Easy Everyday Recipes
Strawberry Cheese Tea is the perfect beverage for spring. Fresh strawberries, oolong tea & rich creamy topping. Make this trendy cheese tea at home! One thing I noticed when in Hong Kong this time, there are lots of drink shops. Boba & tea are really trendy right now. Instead of the classic milk tea with boba,…
Pollo Saltado is a Chinese-Peruvian stir-fry. Tender chicken strips, red onion, tomato & French fries cooked together in a umami sauce. It’s a quick dinner meal. I’m BACK! I thought I could get back to blogging last week. Unfortunately, jet lag got to me. Good that we’re getting back to normal now. Hong Kong was…
Peruvian Green Sauce (Aji Amarillo Sauce) is a common condiment in Peruvian restaurants. It’s creamy, little spicy, fresh & a bit tangy. All done in a food processor or blender. Perfect on chicken, beef and rice! One of the restaurants we visit frequent is El Pollo Inka. It’s a Peruvian restaurant. Peruvian food may sound…
Ending the citrus season with this gorgeous Citrus Bundt Cake! Zest from blood orange, lemon and lime makes this moist cake aromatic. And not to forget that finger-licking blood orange frosting! I have exciting news! We’re going to Hong Kong next week! This is another last minute trip. Last minute things seem to be the…
Red Wine Braised Lamb Shanks with Rice Cakes is the comfort food for this cold winter. Tender lamb meat braised in a smooth and rich sauce and serve with chewy Korean rice cakes. This recipe is inspired by a dish I recently had in an Italian restaurant. It was a lamb ragu with gnocchi. Instead…
Pork and Thai Basil Cellophane Noodles is a light & quick weeknight dish. It’s savory with a little kick from chili paste and aroma from the Thai Basil and cilantro. Great leftover too! This week, I’m feeling under the weather. But luckily, it was somewhat minor. I can still function and do stuffs around the house. That cough is killing me though. Hope it will be over soon. Even though I am sick, my appetite is there. I was craving for this noodle dish…
Warm Nutella Banana Swirl Muffins are just what you want for a quick breakfast. Moist & heavenly! This muffin recipe is supposed to be up last week, but Bryan and I went on a very last minute trip to San Francisco. We made the decision to go on Tuesday and left on Friday. Totally not my style (I’m a planner), but it ended up to be a nice and relaxing trip….
Stir-Fried Rice Cakes with Pork is a classic Chinese dish. Chewy rice cakes cooked with tender pork and umami mushroom. It’s so good that you will want this every week! I ate lots of rice cakes growing up. On a no-school or half school day, I looked forward to eating my god-mother’s lunch. My god-mother…
Let’s do a count down of 6 of our 2018 favorite recipes! What a year it has been! It continued to be full of surprises and chaos in the news world. Unfortunately, most are not happy news, so let’s not rethink them. We are looking forward and hoping for a better 2019. Personally, Bryan and…
