Snowman Cake

I have 2 god daughter's whose birthday is around Christmas. One before and one after. So we always celebrate their birthday at the Christmas gathering. This year, they requested a Snowman cake. Luckily, I had some fondant...

Curried Roasted Pumpkin Soup

Fall is time for pumpkins and all the wonderful winter squashes. I love pumpkin soup. It's yummy on it's own or as a soup base for noodles. If you want to use it with noodles, try cooking frozen Udon noodles in with the...

Shiitake and Spare Ribs Rice Cooker Meal

Don't have time to cook? Do you have a rice cooker? If you said yes to both, then this will be perfect for you! The key to this dish is to prep the night before. You want to marinate the meat overnight in the fridge so the...

Pork and Lotus Root Patties

Yes, it's possible to eat lotus root and not just in soup! When you cook it, it has a sweet flavour and crispy texture. Probably not the best looking picture in the world since it's just meat patties but the flavour and texture...

Soy for your garden

So it's fall time and starting to get cold. There was frost on my windshield this morning. I decided it's time to get rid of the remaining flowers in the flower bed so I can transform it into a vegetable garden next year. Since...

5 Spice Chicken Congee

I had chicken that was over marinated because we left it marinated for way too long. So what to do with a salty chicken? Make congee with it :) Turned out it was a pretty awesome mistake. It made a weeks worth of breakfast...

Chayote Squash and Pork with 雲耳 and/or 木耳

The Chayote in the picture above is home grown so they might look a little different from store brought ones. This is an other one of those dishes where there are many different variations. The very basic of this dish...

Buttermilk Banana Bread

This is one of those baked goods that's more forgiving and easy to make. All you need is a bowl and a fork and you can mix this by hand. It's fast, easy and yummy. And it freezes well. I use silicon modes to make bit size...

叉燒醬 Chinese BBQ Pork Sauce (Char Siu)

It's true you can buy the Lee Kum Kee Char Siu sauce from the supermarket but honestly, I usually have all the ingredients I need to make it, so I just make it whenever I need. I typically make it, then use it to marinate...

Korean BBQ Sauce

I love KBBQ ribs but it's very expensive to order when you're at the restaurant. So I asked my Korean friend how he makes his KBBQ ribs. And his response was, it's simple, just throw in everything, blend and marinate it overnight...

King Oyster Mushrooms

Have you ever seen these at grocery stores and wonder what to do with them? How they taste like? I live in Canada and I remember the first time I saw them at the grocery store was several years ago. It was on demo, I tried...

Mini DIY Floor Revitalizing Project

Hi!! Sorry for the lack of posting. I was moving houses and doing some mini fixes so we've been crazy busy. Finally more or less moved in now. I learnt a lot about flooring during our mini project. In general, apparently whatever...

Citrus Honey Duck Breast in less then 20 mins

One of the tricks to a quick meal is to take advantage of a well stock pantry and fridge! In this case, I'm using the Citrus Honey Tea I always have in the fridge. Honestly it's pretty similar to a jam but it's used to make...

New Look

It's been a while since I last posted. Getting pretty busy with preparing for moving. I'm either packing or trying to find things for the new place so I haven't had time to measure out what I cook to actually make it into a recipe. Hopefully...

Shrimp Tacos in 30 mins

Have you ever been in a situation where you buy something for 1 recipe and have lots of left overs you have to finish? We brought a bag of avocado for something but only needed 1, so I had to think of a way to use the rest. I...

Fish and Corn Congee

This congee is one of the ones where you add the extra ingredients in last. This is a very simple yet yummy tasting congee. Using Fish as the protein allows for a very lean and healthy meal. I use frozen basa fish fillet...

Stuff Squid Tubes with Pork and Water Chestnuts(馬蹄)

Sorry it probably doesn't look the prettiest in the world but it's very tasty!! Instead of just stuffing the tubes with only meat, I like to mix in Water Chestnuts. It's a little bit more work but very worth while. Water...

Pork Bone Congee with Dried Bean Curd Strips

You don't normally see pork bone congee in the menu at congee restaurant because this is one of the ingredients you should cook with the congee from the start for the flavours to really meld together. You might ask, "why...

Intro to congee and trick to making smooth congee in short period of time

Congee (粥) is a rice dish that can be eaten at any time but it's a very common dish at breakfast, brunch and late night snack times. You can find it when you go yum cha (some people like to call it dim sum but dim sum actually...

Chocolate Swiss Buttercream Cupcakes

Here's an other new flavour I tested. Chocolate. Yes, it's weird, I've baked for so long but never tried making a chocolate buttercream before.  It's actually so much easier then the fruity flavour creams I make that...