Home Cooking preferably LCHF Series - share ideas etc

[kaypohchee]

Just saw this Qoo10 Canned Crab Meat $20 Offer for 454g
Hmm quite worth if can be bothered to do Self-Pickup bah ....

http://list.qoo10.sg/item/CAUSEWAY-...-OR-JUMBO-454G/426735680?selectedOptions=;;;;

Or for sheer convenience, stick to crab stick - maybe the better ones ?

 

[kaypohchee]

Food Porn of the highest level here
Given me ideas ..... my prosciutto hmmmm
Need to buy my next batch of mangos

Best Monte Cristo Sandwich - Cooking in the Forest
Cooked in the wild mountain forest, this awesome sandwich will bring you the ultimate foodporn experience! It is made from homemade cured ham, cheese and bread, served with refreshing sweet & sour mango sauce cooked on fire. Enjoy the true foodporn!
Ingredients:
homemade bread
homemade cured ham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxOxFmV8sc
homemade cheese
3 free-range eggs
1 organic mango
1 tsp. butter
1 tbsp. brown sugar
1 lime

nWo I RaZoR2 months ago
Love the "Set mixer to max." 
JKHGames2 months ago
I love every one of your videos! Must be interesting to cook outdoors surrounded by nature
mama Kass2 months ago
Every time this man cooks it kills me
AlmazanKitchen2 months ago
Serbia
heather mader1 month ago
Being a chef, all I can say is your videos are gorgeously shot with beautiful settings, incredible ingredients, artisan and rustic meals that make my mouth just water. Incredibly satisfying visually and audibly. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your time in nature with the world! I love that the food, surroundings and natural sounds speak for themselves. The highest blessings to you!

BEST SPRING ROLLS RECIPE!
Crispy spring rolls from handmade dough with coal slow cooked chicken meat that simply melts in your mouth! Even better with some simple sweet chili dipping!
Ingredients:
500g chicken legs
200g flour
100ml water
150g cabbage
1 red onion
few sage leaves
handful of parsley
3-5 garlic cloves
1 red chili
1 carrot
salt, pepper, oil
Dipping sauce:
1/4 cup light soy sauce
1 tsp. sesame oil
1 tsp. red chili, minced
1/2 tsp. honey
1 tsp lemon juice

Noctua6 months ago
Everything about this channel is perfection. Amazing locations, cinematography, sounds, foraging, and most importantly, food. I look forward to every video, and I know that this channel will blow up soon. I'm excited I've got to experience it grow even this far. Never stop doing what you guys are doing here.

OK - must get mom to buy me some chicken legs/drumsticks hahaha ...

Best Egg Sandwich Ever - FOODPORN WARNING!

 

[kaypohchee]

OMG I've been watching more of these amazing AlmazanKitchen Food Porn

I know what I can make with my remaining puff pastry sheets now
but I'll need to get some fresh strawberry too as only hv the frozen ones now

BEST STRAWBERRY DESSERT!
Crispy coal baked puff pastry filled with easy homemade strawberry jam and amazing cream cheese!
Ingredients:
puff pastry, two 10x10 squares
1 free-range egg
1 cup of organic strawberries
1/2 cup homemade cream cheese
1/2 tbsp. honey
fresh balm = mint leaves

May be able to use the puff pastry in this 2nd dessert too

BEST ORANGE DESSERT - FOODPORN WARNING!
Mind blowing buttery puff pastry with caramelized oranges and homemade mascarpone! Lime juice for sour notes and some mountain scenery for ambient! Enjoy !

I can sub the mascarpone with some mozzarella [or maybe Greek Yoghurt Cream Cheese]


This 3rd Choc Dessert is absolutely Symphonically Orgasmic !!!

Behold the true star of food porn! Premium dark chocolate, melt on fire, spiced with it's deadly dark twin, poured over crispy base made of premium mangalica lard and grano duro flour + homegrown walnuts on top! OH YEAH!
Ingredients (8 servings):
75g mangalica lard
75g sugar
75g grano duro flour
1 egg white
75g butter
100g walnuts
300g premium dark chocolate (80% cocoa)
100g premium raw chocolate

Hmmm I might be able to use my PAN cornmeal to make the base - see how...and simply use my Hershey's Cocoa & leftover Phoon Huat dark choc chips bah [the 'tempering' in the video is hilarious too] - the nuts are no problem as still got lots from my Xmas Baking !

