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• Ayam Pong Teh
  on Nov 6, 2011 in fermented soya bean paste nonya chicken and potato stew malaysian chicken recipe chicken stew asian chicken recipe nonya recipe asian chicken stew chicken recipe
                                               Ayam Pong Teh (A Nonya Chicken Stew)It has been a while since I've posted anything. Life h...
• New Addition
  on Jul 7, 2011 in goat bio dynamic farming
  Xi WangIt has been a while since I updated my blog. It is winter now and it hasn't been overly cold, thank goodness. Since my last blog there has been a new addition to our farm family. From the picture you would've guessed it is a goat. He was given...
• Farm Fresh Escargot
  on Nov 18, 2010 in growing your own food Country lifestyle garden snails organic farming escargot farming snails farming escargot snails
  Living on a farm does have it's advantages and adventures when it comes to growing your own food. I have always enjoyed escargot but never thought of farming my own till watching Gordon Ramsay harvesting garden snails from his garden, purging them th...
• Homemade Fish Cake
  on Nov 17, 2010 in malaysian fish cake white fish basa asian recipe food blog fish balls fish cake thai fish cake asian food noodle soup
  As usual my craving for something from home has brought me on this adventure. A girlfriend of mine back in Malaysia was very good at making fish cake manually. I enjoyed her fish cake stuffed into veggies and tofu served with some dipping sauce. Unfo...
• Sambal Ikan Bilis (Anchovie Sambal)
  on Nov 6, 2010 in anchovie samabal asian recipe food blog ikan bilis anchovie sambal ikan bilis spicy malaysian sambal sambal
  A Beautiful Plate Of Sambal Ikan BilisI have been pondering about making sambal telur for a few weeks now and then I thought why not make this instead as I've not had it for a very very long time. The sambal bit is the same except that you use anchov...
• Pumpkin Family
  on Nov 4, 2010 in butternut pumpkin Country lifestyle Family fresh produce vegetable garden pumpkin herb garden gardening Cooking
  My Butternut Pumpkin FamilyThese pumpkin were last season's which we had kept down in the cellar. We harvested over twenty of them but a few weeks ago they started rotting and we couldn't figure out why. After going through the lot there was these th...
• Flourless Orange And Almond Cake
  on Nov 4, 2010 in food blog baking food recipe gluten free orange cake almond cake asian recipe orange and almond cake almond cake recipe gluten free cake orange flourless cake
  Join Me For Afternoon Tea?Never made one of this before and as usual when the craving came I couldn't help myself.  Started looking up recipes on the internet and found this one from this blog.  Here is the link http://souvlakifortheso...
• Simple Fried Rice
  on Nov 2, 2010 in fried rice asian recipe asian fried rice pork chops rice dish rice stir fry chinese cuisine chinese fried rice
  I often like to combine asian with western in my cooking. One of my favorite combination is this simple fried rice served with pork chops. For today's pork chops I have marinated them in some smoky barbeque sauce. I will grill them till they are nice...
• Wild Fennel Mussels
  on Oct 30, 2010 in mussel recipe asian recipe food blog New Zealand green lip mussels country lifestyle black mussels fennel simple healthy mussels cooking
  One of my favorite seafood must be mussels. Since living in Australia I have had the opportunity to cook with fresh black mussels as well as NZ green lip mussels. In Malaysia I have only had mussels that were already cooked. I realize now that it was...
• First Time Making Roti Canai/ Roti Prata
  on Oct 30, 2010 in food blogCanai Malaysian bread asian recipe Roti Part Malaysian Roti prata Malaysian asian bread
  Living away from Malaysia in a country town makes me more adventurous with my cooking and baking.  It makes me miss Malaysian food and there is none locally so the only way to have a taste of home is to cook or bake your own.Roti canai is a flak...
• Photo Gallery Of Some Artisan Bread I Made
  on Oct 27, 2010 in whole wheat artisan bread bread baking baking onion sourdough bread braided loaf whole wheat bread peter reinhart
  I was going through  my photo album and saw all these pictures I had on bread that I had made and thought it would be a great idea to share them. I started to take artisan bread more seriously when I was given two wonderful bread book by Peter R...
• Walnut Onion Sourdough Bread
  on Oct 27, 2010 in onion walnut sourdough bread food blog bread baking bread making onion sourdough bread onion bread mother starter walnut bread sourdough bread sourdough starter food
  Sourdough bread had been somewhat of a mystery to me. Whenever I looked at a recipe it seemed so daunting just to get the mother starter happening. I guess I wasn't ready for that challenge then. Now that I have mastered it I am able to create my own...
• Gluten Free Flaxseed & Pepita Bread
  on Oct 25, 2010 in flaxseed meal food blog bread making baking flaxseed gluten free bread making linseed gluten free
  Since the success of the gluten free bread the other day it has inspired me to create another loaf using flaxseeds and pepitas. I wanted to add more nutrition and crunch to the bread and this was the combination I came up with which turned out pretty...
• Gluten Free Bread
  on Oct 21, 2010 in food blog gluten fee bread bread making baking gluten free bread making sourdough bread gluten free
  I started down the gluten free track when I came upon a number of people at the grower's market that had gluten intolerance. I was selling homemade almond biscotti there and there were those who asked for gluten free. This opened up a window of oppor...
• Picture Posts
  on Oct 10, 2010 in outdoors Country lifestyle country pictures country side personal journal flowers country scenery picture blog fig tree
  Beautiful Country SceneryYesterday we went for a drive off the beaten track and came upon these beautiful flowers which I thought would be nice to share.  I took several pictures of them and here they are. This is what makes it fun living in the...
• Fresh Poh Pia Skin Update
  on Oct 5, 2010 in fresh poh pia fresh spring roll skin Spring roll food blog fresh asian dish cooking
  Update Fresh Poh Pia SkinA week or so ago I tried my hands at making fresh poh pia (spring roll) skin. This post is an update on my progress at making it. When I started on this project I had no idea how the texture of the dough should feel like and...
• Pet Or Foe
  on Oct 4, 2010 in Country lifestyle spider pet tarantula insect personal blog
  Friend Or FoeA few mornings ago I discovered this tarantula on my bedside radio clock. I did not know what to make of it so I left it alone hoping that it would find it's way back out but it has decided to take resident on top of my radio clock and w...
• Another Meal From The Pork Stew
  on Sep 29, 2010 in puree food blog stew avocado scotch fillet pork recipes food
  Here You Have It !I said in my previous post that I would show you another way to convert the left over pork stew into a new dish, well here it is.First reduce the gravy down to a sauce consistency. It will be pretty strong in taste and flavor but ni...
• Kind Of Pork Stew
  on Sep 28, 2010 in meat food blog tomato stew scotch fillet pork pressure cooker
  While shopping for groceries yesterday I came across a nice chunk of pork scotch fillet for roasting. As it had very little fat on it I thought that it might get dried out if I roasted it so decided to cook it in the pressure cooker instead as that w...
• My Sexy Stack Burger
  on Sep 28, 2010 in quick food blog beef burger recipe herbs hamburger burger tasty fast food easy healthy sourdough bread food
  My Sexy Stack Beef BurgerToday I decided to write a post on beef burger which is a dish that most of us would have had at least once. I wanted to share my version of one that is not only delicious but also healthy. I have not been making that many bu...