Been thinking up ideas for this year’s Christmas neighborly gift giving, and macaroons popped into my head. Didn’t realize how simple it is to make such beautiful and delicious pastries (are they considered as a pastry?) Since the original recipe is a bit too simple, I decided to look around for something a little more…
Thanksgiving Dishes
This post is a little late, but I have been busy with work, holiday set ups and the new kitchen appliances. Anyhoo, here are some of the dishes we served this Thanksgiving, this year we started a new tradition, smaller Thanksgiving get together with my husband’s side of the family, it was very stress free…
Fish Balls & Vegi Soup
Hubby went to San Fransisco this year with a couple of his buds, they had the pleasure of eating some authentic Japanese hot pot. As soon as he came back to Houston, there has been a lot of mentioning of fish balls, and not just any fish balls, theses have stuffing in them. Well we…
Cinnamon Sugar Pecans
My Mama went to my Uncle’s property to pick pecans, being at Texas and Fall is pecan season, there were abundant to pick from. Being the great Mom that she is, when I received the pecans they were already shelled and ready to eat! I decided to make a salty batch and a sweet batch,…
Tofu with Shrimp
Hello folks, haven’t been blogging for a while, because I am running out of new recipe ideas. Realized I only had some not so fresh vegetable left in the fridge, decided it’s best to use the tofu for tonight’s dinner, with the frozen shrimp that thaws super fast, I was able to make a nice…
Microwave steamed red snapper
Little girl loves red snappers, and I am very partial to fish that do not have the “fishy” taste. This dish was sort of an accident, I intended to pan fry it and dip the meat in fish sauce, but the grilling pan took most of the fish skin off, which left it very ugly…
Halibut with celery
For a woman who HATED celery when she was a young girl, this recipe turned out amazing! I felt like there was a fifth flavor (Umami) to the dish and hubby must have felt the same, definitely a keeper! 2 white fish fillets, cut into medium bite-sized pieces 10 stalks of celery hearts cut into…
Asparagus & imitation lobsters
This was a real simple dish to pull off, I basically modified the sauce for Hong Kong style Gailan and the family ate it all up! For any parents out there who want their children to eat more greens, this is the sauce to try… 1 bunch of asparagus, snap off the end and cut…
Chestnut Chicken (Updated)
3 T brown sugar 3 T rice wine 2 T soy sauce 1/2 T oyster sauce 2 Cups water 6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs 1 T cooking oil 1/2 T ginger, minced 1/2 T garlic, minced 20-25 dry chestnuts, soaked in hot water to soften 1 T green onion Stir sugar, wine, soy sauce, oyster…
Bitter Melon & Pork
So who is a fan of “bitter melon”? As a kid and young adult I hated eating them, but my Mom always said they are good for “cooling down” our bodies. My parents’ organic “farm” is doing so well, 4 beautiful bitter melons were waiting for me the last time I visited. I’ve decided to…
Asian Chicken Thighs (100th posting!)
OK it’s been a LONG time since I’ve posted, been cooking up some familiar dishes for the last 2-3 weeks while trying to come up with a good recipe for my 100th posting. I am not sure whether this is what’s considered “special” enough, but it sure tasted good and was easy to make, hope…
Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp
Had a bunch of leftover from Sunday night, but decided to make a new dish anyway. Hubby suggested the Hawaiian garlic shrimp recipe he stumbled upon on YouTube a couple weeks back, so here it is! 1 pound of large shrimp, peeled but leave the tail 1 head of garlic, roughed chopped (about 10-15 cloves)…
Weeknite Meals 