BEST KULEN CALZONE - SIMPLE RECIPE
Simple yet delicious calzone with homemade kulen and white cheese!
Ingredients:
Pizza dough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUrGjEVR0Ok
150g homemade kulen
150g homemade white cheese
egg white, whisked

Can use some bacon n ham instead of the kulen there .....


This magic pumpkin dessert looks great too - tho' probably too much trouble for lazy me .....

Should be able to use any remaining puff pastry in these
Cranberry-Cream Cheese Crescent Bites except need to replenish my cranberry supply !

or these Caprese Calzones too

or even these Hawaiian Calzones - with ham & pineapple ....

For my remaining filo pastry - maybe

BEST CARAMEL DESSERT EVER!

 

[kaypohchee]

The last few Humble Home Cooked meals

Last night's dinner - Turmeric Fish, Long Bean with Prawn n simple Cai Sim Soup

Today's lunch of Curry Chicken + gelatinous chicken feet/pumpkin eaten with 2 French Loaf slices - not that much carbs bah

Tea - waffle n previous Dumplings n Cranberry Pinwheels

Dinner was more Chicken Curry n Brinjals n Chicken Cabbage Soup

Dessert is healthy Guava

Tomorrow Thurs should be yummy Waxed Duck Porridge again for lunch before going off for another spa body massage .... am expecting to tarpau something home for dinner from Maxwell FC or surroundings - maybe White Steamed Chicken Rice or HK Roast or ??

Most probably will also drop by Phoon Huat for more dried cranberries heavy cream n cream cheese/coconut flour if available -strawberry mango ... before I start on yet another batch of desserts or spring rolls etc towards the weekend ....

 

[miraxx]

Just saw this Qoo10 Canned Crab Meat $20 Offer for 454g
Hmm quite worth if can be bothered to do Self-Pickup bah ....

http://list.qoo10.sg/item/CAUSEWAY-...-OR-JUMBO-454G/426735680?selectedOptions=;;;;

Or for sheer convenience, stick to crab stick - maybe the better ones ?

I live near Realty Park. Thanks for the crabmeat info. I can easily pick up these.

 

[kaypohchee]

So lucky - can get their other seafood etc offers easily then
I've got to check - think there are buses going there from Tampines too
(The first/last time I was at Realty Park was some 7-8 years ago n was chauffeured there for work purposes too)

Here is a video my friend WhatsApped me on the dangers of sugars in sodas
How to find out url of video to attach here ,,???

 

[kopicgao]

Hi TS, read about the oxidised avocado..you could coat the avocado leftovers with olive oil to prevent oxidation somehow curious if the diet is overly filling due to its huge portions even though the diet doesnt include much carbo such as rice or potatoes?

 

[miraxx]

So lucky - can get their other seafood etc offers easily then
I've got to check - think there are buses going there from Tampines too
(The first/last time I was at Realty Park was some 7-8 years ago n was chauffeured there for work purposes too)

Here is a video my friend WhatsApped me on the dangers of sugars in sodas
How to find out url of video to attach here ,,???

Bus 72. First stop after it turns right from Hougang Ave 3.

 

[Starbutt]

Just saw this Qoo10 Canned Crab Meat $20 Offer for 454g
Hmm quite worth if can be bothered to do Self-Pickup bah ....

http://list.qoo10.sg/item/CAUSEWAY-...-OR-JUMBO-454G/426735680?selectedOptions=;;;;

Or for sheer convenience, stick to crab stick - maybe the better ones ?

China product. No thanks.

 

[kaypohchee]

Hi TS, read about the oxidised avocado..you could coat the avocado leftovers with olive oil to prevent oxidation somehow curious if the diet is overly filling due to its huge portions even though the diet doesnt include much carbo such as rice or potatoes?

Tks for that tip !

