Even though I am a working Mother, but being fortunately enough to run my own design business at the home office, there wasn’t a need to cook using slow cooker. But due to many urgent project deadlines this week, I am exploring this option. Pork shoulder turned out so tender and flavorful, I’ve decided to…
Steamed Tofu with Pork
Last week I received a nice comment from a fellow food blogger (Rice Palette), I’ve decided to try one of the recipes from the site, and oh my! What a wonderful and healthy dish it turned out to be, Kudos to you Rice Palette! 50 g of tofu 150 g of ground pork 2 chopped garlic cloves…
Pork & Eggs (Viet dish taught by a Chinese)
So little girl has been begging me to cook Pork and Eggs again, though I know the ones I’ve been cooking just aren’t authentic. For some off chance I found an video of a gentleman (originated from Hong Kong) and his recipe of Vietnamese Pork and Eggs, decided to give it a try. Hubby and…
Stir fry Thread Vegetable
Not sure whether any of you recognize this vegetable (sorry for the blurriness). My parents have an organic garden and Mama gave me a huge bag of the “Threat Vegetable”. I assume it got it’s name due to the stalk being very threadlike after cooking. 2T olive oil Thread Vegetable pickled Chinese lettuce heart juice…
Simple Sichuan Beef Noodle Soup
1.5 pounds stew beef 1 T vegetable oil 2 piece fresh ginger, peeled, cut into 1/3-inch-thick rounds, each smashed with flat side of knife 2 large garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 1 cups chopped onions 1 tablespoons chili bean paste (Sichuan hot bean paste; dou ban jiang) 4 cups of water 2 whole green onions, trimmed…
Spiced Napa Cabbage
With the BP oil spill, do you find yourself cooking less seafood? I never realized how much we all love seafood dishes until now. The next few months will be interesting since I’ll need to get creative with only eating vegi and meat. 😦 1 lb. Chinese cabbage (napa) 2 tbsp. sugar 1 tbsp. white…
Stir fry Gai Lan & Vegetarian Duck
Sorry I’ve disappeared for a week, the Memorial Day weekend and little girl’s last week of Kindergarten meant lots of celebrations. Well today everything’s back to normal! This is a semi-homemade dish, the vegetarian duck is store bought, so I just modified Hong Kong style Gai Lan and stir fried it instead. 1 bunch of…
Korean Beef Stew
If only I could bottle up the smell of this beef stew…. Mmmmmmm, if you are going to try any of the beef stew recipes on this site, so far today’s the best! Even though it calls for 1 Tablespoonful of chili-garlic sauce, the finished dish is not overly hot, just has that good kick…
Black Bean Hollow Heart Vegi
Normally I stir fry hollow heart vegetable with garlic and fish sauce, today I wanted to try it more Taiwanese style, with black bean sauce. The stems were chopped into small pieces, just like how my Mama used to cook back at Taiwan! 1 big bunch of hollow heart vegetable, slice the stem into small…
Hoison Pork Ribs
This recipe called for overnight marination, but I was not prepared, by the time I start to prepare for dinner and read the recipe it was too late for any type of marination. The finished dish was very flavorful so I assume if you prepared it properly (according the original recipe), it would have been…
Scallops w/Saseme Sauce
Holy mack this was such a wonderful recipe! Hubby kept on praising, and little girl couldn’t get enough of the clear noodles mixed with the left over sauce. I might have over cooked the scalllops a bit, because the recipe calls for “golden crisp” on each side, but it was delicious never the less! 8…
Spicy Tofu
Tofu is one of my favorite food to eat, my family enjoys it tremendously as well. This dish is a bit spicy and heavy on saltiness, so please adjust according to your taste buds. I skipped the last step (the sauce), the end result was good anyway, so if you would like to save time,…
Weeknite Meals 