Homemade chinese soups
news section

Sep 1, 2007, graphics library

graphics library

Aug 27, 2007, Thermal cooker - coolest energy saving pot

With global warming and green living become more popular, the thermal cooker or thermo cooking pot is looking very attractive.

Aug 2, 2007, there are herbs and there are herbs

I was sprucing up the chinese herbs and chinese herbal soups page, happily adding chinese characters of chinese herbs listed. Unfortunately, after an hour of hard work, I found out they wouldn't show up properly on the web. Sob! Sob! But too tired to remove them now. So, when you see ?? and ???, just know that they were supposed to be the chinese names of the herbs.

I'm going to bed!

Jul 28, 2007, Added Cooking with Chinese Herbs to the book list

I referred to some of Terry Tan's cookbooks when I was planning to write for chinese herbal soups.

He is different from Ken Hom or Martin Yen in that he is a local, having roots in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

His cookbooks have substantial information and Cooking with Chinese Herbs is not exception. I like that efforts have been made to take "delicious" photos of the food.

Jul 27, 2007, New 2 pages added...sort of

I added 2 pages today. You can find them on the left navigation bar as:

- Beauty Soups
- Recipe Index

Beauty soups is brand new but recipe index is revised from recipe collection.

The page on beauty soups currently features 3 soups using solomon's seal as a key ingredient. All of them use chicken as a complement. I think I have a vegetarian recipe somewhere. Let me go and dig it out. Meanwhile, check out the recipes.

I took the recipe collection page down a couple of weeks back because I was making a lot of changes at the individual recipe pages and got tired of receiving broken links reports from Site Build it.

Sigh...I think I still missed a couple of broken links.

Oh well, will wait for the Site Build It spider to do the link check for me. Easier than for me to check individual links myself.

Bear with me if you find broken link at this chinese soups recipes index page.

Happy souping!
Phoebe

Jun 23, 2007, Homemade chinese soups - share your soup stories

Use

Jun 23, 2007, Homemade chinese soups - share your recipe

Use

Jun 23, 2007, Homemade chinese soups - drop me a note

Use

Jun 23, 2007, Looking for some vegetarian congee recipes?

Looking for vegetarian congee recipes? Check out my recipes.

Jun 23, 2007, Planning to cook some pork congee?

Planning to cook some pork congee? Check my pork congee recipes out.

Jun 23, 2007, Do you want to cook some chicken congee?

Do you want to cook some chicken congee? Try my chicken congee recipe.

Jun 22, 2007, Weight loss soups

Weight loss soups. Is it possible to lose weight drinking chinese soups? Find out. Read my story.

Jun 22, 2007, Weight loss soups series: winter melon soup

This winter melon soup is from my weight loss soups series. Features barley, goji and pork.

Jun 19, 2007, Happy Dragon Boat Festival !

Today is 19 June 2007 and it is the Dragon Boat Festival.

You know, the festival of dragon boat races and eating rice dumplings till your tummy bloat and protest with indigestion?

No, I am not a close follower of the lunar calendar. I got a hint that this festival is approaching because my granny and her sisters were busy making yummy rice dumplings last week.

I was the main beneficiary along with some of my other relatives close to my granny. Hee! See this pair of dumplings?

After this photo shoot, they went hurriedly into my stomach. Ahhhh...

That was 2 days ago. I got a headstart.

This morning, granny told me I cannot have any more rice dumplings today. Reason? I ate too many the last few days.

Hmmm ... she happily fed me rice dumplings before the festival and I am sure she will want me to clear them after the festival.

But on the day of the festival ... no dumplings for me.

Well, better early than nothing at all.

She will be whipping up some digestion soups for me soon.

Rice dumplings made from glutinious rice are not easy to digest.

Jun 17, 2007, This is a recipe for vegetable stock

This is a recipe for vegetable stock. Cheap and easy-to-make. Loaded with vitamins and minerals.

Jun 17, 2007, Are you looking for information on soup stocks?

Soup stocks are soups that are kept in stock for use in the kitchen. Find out what is the difference between stock, broth and consomme?

Jun 17, 2007, This is a recipe for pork stock

This is a recipe for pork stock. It contains a high level of calcium, suitable for making soup or rice porridge or dishes for growing boys and girls and people recovering from injuries.

Jun 17, 2007, This is a recipe for chinese fish stock

This is a recipe for fish stock

Jun 17, 2007, This is a recipe for chicken stock

This is a recipe for chicken stock. A simple recipe for making soup stock from chicken.

Jun 17, 2007, This is a recipe for beef stock

This is a recipe for beef stock.

Jun 17, 2007, Welcome to Wontons Heaven

You may have noticed that I have been adding webpages related to wontons recently.

About 2 months back, I decided to start a little info project on wontons. The plan is to gather as much information as I could about a famous little food parcel known as the wonton.

I have fun and angst creating this little section on my website. But overall, it was fun. Brought back memories of old family gatherings.

It is finally completed. I have uploaded all the pages I have and checked for links that do not work (my gosh, there were quite a few.)

At this section, you will find:

1. factual information about wontons such as "anatomy" & regional difference
2. wonton folding techniques
3. a selection of wonton recipes
4. recipe ideas for wonton wrappers.

Have a wontonful day!

Jun 16, 2007, Learn how to fold wontons

How many ways can you fold wontons? Are you stuck in the rut with just one style? Dazzle your family and friends with these different ways to fold wontons. Become the wonton expert, teach them how to fold wonton too.

