dressing
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp japanese soya sauce
- 1-1/2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1-2 tbsp sesame oil
Recipe - Masala Chicken
Mix the Marinade and Cook with Chicken
- alagapal curry powder for meat/dagang
- garam masala
- ginger garlic paste
- onions
- green chilli
- fresh coriander
- tomatoes
Recipe - Mango Salad
- plum sauce
- onions
- fresh coriander
- light soya sauce or thai fish sauce - a little
- sesame oil - a little
- (optional) thai sweet chilli sauce
- (if mangoes are not sour) lime juice
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22 May 2021 Sat
lunch - bought some dumpling hor fun and chicken feet mushroom hor fun from mayflower amk market. very nice! :D
dinner - no pics hehe -
roast chicken with roast potatoes, carrots and tomatoes!
even had cabbage, potato, carrot soup
and steamed tofu and sweet peas.
very yummy!
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20 & 21 May 2021
-teochew porridge with chicken macaroni soup,
-macaroni chicken meatballs fried with biscuit crumbs,
-fried rice with garlic and leftover salmon
-chicken ayam soto (no pics)
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18 & 19 May 2021
breakfast, lunch and dinner over the last few days
lunch - macaroni soup
black ink squid with sambal,
stir fried kiam chye or salted veggies
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17 May 2021 Dinner
Aidan got some salmon from a friend.
so we cooked 2 pieces of salmon. was yummy!
here is a pic of 2 pieces since i joined the dinner table after dinner had started LOL
OOOOOPS!!! forgot to take a pic.
it was so yummy!!
Recipe - Sze Chuan Vegetable with Pork Mince
1. Pork mince - seasoned with
- salt,
- light soya,
- white pepper,
- shaoxing wine
- cornstarch
- garlic oil
2. in a hot wok -
fry garlic, red chilli slices and onions
3. add pork and fry till dry
4. add sliced salted sze chuan vegetables
(soak in water till less salty if the veggie is salty)
5. fry till fragrant and serve hot with rice
best to have spring onions and coriander to mix in before serving
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16 May 2021 Lunch
fried rice with leftover roast chicken, frozen veg & sambal belachan
fried beehoon with chye sim, carrots and omelette strips
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15 May 2021 Dinner
Ribeye steak with fried onions,
spaghetti with canned mushrooms, garlic & chilli,
streaky bacon & fried eggs
fresh cherry tomatoes and frozen veggies
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13 May 2021
Lunch - we lined up 45min to buy chicken rice at 628 amk!!
half chicken $12
chicken liver $2
rice x5 $2.50
lunch $16.50 for 7 of us!
13 May 2021
Braised Pork with
roast belly pork $5
pork skin $2
i was gonna add the tau kuah and fish cake but since the sauce is a bit sour, i will serve those separately!
roast belly pork $5
pork skin $2
braised together with:
gravy x2 packets
dark soya sauce from chicken rice stall
white peppercorn
fried crispy garlic
shaoxing wine
a few drops of rice vinegar
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13 May 2021
Breakfast
home made sushi
- egg, cucumber, crabstick, seaweed
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12 May 2021 Wed
my fav part of the beef is the oxtail!
would be great if i made oxtail for others. well, could be my next job haha!
i've made oxtail stew (tomato base) for miau kwee when i was sec2 or sec3, before she stopped eating beef. and well, i remember in the 1980's and 1990's, yim may used to like it too, and her dad used to ask for me to cook extra so he can keep the stew and eat one piece of oxtail every day till the stew is finished LOL i heard that he used to reserve a seat at Shashlik restaurant every wed to eat oxtail when they had the wed lunch special. heard there was a queue for oxtail stew at shashlik and even at jack's place - both restaurants had it only once a week for set lunch. at Shashlik, people would reserve their seats in advanced and it used to be sold out within an hour at the jack's place restaurant, orchard road branch (i think this was the only branch with oxtail stew).
i've been cooking it since secondary school. then, i use tomato paste and slow cook the stew for hours with canned button mushrooms, carrot, potatoes and onions, and used plenty of white & black peppercorns to flavour the soup/stew. always rewarding at the end of the many hours of slow cooking! unless of course, i burnt the stew when i was a teen. that sucks haha!!
