Summer is approaching and warm weather calls for some refreshing, iced drinks! If you're a HUGE and I mean HUGE, HUGE fan of taro root like myself, you will enjoy this lightly sweetened Taro Ube Smoothie. Taro creates a creamy consistency and the ube gives this beverage a beautiful purplish hue. ...
Flank Steak with Onions & Peppers Stir-fry Recipe
I recently purchased a bag of bell peppers from Costco just for the hell of it. You guessed it, it's the large pack of 6, constituting 2 yellow, 2 orange and 2 red peppers. I don't even cook with them very often, but figured seeing the colors each time I open my fridge would inspire me to concoct ...
[TIP] Tortilla 3 Ways
I'm grateful to be home, cooking 3 meals a day for my family during this COVID-19 quarantine. However, when my full-time job keeps me extremely occupied, leaving me just 10-15 minutes to prepare a meal, I revert to shortcuts to allow myself a little room to breathe. Sliced bread comes in pretty ...
Siu Mai, Shumai (烧麦)
Alright, COVID-19. You've locked me in my house, in the suburbs, for 2.5 months. It has resulted in consecutive weekends of baking Chinese buns, handfuls of homemade pizzas, endless culinary adventures ... and possibly some weight gain 😫. Well, I am now craving dim sum. No, not the ha gow that made ...
Banh Cuon
If you haven't already noticed, I love Vietnamese cuisine. No, Steve is not pointing a gun to my head and forcing me to say this. Admittedly, it is also not the reason why I'm with Steve, who is part Vietnamese 😉, but it helps that he is from Vietnam and understands how to fully satisfy the ...
