My hands retain the smell from the cinnamon sticks that I ‘posed’ for their photo shoot. I do love the smell! Especially when you have apple pie in the oven and the smell of cinnamon wafts through the house! Where does cinnamon originate from? Sri Lanka appears to have the better quality cinnamon compared to that from India and other countries. The Chinese cinnamon cassia does … Continue reading Cinnamon
Hands up those who like eating broccoli! Not many I think. What prompted me to write about this bland tasting vegetable, as my husband says of it? The fact or what we know as facts that this mighty vegetable has a bunch of goodness in it for us. I succumbed to a recent sale (yes, again!) on Australian broccoli (3-heads for S$2.45, a real bargain) and … Continue reading Broccoli
I was recently given some rhubarb for my cooking or baking uses. Being in Singapore, this in itself was a vegetable that I’ve heard of, see (the ones with red stalks) but not exposed to in cooking or baking. Google comes in handy in terms of finding out how to cook or bake with rhubarb. Just today, I decided to check on the benefits of … Continue reading Rhubarb
Some call them bell peppers because they resemble a bell or sweet peppers because they are sweet (not always) or capsicums. Capsicums have apparently been around for a long time, according to Wikipedia it has been cultivated for thousands of years and are native to the Americas. Another name for it is pimiento, chilli pepper or paprika when ground. Did you also know that by looking … Continue reading Bell Peppers
When we think of the avocado, Guacamole comes to mind. Simple to make as long as you have access to a ripe avocado, salt & pepper & lime juice. Cut & remove pit from the avocado. Mash it up, add a pinch of salt & pepper and squeeze some lime juice in. And there you have it. You can add almost anything you want to … Continue reading Avocado
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What are we doing or using that is causing allergic reactions? How do we know if it is an allergic reaction or something worse? Experts galore can and will tell you what you want to know and what you choose to listen to. The most important is to learn to read or see the signs of what your body is telling you. With what’s out … Continue reading Allergies ?
Sharing from a post on Singapore Home Cooks. “The health benefits of Bel Fruit or Wood Apple include relief from constipation, indigestion, peptic ulcer, piles, respiratory problems, diarrhea, and dysentery.It also boosts the immune system, fights off bacterial and viral infections, reduces inflammation and various inflammatory conditions, prevent cancer, increases milk production for nursing mothers, cures diabetes, increases ocular health, and helps prevent various sexual … Continue reading Bael _ Bel _ Wood Apple Health Benefits
Why have I only now wanted to make my own granola! Why didn’t I think of doing it much earlier in my baking days? Most likely, because I wasn’t even eating granola or had considered making it before starting this blog. As with every food imaginable, someone somewhere has a recipe that they like better than some. Be it an original or tweaked recipes, granola … Continue reading Granola
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