Red Dot Mum

23/12/2025

Finished off an apple 🍎 from the back of the fridge (leftovers from an experimental apple strudel which went quite well - kudos to daughter cook👩‍🍳🤗💪🏼) ~ cooked the apple with some spare ribs and all the usual ‘warming tummy’ suspects like ginger and pepper corns with pitted red dates in a soup | highly recommend this cookbook because the food is nutrition-dense and gut-warming for the young and old

01/10/2025

I was looking for recipes to cook for one and chanced upon this video - if you are into mindfulness and cooking and love "soulful" story productions, this would be a nice weekend viewing for you:)

Captured quotes: "Living a mindful life means not living life carelessly" / "Do what your heart desires"

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After the death of her beloved husband, cooking expert Kurihara Harumi began looking for ways to deal with her grief. Now she works on "meals for one" recipes to help people cope with living alone.

23/08/2025

One doesn’t need to look far to find out why bullying occurs ~ if we look at ourselves in the mirror, we notice we are pretty hard on ourselves ; if you cannot even hold yourself safely, how can you hold a child safely? Be gentler with yourself and calm, then you can make a wise decision ~ the good thing about mindfulness is that it is extremely forgiving ; we are aware, and we will do better next🙏🏼

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09/08/2025

Spice Garden Walk and Painting with Plant Dyes @ Fort Canning Centre 🇸🇬 🌳 🌈🖍️📝

19/05/2025

I cooked the “Spicy Spaghetti & Turkey Meat Sauce” from the cookbook “So Easy So Good” from ~ substituted the gojujang with some leftover sambal chilli (best👏🏼👏🏼🔥🔥🔥) So yummy 🤤 so good! Nice recipe! Why did I never think of ‘spicing’ up spaghetti with sambal chilli in the past🤔🤓?

12/05/2025

Mother's Day Reflections - Red Dot Mum

A couple of weeks ago, as Mother's Day approached, I felt out of sorts. Those advertisements from furniture and household appliances stores or chain restaurants promoting good deals weren't doing much to lighten my mood either. Maybe age is catching up... Then I went to revisit my children's gifts t...

28/04/2025

Doing away with at home and the too ~ bye bye to dymo label , hello to write-on tape

22/04/2025

Reducing Food Wastage Versus Eating Healthy - Red Dot Mum

Summary: No food wastage isn’t easy to do, nor is eating healthy or moderately, as food gifts are galore, especially around festive seasons and birthdays. Given the best circumstances (like an organised pantry), notice your most commonly used ingredients, source out food ideas (like recipes you wo...

29/01/2025

Heralding in Spring (春 chūn), a new season of joy, peace and goodwill 🌸🌸🌸 !! For all celebrating Lunar New Year 2025, may all your wishes come true👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🍊🍊🧧🧧~ 春暖花开(chũn nuăn huã kãi), 心想事成 (xin xiăng shì chéng, 财源广进 (cái yuán guǎng jìn), 龙马精神 (lóng ma jing shén)!!

09/09/2024

I did the BYO thing today. (‘bring-your-own’ container instead of using the containers the vendors provide you to pack your food to take away from their stalls). I like that my food container was ‘collapsible’ and I could place it in my ‘everyday’ bag (which incidentally has to be ‘wide’ enough to accommodate a square shape). I prefer a ‘generous’ amount of space to hold the food I take away. So you have to know which foods you take away most often before getting your container. If you are not sure, for a start and begin your personal lifestyles abd daily patterns. Tip: Before you do BYO (if it’s a thing you do), reuse the takeaway containers you bring back. You will have to carve out ‘space’ in your time and energies to wash those containers though

08/08/2024

Happy 59th Birthday, Singapore !! 🇸🇬🎂🎉🥳👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

19/07/2024

Looking forward to the annual conference on “Ageing and Spirituality” organised by the Gerontological Society of Singapore (14 September 2024) at the Lifelong Learning Institute, Singapore, 10 am - 4 pm