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Prejean’s Potato Salad
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I’m on a short break before starting a new job next month, and Kak’mbang has gone back to Terengganu and will only be back at the end of the week. We’ve been eating leftovers and takeout for the past few days, so today I made Smoked Duck and Sausage Gumbo for dinner, for a…
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Ramadan Cooking: Peri-peri Sausage Rolls
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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…
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Weekend Cooking: Paella
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Tesco had some good shrimp and mussels in stock, and I really wanted to take my lovely Le Creuset casserole (thanks Tiff!) for a spin, so I decided to try making and perfecting a paella recipe. I’ve made this twice now, but am still not fully satisfied with the results. The first time I…
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Weekend Cooking: Sausage and Chicken Jambalaya
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After cycling through quite a few Middle Eastern dishes of late, I decided to revisit some of the old recipes I made but never got around to properly document. This jambalaya recipe based on the one by Emeril Lagasse was particularly nostalgic for me, because this was one of the first dishes I made…
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GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Waldorf Salad
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Happy New Year, everyone! It’s a lazy New Year’s Day, and I wanted to put together a light snack. The first few times I made this was way back in 2012, when I was still actively involved in the Repertory Theater Club (RTC). I made this for a post-rehearsal gathering with the RTC gang,…
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GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Noodle Casserole
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When there’s a turkey dinner there’s inevitably leftovers, which opens up opportunities for more culinary adventures. I saved the carcass to make turkey stock later, and while some of the meat I planned to make yummy turkey waldorf salad with, for the family coming over for dinner tonight I decided to try this simple…
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GobbleFest 2017: Twice Baked Potato Casserole
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I actually made this for our first ever GobbleFest back in 2012. At the time we bought our roast turkey from Turkey Point Cafe, and I only made the sides. Back then I wasn’t wise enough to know to make a few dishes in advance, but this time, especially now that I roast my…
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Weekend Cooking: Saleeg
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I’ve been looking through the Saudi Food Eman YouTube channel, and seriously this lady is pretty talented. I’ve tried a few of her recipes already, and have quite a long list of others in my weekend cooking queue. This particular dish, saleeg, was something different from the recent rice dishes I’ve been making. Looking at how…
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Potluck: Emeril’s Potatoes a la Boulangere
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Our friend Marissa will be jetting off to Jakarta soon for a new job, so Elina had us over for potluck dinner and card games last Sunday. Danial made roast chicken and Elina made rotkohl, so I decided to bring some form of starch as a complementing side dish. It was either the baked…
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Weekend Cooking: Pressure Cooker Chicken with Chickpeas, Tomatoes, and Sausage
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After having my morning coffee and having finished this week’s copy of The Edge, I wandered into the kitchen and saw Kak’mbang staring at the chicken she just cut up. I asked her what was on her mind, and she said she had trouble figuring out what to do with it for lunch today.…