[Recipe] Quick & Easy Dishes

I am no gourmet chef, neither have I the luxury of time to prepare elaborate meals on a daily basis. I'd usually go for simple quick-fix or easy dishes to make up our daily dinners.

Over time, I've picked up on the experience of meal prep with the least amount of time and effort. What's more important is not compromising on the nutritional value of the food while keeping the budget in mind at the same time.

So here's something I prepare regularly on our daily dinners. Oh, in case you didn't know, I only cook one meal a day (well usually, unless I am in the mood for "slaving" in the kitchen, which is rare these days).

I love to use ready teriyaki sauce, I used to buy Mizkan's thick teriyaki sauce until they stopped production, I then found this other thick teriyaki sauce by Kikkoman to be somewhat as good as Mizkan's.

Life gets easy in the kitchen when you have this bottle of sauce on hand. I make grilled teriyaki chicken and salmon a lot and they have been a hit with my family ALL the time!

All you need to do is to clean the chicken or salmon fillet thoroughly, pat it dry, sprinkle some pepper on top and spread this luscious thick sauce generously on the chicken or salmon marinate it for just 15mins. Pop it into the oven (preheated to 180C) or toaster oven (I love my toaster oven, as it heats up much faster than a regular oven), grill it for 20-30mins and voila! Serve it with a sprinkle of sesame seeds if you like and you are good to go!

Teriyaki Chicken Thigh

Teriyaki Salmon Fillet

Best part of preparing this, is I only need to rinse the baking tray with water, hah! Because, I laid a piece of aluminium foil on the tray and place the meat/fish on a piece of parchment paper before sending it into the oven. Talk about time & effort saving! 

Cooking with Pink Himalayan Salt

When I first heard of Pink Salt, I was fascinated by its colour more than what's in it. Seriously, anything that's pretty appeals to me so this was no exception *wink*

But on a serious note, it's not very commonly seen in our supermarkets here in Singapore. I chanced upon it quite unexpectedly when I was at the supermarket one day. 

Then I learned about how wonderful this rock salt is. Most of the salt we use to season our food are highly refined, processed and devoid of nutrients. This Himalayan Pink Salt, however, contains the full spectrum of 84 minerals, including iodine. It's an unrefined, unprocessed "raw" salt that's hand-mined from abundant caves that were formed many years ago. The many hues of pink, red and white are an indication of this salt's rich and varying mineral and energy-rich iron content.

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And here's a list of benefits of this great salt-

The Himalayan Pink Salt can be used to cure meat, season food and even garnish. Since it's packed full of benefits, why not make the switch? You just might enjoy it better than regular table salt!

Look out for recipes that I'll be sharing soon with this Himalayan Pink Salt as one of its ingredients.