Egg Benedict on Oats

Ingredients for oats

1.5 cup water

2 tablespoons of oats

0.5 cup chopped Chye sim

1 finely chopped garlic

A dash of dried rosemary flakes

1 slice regular cheese

Boil water. When water has boiled, add all the ingredients above except for cheese. You should do this only when water has boiled, otherwise the vegetables will be over cooked and the oats will sink to the bottom of the pot and get stuck there. When oats has expanded, turn off heat. Add cheese, stir and serve.

Ingredients for egg benedict

1 egg, cracked in a bowl

1 cup water with 1 tablespoon of white vinegar

Bring water to boil. Reduce heat and stir with a spoon to create a tornado in the bowl. Slowly slip the egg in and turn off the heat. Cover and let the heat cook the egg.

Corn Oat Muffin

Dry ingredients /A:

250g  (2cups) plain self-raising flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

20-40g (1/8 to 1/4 cup) sugar

Wet ingredients /B:

2 eggs

60ml (1/4 cup) oil

188ml (3/4 cup) fresh milk

100g (1-1.5 cups) fresh corn kernels

125ml (0.5cups) of cooked oats


1. Sift (A) flour, salt and sugar in mixing bowl.

2. Beat all the wet ingredients (C) together.

3. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture, and slowly pour the wet mixture in, alternating with the corn and cooked oats. Stir to combine at the same time.

4. Preheat oven at 200°C. Grease the tin or pour the batter into paper muffin cups. Bake for around 30mins.

Makes 15 muffins.

Alternatives: Substitute 0.5 cup of flour for 0.5 cup of cornmeal.

Tonifying soup

Herbs: Dan Shen, Bei Qi, Wolfberry, Egg (u can keep the shells on if you want. Dried egg shells ate used in some TCM prescription)