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Louisiana Seafood Gumbo
Nothing to say about this delicious seafood stew/soup . I’ve never had gumbo before , why i wanted to try this today .. i have no clue. I guess i just wanted to make something different .. And i am glad i tried it .Although the ingredients seem like so much , but actually , i have most of them in my pantry and if you cook often , i think you have most of the ingredients in here as well . The only thing i had to run to the store to buy was the king crab legs to get the yummy crab meat . You have no idea…
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Steamed Buns w/ beans fillings
When i used to live in Indonesia , we had this street vendor selling bakpao , or , steamed buns , that has so many different fillings , such as pork , chicken , or red beans or yellow beans . My favourite was always the yellow beans . Few days ago i learned to make the fillings for chinese pastry , or kue pia . And it reminds me of home .. and so , i thought last night .. why not trying it for the steamed buns . Although this is using lima beans .. it still tastes delicious , i am sure we can always use the…
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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 . view full post »
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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…
