Homemade fingerpaint fun (Part II)

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Angeline
We did this activity on 30 April… and little Alicia had great fun – I think she preferred stamping with the lotus root compared to the shanghai green…
Setup as shown below and make the paint:
Line the floor with newspapers to minimise cleanup

Get the lotus root with that ‘stalk’ so that it makes stamping easier

Telling her daddy she’s having fun… 😛

this was before she destroyed her work… as you can see, the lotus root makes a lovely stamper!

there she goes with her hands…

… and feet (check out the big handprints – they’re mine!)

rubbing her hands in glee

‘lotion’ time again with the fingerpaint…

Even her legs she didnt spare… 🙂

After this, it was off to a good bath followed by her afternoon snack of sweet potato soup! 🙂 
All that painting made her hungry! lol
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Stewed pork ribs with chestnuts

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Angeline

I cooked this super simple yet delicious dish last Saturday and just had to share it with you!

I adapted the recipe from my friend, Pauline’s blog and all I can say is that I’ll be cooking it more often since it’s so convenient (great for me, the pregnant woman!) and so nutritious.

This can be a 1-dish meal but since I had some nai bai in my fridge that day, I just cooked it as another dish. 🙂

Stewed pork ribs with chestnuts

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Stewed pork ribs with chestnuts
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Ingredients
  • 500g pork ribs (original recipe calls for pork belly but I don't like that so I substituted with ribs and they turned out wonderful!)
  • 300g chestnuts (I bought them in a pack at the vegetable stall at the wet market)
  • 1 bulb garlic
  • 3 tablespoons light soy sauce
  • ½ tablespoon dark soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rock sugar (optional)
Instructions
  1. Boil the chestnuts (with their shells already removed) in water for about 3 min. The skin should come off quite easily when you peel them when the chestnuts are still warm.
  2. Wash the bulb of garlic, individual cloves separated, skin intact, and lightly crush them.
  3. Blanch pork ribs.
  4. Add some oil to the wok and stir fry the garlic till fragrant.
  5. Add the pork ribs and fry for 2-3min before adding in the chestnuts.
  6. Finally, add the light and dark soy sauce and mix well.
  7. Transfer the ingredients to a slow cooker.
  8. Add enough hot water to just barely cover the ingredients in the slow cooker.
  9. Once you see the water bubbling in the slow cooker, turn it to autoshift and let it stew for about 2 hours.
  10. Add rock sugar 15 min before serving if desired.

Alicia loved this dish too! 🙂

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