Category: Lunch and Dinner
Wintermelon Pork Meatball Soup (冬瓜肉丸汤)
When I was growing up, my mom would always cook one soup plus a couple of stir fry veggies for dinner. This wintermelon pork meatball soup is often on our dinner table. This soup is incredibly easy to make and I can see why my mom made this growing up. The taste is…
Scallion oil noodles
A Shanghainese noodle noodle dish. It’s simple to make on the weekday and perfect in making larger batches for family. It can be stored up to a week if needed.
Easy Noodle Soup
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…
Zucchini Pancakes
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…
Modified Hainanese Chicken Rice
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…
Lemon Chicken Stir Fry
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…
Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs (糖醋排骨）
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…
Air Fryer Korean Fried Chicken Wings (Yangnyeom Chicken)
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…
Spicy Sesame Noodles
A quick lunch/dinner for those lazy or busy days. This spicy sesame noodles will definitely keep you going.
Braised Eggplant with Tomatoes
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…
