Saturday, July 19th, 2008
In Chinese Herbology, foods have 'yin' and 'yang' properties. Yin foods have 'cooling' properties while yang foods, on the other hand, have 'heaty' properties. Some foods are 'neutral'. Since ancient times, the Chinese firmly believed that diet (along with other factors like stress, climate and lifestyle) plays an important part ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Happy 2008!
Instead of the glamorous turkey & ham, we had steamboat on Xmas Eve. It almost feel like CNY instead of Xmas, keke. Might as well because I won't be in SG during the entire CNY period... so we'll be doing a few more steamboats leading up to CNY.
I made ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Another comfort food for rainy nights.
Lotus Root Soup
Ingredients
(Serves 3)
400g lotus root, scrubbed, peeled and sliced thinly
1/2 chicken, skin removed and blanched in hot water for a few minutes
4 pieces Huai Shan
1/2 carrot, sliced or cut to chunks
6 red dates
2 tsp wolfberries
1.5 liters water
Salt (optional)
Directions
Place ingredients in pot of water ...
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