Food fair at tampines mall

There's lots of stuff to eat from now till the 4th of april. Go check it out!

Kettle No More

When I first moved into my flat (while I was squatting here, I should say) I bought an electric kettle with which to boil water for showers. Yes. There was no water heater and this auntie just can't shower with cold water. So I'm pampered.

Initially when I bought it, I thought I'd get a cheap one so that I wouldn't be upset if it didn't last - after all I only needed it for the interim period - until the contractors installed the water heater. 

After I got running hot water in the bathroom it got reassigned to hot drink duty. I've been using it faithfully, almost every morning, for my one cup of coffee - and sometimes at night when I have guests over. 

But it is time to say goodbye. It's been 2 years and my kettle finally gave up the ghost. The light comes on, but there's no one home. Seriously.

So goodbye dear Kettle- I couldn't have taken all those showers and I wouldn't have bothered with coffee and Milo as often as I did if not for you. RIP in that great big appliance resting place in the sky!

Dancing Chef

A friend of mine's been asking if he can have dinner at my place. He likes my cooking, he says. Erm, sweetie, I cook out of packets and tins and really, it doesn't take a genius to do what I do.

However, it's about picking the RIGHT packets and tins to use isn't it? So I'm having him over for dinner tonight with another friend of ours, and this time I'm making a red curry.

For those of you who enjoy spicy curries, Dancing Chef makes some decent curry pastes. I especially like their Thai Green Curry. Instructions on the back are easy to follow and you can substitute the recommended vegetables and meat with your own choices.

My curry today uses 3 potatoes and 10 (smallish) chicken drumsticks.

I usually throw in more meat than is called for by the recipe cos I find there's always a little too much gravy left over at the end of the meal.

Because I love curries and rendang so much I tend to always have coconut milk in my larder :

Kara comes in 3 different sizes, but I like this 200ml packaging cos it's just enough for most of the instant pastes I use to cook.

Dinner is served!

Quick Meal - Prego Pasta Sauce

When I need to make dinner in a hurry I'm grateful for ready-made sauces and processed ingredients:

PLUS

PLUS 

over Pasta EQUALS

Eine Kleine Nacht SUPPER!

I've gotten into the awful habit of getting hungry at 1am and it's not good that the stomach shall be empty. Instant noodles, pizza and sandwiches have been my friends when the call to munch echoes from the depths of my tum tum.

However, while trawling the aisles in NTUC with mum today, I was inspired to pick up some Special K Vanilla and Almond Cornflakes.  And skim milk.

I figured instead of shoveling noodles and other unhealthy (and fattening) foods down my throat in the wee hours of the morning, I'll do cornflakes instead. Let's see if this helps with the weight loss. I'll keep you posted!

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