Jun 13, 2007, Participate in a global soup kitchen

Participate in the 5 Alive Campaign - the global soup kitchen.

Jun 12, 2007, Are you looking for wonton dipping sauce recipes?

Are you looking for wonton dipping sauce recipes? Find it here.

Jun 11, 2007, Are you looking for vegetarian wonton recipes?

Looking for vegetarians wonton recipes? Check out these neat vegetarian wonton recipes.

Jun 11, 2007, Are you looking for turkey wonton recipes?

Looking for turkey wonton recipes? Check out these easy wonton recipes using turkey.

Jun 11, 2007, Are you looking for shrimp wonton recipes?

Looking for Shrimp Wonton Recipes? You've come to the right place!

Jun 11, 2007, Are you looking for pork wonton recipes?

Are you looking for pork wonton recipes? Check out these easy wonton recipes using pork.

Jun 11, 2007, Are you looking for fish wonton recipes?

Looking for fish wonton recipes? There are 2 wontons recipes here using fish as main ingredient

Jun 11, 2007, Are you looking for crab meat wonton recipes?

Looking for crab meat wonton recipes? Check out these easy wonton recipes using crab and pork. Includes a yummy crab rangoon recipe.

Jun 11, 2007, Are you looking for recipes using wonton wrappers?

Looking for recipes using wonton wrappers? Start at my website. So many ideas for wonton wrappers that you probably won't have time to try them all. Include wonton cheese recipes, wonton desserts

Jun 10, 2007, More about Your soup stories board

I received the first soup story from you, my dearest visitors. And, I created the Your soup stories board to share the story and information exchanged.

My wish is to see the board grow. It's my little web 2.0 contribution.

Jun 10, 2007, These are your soup stories

These are your soup stories. Thanks for sending them in.

Jun 10, 2007, Are you looking for wonton soups?

Check out these 2 recipes for wonton soups to go with your delicious wontons

May 1, 2007, Share this Chinese Soups recipes site

Share this Chinese soups recipes site and receive a little gift.

Mar 16, 2007, Winter melon soup

Winter melon soup. This is a very simple and quick version of the winter melon soup. For days when there's simply not enough time to simmer the soup for over an hour.

Mar 16, 2007, Westlake beef soup

Westlake beef soup is a fairly famous soup, although not as popular as the famous hot and sour soup.

Mar 16, 2007, Chinese Udon Noodle Soup

This chinese udon noodle soup can be whipped up in a flash if you already have some soup stock in your larder.

Mar 16, 2007, Prawn and Tofu soup

Prawn and tofu soup. A quick simple homemade chinese soup with only 2 basic ingredients: fresh prawns and tofu

Mar 15, 2007, cellophane noodle soup

Cellophane noodle soup with meatballs. A sumptious and satisfying one-meal soup dish.

Mar 15, 2007, lotus root soup

Lotus root soup is an all-time favourite chinese soup in Singapore.

Mar 14, 2007, Lamb soup with angelica root

Lamb soup with angelica root. An excellent soup for new mothers and those with menstrual problems.

Mar 14, 2007, chinese fish soup

Chinese fish soup. As the fish slices cook quickly, this is literally a quick fresh fish soup.

Mar 14, 2007, crab and corn soup

Crab and corn soup. A quick and simply delicious chinese soup.

Dec 5, 2006, The Art of Possibility by Benjamin and Rosamund Zander

I've been reading the Art of Possibility by Benjamin and Rosamund Zander. Two examples Zander gave about life being invented and how our minds make connections stuck out. Here they are:

Food for thought...

Nov 6, 2006, Chinese Soups Recipes Guestbook

Chinese Soups Recipes Guestbook

I've just created a neat little guestbook for my chinese soups website. I hope I will get lots of clickprints there from visitor friends. So what are you waiting for? Sign in!

Oct 24, 2006, Major site renovation

As I picked up more HTML codes, I want to re-do parts of the my chinese soups website that I felt looked clumsy and unappealing.

Today was the Hari Raya Puasa public holiday. Just what I needed to do a makeover.

I "painted", I "moved" things around and I revised some of the stuff I wrote.

I hope you will like the new look. It's still my online home, still about the magic of homemade chinese soups.

Oct 18, 2006, Double boiler

Double boiler

I couldn't find nice photos of a chinese double boiler so I took some photos of mine.

It has a nice blue fish printed on the front of the pot which I like a lot.

Simple yet bold.

A fish symbolises more than enough...which is always a good thing to have.

Oct 18, 2006, Pictures of wontons

Pictures of wontons

I've just revised and added pictures to the Wontons Heavens page.

Wontons are such wonderful chinese food. I've met people who don't like this kind of food and that kind of food. So far, I haven't met someone who didn't like wontons.

Poorly made wontons maybe, but never wonton itself.

Oct 11, 2006, Yummy Chinese Rice Porridge

Yummy Chinese Rice Porridge

I received an email several months back from a guy who wanted to know if I had the recipe for a thick soup that is made with rice and minced pork.

Took me a while to figure out what he meant. It was also the first time I heard anyone refer to chinese rice porridge as a thick soup.

See, we learn new things all the time.

I promised him I'll find the recipe for him. But it took me very long to get around to it. Thousand apologies!

Well I've finally created a page for the lovely chinese rice porridge. Since it is not strictly a chinese soup, I thought I shouldn't take up too much space. So everything's on one page.

I hope the information is interesting and useful. Enjoy!