It’s almost spring & it certainly feels like it already. My friend Gowri, who’s vegan, came over for a visit today. I wanted to make her something yummy for merienda so I tried out this thumbprint cookie recipe. I substituted more pecans in place of the rolled oats as I only had 1/2 a cup left. [...]
My friend Ding (who recently moved to Amsterdam) shared this recipe with me a few months ago. I finally got around to making it so I jotted down the measurements, added a couple of ingredients & now I am sharing it with you. [ Ingredients ] – 2 beets, peeled with a vegetable peeler & sliced [...]
We love hummus! Our favorite kind to get is Asmar’s Extra Garlic Hommus which is a local brand here in the D.C. area. I always read the ingredients when we buy most anything and I noticed that hummus didn’t have that many so I thought I’d try making hummus at home & here is what [...]
When I went to visit the Philippines a couple of months ago, I was introduced to breakfast smoothies by our fabulous Subic Bay hosts Corey & Mona. They used romaine lettuce, spinach or kale & whatever fruit they had at hand. I’ve been hooked since! So (almost) everyday, O & I have smoothies for breakfast. [...]
No, not Creedence Clearwater Revival but Ms. Julie Yoder‘s yummy dish called “Cashew, Chick Pea, Rice”. I had the pleasure of tasting this dish at last Saturday’s Girls Rock! D.C. volunteer orientation. It’s super easy to make yet very satisfying. [ Ingredients ] – 3 cups cooked brown rice (J. Yo’s dish calls for 2 [...]
Happy new year! I’ve been craving my family’s chicken adobo but since O doesn’t eat meat, I thought I’d use the same ingredients but with tofu instead of chicken & voila! By the way, the cauliflower I used in this photo came from the farmers market. It looks a bit more yellow/orange but tastes the [...]
I got this recipe from my friend Dave (Happy Birthday!). He got the recipe from here except he adds chocolates & nuts to his version so I modified the recipe to how we make it at home. I made it a couple of times with chocolate soy milk & that was really yummy too. [ Ingredients [...]
We didn’t have much in the fridge except for almost wilted salad greens & green beans that day, neither of which I wanted to go to waste so I put together a cold pasta salad dish that came out really yummy. I didn’t get to measure any of this as I was just winging it. [...]
Last week, O told me he wanted to eat more garlic. I was looking through the pantry and found the bag of pasta from Trader Joe’s and decided to make a simple and garlicky pasta dish for us. [ Ingredients ] – 1 bag of Trader Joe’s vegetable radiatore pasta – 1 bulb of medium [...]
Got the idea from my friend Niki last year and finally made it myself. I think it would’ve been better if had a mandoline to slice those potatoes thinner. [ Ingredients ] - 3 cups all-purpose flour – 1 1/2 teaspoons salt – 3/4 teaspoon sugar – 1 3/4 cups cold water – vegetable oil, for [...]