BAKING COOKIES

3 May 2012, Thursday

We found a simple cookie recipe and decided to let Zhen try some baking.

FISHY LESSON

9 August 2012, Thursday

I was in the kitchen, cutting up a fish for the very 1st time.  I've never done this before.  It has been the fishmonger's job all the time.

I might as well teach my girls a fishy lesson ~ parts of a fish.

At the mouth of the fish, we saw a small fish in it.  Well, it's a "fish eat fish world"!

IN THE KITCHEN...

10 April 2012, Tuesday
It's Wednesday tomorrow and we were preparing the
"guīlínggāo" (龜苓膏) for tomorrow's dana.  The girls helped in making one of their favourite dessert.

NOTE:

Dana (Pali/Sanskrit) ~ the practice of giving; generosity.  Dana is one of the essential preliminary steps of Buddhist practice.  When practiced in itself, it is a basis of merit or wholesome kamma.  When coupled with morality, concentration and insight, it leads ultimately to liberation from samsara, the cycle of repeated existence.

IN THE KITCHEN...

19 July 2011, Tuesday

The girls helping out in the kitchen... peeling ginkgo seeds for their favourite dessert... the 'pak guo fu chuk yi mai thong shui'!

ORANGE BANANA SMOOTHIE

3 July 2011, Sunday

1) Squeeze 2 cups of orange juice.
2) Cut 1 banana into small slices.

3) Put in the banana slices, orange juice and some ice cubes into a blender.

4) Blend and serve.

5) Garnish with mint leaves or thin orange slices. (Optional).

BANANA & CHOCOLATE MILK SHAKE

2nd October 2010, Saturday
1) Cut 2 bananas into slices and place into blender.
2) Pour in 1 cup of chocolate milk into blender.
3) Blend until smooth.
4) Pour into a glass & chill for about 1/2 hour before serving.
5) Add cinnamon powder to taste. (Optional).