True will see the scale at the +1 to 1+ kg mark when I overeat with the huge portions !
But since am doing IF n if I just eat my mom's dishes WITHOUT adding on mine too, can quite easily adjust n not put on more weight
- esp after having undergone those 3 weeks of much stricter LCHF with the works (daily CCO ACV etc) last Sep, feel I know my body n how better to control it for getting good Fasting Blood Glucose readings - just need to stop my "Sweet" Baking in May n be in stricter LCHF Mode to get good HbAc results in July
Actually I stayed within the OK Range even tho was doing a fair bit of Xmas Baking from Nov too - so I feel with my Intermittent Fasting IF n concerted awareness NOT to touch refined sugars as far as possible I should stay within the Healthy Blood reading levels henceforth !
1 possible "reason" for the Huge Servings is I don't want mom to say that she feels hungry in the middle of the night without her prized RICE in the meal - I want her to feel FULL on the healthier vegetables etc instead !

I should improve in my Estimation Skills to arrive at Just Nice Smaller Portions - don't really follow recipes to the letter as I do a fair bit of modifications ....

 

[kaypohchee]

Bus 72. First stop after it turns right from Hougang Ave 3.

No need to go Realty Park now

I didn't know that the Fresh Fruit place at Simei also carried Frozen Food n I bought some frozen seafood there !

My recent combined very small Toto winnings of $85 also insufficient for today's total grocery hoot from 3 places totalling ard $97 !

1st place was Farm to Table at Tg Pagar Centre - on my way to my body massage spa ... spent about $12 on :
1. $5 for 3 heads of broccoli
2. $4.88 on 4 Gold Squash (Mini)
3. $1.88 for Green n Red Capsicums
Resisted getting the $10 for 2 x 250g strawberries as feared them being over-ripe - learnt my lesson with the Marketplace too-ripe avocados !

Hv always wanted to cook with squash as found in many recipes
The avocados there were lovely n huge but very expensive - no offer on the avocados I saw today even at that Simei Fruit shop - still got 3 small ones in the fridge which I should be using in some spring roll or pastry wraps !

Then to Simei n spent about $35 on :
1. 200g Real Crab Leg meat (from China) $5 = much cheaper than Qoo10 offer of $20 for 454g - only difference is I will need to cook these as they are raw !
2. Imitation Crab Stick (from Thailand) 300g $5
3. 400g Cod Fillet $8.80
4. 300g Chum Salmon $5.10
5. Squid - flower cut. $5
6. Offer Egyptian Strawberries at 2 x 250g packs for $6 (1 pack at $3.50) [Other Egyptian brand 3 packs at 8 only] - I will be eating up the ripe strawberries tonight with my Greek Yoghurt n saving the rest for use in baking n salads etc ....

Then my $50 Phoon Huat hoot (just round the corner from the Fresh Fruit-Frozen Seafood shop)

1. Bought 1kg bag Dried Cranberry as love using that in many recipes - for $11
2. Now got 1kg Cream Cheese in a roll for only $9.40 !
3. Pampas Puff Pastry 10 sheets $7.70
4. 1L Heavy Cream 35% $6.50
5. Jap Kewpie Mayo $5.30
6. 100g grated Parmesan $3
7. 125g Brie cheese $3.80
8. Small muffin tray $4.08

*** 1.9kg Sun dried Tomatoes in Olive Oil from Turkey - only $16.30 !!!

5kg Artisan Flour $8


My dinner - told mom to tarpau Kuay Chap back as haven't had that for some time - we only go for the intestines n pork belly - I remember ordering all the 3 different types of intestines at that famous stall at the Old Airport Rd FC n it came to like $15 for 2 pax all in !

My Greek Yoghurt with blueberry n the very ripe sweet Egyptian strawberries - even mom helped finish some of the extra strawberries tho' she refused to touch the sour cold yoghurt which I try to feed her for the probiotics there ..

 

[kaypohchee]

New recipes that I should be doing soon esp with my new hoot n all

Avocado, Cream Cheese n Salsa-Stuffed Puff Pastries
http://https://www.averiecooks.com/2012/01/avocado-cream-cheese-and-salsa-stuffed-puff-pastries.html
Can use my 3 small avocados here too

Baked Crab Popper Delights
http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/appetizer/seafood-appetizer/baked-crab-popper-delights.html

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto Bites
http://www.wellplated.com/sun-dried-tomato-pesto-bites

Cranberry Cream Cheese Bites
https://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/cranberry-cream-cheese-crescent-bites/893a09a7-1db8-4ffd-a593-3bc48b7d1d35

Sweet Potato Bites with Avocado & Bacon - GF & Paleo
http://www.wellplated.com/sweet-potato-bites

Moroccan Roasted Beets with Pomegranate Seeds
http://www.wellplated.com/sweet-potato-bites

 

[kopicgao]

You're those lucky ones who dont have to worry much about weight and able to enjoy a variety of dishes And hope your next medical results will bear the fruits of your hard work. Ohh i can empathize your mom's late hunger esp. when our bodies are so used to regular rice consumption

Tks for that tip !

