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QUICK & SIMPLE RECIPES – SEAWEED SALAD FROM DAISO

Hi there,

I got this pack of seaweed from Daiso during one of my hunt for Daiso goodies at Rivervale Mall. If you like seaweed or perhaps want some changes to your usual vegetable salad, you can try out this dry seaweed pack. It is quick & simple to make and requires zero cooking.

It is only 16 kcal & also contains kanten, a form of “agar agar”, which is both delicious & healthy. Japanese ladies love to eat kanten as a form of diet too. Ingredients is all up to you, whatever you want to put in, you can put in some chicken breast too if you want to up your protein, but I personally prefer just only seaweed + cherry tomatoes + cucumber slices.

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PRODUCTS REVIEW – HAPPY MELTS WHICH IS GOOD FOR YOUR KIDS TUMMY

Hi there,

I was at a 1st year baby party when I came across this wonderful snack called Happy Melts organic yogurt snacks . My colleague was feeding this to his son, and shared some with mine, that’s where I got to know this snack.

I then came across it while shopping at fairprice xtra at nex so decided to get it.

This comes in 3 flavors (strawberry / mixed berry / banana mango) and I got the mixed berries for my son.

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CHINESE COOKING WINE – THE LOW DOWN OF HUA DIAO JIU

Hi there,

I have received queries about the Chinese cooking wine which I used in my quick & simple recipes postings.

Below is the cooking wine that I usually use. If you buy it from Fairprice, you can find many similar looking bottles, I tried both the costlier ones (around $10 per bottle) and also the cheaper ones (around $3) and I find the $3 ones are also good which cater better for me as I use it for both marinates n cooking. As I use quite a bit so I find it more economical to use the cheaper ones. So far no complains, so I am sticking to it, you can also explore n try other brands out.

I like this hua diao jiu (紹興花雕酒) cooking wine because it is a bit sweet n the aroma when u pour over during cooking is really irresistible. Try it out n remember in any recipes that require wine, if you want the dish to have a strong alcohol aroma, you might want to drizzle at the end of it, or before you turn off the heat.

If not, take a little bit of time to cook & steam out any alcohol contents in the dish. Or a quicker way, tilt your pan nearer to the flame to torch the dish a little to take away the alcohol contents.

Happy Cooking!

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Dawn

KITCHEN GADGETS REVIEW – ONION SHREDDER & PEELER FROM DAISO

Hi there,

I have been eyeing this kitchen gadget from Daiso for a long time, as I love spring onions, & always put tonnes of it in some of my dishes, this onion shredder & peeler from Daiso look like some tools that I can take advantage of when I need to cook something that will need thinly sliced spring onions.

This tool comes with both the shredder & peeler and they comes with a plastic cover so you can either shred or peel without worrying how to hold it.

I tried it out today with the spring onions rather than leek, and I think it serves its purpose into shredding thinly sliced spring onions, those you can find on steam fish at restaurants, where they will sprinkle the spring onions all over it and drizzle with soya sauce. But I think it will be easier to to shred leeks rather than spring onions as I feel this gadget is easier to use on thicker vegetables.

Overall, I am happy with this $2 Daiso kichen gadget, and already told my mum to try using this when we steam some seabass next time. If you do not use the shredder, you can always just stick to the peeler that it comes with.

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PRODUCTS REVIEWS – HEINZ KIDS CORN CAKES / ALTERNATIVE HEALTHY SNACKS FOR KIDS

Hi there,

I am more of a rice crackers kind of person so I usually get rice crackers for my son rather than giving him treats like chips or biscuits or cookies.

I was at JB the other day and at Tesco, I saw this new product Heinz Mini Corn Cakes, there are two flavours available.

Apple & Banana (Sweet)
Tomato (Savory)

It is suitable for kids from 1 – 3 years old, but I think older kids will like it too. These little mini corn cakes makes a good treat for your kids as it is high in fibre, less “heaty” than regular biscuits, plus it is more nutrious.

As my son has polished off the tomato flavours, I am unable to show it here, but basically when you open the bags, you can smell a strong tomato aroma and there are tiny bits of tomato powder on the corn crackers, I tried one and I like it, as the taste is rather subtle, I find it suitable for kids.

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PRODUCT REVIEW – DAISO JAPANESE SNACK (TOHATO CARAKIRA CORN – CARAMEL CORN PUFFS)

Hi There,

I am sure many of you must have tried the Tohato caramel corn snack. The salty caramel coated corn puffs. The red packaging, and the buttery caramel aroma the moment you open the package…ah.. bring back my childhood memories.

Well, at Daiso, they have a wide range of Tohato caramel puffs, didn’t quite catch my eyes at first, but over the weekend, I saw a new printed word “40th” anniversary on a new cool blue packaging, so I decided to check it out.

I am a sucker for anything, that is, as long as the packaging states “xxth anniversay”, “limited winter promotions”, etc etc.. all these key words just tempt you to take a second look, hoping you are not missing out anything good. And I must say Japanese products have pretty much embodied this clever concept to their food products, every time I go to Japan, I will get to see limited edition of so many different kinds of food, chips, chocolates, sweets, cup noodles, and it just never ends there, with 4 seasons, their promotion items is just never ending..

So to my delight, I paid my $2 and went home with this cute little package of caramel corn puffs. On the packaging, it states 40th anniversay, with this new flavour to celebrate this huge milestone, and the flavour, is none other than – Salty Vanilla, I know, it does sound a little bit strange, but think about it, many dessert recipes call for a pinch of salt to help to balance or rather bring out the sweet flavour of the dessert. So it does make some sense. And with these little pieces of white corn puffs, shimmering against the backdrop of the silver blue packaging, it makes it even more appealing to me.

First bite, you will taste the saltiness of the corn puffs, and gradually with a hint of vanilla + caramel aroma, it does feel like this combination compliments each other, the sweet and the salty, better than cinema popcorn I would say. Actually I think the saltiness does bring out the vanilla caramel flavour. It is rather addictive, but the downside is that it gets stale very quickly, within 10 mins of leaving it on the bowl, it just gets soften so quickly, oh well, might as well, it just took me two sittings to finish it, I think there is probably a reason for it ^^

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Dawn