Green Bean Porridge - If You Have No Appetite

Greenbean porridge may be the next best alternative besides plain porridge if you are feeling sick or have not much appetite for heavy meals. It normally serves me well and the sweet taste makes it easier to down the whole bowl of porridge. After heavy breakfast and lunch at work during the day, a bowl of sweet, non-greasy and easily digestible porridge will be just nice for dinner.  It can also be served as a tea-time dessert. Most importantly, this recipe is not time-consuming and really simple to prepare.

My Version of Green Bean Porridge

Braised Chicken Wings with 3 Mushrooms Mee Sua - Love for Mushrooms

Recently I have been thinking about food cooked with mushrooms and people who love to eat them. In my circle of friends, Bestie D loves mushroom the most. She loves all kinds of mushrooms will not miss the chance to send them into her mouth at any food place at any time but her husband dislikes them. Haha...

Today there were chicken wings in the fridge and the first thing that came to my mind was Chicken Wings Braised in dark soy sauce with Mee Sua. But what other ingredients should I put? I searched the cabinet and found button mushrooms, black mushrooms and straw mushrooms... Simply fantastic! 

I guessed if Bestie D knows that I have cooked this dish, she will ask "WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO MY HOUSE TO COOK FOR ME?".

Braised Chicken with 3 Mushrooms Mee Sua!

Green Bean N Sweet Potato Soup (with Barley N Chrysanthemum)- Stress Relief!

It was another warm and sunny day in Singapore. Temperatures were soaring and the best next thing to do besides staying indoors was to keep my body cool and hydrated. But there were too many types of drinks and desserts to choose from, so I narrowed down my choices to something that would suit Mum. 

I heard from Sis that Mum seemed rather stressed with her medical condition lately and refused to travel overseas for holiday trips that required long in-flight hours. The doctors did not verify on this so we thought that her worry should be psychological. Thus I could cook up a dessert soup that would help relieve her stress and aid in stabilizing her blood pressure at the same time. 

I had half a packet of organic green beans, some organic barley, half a sweet potato, and some dried white chrysanthemum left in the fridge. These came in handy and I just needed to buy some yellow rock sugar to churn out a pot of delicious Green Bean N Sweet Potato Soup for Mum and family.

Green Bean N Sweet Potato Soup (with Barley N Chrysanthemum)

Before the recipe, here are some short nutritional facts of the dessert soup:

Bean Thread Noodles Salad - Not 4 All, Not So Bad

Cooking for someone else is always a challenging task and the same dish does not mean that everyone will like it. So we always need to cook a few different dishes whenever we invite friends to dine with us, especially for those who do not dare to try new dish. This week, I decided to take up a challenge and asked Ms F to whip up a salad dish for our friend, C. 

Here is a short intro about C (By Ms F) 

C is not an adventurous eater and unwilling to try new creations or food that she has never come across before. When she eats out, only food that she is familiar with will be ordered. If she ever decided to try new dishes, a familiar dish had to be ordered too just in case the former did not fit her tastebuds. She loves Swensen's Caesar Salad and would order it whenever Ms F and her dined there. 

So this time, we thought of making a salad for C but not Caesar Salad, by using ingredients that she might eat. Ms F spent a Saturday morning to make Bean Thread Noodles Salad and brought it out for a movie date with C. How did it turn out? Below is that day's summary provided by Ms F on C's response.

The Verdict (By Ms F)

Today I made Bean Thread Noodles Salad for mei (aka C). Somehow in my heart, I know that maybe she is not be able to like it but still have to give it a try. Hmm.. her 1st reaction was looking at me with ?_?, and asking what was that? She asked me what were the ingredients inside? I told her bean thread noodles, ikan bilis, dried shrimps and etc. She did not know bean thread noodles can be made into salad and felt that the ingredients I used were all so weird. 

I asked her give the salad a try then tell me what she thought of it, and to give truthful comments. She ate 2 mouthfuls and told me,"I do not know how to appreciate this salad. When you tell me dried shrimps, ilkan bilis and parsley, I did not like it already. I prefer normal salad. If you give me fruits salad, I'm sure to finish it." 

SAD! She really did not like my salad at all. Well, I did let other people and myself try the salad and it was not so bad like mei said. Though the challenge failed, it was not such a bad dish afterall.

The Sad Salad Challenge!

Avocado N Peach Yoghurt on Biscuit - Stomach Soothing

Lately my friend, S, tried baking cheesecakes and while looking at her recipe, I had craving for the bottom crust of the cheesecake. It was rather odd, just that I have never fancied cheesecakes except for the crust below. So I thought of making a snack out of such a crust someday, and no baking would be needed. No cheesecake for me though... at the moment.

Anyway, today I needed something to soothe my stomach from the Chicken N Duck Yoghurt Rendang dinner, so a fruity and smooth dessert would be great. I bought some avocados, peaches, and lemons a few days back and now they would come in handy! I mixed them with the un-used yoghurt bought for the rendang meal and topped the creamy mixture onto the biscuit crust.

This dessert was really easy to make and settled my stomach from the spiciness of the curry almost immediately. It tasted sweet too and I made two versions for us to choose from.  

Avocado N Peach Yoghurt on Biscuit