May 2018

  • Shorba (Meat and Oat Soup)

    Shorba (Meat and Oat Soup)

    Mummy has been losing weight of late, and I’ve been trying out different soup recipes for her to have some variety in her diet.  I wanted to keep things interesting enough for her to want to eat. At the same time I wanted to provide her with all the necessary nutrition to stay healthy.…

  • Ramadan Cooking: Shrimp Scampi Pasta

    Ramadan Cooking: Shrimp Scampi Pasta

    I found some really nice (albeit expensive) shrimp at B.I.G. recently, and at the same time was having such a craving for pasta.  I’ve mentioned previously that I really love the shrimp scampi at Tony Roma’s, although over the years they seemed to have modified the recipe or something and even that has lost…

  • Ramadan Cooking: Moroccan Lamb Soup

    Ramadan Cooking: Moroccan Lamb Soup

    I bought some lamb cubes some time back and never got around to cooking them.  Since it’s Ramadan and the evenings have been so rainy of late, I wanted to make something comforting and soupy.  Besides, Mummy is watching her health more carefully and no longer eats any red meat, so even though she’ll…

  • Ramadan Cooking: Peri-peri Sausage Rolls

    Ramadan Cooking: Peri-peri Sausage Rolls

    Ramadan mubarak, everyone! I can’t believe a year went by so fast.  Since I get off work an hour early, again I try to make small dishes like appetisers and snacks for breaking fast.  I still have a few bottles of Nando’s PERi-PERi sauce in the larder, so I looked through their website for…