Ba Kut Teh, Pork Ribs Soup

This recipe is for those who are too lazy to buy the spice mix. Or those who wanted to buy the spice mix but the asian store was closed, aka me.

3g cracked black pepper
a couple of shakes of all spice
1 bulb of garlic, separated but not peeled
1 small red onion, whole and peeled
600g of pork ribs
1.2 litters of water
about 10 or so goji berries

Basically what you want to do is to blanch you pork in some boiling water then cut them into their pieces, so that you don't get all that gross scum in your soup.  Place all your ingredients except the goji berries into your pot and bring to the boil then add the ribs. Allow to simmer for about an hour, about half way in you can add in the goji berries.(you don't want the to cook too long or they will go to complete mush, unless you like that)

Right at the end you just season with salt then serve with dark soy sauce and rice. Dinner is served.


I got inspired to cook this because pork ribs were on special and I was craving home, it was after work and the Chinese store closed their door in my face. So I had to get creative to get the flavours. It tasted pretty good for being in a bit of a pinch.

Frozen Yoghurt Pops

These are super simple, what I did was that I added a bit of yoghurt at the bottom then put in a piece of strawberry then more yoghurt and so on so that I wouldn't have any gaps. Then popped the sticks in and into the freezer they went. I thought they came out great!

I just used Mundella natural yoghurt and didn't mix anything in it. 

Singapore Half-boiled eggs

Yummy yummy in my tummy. I have worked out that the perfect amount of time to leave ur room temperature eggs in the kettle boiled water is 8 minutes. Its such a good breakfast. I usually have it with toast with dark soy sauce and pepper.

FO-NUTS

These were a lot easier than I thought it was gonna be. Just mixed it all up and chucked it in the donut maker. Healthy and yummy. I found the recipe from the blogilates app.

Chia Seed Pudding

I too was intrigued by this concept. It tastes pretty good for a really simple breakfast. I found the recipe here. I made mine with lactose free milk and added frozen blueberries after.

Watermelon cookies

I think I stuffed up the dough. they don't taste as good as I was hoping.  I made it just like in this video.

Maybe I just added too much flour at the end?

I might attempt them again with a better sugar cookie recipe!

Harvest espresso

Harvest espresso is my favourite for brunch. Their spring menu is finally out and I tried their mushroom ragu, AH-mazing, their almond croissant is to die for. I also tried their mocha coco-latte, just because I was intrigued, it is just a mocha latte with coconut water, interesting. They had these pumpkin, rocket and goats cheese muffins, I had no more space in my belly or I would have had it.

I really love how they always have a bunch of native flowers at the table, it just adds that touch!

Chocolate Granola

I had a real craving for chocolate cake, then I was like NO I shouldn't, so I looked up chocolate granola. Turns out that I have all the ingredients and it is super easy.

I got the recipe from here.

I only made 1/4 of the recipe because it is only me and I didn't know that I would like it so much.

Grill'd salad

I never knew Grill'd made salad, until a work friend told me about it, their mixed vegetables and dukkah is to die for. For $13.95 I think not.

I think it would be really easy to recreate, i think you just need to grill some eggplant, sweet potato and pumpkin, cut up some cherry tomatoes, wash some salad greensand  make some quinoa. Then mix together with some fetta and balsamic vinegar and dukkah and you are done.

I am gonna try this next week after I have gone to get all the ingredients.

Superstar waffles

To be honest had never heard of this place till my friends brought me there. It's at Northbridge in Perth. I gotta say, pretty damn good. I got the sweet milk waffles as well as a matcha latte. Yummy!

Red velvet cupcakes

I think I have found the best recipe for red velvet cupcakes. I followed Nigella's and it worked without a hitch! its a must try. Have I told you I love her?

I did everything the same except for the icing. I mixed the butter and cream cheese with my mixer till fluffy then added the icing sugar in 3 parts. 

And I thought to pretty it up more I watched a video in how to make icing roses, it wasn't as difficult as i thought it would be. :)

Did you know the hunt I went through to get the red gel food colouring? it tourns out there is a place not too far from me that specialises is icing colouring stuff, Sugar Smith. You should have seen the relief on my face when I found the place, seriously everywhere else was sold out of red.

Kale Chips

Kale is boss, it is good for you in almost every way. This is my favourite way to eat them, chips. 

All you need is kale, salt, oil (I used rice bran). 

• I usually preheat my oven to 200C
• Wash the kale then rip them off the stem that is down the middle into smaller pieces then put them in a salad spinner, you want them to be relatively dry. 
• After, you just place them in a baking tray with a little bit of oil to coat them (its usually less than you think) and sprinkle with a little salt. 
• Pop them in the oven then turn the heat down to about 160C for about 20-30 mins or until they go all crispy. 

They are a great low calorie snack for when you crave something salty and crunchy.

Best scrambled eggs

I am an avid fan of scrambled eggs. I have tried to cook them in a pan on low heat, high heat, using cream, milk, water and any other combination. I have found the perfect method to make scrambled eggs, it is the simplified version of Heston Blumenthal's method. 

I mixed 3 eggs with a splash of milk in a heat safe bowl that is bigger than the opening of your small pot. Simmer water in a small pot and put the bowl over it, bain marie style, make sure the water des not directly touch the bowl. Keep the heat low and keep stirring, eventually you will have the creamiest yummiest scrambled eggs. Season as desired.