Sharing - Grocery Store Offers Free Fruit To Youngsters 12 and Under

~ Posted on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 12:02 AM ~

I came across this article which I must definitely share with you guys as I think it is very very cool idea indeed!

"The produce department of Kroger Supermarket at 200 Lease Avenue in Greenville is now offering free fruit to kids 12 years of age and under.

The “Fresh Fruit 4 Kids” display has only been up since this past Tuesday, but already word of the store’s largesse has begun spreading quickly via social media.

For the moment, the store is offering four different varieties of apples, as well as bananas. Matthews, who has been store manager at the Greenville Kroger just shy of a year, says that the selection may change as time passes."

Free Fruit To Youngsters 12 and Under

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Chinese Steamed Eggs

~ Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 6:25 AM ~

For this post, I am sharing my next food recipe, Chinese Steamed Eggs. My late mum used to make this for me so to be able to make this now is just awesome! I remembered the days when I got home from school, college or work and seeing a bowl of Chinese steamed eggs waiting for me... Ahhhh... such nice memories. As with the few other awesome dishes that my late mum used to make and I didn't get the recipe from her, I've always been wanting to replicate this. Every trial and attempts is a step closer to cherishing and bringing myself back to the times when my late mum was still around.

The recipes that friends gave to me doesn't work well for me. In fact this is like my 12th attempts (2nd after I decided to ignore recipe and just follow my guts and check like a hawk while making this LOL) I think what works this time is my RM48 (about USD11) frying pan/wok which I bought a month ago as a to treat to myself.

Without further ado, here is the recipe for Chinese Steamed Eggs:


Ingredients:
* 3 eggs (try to crack into half gently as you will need to use back the egg shell later
)
* Water (1 egg = 2.5 portion of the half cracked egg shell, so 3 eggs mean you need 7 to 8 scoops of water in the half cracked egg shell)
* Salt and pepper for taste
* A wee bit of oil
* Chopped scallions or mixed herbs or sweet soy sauce to decorate steamed egg when ready to serve.

 

Methods:  

* Fill up pan/wok with water and boil it.
* Gently crack 1 egg into a bowl (make sure you still get half cracked egg shell)

* Cracked the remaining eggs.
* Using the half cracked egg shell, fill up water (room temperature) and pour the water into the bowl with the eggs. Remember, 1 egg = 2.5 times of water.
 
* Add salt pepper for taste. Add a wee bit of oil.
* Gently stir the egg mixture and using a sieve, pour the egg mixture into the bowl/plate that you are going to steam the egg into.
* When the water in your pan/wok starts boiling, add in your bowl/plate of egg gently, making sure the boiling water does not get into the eggs.
* Cover the pan/wok for a few minutes, gently opening the cover every minute to release the hot steam out. Every now and then, use a fork to gently poke into the steamed egg to test whether egg is cooked properly.
* I also gently shake the bowl/plate, if the egg surface moves, I will steam a bit longer. When you use a fork to poke the egg, it will come out clean when it's cooked.
* You can add some chopped scallions (I threw in some mixed herbs) or drizzle a bit of sweet soy sauce before serving the steamed eggs.

 

Outcome:

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Dinner - Before & After

~ Posted on Friday, August 21, 2015 at 5:57 AM ~

Last year, I wrote about a look back into my home-cooked journey so far. Then shortly before the end of 2014, I wrote a post on my preparation when cooking. Then I thought, "Why not snap a picture of before start cooking and the final results after cooking?"

So, here you go..

Left part of the picture is the ingredients all ready to be cooked on 29th  April 2015. Ingredients on top (clockwise): A bowl of chopped small red onion with dried chilli, a bowl of sliced garlic, a bowl of chopped tomatoes (deseed), chicken marinated with turmeric powder + chilli powder + sliced onions + salt pepper, a bowl of chilli powder + sugar + water, a can of red beans, 2 eggs, a bowl of minced pork marinated with sweet soy sauce and sugar, chopped long green beans (not in picture).

Dinner - Before & After

My dinner dishes for that day? Click on the dish name to check out my recipe.

  • Minced pork with green beans in sweet soy sauce and garlic.

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