Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Until today, I had never seen or knew about glass trays for ovens. In my mind, oven tray are always those dull and black rectangular trays. Now seeing this Pyrex Multi-Purpose Cooking Sheet, I think I could get rid those dull trays which my food always sticks to.
I have to admit that I am not a brilliant pancake maker but using the right kitchen tools does help to cut down waste, time and make a perfect pancake. Not long ago, I received the Pyrex granate pancake pan, an OXO Good Grips turner, OXO Good Grips batter dispenser and a bottle of Clarks Maple syrup. You can read from my past blog post on how I did the pancake challenge with those items and how I used Clarks maple syrup in smoothies.
Food prices are always on the rise. Have you thought how to make your budget stretch? I love to cook for my family as you can be sure of what’s in there. There won’t be any nasty ingredients nor too much of the unhealthy ones. Sainsbury’s Live Well For Less have challenged a few parenting bloggers to share advice and savvy suggestions for using basics to create everyday food, without compromising on quality.
We have been super active this Summer school holiday. Not only have we been out and about to many fantastic places, we have also come up with activities to do at home including baking! Both my children love to help and bake so it is great spending time with them teaching them a life skill.
Today, our relatives came and Mr K offered to bake a cake for our guests. His lovely aunty helped him along. I won’t bore you with how we bake the cake. It is quite easy to get recipes or pre-mix if you don’t fancy buying your own ingredients. Do take a look at Pyrex Moist Apple Cake for an example of a recipe. The Brick Castle baked this and her cake looks so delicious!
As many will know, Pyrex is a good and reliable brand for their kitchenware. Now they have improved a lot on their design and to complement the modern home. Recently, they came out with the Kitchen Lab sets. It was our second Twitter party giveaway. I found out recently that they are stocked in The Range and Dunelm Mill. They come with a shaker and measuring jug.
Recently, I came across HelloFresh through Twitter and they were kind enough to send me a sample box to try out. Inside there are three different recipe cards and with all the ingredients inside the box to cook each meal for two person. These recipes are not the usual meals that I would cook for my family as I usually cook Asian food. So I was extremely happy to learn and cook these new recipes.
Do you know what the benefits of a slow cooker are besides using them for a stew or casserole? They are useful for busy families/professionals who want to come home to a hot pot of food. They save time in cooking and less cleaning from using only one pot. Of course, there are also disadvantages. If you over-cook your food, your vegetables will taste bland and the nutrients will be destroyed.
Last week, we had our second Twitter party #CookWithPyrex with three of my co-hosts Jenny Leonard, Anna Marikar and Pippa Ainsworth. I would like say a big thank you to our sponsor Pyrex for supporting us and provided 4 lovely prizes of Pyrex products worth £25 each. I would like to congratulate our 4 Twitter winners Zoe Lester, Foodie Laura, OhNoItsBex and Melissa Breckon. Pyrex will arrange the prizes to be sent out shortly. Also thanks to over 70 Twitter party goers who joined us to make this party so successful. Again, we were trending for an hour using #CookWithPyrex!
We have some exciting news to share! After our first party with SA Fruit, we are getting ready to host our 2nd Twitter party! This time, sponsored by Pyrex. On 10th June Monday from 10.30 -11.30 am, we will be getting together on Twitter to chat about cooking convenient but healthy family meals, sharing tips and ideas, and of course giving the opportunity to win plenty of prizes! The party will be hosted by me (@etspeaksfrom) from ET Speaks from Home, Pippa (@redrosemummy) from Red Rose Mummy, Jenny (@TheBrickCastle) from The Brick Castle and Anna (@theplayroomblog) from In the Play Room.
Baking with children is one of our activities we do at home when it is a rainy day or simply because we fancy it. It is a great way to teach them and enjoy family time together. I can not say I enjoy it 100% because inevitably you spend double the time cleaning up the mess they make. But it is a great way to prevent them from watching too much TV.
I have been trying to cut down on waste and the way I cook. Since I’ve had this Pyrex’s Impressions square roaster for review, I have saved a lot of unnecessary usage of tin foil. Instead of using a big oven tray covered with tin foil, I just use this roaster to cook. It’s so useful and easy to clean.
Each day, my children have different out of school activities like swimming lessons, karate lessons and learning Mandarin. Sometimes, I do not have time to cook a healthy and quick home cook meal. This square roaster comes in handy. The dimension is 24 cm x 24 cm x 7 cm. It is big enough to cook a nice selection of BBQ chicken drumsticks or fish etc for a family of four. I marinated chicken drumsticks/pork ribs coated with BBQ sauce in a zip lock bag. After marinating for 24 hours, I placed the chicken drumsticks/pork ribs onto the roaster to cook in the oven.
Cooking can be so easily using Pyrex! I am loving the new 4-in-1 Plus Multi-functional cooking and storage range standard rectangular dish with lid. It is the perfect multifunctional solution for busy family life – cook, store, freeze and reheat food with just one product. We try to eat fish at least once a week and I have found this Marinated Salmon’s recipe from Pyrex’ website. It looked so simple, easy to cook with minimal ingredients. These are the ingredients and preparation method I took from their website.
As a busy mother of two, I always try to find quick and easy ways to cook a healthy meal and food that my family would enjoy. So when I came across Pyrex’s website for recipes, I found this 10 minutes quick and easy meal – Spicy prawns. Prawns is my son and my favourite seafood.
