Food
All food posts.
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Summer salad w/ Basic Vinaigrette
Few days ago we had a get together with some friends , and she brought salad . And when we tasted it , it reminds me of acar timun , it’s almost like pickled cucumber back in indonesia , as a condiment when we eat fried rice of chinese noodle or anything you can think of . So i kinda thought .. why not putting together salad and used the basic vinaigrette , it probably will turn out to be like that . Although with basic vinaigrette, it needs vegetable oil , while acar timun in indonesia is only vinegar , sugar and salt. The two has the similar taste…
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Cheesecake
I’ve used this recipe few times , and i think it’s one of the best cheesecake recipe out there . I never failed making this , even the very first time making it few years ago . So , couple of nights ago , i was looking for something to do , it was a busy day but , for some reason i just wanted to keep going and going .. yes , it’s like that energizer bunny .. LOL . Originally i was going to make Chocolate Babka .. but then my son said , why not cheesecake . I thought .. sure , why not cheesecake ?? Got…
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Greek Lemon Rice Soup ( Avgolemono )
How to make Lemon Rice Soup , Avgolemono , greek soup
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Banana Bread
I have 3 overripe bananas , nobody likes eating overripe bananas . I hate to throw them away , i ended up making banana bread . Banana bread is one of those things that is super easy to make , basically you have all ingredients on hand . I usually make the banana bread the healthy way , no sour cream , nor buttermilk , no butter , just vegetable oil and other normal ingredients for banana bread . But this time , i used butter , and well .. there is one good thing in the ingredients , the greek yogurt . Result was amazingly light banana bread and…
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Lemon Garlic Roasted Chicken Breasts
I hate it when i have chicken breasts and i don’t know what to do with it . Most of the time , i don’t know what to do with chicken breast , because i prefer chicken thighs , dark meat to me has the best flavour , it’s a lot better than having to eat white meat . There goes .. the eating healthy thing . Obviously white meat is healthier than dark meat .. but anyway , today i had chicken breasts thawing and thinking and thinking what should i do with it . So here is lemon garlic roasted chicken breasts , which is super easy and…
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Grilled Plantain w/ Brown Sugar Rum Glazed
Ever since the farmer market opened this year , last april , i’ve been buying plantains a lot ! This time , i tried grilling it , since the weather is warming up , and instead of baking it like i did the past few times , i decided to have it grilled . Everybody said that frying it is good but trying to avoid more fatty stuff , we thought grilling is the best . Not only it’s healthier but it’s also brings out the best taste in it . Although this recipe below is not quite the healthiest choice , but if i had to eat it plain…
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Opera Cake
Opera cake is a french cake , and i should have left the french cake baking to the french . I just slaughtered the cake .. LOL , anyway , it took about 3.5 hours to make this cake , to think that it’s only 10 minutes of baking .. it’s kinda ridiculous , isn’t it ? Although , you can always make them days ahead , there are few steps that can be made ahead . The coffee syrup , and the coffee buttercream can always be made a day ahead . That would save your time tremendously . I would leave the ganache and the sponge cake on…
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Braised Chicken Thighs w/ Lime and Brown Sugar
I ran across a recipe online , and it gave ideas using limes and brown sugar . A little nervous in the beginning , i usually don’t use lime in chicken , lemons yes , but limes ? No , but i went along with it . It was pretty easy and simple ,i liked smoked paprika , so i made a mix of flour , smoked paprika and salt , and dredge the chicken on it . Braised them and finished cooking in the oven . The recipe is so easy and quick , not to mention it’s not that much of a mess that i had in my…
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Creole Style Shrimps w/ Jasmine Rice & Brussel Sprouts
This is super easy dish that will not take long at all to fix . I guess it’ll be a good week night meal . Didn’t take much ingredients either , but it has a great flavour . Would be great if you could get a jumbo shrimps , except around here , the jumbo shrimps here are too expensive , i ended up just getting the regular size shrimps . For the creole seasoning , i am sure you can make it yourself , google it , and should find how to make creole seasoning , but i didn’t make it myself , i used Cajun seasoning by Emeril…
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Baked Yellow Plantains ( Maduros Asados )
I had never tried plantains before . To me , plantains are huge banana , king banana , it reminds me back in Indonesia that we have what we call Pisang Agung , it’s huge , long and skinny . Of course back in Indonesia we have few varieties of bananas , unlike in US , what they call banana is just banana , almost looks like ” pisang ambon ” back Indonesia . Over there we have pisang raja , pisang ambon , pisang susu , and many many more . This picture below is what we call Plantain , they’re big , more than normal size of bananas…
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Salami , Roasted Red Pepper Calzones
