Yum Picks by Maya – Page 18

Tandoori Chicken Recipe

June 16, 2014

I was busy with my cousin's good-friend wedding cake over the weekend. The bride wanted a simple and sweet cake. I have done quite a number of wedding cakes over the past few years, but I still get the jitters every single time. It is always in my head that this cake is for someone's big day, so nothing should go…

Breakfast Dessert Healthy Ramadan Vegetarian Yum Picks by Maya

Skinny Avocado Smoothie

June 2, 2014

I have been ill *sniffles*. In-fact I am still not well but I am getting better gradually. I was running a temperature and was coughing as loud as a godzilla (yes, they are LOUD), lots of sniffles and I couldn't eat anything. You could have shoved a plate of hot pipping cheese fries right in my face and that would have not tempted…

Meat Ramadan Yum Picks by Maya

Easy Cottage Pie

May 22, 2014

Dear all, Kindly take note that Shepherd's pie is made with lamb, wherelse Cottage pie is made with beef. I find it disturbing when there is beef in my shepherd's pie and lamb in my cottage pie. I do consume both lamb and beef, but I NEED to know which one I am consuming. It irks me when I wanna buy…

Meat Noodles/Pasta Yum Picks by Maya

Better than Pastamania Spaghetti Bolognese with Meatballs

May 10, 2014

This Is So Good I think I have nailed it this time. I know that some of you might be having those roll eye moments at the title of this post. For those of you who are not familiar with Pastamania, It a restaurant chain in Singapore, Malaysia, India and the Middle East. It offers Italian cuisines, mainly pasta and…

Dessert Ramadan Yum Picks by Maya

A Delicious Falooda Recipe

May 8, 2014

If you guys belong to another part of the world and have no idea as to what a falooda is, you guys are in for a treat because today I would be sharing a delicious Falooda recipe. The weather has been crazy and only two things are very necessary, the air conditioner and cold drinks. When I think of drinks…

Meat Quick and Easy Ramadan Side dish Swift Spoon Yum Picks by Maya

Mini Taco Cups

May 5, 2014

I think the best thing that happened to me this weekend was my mother eating at least 15 of these Mini Taco Cups. Whenever my mother praises my food, I'm one proud girl, subconsciously. You know you are a food blogger when the files in your hard disk looks something like this. and you have to take 101 pictures of that damn…

Healthy Soup/Salad Vegetarian Yum Picks by Maya

Slow Roasted Tomatoes

April 24, 2014

I love oven-roasted tomatoes. They have incredibly intense flavors and when chopped up, they make a great condimento for pasta! Tomatoes somehow get quite intensified after roasting. I just love the intoxicating aroma that lingers around the kitchen while the tomatoes are roasting away with the garlic, herbs and olive oil. Yums! I have tried roasting tomatoes using various approaches. Nigella's would…

Vegetarian Yum Picks by Maya

Grilled Vegetables with Balsamic Vinaigrette

April 2, 2014

You know at times, when you have typed out an email or a blog post, despite after checking at least 129 times, you would still end up misspelling certain words even though you know the right spelling? We all make spelling mistakes from time to time, an extra apostrophe or a missing "o" in the word is okay I guess…

Bread Swift Spoon Yum Picks by Maya

American Banana Almond Bread

March 22, 2014

It's weekend y'all and I am very happpppy! No I am not going out of Singapore. It is surprising to see that every weekend, my Facebook news feed is full of people going out of Singapore for a short vacation such as a trip to Kuala Lumpur or Indonesia just to eat or shop around, and they would post crazy number…

Meat Quick and Easy Yum Picks by Maya

Easy Chicken Stir Fry

March 12, 2014

Before I share this awesome yet easy chicken stir fry recipe, let me briefly tell you about the fun weekend I had. My uncle rented a resort for all the family members to spend some time together. It was a potluck thingy, thus everyone brought food. We also had a BBQ on Saturday's evening. Preparations obviously started a few days…