Feeding The Friedlanders

“Find out all you need to learn about nutrition and then forget it”

“Positive eating should become a subconscious action and it is enough to have at the back of your mind the thought that food is the very stuff of life and diet is the primary means by which an individual determines his or her destiny.” Way of the Noodle, Wagamama. Words by Russell Cronin. 1994. Use your noodle A moment if you please….This post is a special post, it is the inaugural post for…

Hi everyone, I’m so sorry it has been a week or so since I last posted – but boy have I been busy creating a brand spanking new website to share with you!

I am super geeky excited to introduce my new website…. feedingthefriedlanders.sgPlease subscribe to my new site today so you don’t miss a post. There is a ‘subscribe now’ box on the right hand side of the page near the top…see the screenshot…

Test meal plan post

Watermelon Shark – healthy kids party food with some bite!

My first little boy was three yesterday. Such a big boy already. Ooops something in my eye… He insists he can pick me up already which is no mean feat.

AND, this week his preschool celebrated no less than three birthdays. That means a whole lot of cupcakes, muffins,and sweet birthday treats. Not that I am a stickler for birthday treats, hey, I cooked an Oreo cake.  Toddler sugar…

I have been looking through my current favourite baking blog, Sally’s Baking Addiction for inspiration for middle son’s birthday cake, and here she is.  The Oreo Cake. In all its glorious gooeyness.

Oreo Cake. Image copyright Sally’s Baking Addiction. Original recipe taken from Amanda Rettke, Suprise-Inside Cakes.

I think I am losing my inhibitions when it comes to cooking what I previously…

My adventures in East West fusion cooking…. the Kaya Brioche Bun

Kaya Pandan Brioche Buns

It had the makings of a pioneering culinary discovery, east meets west fusion cooking. Ladies and gentlemen I present the Kaya Pandan Brioche Bun. Could life get any sweeter? Middle son and me don’t think so.

Take one recipe for brioche, use the extracted pandan juice (see my pandan cake recipe to see how to extract the juice)from fresh pandan leaves to make the dough,…

Black eyed bean and sausage one-pot (and meal plan)

Yes Will.I.Am and Fergie, tonight was a good night…kiddies ate all their dinner (eventually) AND I got to bed early, albeit in my son’s bed, and it was a more a case of dozing off balanced precariously on the side of his bed. Parenting eh, you gotta take it as it comes.

Inspired by the organic food row in NTUC Finest @Bukit Timah Plaza, I purchased some black eyed beans today and had the…

Taken from one of my most loved cookbooks, Feast by Nigella Lawson. This Fatoush forms part of Nigella’s Mezze feast. If you buy just one of Nigella’s books buy this one.

The recipes are formatted into complete meal plans, starters, mains and desserts. So choosing a menu for a special evening or dinner party is a cinch! There are meal plans and recipes for religious holidays, children’s parties,…

Who wants to know…which Singapore international school for your child?

If I had a dollar for every time I heard or discussed this with expat parents, I might be able to afford the term fees of my kids schools!!

Mums talk to other mums (as we all know) and schooling is a hot topic. It seems no sooner have we weaned them, we are told we have to get cracking with registering them for preschool and school. In Weybridge (UK) where I used to live, I was told I had left it…

Dinner party’s are such fun and whilst lots of work, nothing beats feeding an appreciative crowd. I often turn to the queens of cookery for inspiring dinner party dishes, and did again to food temptress Nigella Lawson and the original bad girl Martha Stewart for Saturday. There was enough food to make a whole week’s meal plan out of – no joke! So my lovely readers… break it down!

Cucumber and…

20% off Sale at Lemon Zest this weekend. Special Cookery Shop, Chip Bee Gardens

Lemon Zest, Chip Bee Gardens (opposite Holland Village Shopping Centre)

Holland Village isn’t the easiest place to negotiate with a double buggy BUT it is where you will find Lemon Zest, heaven for home chefs!

I was looking for a frilly apron to wear to my restaurant blogger’s review night (as you do)…. and, something unusual to hand out as a business card. Well, I discovered Lemon Zest, and I…

This week is heavy on the veggies with a little raw food inspiration too. It all started with a recipe I received into my inbox from Sally’s Baking Addiction for Vietnamese Spring Rolls. These are the non-deep fried version of spring rolls, refreshingly packed with mint leaves, shredded vegetables, sometimes prawns, and can be dipped in delicious Thai dipping sauce or peanut satay sauce.

Aparagus…

Love this film, must watch it again soon.

It’s a sweltering week already in Singapore and according to the papers it’s going to be the hottest April (for…well for  a while!) A top tip from me to you on where to go to keep your cool in Singapore… Splish Splash Parks!

Gardens By The Bay

You really need kids for this one or you…

Giveaway Winner of MyMessyBox announced…

Thank you wonderful readers for taking part in the MyMessyBox giveaway and for your brilliant comments and tweets. Sharing the love people, sharing the love.

I would love to give each and everyone of you a MyMessyBox, because they are brilliant and so are you.  However there can be only one winner of this draw and my bank account has its limits!!  So without further ado

…the winner of MyMessyBox…

Damn-Hot-Diggety-Dog! Mrs Freeloader goes to the Rockin’ Diner

Mr X is delighted, I finally have a ‘job’ that puts food on the table! I am officially a food blogger, and what better place to be invited to dine but The Rockin Diner, @11 Club Street. If you want all-american food, the taste, the SIZE, the smiles…this is the place to head. Open Mon-Sat 12pm to 12am.

Mrs Freeloader gives the Rockin Diner the thumbs up!

The Frankenstein

My favourite were their…