Recipes you can have for dinner and/or lunch
The past week or so, my husband and I have been under the weather. We had a couple of weddings back to back and with the temperature dropping suddenly, I wasn’t prepared for it. So I got a cold and subsequently passed it onto my husband. With both of us sick we are very lazy and don’t want to cook. So I decided to make…
Growing up, my mom would cook most veggies as a stir fry because it was the easiest thing to do. However, sometimes she would choose to make pancakes with them. The two most cooked vegetable pancakes my mom cooked were celery leaves pancake and zucchini pancakes. My mom’s recipe for zucchini pancakes were very simple. she would shred the zucchini, squeeze out the water, add…
Growing up my mom would cook a lot of Chinese food that she grew up eating, which is mostly Northern China food. It wasn’t until I moved away to college that I became exposed to other Asian food from different countries. During my second to fourth year in university, I lived with a Taiwanese lady who lived in Indonesia for many years. She would cook…
Egg custard is a very common Chinese food. I remember having egg custard lot when I was younger. My mom would make this when I was a toddler because it was easy to digest, relatively easy to make and also great when I was sick. This steamed egg custard is similar to the Japanese Chawanmushi and to Korean Gyeranjjim. From my childhood memory, egg custard…
Sometimes it’s hard to think about what to make on a weekday when you are tired from work or kids have after school activities. This lemon chicken stir fry is a quick and easy dish that you can cook quickly for when you are short on time. The ingredients are simple and easy to find. The sauce for this lemon chicken stir fry comes from…
Growing up my mom cooked a lot. She cooked a lot of different Chinese dishes. One of those dishes were Sweet and sour pork ribs. It’s a simple and classic Chinese dishes that only utilizes one main ingredient: pork ribs. The sauce is simply sugar and vinegar. The ingredients are simple but it does require some time to braise (but it’s still simple to make)….
When I lived alone, one of the foods I cooked on repeat was no fry chicken with Korean inspired sweet and spicy sauce. I love eating fried chicken but I don’t like to fry food in my house. This is mainly because I dislike the clean up. One day I thought ” what if I made some Korean fried chicken but I don’t have to…
I’m a Korean drama fan, I used to binge watch Korean drama in my high school and university days. I also would study while watching Korean drama. Definitely don’t recommend, but I survived. I was obsessed with Korean food and I also watched a lot of Maangchi videos for Korean food. I loved cooking korean food when I lived alone because I can make single…
A quick lunch/dinner for those lazy or busy days. This spicy sesame noodles will definitely keep you going.
Braised eggplant with tomatoes is one of my favourite dish that my mom used to make. This dish has a slight tangy taste that is very addicting with rice. My mom actually taught me this recipe when I moved out and it’s one of the dishes that I now cook quite often in my kitchen. This dish is also completely vegan as well! Braised eggplant…