I made pizza last week , and i froze the other half of the dough , a good way to use the left overs pizza dough , either you make another pizza , or make calzones . I ended up using it for calzones . I thawed out my frozen pizza dough in the fridge this morning , by late afternoon it was pretty much ready to be used . The pizza dough i used freezes very well , and i can use it as if it’s a just made fresh today . For the filling , i put some salami , added some mushroom , roasted red pepper ,…
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Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
The simplest , easiest , pasta dish ever !! You’d be surprised , there are only 3 main ingredients in this delicious dish . Sometimes , the simplest meal is the most delicious one . As long as you have extra virgin olive oil , garlic and red pepper flakes , i think you should be set to make this yummy dish . Oh not to forget salt , and pepper if you like . I think this will be good for summer , where you don’t want anything heavy , something light yet delicious .. You will need : 1 lb of spaghetti ( al dente , cook according…
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Proper Blokes’ Sausage with Rotini
Another superb recipe from Jamie Oliver , not only it’s delicious , it’s super easy and quick !! From the start until i finish my dishes , it only took me 45 minutes total . And surprisingly there is no garlic or onion in this pasta dish , but it tastes great !! I have nothing else to say , just try it !! You need : 2 tsp. fennel seed 2-3 chili pepper , i used thai chili In a pestle or mortar , mash these together really good , set aside . 1 lbs of good quality italian sausage , remove from casing olive oil about a glass…
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Weekend Cooking : Green eggs and ham , Chicken Tikka Masala and EZ strawberry napoleon
It’s our weekend cooking , this morning after i woke up , i tried to think what would be good for breakfast . Usually i would make french toast , but i ran out of maple syrup , then i thought about eggs , since my husband mentioned just making scrambled eggs . But i’d like to make something a little different , i ended up trying to bake the eggs . I put ham on the bottom , layered it with sauteed veggies , and finally topped it off with the eggs . Super easy , and looks good. I guess you can call it green eggs and ham…
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Roasted chicken breasts with leeks , thyme and pancetta
Another great recipe from Jamie Oliver , this one was also super easy , but not too quick to make . Unless you’re making it with boneless chicken . You have to be really careful when baking / cooking chicken breasts , because a lot of people tend to overcook it , and ends up with dry chicken breast . This is one of the reason i’ve never liked chicken breasts , until i found out how to really cook it right , not overcook it !! Anyway , i used chicken breasts with bone in this recipe , i removed the skin , and the rest was just so…
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Saturday Afternoon Pasta
Don’t ask me why it’s called saturday afternoon pasta , this recipe was adapted from Jamie Oliver’s cook book . Wasn’t sure at first since i never really had tuna pasta that has cinnamon in the ingredients . I never used cinnamon for cooking , i usually use cinnamon for baking . Period ! But , i am glad i tried this dish though , it’s super easy , did not take long at all to make , and it turns out pretty delicious .Jamie was right though , that you have to use the good quality of tuna . I tried to get the white albacore tuna in oil…
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Falafel with Pita Bread
Ever since i tasted hummus , i became interested trying more and more some of middle eastern dish / cuisine . I thought they’re healthy enough , so why not trying it ? Falafel was made from ground chick peas , just like hummus , except we added few ingredients such as parsley , onion , cumin , coriander , some recipe even calls for mint in it . The recipe that i used to make this falafel does not use mint , and only used canned chick peas .Although i have other recipe of falafel that requires soaking the dry chick peas overnight . This recipe is quite easy…
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Shish Kebabs
shish kebabs with marinated chicken meat , sausage , red peppers , pineapples , and soy sauce ( kecap manis ) yummy !!
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Pizza Margherita
When we make pizza , we usually make the pizza with full topping , like the works or some place , calls it , supreme . But tonight , i thought i should try making the authentic pizza margherita , I decided to make 2 kinds of pizzas tonight , since , obviously , Jay would not want pizza with only fresh mozzarella and basil as its topping . And Nick probably wouldn’t like it either . It’s light and it’s not as filling as the works or the supreme . So , i made my own pizza sauce earlier during the day and then made my pizza dough this…
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Korean Sweet and Crispy Chicken
This has become of our favorite dish too . This morning i decided to make this sweet and crispy korean fried chicken . They’re easy to make , except it takes time to deep fry them . And plus you have re-fry them again to guarantee the crispiness of the chicken . Other than that , it’s pretty easy and delicious . The sliced ginger in the sauce turns out to be like a candy by the time the sauce is caramelized . Make sure do not over cook the sauce , or else the sauce not only caramelized , but it’ll get tough and break your teeth LOL ..…
