If you read my post last Monday, which you can access here, you know that cooking was never my favorite household chore.  It always ranked right up there with ironing and scrubbing the toilet bowl.  But the family has to eat, am I right?

Actually, it wasn’t the cooking part that I had an aversion to, nor was it wondering what to make.  I have tons of great cookbooks and recipes that have been handed down over the years so culinary ideas are not the issue.  It wasn’t even the cleanup…

I know that my son gets plenty of vitamins because he takes a fantastic supplement and I “hide” vegetables and fruits in just about everything (might have to do a post about that).  But when it comes to eating fruits and vegetables in their natural state, it’s all about the “dip”.

He doesn’t like apple slices unless there is peanut butter involved.  Forget about carrots if there is no ranch dressing.  Salad?  Better have some raspberry vinaigrette.  I should be glad, I know but I…

http://www.reanaclaire.com/2012/08/the-wrong-way-to-cut-lemang.html

My first time cutting up a Lemang.... and ended "disastrously" un-presentable....



Ok, briefly about Lemang... Lemang is a traditional Malay dessert made of glutinous rice and coconut nut and and cooked in a hollowed bamboo stick lined with banana leaves in order to prevent the rice from sticking to the…

By Greg Patent – Guest Contributor and Baking Wizard

Here’s a perfect light and airy dessert for summer.  Over forty years ago I fell in love with a recipe called Praline Soufflé Fifi, a creation of the late and great Michael Field.  You beat egg whites with sugar to make a meringue and fold in a homemade powdered pecan praline. After baking the soufflé in a hot…

http://www.reanaclaire.com/2012/05/we-ate-toad-and-raw-fish-in-kampar.html

Have Food Will Travel, I thought of changing my header theme to these four words...what do you think? Suits someone like me, right? You name the food and the place and I will go find them... hahaha...



Alright, back to my travel food post, this time we traveled forty five minutes to a small town Kampar…

Pre Happy Mother's Day Celebration

We had our lunch at Sun Lee How Fook Restaurant in Kampar Road at around 12pm.... our first meal of the day... We have never came here before together with my family and since they are back in Ipoh, we celebrated Mother's Day very early in advance.......

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I stumbled across this recipe months ago. But it wasn't until a month ago that I finally made it. You see, when I come across a delicious looking recipe involving chocolate I can't help but read on. 'Tis my lot in life to be a *sigh* chocolate lover.



And this recipe is awesome. And I mean that in more than one way.

1. No sugar in it.

2. No dairy in it.

3. No wheat in it.

4. No cooking.

5. Absolutely awesome flavor, texture and it even presents…

Who says that Easter baskets have to be just for kids! Last week I wrote about your child’s Easter basket being for more than just Chocolate. We think that the adults should have a little something-something too. For the them, the Easter basket is all about delicacies. Be prepared to be indulged!…

When we moved to our new home eight months ago, I was worried. You see, our new home has no dishwasher. And I had kind of made a personal vow that I would never move to another home without a dishwasher again until all my kids had left the nest.



I love dishwashers. Matter of fact, if I had to put all my appliances in order (yes, odd, but something I've done while living without electricity in the rainforest), it would be like this:

1. Stove (Burners beat out all. Plain and…

If you want to be a hero for your kids, your man, or actually, even just yourself, then I would highly recommend making these pancakes. I love me some red velvet cake, and now I have an excuse to have them for breakfast? I am in!

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Mout h watering. Delicious. Scrumptious. These are just a few words to describe the delectable new trend in play food! Play food has been around for decades but in recent years there has been a…

It's summer and Father's Day is Sunday!

If you are looking for Father's Day

Dessert Recipes ~ Try these:

Blueberry Pie

Super-Simple Peach Cobbler

Easy Lemon…