True will see the scale at the +1 to 1+ kg mark when I overeat with the huge portions !
But since am doing IF n if I just eat my mom's dishes WITHOUT adding on mine too, can quite easily adjust n not put on more weight
- esp after having undergone those 3 weeks of much stricter LCHF with the works (daily CCO ACV etc) last Sep, feel I know my body n how better to control it for getting good Fasting Blood Glucose readings - just need to stop my "Sweet" Baking in May n be in stricter LCHF Mode to get good HbAc results in July
Actually I stayed within the OK Range even tho was doing a fair bit of Xmas Baking from Nov too - so I feel with my Intermittent Fasting IF n concerted awareness NOT to touch refined sugars as far as possible I should stay within the Healthy Blood reading levels henceforth !
1 possible "reason" for the Huge Servings is I don't want mom to say that she feels hungry in the middle of the night without her prized RICE in the meal - I want her to feel FULL on the healthier vegetables etc instead !

I should improve in my Estimation Skills to arrive at Just Nice Smaller Portions - don't really follow recipes to the letter as I do a fair bit of modifications ....

 

[kaypohchee]

You're those lucky ones who dont have to worry much about weight and able to enjoy a variety of dishes And hope your next medical results will bear the fruits of your hard work. Ohh i can empathize your mom's late hunger esp. when our bodies are so used to regular rice consumption

Tks I know I should hv good readings since my food now mostly DON'T hv any or much processed refined sugars

After all I still fared well within limits then WITH my Xmas Baking when there were LOTS of Sugar n Flour n YOLO feasting ...
(I will try to use some natural sugar substitutes like Coco sugar or more brown sugar (if I hv to) rather than white sugar when possible too - I think all this helps)

I DID hv my problems with weight - was skinny then baby fat - then went on a serious regime n lost all fat gained during adolescence - stayed slim until my 30s when I re-gained some weight due mainly to tidbit snacking while studying another full time course at the U again .. then the usual Up & Down with the weight tho' never got back to really skinny-slim state again

I hv now reached the ripe old age where I am happy with my "still chubby tummy" but not obese body state n trying to go LCHF mainly for health reasons. Anyway ppl tell me I hv lost weight since more than a year ago - I think simply from my unconscious IF as I only started on LCHF since last Sep !

I don't take rice during lunch/dinner but mom continues with her rice at dinner except when I go Full Scale for dinner too for the Both of us ....I find that mom has a "loose stool problem" too whenever she takes a bit more fat such as CCO in her curries or pork bellies (also turmeric) etc ...so she has this natural resistance to going HF despite my telling her that it is healthy ! She said she had to run to the toilet 3x after yesterday's curry lunch n she was amazed that I was fine !
Slowly bah - at least she'll be switching to using CCO for cooking from the veg canola oil - told her CCO should help with the signs of her early dementia as getting awfully forgetful now recently
She almost forgot to add the taukee again in today's Waxed Duck Porridge if not for my timely reminder !

 

[kaypohchee]

Nothing too ambitious today as again down with a runny nose - must hv gotten hit by the raindrops yesterday ...
(Laptop confirmed down AGAIN - still within 3-month repair warranty period ....)

Just a very simple Yellow Squash with Blistered Cherry Tomatoes

Very similar to below recipe pic
- garlic, thyme, cheese, ....

Hv 2 remaining mini squash - next either in a zucchini fritters recipe

or

an LC Snack Cake = a Pound Cake but without the sugars ....

Today's lunch is simple Soup Kway Teow
- took only 1/2 the carbs there

Dinner - finally the sorely-missed Bitter Gourd with "Sarm Lai Yee" a very boney fish with lots of fine bones (mom had to be hospitalised overnite etc etc many aeons ago at the A&E after a bone got stuck in her throat) +Veg Soup + my item - Squash is really refreshingly sweet

After dinner dessert was jackfruit or nangka

 

[kaypohchee]

Hope I get well enough to proceed with some more interesting items tomorrow - still got to attend to non-stop laptop repairs again Sighsss !

