These days, the name of the game is adaptation. There's very very little we can do about our circumstances, and so many of us have turned our attention to things that we can control. I'm also aware that I am privileged that I have a job that is seamlessly adaptable to a working from home … Continue reading Small Batch Cheesecake
I love tahini so much, tahini in my brownies quickly became one of my signature bakes and I think I made about 50 of them in the last year alone for friends and colleagues. But during this quarantine, I'm taking the opportunity and luxury of time to try new and never before tested recipes. I'm … Continue reading Tahini Brown Butter Blondies
I recently posted a picture of my freezer stash of expressed breast milk on my Instagram stories and have received many questions from other breastfeeding mamas on how I managed it. Now, I've seen bigger stashes, and I must also remind you mamas of something my cousin told me - the fresher the better, so … Continue reading Milk Boosting Apple Raspberry Oat Slices
This week our firm said goodbye to yet another one of our brethren, this one leaving for the greener pastures of the Food & Beverage industry! Tat has been making his own ice-cream for a while now, and he built quite the following here on our office floor; our freezer is constantly stocked with new … Continue reading Snickers Brownies & (yet another) Farewell
I have been incredibly lazy lately; between work and catching up with my long dormant social life, I've had little time to photograph my kitchen adventures. What photographs I do take end up shoddy and are mostly hastily snapped on my iPhone. My work front has been incredibly rewarding recently, what with a successful project … Continue reading Chocolate Caramel Shortbread
I go through these phases of voluntary solitary confinement every few years, the last one being when I was doing my A levels. I had gone the entire summer holiday between AS and A2 not calling a single friend, read an average of 20 books a week, watched SO much tv, and spent most of … Continue reading Cheesecake, Oreos, Red Velvet, and me
Meet my Valentine. This is Berry Cheesecake Bar, and unlike the usual horrors that come with my past Valentine's day overly-expensive dinners and bouquets, this little baby was fuss free, had no expectations of me, and was a damn good time. Forever Alone, level 12. LOL. This was the first time I attempted a cheesecake, … Continue reading Berry Cheesecake Bars
Here in Malaysia, the first quarter of the calendar year is usually fraught with public holidays and long weekends. For the first major one of this year - Chinese New Year weekend - I went on a beach island getaway with two girlfriends, one of whom I haven't met since I was six! Even though … Continue reading Rocky Road Brownies
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