Family Fun Hire A Bike : Shady Breezy Cycling track By Changi Beach
Keeping our fingers crossed for a balmy and overcast day, our family made our way to the Changi Beach for a morning of cycling and fresh air. We are a family that is currently more slummy than yummy, so with exercise and FUN in mind – we decided a bike ride along a scenic route [...]
Chicken & Rice Noodle soup: a super quick lunch, chock full of veg
This dish, which is made from beehoon, or rice vermicelli, is a lunch time staple in our house. It’s great when you’re feeling sick – or just in the mood for some warm, soupy comfort food. Loaded with vegetables, this super-easy soup is a perfect way to make sure your baby or toddler is getting [...]
It’s hot out there – cool down with some fab Italian ice-lollies (no need to go to Italy)!
I bought some great ice-lolly containers. The kind that have the cute little straw up the side to slurp up the melted juice, so nothing goes to waste and they are most importantly mess-free. I had great ideas about fresh fruit ice-lollies; I was even going to have a go at producing stripped ice-lolly pops, [...]
The Rainbow Fish performed by I Theatre Ltd : A Review
Brian Seward’s production of The Rainbow Fish is, as the title suggests, colourful and fun. The play is performed by the I Theatre Company in the Singapore Airlines Theatre at the LASALLE College of the Arts. And, as the programme states, it is suitable for everyone, from three to 93! I went with Boo, who [...]
Peanut now the number one cause of anaphylaxis in Singapore
Peanut allergy, once uncommon in Asia, has now become the number-one cause of anaphylactic allergic reaction in Singapore, according to a new study done by pediatric allergy specialist Dr. Liew Woei Kang, through K.K. Women’s and Children’s Hospital. The study, which was conducted in 2010 and will soon be published in a medical journal, highlights [...]
An Oral Food Challenge – The Process
CJ has had his oral food challenge for egg and has passed it! He can now happily and safely eat thoroughly cooked egg. Raw egg is still potentially an issue, so no meringue or cracking eggs for him yet – but sometime soon he will be able to! From here on, with regards to the [...]
Allergy Aware Family Meals: CJ’s Chillin’ Chili Chicken
This is a really easy but very tasty dish that is low on the chili-hot, and high on the Allergy Aware. It is free from all of the top eight food allergens: which are nuts, eggs, dairy, wheat, sesame, soy, nuts, fish and shellfish. This meal is easy to prepare, and is a dish that [...]
Pasir Ris Park: Singapore’s biggest (& shadiest) playground
Picture this: a rolling seaside playground with a seemingly endless stretch of play structures, from a flying fox to a climbing wall to countless slides of all sizes – all nestled in the shade of massive banyan trees, which blow gently in the ocean breeze. But wait, there’s more: that increasingly elusive kid’s classic… swings. [...]
Pizza Capers Dishes Up Gluten Free & Egg Free ‘Za; diary and nut allergy sufferers can customize their order
When longtime Singapore resident Mathew Boylan went home to Brisbane on holiday two years ago, he stopped by a new Pizza Capers outlet his friend had opened for a meal. He liked it so much, he bought the franchise rights for Singapore and opened his first outlet last year. Pizza Capers, which has over 90 [...]
Eczema 10 with Vernetta Lopez : Q&A with sneezywheezy
The thing about eczema is it doesn’t care who you are, what walk of life you come from, how old you are, or even what race you are. Male or female, young or old it is indiscriminant in who it irritates. Remembering this can at times be hard: but eczema is nothing personal, it affects [...]
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