Food
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Roasted Corn Chower with Lobster Tail
This recipe is a little similar to the previous corn chowder i posted . They both tasted delicious , this one takes more time to make and a lil fancier with lobster thrown in there .I guess you can’t go wrong with either one of the recipe , but if you have more time , i guess why not making this fancy one ? It contains more vegetables too , with celery , and red pepper , green pepper . Not to mention bacon and also the fresh seafood stock and of course the lobster itself . You need : 2 Lobster tail , onion and celery , water .…
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Mocha Pots de Creme
This dessert very similar to creme brulee , they’re super easy to make , and yet , the result is so delicious !!! Not many ingredients needed in this dessert , as long as you hhttp://www.yahoo.com/ave eggs , milk and cream .. voila .. you can make them . Either made them mocha , or vanilla .. This is the recipe for mocha / coffee pots de creme . You will need : 4 – 4,5 oz ramekin dishes 3/4 cup of milk 1/2 cup of heavy cream 2 tbsp. of light brown sugar 2 tbsp. of sugar 1 tbsp. of instant coffee 1 tsp. vanilla extract pinch of salt…
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Creamy Mashed Potato
This is one reason i never like instant mashed potato . Instant mashed potato grosses me out , and makes me hate eating mashed potato . It’s a different story if we’re talking about a real home made mashed potato . There is nothing to hate about home made mashed potato , in fact i love it !! People think making mashed potato is hard , that’s probably why a lot of us choose instant mashed potato . Home made mashed potato is so easy and you can season it as much as you like or just leaving it plain . All you need just potatoes , margarine , milk…
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Corn Chowder
I made this easy soup this evening to pair it up with light sandwich for dinner . Since we live in Texas now , it seems like corn is available any time of the year , fresh corn is the one i am talking about . This corn chowder is so easy and quick to make , next time i am thinking to add some lobster or crab meat in there . Would be even better !! But if you don’t have the lobster , just plain corn chowder will still work really good !! You need : 2 tbsp. of olive oil 1 medium onion , diced 4 garlic…
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Cat’s Tongue Cookies ( Lidah Kucing )
When i was younger i grew up with this kind of cookies , usually we bought it . We never made it ourselves .. and now that i know how to make it , it made me wonder .. why didn’t we make it ourself back then ? Why did we have to buy it ? It is easy to make , but the only thing is , it easily burnt , hence , we have to watch it . Even with watching it , you still have to becareful because you want them done . For me personally , i loved the burnt part , just like butter cookies…
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Chicken Marsala with Aglio et Olio
A great italian dish when you have boneless chicken laying around and marsala wine in the fridge . I used boneless chicken thighs , since we’re more into dark meat compared to white meat .. but whatever kind of meat you use , it doesn’t matter . It will still be delicious . I double the sauce in making this chicken marsala because they’re so good . Make sure you get a good marsala wine , because it is the key component in this recipe . You need : about 2 lbs boneless chicken thighs / breasts 1/2 cup of flour 1 tbsp. of essence of emeril 3 cups…
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Lemony Shrimp Scampi
This is a lighter version of shrimp scampi , unlike regular shrimp scampi recipe , which uses butter quite a bit . I only used 1 tbsp. of butter in this recipe . And for you out there who loves the strong lemon tastes , this is perfect for you . My husband loves it , he’s always into lemons .. LOL , and to my surprised , i love it too .. i am not so much into lemony food , but this shrimp scampi is pretty delicious !! You will need : 3/4 lbs of linguine, cook according to the direction to al dente 1 lb of fresh…
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Texas BBQ Pulled Pork
I have not been updating or cooking that much lately , due to relocating . No i haven’t settled yet , but this one dish is super easy to make , and with how delicious it tastes , i think everyone should give it a try . Even the person who cannot cook , will be able to make this !! So , here we go .. i present you Texas BBQ pulled pork . You will need : 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil 3.5 lbs pork shoulder 1 cup KC Masterpiece Honey BBQ sauce 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 1/2 cup chicken broth 1/4 cup light brown sugar…
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Spaghetti alla Carbonara
Made this dish couple of times already and they’re super delicious and easy . This dish doesn’t even take that many ingredients , most of the ingredients should be available on hand , even if you have to run to the store , it won’t cost you too much money . If you’re too concern about the raw eggs , don’t be , because the super hot pasta will cook your raw eggs automatically , you just have to make sure you have everything ready right on time and serve it immediately . 3 tablespoons Extra-Virgin Olive Oil 8 ounces thick sliced bacon 1 pound Spaghetti 1/2 cups freshly grated…
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Sesame Chicken
I know this is typical Chinese food that you can get everywhere in the restaurant , including fast food chinese , such as panda express LOL , or chinese buffet .. But instead of doing that , why not trying it yourself . It is super easy and doesn’t take that long , and plus , it’s healthier since it doesn’t have MSG like most chinese restaurant does their food . So here it goes ..Picture doesn’t look as good because my regular camera for some reason isn’t working đ For the batter : 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup cornstarch 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4…
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Halloween Theme Cupcakes
The boys asked for me to make some cupcakes today , with its famous yummy smooth icing , french butter cream icing . And i ended up making a huge mess , playing with fondant . The icing was very quick to make , which wasn’t a big deal at all . But we’re just having fun making the pumpkins , the tombstones and the ghost . It took time , but wasn’t bad at all ..
