We love hawker food but with 4 kids, sometimes it’s just more comfortable to make it at home.. My sister gave me a big box of homemade pork dumplings the other day, so I make their favourite wanton mee .. made both the dry and soup versions because everyone has their own preference.. It was

Some days I can handle everything myself.. Other days, especially when I’m solo parenting, I know I need a little help.. This was one of those days that I had an event to attend, school runs, enrichment classes and dinner to sort out and I already knew I’d be exhausted by the end of it.. but I

Some days, I just don’t have the time to make a proper meal with protein and vegetables.. I came home with my twins and asked what they wanted for lunch. Their answer? “ Just noodles.” Hahaha So okay… noodles it is. I usually try to make sure their meals have some protein and vegetable

I spent the whole day doing admin and completely forgot about dinner.. 😟 Usually, I’ll take out what I’m cooking in the morning and slowly prep things in between school runs, work and everything else. But today? Dinner didn’t even cross my mind at all .. For a moment, I thought the evening w

I’ve been wanting to sort out this toy room for the longest time… With 4 kids, somehow the toys just keep multiplying, and I’d reached the point where I couldn’t stand looking at it anymore.. It wasn’t just the mess.. There were so many toys that the kids didn’t even know what to play with anym

With our new routine this year, I’ve had to figure out lunch a lot more often too… and I’m definitely keeping it really really simple.. This is one of those lunches I make when I want something quick, comforting and fuss free, but still something I know my twins will actually eat. I used my h

I’ve been trying to make cooking for 6 feel a little easier, especially when I’m already making a few dishes for dinner. So instead of cooking another completely separate dish, I turned one main ingredient into 2 dishes .. a garlicky chicken soup and shredded chicken with garlic chives and a dip

With 4 kids, I’ve learnt that a little prep before I leave the house can save me so much time later. Before Pilates, I made a pot of anchovy soup and let it simmer while I got on with my morning.. When I came home, all I had to do was cook the pork and fishballs, add the noodles and lettuce and

Some recipes just hit differently when they carry a memory.. I still remember the claypot chicken rice I made for my parents years ago, It turned out SO good that my dad still talks about it until today.. haha .. So naturally, I thought I could just make it again… except I’ve tried a few ti

One batch, two completely different chicken stocks.. I’m back to making my chicken stock again and this time I wanted to make both chintan and paitan from the same batch of bones. The first round gives me that clear, clean chintan stock. Instead of throwing the bones away, I used them again

Sometimes I have those random bits of meat left in the freezer that are just not quite enough for a family meal.. This time, I had 2 kampung drumsticks and 2 kampung thighs left. Not even enough for my 4 kids, but actually the perfect amount for my husband.. He’s a chicken lover and drumsti

I had some udon sauce sitting in my fridge and realised it was expiring soon, so instead of letting it go to waste, I used it to make pork tamagodon 😋 I usually mix my own sauce for this kind of Japanese style rice bowl, but honestly, the udon sauce worked SO well! It made everything so much eas

My sister made me a batch of handmade fresh mackerel fish paste, and I turned it into the simplest fish paste soup noodles for the kids .. My kids aren’t really fans of mackerel, but somehow, turn it into fish paste, add it into a simple soup with meehoon… and suddenly the whole pot disappears

5 years ago, I was carrying these two and today I’m holding my 5 year olds x2 Becoming a twin mum was something I honestly didn’t know how to prepare for. We have twin genes in the family and my husband and I always joked that if I ever had twins, it would complete our dream of having 3 preg

One of my favourite cooking systems as a busy mum.. Instead of making sambal from scratch every time, I batch make one jar of sambal goreng and keep it in the fridge. Whenever I need a quick meal, I simply scoop out what I need and use it for : • Air fried fish • Petai • Tempeh • Fried rice

We spotted bone marrow at the supermarket and my eldest immediately wanted to cook it.. It was so hard to say no when each packet (6 to 8pcs) was only around R40, roughly RM10ish and of course, we ended up with 8 packets.. I usually cook Chinese food, so bone marrow was completely new to me. Tu

Hubs is officially sick of Western food.. Once we left Cape Town, we were seriously craving Asian comfort food, especially noodles and soup and honestly, Asian food has been so hard to find here, so I ended up cooking once in almost every Airbnb we stayed in. I know most people probably don’t co

We finally made it out for whale watching and still didn’t see a whale.. after having our whale watching trips cancelled twice in Hermanus because of the weather, we really thought this would finally be our chance.. We booked a 2pm to 4pm boat trip in Mossel Bay and when we arrived, the lady to

Before coming, we honestly wondered whether safari would be suitable for our 4 kids, especially the twins who are only 4. My biggest concerns were whether they would be safe and whether they would actually enjoy sitting through the game drives.. But once we got here, I realised there were even

After days of all inclusive safari meals, we were craving something from home.. We still had some ginger, onions and chicken left in our pantry, so I just made do with whatever we had. The whole villa smelled so good.. Ginger and chicken combo is amazing! It was so cold here and there’s honestly