My little chef in the making
When Dot was little, she enjoyed watching her grandmother prepared dishes in the kitchen. At about two years old, she had the experience of kneading the sticky pizza dough with her little fingers. Now she sees me in the kitchen every morning preparing breakfast, if she wakes up early. Otherwise, she will only see me in the kitchen...
Get raw and grow wheatgrass at home
After watching “Forks over Knives“, a film documentary that examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods, Jay and I are persuaded to consume more plant-based food and less meat and...
Our Christmas cranberry pine-nut cupcakes
Christmas isn’t Christmas till it happens in your heart Somewhere deep inside you is where Christmas really starts So give your heart to Jesus You discover when you do It is Christmas, really Christmas for you. Christmas, my favourite season of the year. A time to be thankful, grateful for all that have happened –...
Baking Cartoon Butter Cookies with children
Today, I have a guest post from Sze Nee who blogs about baking at Small Small Baker. I’m so glad that she willingly accepted my invitation to write about having fun baking with children. She also bakes for events and parties. I have been invited by Dee of PruneNurture to write a guest post for...
Our first home-made apple pie
Jay told me that Shannon, our niece has been paying $50 to learn baking for one hour. At the end of the day, she got the cake home, a certificate of particiaption but no recipe to bring home to practice baking the cake again! After discussing with Jay, we think that it is not worth...
The making of the odd-shaped pizzas
While I was watching ‘Silly Pizza Song‘ by Signing Time together with Dot, I suddenly thought of making pizza. The first pizza I made was a ham and cheese and this second time I was scratching my head thinking of what toppings to use for my pizza. I am thankful that our pizzas turned out...
Pre-cooking lessons for Dot
Dot loves to watch us cook – from the preparation of the ingredients to the actual cooking of the food. She gets to watch the step-by-step process of preparing a dish. When she is at grandparents’ house, she always asks to be carried to watch how grandma cuts the vegetables, meat, fruits and how she...