Recipe: Beef Soup - Simple
1. prepare beef
oxtail, golden coin or any other beef cuts for soup
remove the blood after soaking in water for a few minutes
2. slow cook the beef
in room temperature water and add:
- shallots x8 - x10
- garlic x1
- tang gui x1-x2 pcs
- salt to taste
- light soya sauce (fragrant types are better) 1-2 tbsp
- thai fish sauce 1-2 tbsp
- white & black peppercorns 1tbsp each
- sugar x1tsp
- shaoxing wine or brandy x2-3 tbsp
here we go, picture of beef oxtail and golden coin below!
slow-cooked oxtail, nam jim thai sauce
and beef soup on my rice!
why so neat??? LOL
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11 May 2021 Tues
leftovers for breakfast -
chye sim and chicken thigh meat with ginger and garlic
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11 May 2021
lunch - macaroni soup (no pics) & Korean dumplings (no pics)
Dinner
- Beef - Oxtail and Golden Coin Soup - no pics (see above)
- Thai Nam Jim Sauce - pics below
- 3 Roasts - roast duck, roast belly pork, char siew $10 from Queen Street - no pics
green chilli x1
garlic x3,
coriander x2 stems with leaves,
lime juice 4-5 tbsp,
fish sauce 1-2 tbsp,
sugar 1tsp
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10 May 2021 Mon
breakfast - i had the "1000 year porridge" for breakfast haha there's no such thing as the thousand year porridge, i made up the name. it's just leftover plain porridge with all the leftover dishes heated up together for a meal! sorry. it was so good i forgot to take a pic :((((
lunch - briyani from amk central. well, since i stuffed my face with a medium sized bowl of porridge at 10.30am, i could hardly eat lunch, even at 3pm. i had about 1-2 bowls of briyani rice. good thing i ate just about right and then made some hot pu-er tea... yup tummy feels good!
dinner -
fried fish recipe
1. batang fish seasoned with
- fish sauce,
- light soya, salt,
- white pepper,
- chinese wine,
- cornstarch
- and garlic oil
2/ seasoned batang fish is dipped into beaten egg,
coated with breadcrumbs, coriander & chinese celery,
pan fried and grilled till crispy
so good with hot fragrant rice!!
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9 May 2021 Sun
breakfast at 628 - had a red bean pancake and 2 cups of soya bean milk
lunch - popiah - hands too messy so no pics LOL
dinner - teochew porridge with side dishes:
1. omelette with long beans, carrots and onions,
2. chicken thigh meat stir fry with ginger, garlic, oyster sauce,
3. kangkong fried with fermented bean curd,
4. pickled lettuce,
5. preserved olive vegerable (bottle pic below),
6. popiah filling - bangkuang and bamboo,
7. and boiled a chicken soup with one whole chicken griller
(2 frozen chicken grillers for $5+ from ntuc)
can't decide which photo edit i like best
so i added them all here! hehe
i dip the chicken in a salt, white pepper mixture
so yummy!! seriously!
Chicken Soup Recipe
whole chicken
salt,
crushed white peppercorns,
shallots x4,
garlic x1,
dried scallops x8 to x10pcs
japanese fragrant light soya sauce,
shaoxing chinese wine, 2tbsp or 1/2 cap
(use the cap from the chinese wine bottle)
teochew porridge with 3 of 7 side dishes
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8 May 2021 Sat
looking for fish at ntuc finest at thomson plaza
some fish cakes, veggies and salmon with mirin and japanese soya sauce
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7 May 2021
breakfast - can't resist a fried rice with loads of garlic and fried eggs!
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6 May 2021
Lunch
getting lazy these days.
bought some chicken feet, mushroom hor fun for lunch but only managed to eat up half of the portion. didn't feel well these few days - giddy spells, freaking loud buzzing sound in my ears and terrible appetite.
at the market, i bought some roast pork $5 and braised pig skin $2. these cooked food come with a concentrated dark sauce gravy which you can use to further braise your pork meat.
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6 May 2021 dinner
& 7 May 2021 Lunch
Recipe - Fish Soup
1. season batang or tengiri fish slices with
(can also use snapper or grouper fish)
- salt,
- white pepper,
- light soya sauce,
- shaoxing wine,
- cornstarch
- oil/garlic oil
- sliced fresh ginger
2. then boil seasoned fish in chicken stock or
stock made with mixed powder -
(grind roasted ikan bilis & dried ti poh into powder)
3. serve hot with spring onions
& a dip made with cut chillis in light soya sauce
(left) fish soup - mummy made tonight
(right) photo of fish from june 2020 blog post.