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Autumn Pumpkin Cupcakes
Originally was just going to make regular cupcakes for my family , no fancy stuff , just regular cupcakes and slathered some icing on top . Well , it never went that way , although i was so distracted earlier while i was making the french butter cream icing , i turned the sugar into caramel .. LOL , yes i had to redo it , wasted 2 eggs and sugar !! So my chocolate cupcakes , ended up with beautiful orange icing from yellow and red gel coloring that i used , and why did i choose orange ? Because my son loves the color of orange , and…
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Rigatoni w/ sweet tomatoes , eggplant
Another great recipe from Jamie Oliver , i think i hardly found anything that’s bad from Jamie’s cookbook . This one , although it has no meat , it tastes really yummy . I think this was pretty easy dinner for weekdays and quick too . You can always add mozzarella at the end of cooking or just don’t use it at all if you’re a vegan ! 1 ripe eggplan olive oil 2 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped 2 (14 ounce) cans of good-quality plum tomatoes 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1 pinch of sea salt & freshly ground black pepper 2 fresh chili…
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Japanese Black Sesame Ice Cream
This is one delicious nutty ice cream . The color of the ice cream might not be so inviting , but believe me , looks can be deceiving sometimes . I really think this has become my favourite ice cream , on the top list .. more than the vanilla ice cream !! It’s not hard to make , just make sure you watch it closely when you roast the sesame seed because it might get burnt easily since it’s black and you wouldn’t be able to tell . So anyway , here it is You need : 1/2 cup of roasted black sesame seed 3/4 cup of sugar 4…
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Carrot Cake
I have been looking for a better recipe of carrot cake . I used to have this recipe , that needs 3 sticks of butter to make a 2 layers of carrot cake . No i don’t have any complains about it , but the 3 sticks of butter plus another stick for the cream cheese icing ,doesn’t make me feel better about it . Luckily i found this one recipe that does not even require any butter !! And it tasted so good , i don’t even bother to make it into a round cake , but i made it into cupcakes and loaf cake . And since i…
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Couscous au Poulet
Or you can always call it chicken couscous , either it’s Tunisian dish or Moroccan dish .. not quite sure about it . But all i know is , that this dish was delicious . Despite that it’s not that hard to make . Me and my family love couscous , we really enjoy couscous every once in a while . And usually we pair it with some grilled chicken or some fish . Couscous au Poulet , was easy to make , it’s not really hard .. except you need some spices for sure . And if you have saffron , it would be even better , unfortunately i…
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Hachi Parmentier
No no , this dish doesn’t have anything to do with dogs .. Maybe most of you heard and seen Hachi , a movie about dog , but this dish here , has nothing to do with dogs . I love dogs , i would rather starve to death than having to eat them . So anyway , let’s talk about hachi parmentier , it’s another french dish . It’s actually contained of meat and mashed potatoes , and baked . I guess you can call it French shepherds pie . Although my family loves it , i don’t really care for this dish that much . The taste was…
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Quiche Maraichere
This quiche is amazingly delicious , i thought it wasn’t going to have too much of taste since it’s all vegetables . Turned out it’s so good !! I can’t really say that’s it’s easy to make , it’s not bad , but it takes time . I started making the pate brisee yesterday . And then had to let it sit overnight . Tart isn’t hard to make , it’s like making any other pie crust . I used my food processor which makes the job a whole lot easier .. you can do it by hand too , but if you don’t have food processor , i suggest…
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Pain a l’ancienne Focaccia
I wanted to bake yesterday , everybody was busy with their own project and i decided to try to make Focaccia , the right way this time . The very first i made it , i used bread machine and basically i cheated and it also didn’t turn out as good . So yesterday .. i decided let’s do this the right way .. i used Peter Reinhart’s artisan bread book , and that’s where i found this recipe . It took time , but i just didn’t have the patient to let it sit overnight , and it seems from the recipe .. i can always pan it right…
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Provençal Soup ( Soupe au Pistou )
This soup is similar to fresh vegetables soup that i usually make during summer month where we’re having lots of fresh vegetables . Both are delicious , although i think this one has a better taste , it could be that added the home made pesto into the soup changed the tastes to be a lot better than regular fresh vegetable soup . Soupe au Pistou is from Provençal area of France , and all it is just fresh vegetable soup , and when you serve it , you add pesto in it . At first i wasn’t too sure about adding pesto , but i am glad i did…
