🎉🎉🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!🎉🎉🎉 And…. SURPRISE!! A late Christmas present / Happy New Year gift for my readers – my Asian Takeout eCookbook! A couple of months ago, I put up a vote for the theme for the next free eCookbook. Oh bugger, wait a sec. I just checked….and it was waaaay more than a couple of months ago, it was back in August when I put the vote up. Let me start again....
What kind of flour do you use for this gluten free coffee cake? We often bake with almond flour, but decided to mix it up this time because we get requests for nut-free options. So, for this gluten free coffee cake, we used Otto’s Naturals Cassava Flour. Cassava flour is made by grinding up yuca root, which is a tuber. Tapioca flour also comes from the yuca root, but they are made with separate processes, and therefore cannot be used synonymously....
A delight to look at and even better to eat, if you love South-East Asian food, this one’s got your name written all over it! Golden Turmeric Fish Everybody has heard these days that turmeric is good for you. This golden-coloured spice is reputed to help prevent heart disease, Alzheimer’s, cancer, plus has potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, to name a few of its benefits. Well, I’d love to tell you that I’m including turmeric into this recipe for health reasons....
The Best Greens for This Salad I like to use at least two different greens for this recipe, but three or four are even better. I often bring home an assortment of lettuces from the market to use all week. I like the contrast of colors and textures. I may have a small head of kale and radicchio as my starting point. Then, I add to that according to what I have in the fridge....
Marinate lamb in the delicious finger licking Haitian epis paste, along with some Maldon salt, black pepper, and smoked paprika for additional color and a slightly smoky flavor. Add onions or sweet bell peppers to the skewers, if you like but this is completely optional (I used red onions to simply add some crunch and additional sweetness to the lamb). What Is Epis Paste? Haitian epis is made from a blend of fresh herbs, onions, garlic, and peppers (both sweet and spicy peppers)—the exact ingredients and quantities will differ from person to person....
The Teriyaki Sauce I grew up eating a lot of teriyaki chicken and steak. My mom is from Hawaii and as such also grew up eating plenty of teriyaki. The problem is that traditional teriyaki sauce is full of sugar and also soy. To make our sauce Paleo and Whole30 friendly, we use coconut aminos and dates to sweeten. The combo of these flavors with ginger and garlic is just right!...
The grill. Get some char on the main ingredients (in this case tomatillos and corn); the resulting smoky flavor is out of this world. It’s why “fire roasted” canned tomatoes are so perfect for Mexican and Tex Mex recipes. Grilling your tomatillos will make a regular tomatillo salsa unforgettable. Grilling tomatillos couldn’t be easier. You just husk them and put them on the hot grill until they are lightly charred....
Just the reel mind you. I was 10 years old, and I never did get a fishing rod for that reel. The fishing rod I did have came with its own reel and was the type with which you used a little bobbing float and a hook to attach something wriggly. Hapless in the fishing department, I eventually gifted my gear to my younger brother and stuck to collecting crawdads, tadpoles, and minnows....
This dish is traditionally made by cooking beaten, simply seasoned eggs in a ttukbaegi, a small earthenware pot, or in a heat-proof bowl set over a pot of simmering water. Sometimes it can feel cumbersome when short on time, so it’s become common to make gyeran jjim in the microwave. My version of gyeran jjim is tender, custardy “steamed” eggs seasoned with dashi powder and with chopped crab sticks and diced scallions for a hit of savory flavor....
This ham and asparagus strata is basically a breakfast casserole, taken up a notch or two. It’s a layered casserole with cubes of rustic bread, eggs, Gruyere cheese, milk, cream, diced ham, and asparagus. It feeds a crowd. You can easily make ahead. Leftovers (if you have them, which I seriously doubt) will reheat beautifully for days. Sprinkle half of the ham cubes over the bread. Sprinkle half of the asparagus over the ham....
Ingredients Ready for an easy smoothie that is great for clean eating, detoxification, vegan, and just every day variety of good? It’s the goodness of strawberry lemonade in smoothie form. Δ Δ
Making homemade chips were one of the first things I tested when I finally got around to buying my air fryer.I tried a number of different methods: Soaking the potatoes in water, then patting dry before air frying. Verdict: The outcome didn’t warrant the effort and time of washing and drying the potatoes. Yes, the idea is to remove excess starch so the potatoes don’t burn before they’re cooked. But I found I could cook them without soaking, and they were ALWAYs cooked in the middle before the outside got too brown....
How to Make Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup To make this homemade condensed cream of chicken soup, I took a page from making gumbo and started with a roux, which is a combination of fat and flour that helps to thicken soups, intensify flavors and keep the fat from separating out from the other liquids in the soup. The darker the roux the more flavorful the soup, but how dark you go is up to you....
Sometimes I do “weird” and “crazy” things like make my own cereal. Here’s the thing, my husband and children eat a ton of cereal. Like a ridiculous amount. I used to have a walk-in pantry. My good friend, and neighbor, was an organization guru and we did a trade where she came and organized my pantry, and I made her a lemon meringue pie. Score, right? Well, I made the pie and she came and worked her magic....
The unique mustard ingredients in this recipe all function for flavor, with brown sugar providing a richness, apple cider vinegar for tartness, and black peppercorns for added warmth. And just enough honey to sweeten a dip for chicken wings, a vinaigrette, or a glaze for baked salmon. What is Honey Mustard? Most honey mustards use the milder yellow mustard seeds to temper the pungent nature of mustard, and then sweeten it up with honey....
Teriyaki sauce is used for most commonly for chicken, beef and fish, but also for pork and even for offal as well. The most popular of is Teriyaki Chicken. The thick, sweet, salty marinade matches perfectly with poultry, and creates a wonderful caramelisation when seared over high heat. My Japanese mother would rather eat plain chicken than marinated using a bottled Teriyaki Sauce, just the thought of buying Teriyaki Sauce offends her!...
How do you define active? It’s important to understand what you might consider “active” vs. “sedentary”. I’ll give you two scenarios: Which person would you consider more active? While you might think that the person with a formal exercise routine is more active, that’s actually not true. The office worker spends nearly all of the work day sitting, while the maintenance worker is moving constantly (walking from project to project, lifting, climbing, etc....
We look forward to them all year, for our favorite recipes and plain ol’ snacking. Here’s how to pick the best ones and store them at home. When Are Cherries in Season? Growers cultivate numerous varieties that peak at overlapping times, ensuring an uninterrupted supply of fresh and ripe cherries in the summer months. You’ll start finding U.S.-grown cherries in stores at the end of April, when California cherries hit the shelves....
It’s majestic, a titan in the onion family. Mostly just the white and light green parts are eaten, though the darker green parts have plenty of flavor and can either be cooked longer to tenderize them, or used when making homemade soup stock. Leeks Are Dirty The challenge when cooking with leeks is that they are almost always dirty. When leeks are grown, soil is piled up around them, so that more of the leek is hidden from the sun, and therefore lighter in color and more tender....
This is also the place to start if you aren’t quite ready to tackle breaking down a whole chicken just yet. Buying bone-in thighs and removing the bone yourself before cooking will give you the confidence to move on to more advanced kitchen tasks in the future. Why Debone Your Own Chicken Thighs? Bone-in thighs are less expensive than most boneless thighs. Adding them to your shopping list saves you money and helps you to get an affordable meal on the table for the whole family....