For the strawberries/cream cheese, may be something easy just 15 mins - not using dough - using wanton wrapper instead
No Fuss Berry Cream Cheese Tartlets

Or
Puff Pastry Cheesecake Bites (Pomegranate)

Or
Strawberry Rolls

Could also try Cranberry Baked Brie

Or
Strawberry Turnovers

Or
Pretty pastries such as these below

Cream Cheese Bacon Bombs

Need to do something with the Broccoli n may try Crab Rangoons too

Will take a break from touching the tortilla wraps n focus on Spring Roll wraps n Puff Pastry - plus perishables like the strawberries, avocados, broccoli, green salad veggies, ....

 

[twinkle07]

where to get cheap avocado?
go ntuc 1 for $1.90...really that price ar

 

[kaypohchee]

NTUC mostly like 3 for $4.95 but my last trip was selling at 3 for about $5.50 region

CS last trip was 2 or 3 SMALL ones for $4.99
While their larger ones going for at least $3 each !

Don't know whether that corner stall under a tent just outside OG at the old PP Complex still around or not - was offering 8 avocados at only $5 piles but mostly pretty ripe maybe mixed with 1 or 2 less ripe ones - n you can't select the nicer better ones for your "pile" too !

That Simei fruit shop - avocado prices were also around $5.50 for 3 !

Giant sometimes got cheaper offers but mostly over ripe n mushy already !!!

 

[kaypohchee]

Mom's yummy Fried Beehoon - missed it as she has not been doing this previously Once Weekly item for some time already !
But she forgot to add in the prawns (with the canned mushroom, cabbage, egg, fishcake) which she had wanted to since the $5 prawns bought from the market came to quite a lot today n could apportion some here too - told her to fry the unused prawns meant here with the Broccoli I'd bought ..

Got to bring laptop in for endless repairs this afternoon - 3rd trip from beginning of 2017 ! Sighzzzzz
Dunno whether in time to do an item for Tea today after returning home ...
Thinking of the Baked Crab Poppers or the No Fuss Wanton Skin Berry Cream Cheese Tartlets or the Cream Cheese Bacon Bombs ...
Ooops must also do something with the 3 remaining small avocados before they turn mushy n over ripe too !

 

[kaypohchee]

Didn't get home in ample time < after alighting from bus, popped over to my neighbourhood YES supermarket to look-see to get the canned corn needed for the Baked Crab Popper Delights,
3 Thai Honey Mangoes for $4 (chose unripe ones), more Spring Onions n Spring Roll Wrappers n 2-in-1 White Kopi (without added sugars), a sweet ripe Rock Melon or Cantaloupe half for $4 .....

Decided to get my own tea since already past Teatime - choice was either the Black Carrot Cake or Rojak - decided on the latter - Very Sinful n not LC as loaded with sugar but haven't eaten Rojak for a very long long time !

The Rojak Uncle used 2 chilli padi here - Wa - very hot - told him A Little Chilli but he's too old/deaf n not paying attention at all - saw that he cut the banana flower 3x too ??? I had to wait ages as he was too engrossed with something else even tho' I'd called out loudly to him - not aware that he got customer there !!!!!

Am going to do Prosciutto Melon tonight with some arugula on the side (those leaves already wilting as 2 weeks old....) - melon very ripe

Also got mom to cook less than 1 head [she said 1 full head too much for the 2 of us as she will only take a nominal 2 bites - of the 3 heads Broccoli I got for $5 from Farm to Table on Thurs] with the balance fresh Shiitake Mushrooms n this morning's unused Prawns - trying to encourage her to like Broccoli by saying that in the restaurants, broccoli topped with scallops/egg white or dried mushrooms (she said not enough soaking time here so can't use those tonight) make a classic dish on the menu etc .....

Will do my Crab-Avocado-Strawberry etc items tomorrow (just nice as mom won't be going to church tomorrow too) < want to also try Avocado with that Washoku.guide Sauce No. 1 for lunch in addition to the Avocado-Salsa Parcels - hope enough avocado to do both as the 3 remaining 2-3 week-long avocados are pretty small !