The early bird catches the worm

Posted on June 23, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Last Sunday, I woke up super early and allowed the Hubs a lie in. Within 45 minutes, I had prepared a full breakfast for Tee and chopped up the above vegetables for lunch. It was merely 830am. The vegetables went into a pot to make chicken soup. This.......click to learn what next.

Baking Shepherd’s Pie

Posted on June 17, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

I had a strong craving for Shepherd's Pie last week and knew that the only way I was going to be rid of this craving in full force would be to bake my own. Nobody else out there makes it like my family does. Ingredients: 1.5lbs good quality.......click to learn what next.

Banana Raisin Baby Muffins

Posted on June 12, 2009June 12, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

A real would be hit with toddlers and preschoolers that is healthy yet yummy. I got this recipe from the net after Tee said she really liked those Marmalade baby muffins of which I tasted and err......I didn't think it was that hot. So I was determined to.......click to learn what next.

Cravings for nasi lemak Kampung Baru

Posted on May 19, 2009May 19, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

This pregnancy, the Hubs has been very lazy. He hasn't been out ONCE to satisfy my pregnancy cravings, mostly because I was vomiting so badly at the beginning and then didn't really have cravings that sent me into murdering zones, and now he just takes for granted that.......click to learn what next.

Kids sharing food at school

Posted on May 13, 2009May 13, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Tee comes home everyday with interesting food stories to tell. She is very fussy with food and makes demands on what she wants for breakfast and snack every day before bed. If she gets bread and jam, she would moan that she is soooooooo sick of bread and.......click to learn what next.

Malay food addiction

Posted on May 7, 2009May 7, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

On the way to Tee's school on the road just behind her school (the main road), there is a little Malay stall which serves the yummiest Malay food that makes the baby in my tummy completely ecstatic. If I can help it, I'll try not to eat there.......click to learn what next.

Eating in Cameron Highlands

Posted on April 28, 2009April 28, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

After an entire morning of picking up trash, hey, that's 4 kilometers mind you, of steep uphill struggles, we were famished. Our meals were all packaged up by the resort so we ate there mostly, despite cravings to get out into the town to eat real food. Breakfast.......click to learn what next.

Bittergourd for diabetes

Posted on April 14, 2009April 14, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

I've just forced Tee to eat 5 spoonfuls of baby bittergourd (cooked in an omelette), which is known to be even better nutritionally than the big bittergourd. She hated it but she swallowed it. Good girl. Whenever I eat bittergourd, my blood sugar tends to drop as it.......click to learn what next.

Of meals and such…..

Posted on April 14, 2009April 14, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

This is what I had for breakfast. Korean strawberries with slow cook oatmeal in milk. Don't be deceived with the pretty picture. It really tastes like cardboard and it is taking me more than an hour to finish. Now I know why Tee takes a long time to.......click to learn what next.

Too tired to cook

Posted on April 13, 2009April 13, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Whenever I'm too tired to cook, like today, I whipped up a simple and quick lunch that Tee and I both love. The Hubs doesn't because he has more gourmet taste buds but he isn't around for lunch. I fried some sardines with onions and blanched some green.......click to learn what next.

Indian nasi kandar

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

My favourite type of food, especially when cooked to perfection. Tasty and super spicy. Who am I kidding? I like ALL food......as those who know me will testify.

Home made chocolate cookies

Posted on November 15, 2008November 15, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Another boring day.....so I got out the old chocolates from the fridge that we hadn't eaten and told Tee to cook them. You should have seen her eyes turn on. You know? Like a light switch. On-off-on-off. Bored, off. Cook chocolate, On! We also melted some marshmallows but.......click to learn what next.

Plucking the tails off bean sprouts (taugeh)

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

I love bean sprouts and am now wondering if Westerners ever pluck the tails off bean sprouts??? I know most restaurants here don't do it but we always do it at home. After Tee's princess party, she was brought back into the real world to do some real.......click to learn what next.

