Pureed Sweet Potatoes with Real Maple and Nutmeg

Last Thanksgiving we were invited to an intimate dinner at a former SoupGroup member's home. She had to withdraw from SoupGroup because of the new babe. She is pretty awesome. She is vegetarian but ended up cooking the turkey. Her husband (who is a proud meat eater) was in charge of the turkey,...

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Glenn's (the Burrito Guy) Green Chile Breakfast Burritos

Every office needs a burrito guy or gal. We used to have one. His name was Glenn. He made these awesome green chile breakfast burritos filled with eggs, potatoes, cheese, pork and green chile. His burritos were awesome. When we moved our offices, we lost Glenn. We have a new breakfast burrito lady...

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Egg Rolls: Ambiguous Origins...Perhaps China?

No recipe for this. I basically used the same filling for these egg rolls as I used for the Vietnamese egg rolls. The only difference is omit the sugar, use carrots instead of sweet potatoes and use cabbage instead of potatoes. These egg rolls keep better, are less temperamental and are easier to...

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Coco Rico Nuoc Cham

Okay this is a bastardized version of the Vietnamese dipping sauce nuoc cham. I use a coconut soda called Coco Rico. Coco Rico is a Puerto Rican soda. I sometimes make and even more bastardized version using Coca Cola as the base. I cannot take the credit for this sauce. My aunt said her Vietnamese...

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Malisa's Vietnamese Egg Rolls (Cha Gio)

Let me preface this by saying that this is my take on Vietnamese egg rolls. I’m not Vietnamese and I didn’t use a recipe from a Vietnamese cookbook. This recipe is from years and years of experimenting. I try different ingredients and in the end this is what works for me.Some people might find the...

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Mexican Rice like Casa Guadalajara

A few years ago I set out to make Mexican rice like my favorite Mexican restaurant in San Diego. Casa Guadalajara makes my favorite mole and my favorite rice. Their rice includes celery and frozen mixed vegetables. It doesn’t look traditional but is very delicious. The bf even approves of the recipe.Mexican...

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Carnitas

We had suite tickets for Dane Cook on Sunday night. Before going we met up with some friends at their house. Since my friend’s husband was planning on staying behind to watch the new baby, we decided to bring dinner over. I made carnitas.Carnitas are traditionally slow cooked in its own fat in a...

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iPhone and Gmail Unlock Captcha

This is totally not related to food but I just discovered a solution to a problem that quite a few iPhone and gmail users may be experiencing. It has something to do with gmail's captcha feature. What the hell is a captcha? It stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. You know those distorted word verification boxes with strange phrases that you have...

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Chinese Birthday Cake Take Two

Although I was satisfied with the génoise cake that I used as the base for my Chinese birthday cake, it was not exactly the cake that I was looking for. The génoise with the Chantilly cream and fresh strawberries was quite delicious but I was still on the search for the sponge-y cake found at Chinese...

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Chinese Sausage Fried Rice

I usually make a pot of jasmine rice every few days. As the rice starts to get a little old, I usually make fried rice or porridge. Fried rice is best made with old rice but I have on occasion made fried rice with freshly steamed rice. If that is the case I will cook the rice with slightly less water...

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Hokkaido Milk Loaf in the Bread Machine

I haven't cooked much since returning from Vegas. I made this bread the weekend before but haven't had a chance to blog about it. I used the same recipe for the taro bread I made a while back. I reduced it by 25% in order to make it "work" in my bread machine. I find that standard 2-loaf recipes...

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Bellagio's Mother's Day Buffet

I spent a long weekend in Vegas for my brother's fiancée's graduation. On our last evening in Vegas we went to the Bellagio buffet. Since it was mother's day, they had a special holiday buffet. The buffet was actually really good. They even had Chinese roast duck.They had two different kinds of...

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The BF’s Chorizo, Potatoes and Eggs

This dish is the bf’s favorite breakfast dish. He makes it all the time. He calls it “Chorizo, Potatoes and Eggs.” I asked if there was an official name. He said nope. We bought a pound of fresh chorizo at Sunflower Market the other day so he decided to be the chef on Saturday morning. I watched...

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Mango and Sticky Rice

The last time I had mango and sticky rice was when we all flew in the Bay Area for my little sister’s graduation. I flew from Denver to Oakland. My aunt and uncle flew from Denver to San Diego. Then they flew up to Oakland with my parents. During our trip we took a jaunt down to the Chinatown in...

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Homemade Hand Sanitizer (Antibacterial Hand Gel)

I was planning on blogging other recipes but in light of recent events, I decided this recipe was more suitable for the moment. Last Friday I decided to step up our office’s cleaning and disinfecting supplies. I volunteer to make occasional runs to the store to purchase cleaning supplies because our...

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Grandma's Homemade Soy Milk

Homemade soy milk was a rare treat for us because we lived in California and fresh soy milk can be purchased at almost every Asian grocery store in California. Even though fresh soy milk is very good, it does not compare to grandma's homemade soy milk. Fresh soy milk and homemade soy milk tastes nothing...

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