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Where will this can of organic black beans (black turtle beans) and that can of AYAM chili tuna lead me? Ehhhh... ...Paradise... ...Almost. As long as I am not mentally stressed out juggling between a 7am (time in office) to 7pm (time I stepped back into the house) day job vs my "passion" to make a decent dinner - I delude myself that I am in "paradise", at least. Pasta saves …
I don't eat potatoes very often since I'm more a "rice" person. The only time potatoes get sneaked into my food is when I have chicken curry. Sometimes...just sometimes, potatoes can be alluring, especially when it is "Western menu" for dinner. Baked/roasted fish with vegetables and roasted warm potato salad. This meal is complete.With this, I'm geared up for the potato …
I have wanted to cook this dish for some time now, because it spells one of my favorite flavor combinations - spicy and tangy.There are many spicy + tangy (combinations, permutations, levels, grade etc.) I love. For example, the combination of tamarind (assam) and pineapples in Assam Pineapple Prawns or Assam Fish, Tom Yum Soup and even Szechuan Hot and Sour Soup. These …
Minestrone usually "formulates" a handful of pasta shells relative to a big pot of soup. I don't see a big deal...adding in more cooked pasta shells to my leftover minestrone the next day and have a rigate* one-dish meal.Rigate in Light Tomato SoupFor Leftover Tuesdays, I boiled one serving of Pipe Rigate and added them to the leftover corn minestrone. Since it is leftover …
蛋包饭 ~ Dan Bao Fun, literally means "egg wrapping the rice". Officially (and technically), they call it omuraisu (in Japanese) where omu - is from the word "omelette" and raisu- from the wo …
I made this while still in my old kitchen. Extremely easy dish to prepare; and so light, delectable and satisfying to the palates.Can you see those white strips lying on the plate? Those are Korean Asian pear, cut into thin strips. I enjoy Asian pear (usually without the skin cos' the skins are tannic) for its not-overly sweet, and light crisp easy on the teeth. You can try …
What would you do if you have 3 pounds of onions? I do not know. Ginny Gets Floury is caught in this situation. Well...I was caught in a similar situation before, on a much smaller scale though - a few yellow onions leftovers and did not know what to do with them all at once. No stewing beef cubes - I can't make beef stew. With the only produce left in the fridge - carrot; …
It reminds me. I used to get calls which speak in an automated manner and guessed that it must be some telemarketers, or just a wrong number. Now, there is a way to at least search and identify such unknown calls from www.reportphonenumbers.com. This site allows Search Caller Identifier and Reverse Lookup list of telephone numbers. It also has sections for you to read …
Two cups? What cups? A cup, B, C...F or G cup for Gargantuan? :P How about three cups in equal sizes? Heeee.....Hey you, I am talking about Three-Cup Chicken (三杯鸡 San Bei Ji). And it is N …
If you have some mushroom and vegetables leftovers, you can boil some pasta the next day, and toss them into a warm pasta salad sans the cheese or other garnishes. It should be fine when the vegetables (leftovers) are typically the non-leafy variety such as celery and carrots.Or if you intentionally want to have leftovers so that next day is an easier day, try not to have …
Who says dinner pork chops always need to be lying flat and boring on a meal plate ?Surprise #1 - pork chops in rounds! Pork-chop pops...pork-chop balls!Would it please you to see pork chops...so dainty ?Surprise #2 - tender juicy perfectly fried pork-chop ballsQuick high heat frying that assures you non-oily pork chops that retained natural flavor and moisture within . You …
There are a few cheap and good food near my house (walking distance). I am considered lucky. $2.50 fishball noodles and $2.50 wonton noodles. Yum yum yum...Perfect texture in the noodles - al-dente. Yes, al-dente Chinese egg noodles, why not? And the noodles in just the right amount of sauce. Too much of the sauce would have drown the noodles soggy and overpowered the base …
Was in Macau more than a month ago and only posting it up now :O ...took me so long! Gosh! Since it was a short trip, we did not (and did not want to) do any "homework" on what-to-eat. Wil …
I was supposed to steam "these little precious" but I do not have a steamer rack. Or I do - one (maybe even two) but it's in one of the many boxes of moving stuff. THE steamer rack which I had with me back in California - I do not know which box it is in now as I have 3 boxes labeled~ KITCHEN ~. No ransacking + I did not want to waste money buying one since I know I already …
I don't know what's in me that makes me like SPICY fried rice....hmmm...the perfect Nasi Goreng topped with a fried egg...yum! I have done a variety of fried rice before - Tom Yum fried rice, cabbage and char-siew fried rice, and now, with my favorite ingredients SAMBAL + SEAFOOD + EGGS, I'm doing to tweak the sambal seafood omelet a little, and make myself some …
After all the Chinese New Year gulping and gulping, it's time to go light and easy.Other than the words "healthy sea vegetable" on the packaging, I can't understand a single word of Jap …
I've taken such a long hiatus from Weekend Herb Blogging that I've forgotten the rules! Yes, rules. No problem! I just need to go back to Cook Almost Anything, follow the rules, then send this post to the host of this week - Marija from Palachinka.The herb or plant that deserves a little limelight in this week's WHB is Curry Leaf.Distinctively aromatic due to the presence of …
Seventh heaven! Seventh helping! Happy events are linked...someway or another. My Legume Love Affair is at its 7th helping. We have got Susan - The Well Seasoned Cook to thank, for bringing us such a wonderful event.Spicy Green Beans with CarrotsIngredients: green bean sliced, carrots cubed to bite-sizes, 4-5 shallots sliced, 2-3 garlic minced, 1-2tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp …
Holy Cow! If you have read the crisis and turmoil in the media (all kinds) everyday since last month, I bet you would not want to hear another Holy Dow in my blog. So how about...Holy Maca …
A week after I returned from California, I read about the heat wave in NorCal (started late last, early this week)...the HEAT in Sunnyvale, California was as high as 106F (40degC!!!). Talking about being at the right place at the right time. Well, though we escaped the heat wave in NorCal, the weather in Taiwan is not any better. Singapore too, I think?Spring is officially …
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