Fresh Pasta

Nothing beats fresh pasta for a quick lunch.

Just about 10 minutes' work in the kitchen is all that's needed.

Cook some prawns in a little water.

Blanch some bean sprouts and vegetables in another pot.

Set vegetables aside and bring the water back to a boil.

While the water is boiling, pour some ketchup and chili sauce on a plate.

Add a few drops of sesame oil, a pinch of pepper and sugar, some cut chili and the juice of one lime.

Put one portion of fresh mee bok into the boiling water, turn off the heat immediately.

Remove the mee bok from the pot and put it under a running tap for a few seconds.

Return the noodles to the pot to warm up for a few seconds in the hot water.

Drain and put noodles onto the plate with the sauce, add bean sprouts and a few spoons of the liquid from the prawns, mix.

Pile on the vegetables and prawns.

Add chopped spring onions, cilantro and chilies.

Serve immediately for a simply scrumptious lunch. 

Microwave Egg

Conventional wisdom has it that eggs in their shell should never be microwaved, unless you want a big splat and some mighty cleaning up.

Sister Number 5 has found a way to do it without the mess.

Take an egg, let it return to room temperature if it has been in the fridge for a while.

Put the egg in a bowl of hot water.

Place the bowl, uncovered, in the microwave at high for 2 minutes.

Remove the bowl from the oven and let it stand, covered, for 10 minutes.

Voila!

Now isn't that better than any you get at those kaya toast places you find everywhere?

Make a sandwich.

Slice some tomatoes.

Steam some maize.

What a lovely lunch!