Olivia's Kitchen

Today is friday and usually i get to choose to make something fun . Fun in this case is like comfort fun , fun to make and fun to eat it too . I get to cook and eat pretty healthy throughout the week , so usually the at end of the week , i get to make something , sort of like comfort food . And my pick today fell into peach crisps . view full post » Hits: 0

It was one of the weekend where it’s hot but i was thinking to make soup . Yes , crazy , but this morning i wanted to make Pho Noodles , it’s been months since i had pho noodles . Before lockdown was the last time we had pho noodles at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant . So i mentioned to my husband i wanted to get beef bones after the gym to make this soup . The soup would take about 5 hours to simmer , to develop its flavor , but he thought it’d be too long to cook in case we wanted to go out some place .…

If you’re just looking at this picture at a glance you wouldn’t think of it as a different kind pizza . It looks exactly the same of any of those thin crust pizza out there . The truth is ,the crust what makes this different . No , it doesn’t use cauliflower rice ( I’ve done it before ) It’s better than cauliflower since it uses meat as the crust ! view full post » Hits: 0

On a hot summer day , the least you want to do is to be busy in the kitchen , turning on the stove or oven , and makes your house warm . Today , over here , is a hot day and it will be pretty hot throughout this week . So , i try to make something where it doesn’t require stove top or oven . So , slow cooker day it is ! view full post » Hits: 0

We love tacos , my son loves tacos , i think he can eat tacos almost everyday , it’s his favorite food . No wonder when i was pregnant i actually ate mexican food almost everyday LOL. I remember my mother in law and i used to go out lunch every two days for mexican food , we loved the local taco shop back in Indiana , i am not sure if they still exists though . view full post » Hits: 0

This one is an easy peasy dessert or just afternoon snack with tea or coffee . Gluten free and it’s keto friendly , no flour required except you’re using Almond meal / flour . There are only 4 ingredients in this recipe , it’s all about technique , nothing else . Not overly sweet , you can even replace the sugar with Swerve . view full post » Hits: 0

There are so many versions of curry , so i felt like i should add the ” indonesian ” word in it . LOL .. My mom used to make this dish quite often , she would call it ” Kare Ayam ” Kare = curry and Ayam = chicken . It is one of her favorite dish . I wasn’t really much into Curry back then . Although it was delicious , she would use whole chicken that she cut up herself and make a whole pot that would last us probably 3 days because there was only 2 of us . view full post » Hits: 0

This dish is very similar to Shepherd’s Pie , Indonesians call this Pastel Tutup .This dish was highly influenced by European countries , particulary , the Dutch . Pastel Tutup along with Macaroni Schotel ( casserole type ) , snacks such as Dutch Sausage Rolls , known as Saucijzenbroodjes , and then Kaastengels or cheese shortbread cookies are some of the Indonesians favorite choices from the Netherlands . I remember as a youngster , we bought or ordered Pastel Tutup quite often , we didn’t own any oven so my mom couldn’t make this herself . view full post » Hits: 0

In short we can call this Kue Pia , because that’s how i knew them ever since i was younger . Growing up in a small town in Malang , East Java , there was this home business that specially made Kue Pia . My mom would stop by after church usually to buy some fresh ones , it came in a package of 5 . We never made it ourselves though since it’s really easy to buy . view full post » Hits: 0

So now that we have fresh , homemade delicious Tempe , what to do ? what do we use it for ? There are many ways to eat Tempe , you can pan fry , deep fry , with batter , as is , or steam , i never grilled them though . But i’ve had them in many different ways . The most famous one is to deep fry them , Indonesians love their deep fried food . Then eaten with simple warm white rice . Yum view full post » Hits: 0