Pork celery and shiitake mushroom

I had left over celery from making an other dish so I decided to make a stir fry with it. It's super easy. The most time consuming thing in a stir fry is to cut everything up to the right size. Other then that, heat up...

Earth Day 2016

An other year has past. What will you be doing for earth day this year? This year, I'm working from home (saving on commute) and I'll snuggle up with a book instead of watching TV. The Toronto Green Living Show was last weekend...

Napa Cabbage Rolls

This recipe is inspired by Just Bento's cabbage rolls. Usually the napa cabbage I buy are so big that I usually make giant cabbage rolls, but i found that if I cut the cabbage in half, I can make smaller 2 bite rolls. For...

Memories and seedlings

These past couple of weeks starting seedlings and setting up my garden takes me on a trip down memory lane. I remember when I was young, the most important thing when we were looking for a house in Canada was having a garden...

Congee with Fish Paste

Ah the versatile fish paste. I personally like it best pan fried as it's much tastier but if you want a fast meal, scooping it into boiling water is the fastest way to cook it. You can use existing chicken stock and cooked...

Mini Hoop Tunnel is up

So I think Spring is finally going to start with the last of the snow coming down yesterday. We're still going to get some pretty cold temperatures but at least we shouldn't get anymore snow. So today, I went to put up my...

Teriyaki Marinate

This is a simple marinate I make when I feel like eating teriyaki. It's best to marinate the meat 24 hours for full flavour. This marinate is watery, if you want a thicker marinate you can substitute the sugar with honey or...

Sunlight vs Grow light

We're getting close to gardening season (sort of close...there's 15cm of snow outside but we're getting there) so it's time to look at starting seeds indoors. I have a south facing window so I was really debating if I needed...