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5 May 2021
had some leftover plain chicken soup
(chicken bones boiled in water, seasoned with salt & pepper)
so made some porridge for breakfast using leftover rice.
since i didn't have any minced pork or chicken or veggies or leftovers,
i dug into the freezer for veggies & meat.
found 4 chicken frankfurters and frozen veggies Lol
quick porridge - Recipe
1. boil chicken stock with leftover rice
2. add any meat or seafood and any veggies
3. add white pepper & salt or light soya to taste
4. add aromatics (optional and only if available)
aromatic oil - shallots/garlic oil, sesame oil
aromatics - crispy fried garlic & shallots, spring onions, coriander
this is my porridge today. also made a bowl of porridge for christen who is at home for online classes.
our special 1000 year porridge
funny thing. years ago, we had some leftovers from the meal before - we had porridge with some side dishes the night before. so i poured them all into one pot and made a porridge for breakfast. i told jannah that i call it the 1000 year old porridge hahaha!! she loved the porridge and kept asking for us to make it again. i must have done it one other time but not any more as we don't crave for porridge that much LOL.
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4 May 2021 Tues
i had leftover lamb shank stew gravy, so i just added some taiwanese whitejade noodles in and cooked them together. turned out to be quite tasty (it was super salty since i boiled the gravy down to less than half of the original amount) - and, since i ate too much of it, i felt sick afterwards uggggh!!!
below is the taiwan-made whitejade dry noodles
that i bought at ntuc about a year ago Lol
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2 May 2021
Lamb Shanks & Pork Chops
with boiled brocoli & cauliflower
Lunch
boiled brocoli and cauliflower is seasoned
with salt, black pepper and a tsp butter!
Pork Chop Recipe
lean pork coated with plain flour,
then beaten egg,
then crushed breadcrumbs
and fried till cooked, golden & crispy
below: pork chops
today, i added a can of stewed tomatoes to my lamb shanks.
Thai Salad Dressing - Recipe
also made more thai salad dressing with
- raw sliced onions,
- chopped red & green chillis,
- coriander,
- lime juice,
- sugar,
- fish sauce,
- light soya sauce
below: thai salad dressing
below: lamb shanks
and yes, my plates are chipped. thanks to tini :/
below: pork chop
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2 May 2021 Dinner
Beef Knuckle - Recipe
1. beef knuckle seasoned with
- salt,
- white & black pepper,
- light soya sauce,
- mirin or shaoxing wine
- baking powder,
- little water,
- cornstarch
- oil
2. fry in a hot smoky wok :)
smoky wok BBQ flavoured knuckle beef
with thai dressing (below)
and hot steamed rice...
WOW.
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1 May 2021
Dinner - Lamb Shanks!!
i got 3 for $25 ($20/kg),
didn't think 4 would fit into my pot LOL
we only managed to finish up 1 shank.
Recipe - Lamb Shanks Slow Cooked
(more if your pot can hold!)
- fry till brown
2. fresh herbs
- bay leaf,
- thyme
- rosemary
3. aromatics
- shallots x10,
- garlic x10,
- orange & lemon peel (avoid white part!) - 2-3 tsp
4. seasoning
- salt,
- freshly crushed black & white peppercorn,
- light soya sauce,
- chinese wine or mirin or brandy - 2-3 tbsp
5. roasted veggies
- tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, onions
6. slow cook in vegetable/chicken/beef stock or water
(i used veggie stock - boiled potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, brocoli, etc)
Below Optional
a) - tomato paste or stewed tomatoes
b) - red/white wine
(only if you have red/white wines.
lamb already tastes good without these wines)
c) - thai dressing
(mix lime juice, fish sauce, light soya sauce, sliced onions,
pounded garlic, chopped red/green chillis, fresh coriander)
1 May 2021
Lunch - Fried Chicken drumsticksboiled the chicken drumsticks before coating it with breadcrumbs and flour, then pan fry till crispy! tini is now an expert doing this... i can't even do this myself!
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1 May 2021
MY RECIPE eBOOK in a PPTX file
updated info here - https://jt-food.blogspot.com/p/recipes.html
so, today, i started compiling a recipe pptx slide. it looks amazing since i have so many good pics to choose from. too bad it will take forever to compile the recipes! LOL
below - which of these 3 layouts is best ???
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