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Curried Corn Soup with Daal
After a week of beautiful sunshine, today is a full day of pouring rain. An indoor day for me. With the sun gone, it feels really chilly for me (considering I just came back from Hong Kong, which is insanely hot). The only way to warm myself up would be, of course, to make soup! [...]
Creamless Cream of Broccoli
I used to love Campbell’s Cream of Broccoli and I genuinely thought it was tasty. Until I tried making my own from scratch. The real stuff was way way way better. I rarely, if ever, make soup from the canned stuff now. I have a pretty good basic recipe that I’ve been using but I [...]
6 Ways to Enjoy Winter Squash
Photo by Mexicanwave I hate the chilly wind that slaps against my face whenever I’m outside. Each wave of strong wind that blows against me reminds me that the summer sunshine is gone and the days are getting progressively shorter. I simply dislike the cold. Tweet This Post
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The Multi-Purpose Dressing: Sweet Soy Sauce
Ever since I’ve got my hands on the The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook, I haven’t been able to put it down. All the photos look amazing and all the recipes just sound so delicious. I’ve tried a few of the recipes and each has turned out very tasty as promised. But among them, the one recipe [...]
Beer Braised Beef Brisket with an Asian Flare
I love beef brisket! Despite knowing that it is a fatty cut, I still love it for its tenderness and the melt-in-your-mouth texture. Thus, when a recipe calls for beef brisket, I can never bring myself to substitute it for a leaner cut. However, I do try to give it healthy twist by using less [...]
1 Meatloaf = 3 + 1 Meals
Meatloaf is one of those recipes in which I always make the full serving size. I tried to reduce the recipe proportionally to make it to serve 2 people, but it ended up nothing like a meatloaf, rather something that resembles more like gigantic meatballs. Hence, from that day forward, making a full recipe for [...]
Delicious Salmon in Seconds!
Okay, I admit the title maybe slightly misleading — what I really mean to say is that the hands-on time for making this simple salmon dish will only take seconds, but the whole cooking time will actually take about 8 – 10 minutes (depending on the thickness of the salmon steaks). Tweet This Post
Japanese Eggplant Salad
Who would want to turn on the stove or the oven during the hot summer days? I’m definitely not one of the exceptions, so I’ve been making a lot of salads lately. And, recently I’ve came across a very interesting Japanese cookbook that contains many simple and classic dish. Among them, the Eggplant and Spring [...]
Hearty Baked Tomato Rice with Meatloaf and Egg
Baked egg, rice and meatloaf…you must be wondering how these three components can fit together right? Oh, let me tell you just how well they complement each other to create a seriously delicious dish! Ever since I learned the technique of making baked eggs from Mark Bittman’s Minimalist video, I have been using this method [...]
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