• Pork,  Under $1

    Curry Pork with Potato

    Ok, I’ll admit it- I cheated on this dish by using Ayam Brand Red Curry Paste. It was too easy to be true! The picture above sucks though- there’s actually more curry gravy and the pork don’t look so pale in real life. HA.HA. Ok, I promise to take photos of my cooking using my super awesome Panasonic Lumix TZ-7 digital camera instead of my iPhone 5 (have you heard the story of me in a coach in Europe, zooming in to a household window ON THE HILL on the way to Switzerland, using this camera? ok, the recap is just another excuse for me to miss Europe but more…

  • Stir-fry,  Under $1,  Vegetables

    Garlic Shanghai Green with Ikan Bilis

    This is a very simple garlic vegetable stir fry which has all the goodness of anchovy stock. The Shanghai Green is cooked til still crunchy and this is a very easy way to add some green leafy vegetables to your family’s diet. I hate cooking leafy vegetables.. I never know what to do with them. I can do a mean vegetable stew with carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, and mushrooms.. I can do a delicious curry vegetable.. I can cook broccoli and cauliflower in X.O Sauce, or sambal french beans with dried shrimp.. but put leaves in front of me (except spinach- I’ll cook it in sambal, or garlic dried shrimp), and…