If everybody should have a go-to meal to impress your guests, whether a Sunday family dinner, or hosting friends on a Saturday night. THIS IS IT! This might look intimating, but I’m telling you what you need is simply a good trusted butcher who sells good quality of meat and does all the work of [...]
Category Archives: Rice
This picture……you might be too focused on the gooey, creamy, snowy, dreamy, cozy rice pudding. Yes the more you look at it, the more likely you will fall from your barstools. When I was eating it in the office, the wonderful aroma lured one of my co-workers over, then she jokingly asked me if I [...]
11-Apr-10
Paelle with Chorizo and Seafood
I am not a rice person. I love noodle instead. However, I do love “flavored” rice, fried rice, baked rice, risotto……and paella is one of my favorites. This traditional Spanish dish carries bright and colorful presentation, thanks to the fresh seafood and meat. Plus it’s actually not as much work as the lengthy ingredient list [...]
18-Sep-09
Tomato Risotto
One thing about Facebook is you would have someone you could barely remember by looking at his/her name wishing you “happy birthday” on your birthday. That made me realize one cruel truth – without Facebook, your barely remembered friends wouldn’t care less about your birthday! It just takes too much for them to send you [...]
14-Jun-09
Basmati Rice Salad
It was record-breaking hot last week here in Vancouver – 37 °C in the afternoon in late May. It just reminded me of the weather in Florida. Everything is so dry. My whole skin, everything was dried out. Even my appetite was dried out too. Both me and my husband were just too hot to [...]
10-Jun-09
Chicken Paella
I was advised not to eat seafood when I was pregnant and breastfeeding because baby would be allergic to it. I still don’t figure out the reason. Isn’t it supposed to be that the more you eat that food, the easier your baby gets used to it? Anyway, I wasn’t dare to take risk. Afterall [...]
This recipe is an adaptation of Tyler’s Ultimate’s Brick Chicken with Apricot Couscous. Since I only had a whole duck at home the other day, and I’ve roasted duck for many times, I was confident that this dish would turn out good. And the result? My husband and me enjoyed it a lot!!! I didn’t [...]
11-Sep-07
Tandoori Chicken with Coconut Rice
Lately, just too busy to cook, too busy to make something nice, sometimes even too busy to eat. But unbreathable schedule does make us deserve a better meal, so I’ve decided to prepare this dish. This dish does sound complicated, but after you make it, you know how simple it is to go for something [...]
21-Jun-07
Baked Pork Chops with Fried Rice
Fried rice in Asian food is such a rustic food that is basically a combination of leftover rice with leftover anything to form a one-dish meal. And it actually brings out the beauty of fried rice that there are unlimited range of ingredients that can be used to create your own version of fried rice. [...]
