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Freeze first, then grate your cheese!
It’s been a while since I last blogged! Unfortunately, there had been other priorities that consumed my time, but now that phase is over and I feel much more prepared to get back into the blogging habit! To restart the momentum, here’s a quickie post! Quick cooking tip: freeze blue cheese and then grate it [...]
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Time For Squash! 10 Tasty Ways to Enjoy It
Have you noticed that grocery stores now have squashes overflowing over in huge bins? That’s a big, bold signal saying that it’s time to enjoy winter squashes! Winter squashes are deep yellow and orange vegetables. The colour comes from the abundant amount of beta-carotene, which is a potent anti-oxidant that may play a strong role [...]
Make Toast Exciting!
Photo by John McClumpha Toast in the morning is like the quintessential breakfast for most people. It’s convenient, cheap and fulfilling. Tweet This Post
Food Challenge: Pesto…Cilantro Pesto!
I have to make a tiny confession: I’ve never had pesto before. Not with pasta, not in sandwiches, nothing. I have, however, seen many lovely pictures of bright, vibrant pesto on difference food blogs and those pictures always make me drool. But then when I read through the recipe instructions, I just don’t get excited [...]
Asian-style Marinated Eggplant
After spending nearly 3 months in Hong Kong – the place with the most amazing food in the world (in my eyes) — I am finally back in Vancouver. Home Sweet Home. In Vancouver ,the air is fresher, the sky is blue-er and the kitchen is three times as big! Tweet This Post
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My High Fiber Breakfast
Today is the only weekday in which I don’t have any morning volunteer commitment. Hence, I took the time to sit down and leisurely enjoyed my breakfast. It was a very interesting breakfast worth noting. I went for dim sum but instead of ordering the usual menu items which are starchy and fatty, I tried [...]
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Best Soft-Boiled Eggs Ever
It’s just been about 3 weeks in HK now. The kitchen still feels amazingly tiny and lacking (which makes me that much more thankful for all the space and tools I have in Vancouver). Anyways, enough whining from me! Tweet This Post
Good Finds @ HK: Japanese-Style Pickling Salt
My first salad-like dish in Hong Kong! Salad is not a regular item in Hong Kong people’s diet. And even if restaurants do serve salads, they are never as fresh and tasty as the ones I enjoy in Vancouver (in my opinion anyways!). So I was prepared to go without salads for three months. But [...]
Also posted in Hong Kong, Nutrition and Health, Taste Tests Tagged Asian, Cooking, cucumber, healthy, Hong Kong, Japanese, light, side dish, snacks, taste test, vegetables, vegetarian, veggies, weight management Leave a comment
Oyakodon
I think I found myself a new comfort food dish – oyakodon. It takes no forethought, only requires about 30 minutes to prep (the longest part is cooking the rice) and gives me that much desired soul-comforting feeling without weighting me down and making me feel sluggish afterward. Oyakodon is a traditional Japanese meal consisting [...]
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