My fabulous dinner at Lafite, Shangri La Kuala Lumpur

Posted on October 1, 2008October 2, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

This dinner was not paid by me :-) but ahhhh......how I wish somebody would pay for me to eat good food everyday!! Mind you, Bakuteh at the roadside is good food too..... This was my starter. Scallops and pasta. I can't remember the fancy schmancy names of the.......click to learn what next.

A meal made from love….

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

That’s what my mother does as she knows no other way, apart from dishing out dosh. Many mothers show their love through cooking. It is quite amazing that I have learnt to show love in other ways. It proves that just because you didn’t get it doesn’t mean.......click to learn what next.

Liquid Nitrogen and Frozen Avocado Beads

Posted on August 30, 2008August 30, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

What happens when you have minus 196 degrees Celsius of liquid Nitrogen smoking in a pot? You do NOT touch it. If you do, you can start filling up the form to join the Fingerless Anonymous Society. What happens when you squirt little droplets of mashed avocado through.......click to learn what next.

What Tee had for lunch today

Posted on August 22, 2008August 22, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Haha....I needed a filler post and I needed it fast so this is it. Tee had macaroni with home-cooked chicken stock, potatoes, radish, sun-dried tomatoes, chopped coriander, ham and onions. Oh, and topped with grated cheddar cheese. She walloped it kau-kau!! What did Mommy have? 3 chocolate cubes........click to learn what next.

Best chocolate brownies in the world

Posted on November 8, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

"HEY!!! DON'T EAT THAT!!! TAKE YOUR DIRTY FINGERS AWAY!!" After the scolding, "I love you, Mama......." "You're NOT having any of it if you touch it one more time!!!" Tee wanted to make brownies for her friends at school on the day she cut class. So I dug.......click to learn what next.

The best roast chicken I’ve ever had

Posted on October 15, 2007October 15, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I've had many, many roast chickens in all my life but I must say that after 35 years, I've finally tasted the best. Ever. Today. My mother's roast chicken is pretty good too but since she is Muslim, her cooking loses out sometimes for the lack of oinks........click to learn what next.

Tee’s green party at school

Posted on October 5, 2007October 5, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee and her partners in crime revised the colour green this week and did everything green. They cut up leaves, painted trees, messed with green clay, ate green food (spinach quiche, green grapes, green agar-agar, cucumbers etc) and sang 'green' songs. Today, they were all dressed in green.......click to learn what next.

The little patisserie chef at my home

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Whilst playing with her new PlayDoh set today, Tee served me a little plate of bright pink dollops that resembled mini Hershey kisses. I have no clue how she got it into that shape. Wait....let me ask my Mom's maid. Oh.....she used a toy scissors. Hmm.....gotta try it.......click to learn what next.

My daughter, my future gourmet chef

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Helping Mummy marinate a fish...... "I can feel the scales! I dug into the fish's mouth and opened it's gills. I poked the fish's eyes and stroked it's tail......." Plucking vegetables..... Peeling garlic......

Carving Yellow Watermelon Balls

Posted on July 29, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

When Tee was learning the colour yellow at school, they did yellow activities ALL WEEK. Anything to do with the colour yellow, they did it. Even in Mandarin. At the end of the week, they had a yellow party in which Tee had to bring in yellow food........click to learn what next.

Killer Tomato Salsa for 2

Posted on July 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

3 ripe tomatoes (chopped) 3 pips garlic (minced) 3 small onions (chopped) 3 twigs coriander (minced) 3 chilli padis or jalapenos (minced) 3 pinches of salt Cook tomatoes alone in a saucepan for a few minutes (only because cooked tomatoes offer more nutrients than uncooked tomatoes - did.......click to learn what next.

What’s your family food plan?

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I'm nosey. I can't help it. Born like that. Just like how I'm impatient, lazy and boring.....and err....so many other things. Today, I read this, so I thought I'd share what we had on our carefully planned out menu this week. Considering I am on a low-carb 'so.......click to learn what next.

Assistant Chef of The Lee Household

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My mother has always stressed how important it is for a woman to take care of her man. Whilst I'm not sure I subscribe to this theory, I have obeyed her somewhat by exposing Tee to the kitchen and its functions. Due to countless baking adventures, Tee knows.......click to learn what next.