Whole Foods Egg Salad

I love this egg salad. Whenever I stop by Whole Foods to pick up lunch and I am not really sure what I want to eat, I usually pick up this salad and a loaf of bread. Whole Foods is expensive and I can easily spend quite a bit of money on a few meals. The nice thing about many of Whole Foods products...

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Pandan Chiffon Cake

I’m on a foam cake kick. Maybe I’ll bake my way through the different types.I noticed that I’ve never posted any recipes using pandan (pandanus or screw pine leaves). Pandan is a popular flavor in many Asian recipes. I buy a little bottle of the thick-ish extract to use to flavor agar-agar and coconut...

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Génoise Cake with Chantilly Cream, Strawberries and Toasted Almonds

Edit 4/26/09: Oh my! This cake is so much better the next day. I just had a piece about 24+ hours after assembling it and it tastes so much more like a Chinese birthday cake. The sugar syrup and the Chantilly cream soaked into the cake, making it moister. The almonds almost got a little soft, just...

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Rice Porridge: Meal of Leftovers

Many Asian families make a pot of rice for their evening meal. In the morning, the leftover rice is turned into breakfast. I read that this is very typical. However, in my family we were not very typical. We never had rice porridge for breakfast. Maybe it is because my dad never really cared for...

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Cranberry Pumpkin Bread

I got this recipe from an old coworker. I've been making this for the past 7 or 8 years. My coworker was diabetic so her recipe indicated Splenda as the sweetener. I've taken the liberty to use regular sugar instead. She also used fresh cranberries. I've tried fresh and frozen cranberries. They...

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Cellophane Noodle Soup and Other Fun Presents

I posted this soup a long time ago but I didn't post the ingredients or method for preparing the soup. I also made the soup carb-friendly by not using any potatoes.Growing up this was one of my favorite soups. I’m not quite sure of the origin. It is similar to Thai Kang Chut Wun Sen but it is not...

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Lasagna Style Baked Ziti with Pesto and Marinara

I don’t know where I was going with this dish. I wanted to throw something together that was suitable for a cold and dreary spring day in Colorado. I’ve lived in Denver for the last five and a half years and I have never seen anything like this. We got tons of snow (the mountains got 3 to 4 plus...

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Giada’s Chicken with Mustard Marsala Sauce Dissected

Every now and then I like to pick a food network chef's recipe, make it and jot down notes for future reference. The notes help me recreate the dish later. The changes I make doesn't necessarily mean that there was a flaw in the recipe. I just have my own preferences when I cook. I usually like...

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Italian Soda and French Soda

When I was younger, my friends and I would frequently meet up at Nordstrom's ebar. On occasion I would order something other than coffee because I didn't want the additional caffeine in my system. On cold days I ordered hot chocolate and on hot days I ordered an italian or french soda. Back then I wasn't...

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Buttercup Squash Gnocchi

When the vegetarian little sister was in town, I made this delicious buttercup squash gnocchi for lunch. This is a time consuming dish to make but it is well worth it. There is something about brown butter that goes so well with winter squash. I even have a brown butter butternut squash soup recipe...

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Quiche Lorraine with Spinach or Quiche Florentine with Bacon

Quiche is one of those dishes that I like make when I feel uninspired. It tastes good and it is simple to put together. It can be made with a combination of different ingredients. I’ve made quiche with leeks, shallots, Canadian bacon, capicolla ham, sausage, mushrooms, asparagus, red peppers, tomatoes,...

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