food
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So I felt like I wanted to jazz up my usual breakfast oatmeal. I’ve been a bit experimental these days in trying to use existing food items in my pantry. One of those items is cocoa powder. So I typed in cocoa powder and oats in google and stumbled on several web pages on Chocolate
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A sample of quick and nutritious post-graduate student meals. Breakfast (top left): Oats with soy milk, kiwi, blueberries and a dash of honey. I tried substituting the soy milk and honey with hazelnut milk and dates today, and it was just as awesome. Lunch (top right): Idiot-proof savoury oats (i.e. Oats + olive oil +
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Me: “I’m having a Green Iftar on National Day, and you’re welcome to come. We’ll be breaking our fast with all things vegetarian.” Cousin:”Huh?! Where’s the meat? No meat, sure pengsan (faint), lah!” Well, no we didn’t pengsan. I’m glad that I finally got a chance to do a little green iftar with a few
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It’s halfway through Ramadan already and many of us are wishing time didn’t pass so fast. This blessed month is indeed an opportune time for spiritual cleansing, charity and quality family time. That said, how many of us have actually used Ramadan as a time to reflect on our consumption patterns. While we have controlled
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Originally posted on nade in the kitchen: It was a quite tiring day for me. When I came home, I had no idea what to cook and was not really motivated to even cook something. Am I reading your mind? Here’s the solution: Don’t cook. Make some awesomely filled avocados instead. Serves 2 50 g…
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This has got to be one of my most loved random ad-hoc snacks ever. All you need are:- 1) some strawberries (or any other berries of your choice) 2) a generous dollop of Philly cream cheese spread 3) slice (or slices) of bread. Wholemeal or multigrain is preferred 4) Honey. Just lightly toast the bread
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Flexitarian bug struck again at dinner last night. eL menu: (1) organic brown rice fried with veg (2) wanton soup with loads of my favorite veggies… Like bits of pumpkin! Simple, tasty home-made food 🙂
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Yet another Flexitarian Lunch. This time a take-out from Sumo Salad at the basement of Raffles City Shopping Centre. $5.80 for their small portion. I mixed two salads together – (1) Pumpkin & cous cous (2) Rockets, feta cheese and dried tomatoes. Mmmmmmmmmmm…. Or as the Indonesians say “Enak bangettttt!”
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If the world is small, Singapore and its neighbours are microscopic! In late July this year, I had the opportunity to meet Ustazah Kauthar, initiator of the Go Green Muslims programme in the Integrated Islamic School in Shah Alam, Malaysia. It was wonderful to see her various efforts in nurturing the young with fundamental environmental
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Probably one of the reasons why people have never tried to go vegetarian is due to the perception that most dishes in our typical Singaporean lifestyle contains meat. “Oh my nasi lemak, mee goreng, char kway teow, murtabak and prata, wanton noodles, beef rendang, etc etc…” Possibly true… but there are those unsung heros. Behold!
Sofiah Jamil 