Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Brown Rice Sushi

Our latest craze that makes for really fun lunches - homemade Brown Rice sushi! Lunch + handicraft + fun all rolled into one! The best thing is, the kids love to eat what they have made, so the food disappears really quickly!     We used the leftover seaweed to cut out an underwater landscape. There's an octopus, shark, cuttlefish, whale, and seaweed! Ingredients Short grain brown rice + brown rice vinegar, brown sugar molasses, salt Cucumber, pear, avocado, smoked salmon Nori seaweed Japanese mayonnaise Sesame seeds (to make rice balls and maki) Endless...

Saturday, 25 January 2014

Far East Organization Children's Garden @ Gardens By The Bay

The children enjoyed the Toddler Play Zone and Water Play area (for older children). There were the usual water jets and fountains that feature in most water play areas like the zoo, Palawan beach, NEX, Changi City Point and Sembawang Shopping Centre. But still, water is water, the the kids loved it all the same! The husbands watched the children while Cheryl and I relaxed in the Amphitheatre with Covered Canopy. There was lots of sitting room and with the huge ceiling fans, it didn't matter that it was 12 noon! The Rainforest Tree Houses were undoubtedly the biggest hit. The children...