Hibiscus Taco and Agua de Jamaica

This is another recipe inspired by our trip to Mexico. Although we didn’t have this during our trip, this recipe caught my attention when I was looking up some Mexican recipes. I found these dried hibiscus flowers at a local supermarket. To make these hibiscus tacos, you need to rinse hibiscus flowers to make sure…

Milk Bread

There have been so many low carb/gluten free recipes out there that I needed to try some. I am sure something new and hey maybe I will actually like some of these recipes. I came across this recipe from Katy from One Day One Recipe that I follow on youtube. She say it is like…

Sour Ginger Candy

I have been searching for a recipe for the ginger candy that is similar to the Chinese ginger that you can buy from those herbal stores. You know those tiny red ones that are a little sour and sweet and makes your tongue and fingers red. Well, I decided to just look at the ingredients…

Summer Drinks

Summer has gone by in a blink of an eye. It has been a busy summer but a relaxing one. It was also a time to try some nice refreshing summer drinks. I made a post many years ago about Tonic and coffee. It wasn’t my favorite drink but I had to try again. This…

Pickle Lemonade

It is the middle of summer and it is really getting hot. My son wanted to make a lemonade stand and of course I started looking up weird lemonade flavors. I came across this pickle lemonade. There were so many recipes for it not just one, so I had to try it. I decided to…

Shin Ramen Cold Noodles

This summer I am trying out some interesting cold dishes. This recipe has been on my mind for a while. Yes its because I love ramen but also because it uses Sprite. This recipe is simple and is a great side dish or snack. It isn’t too sweet and does have an interesting flavor. You…

Matcha Brownies

Recently my son has been into matcha. It started with the matcha frappe from starbucks and now he likes anything matcha flavored. We looked up some recipes to try out and we ran into this matcha Brownie recipe. This is a simple yet delicious recipe. You will need white chocolate, butter, eggs, vanilla, sugar, brown…

Red Lentil Tofu

I have been trying different types of protein with my diet as I realized how little protein I actually eat. I think lentil is an easy way to do this as it is very versatile and easy to store dried. I have tried making tofu from chickpeas before and now I am trying to make…

Mung Bean Starch Noodles

This has been a recipe that I wanted to try for a long time. I finally was able to find some mung bean starch at my local Asian market. If you have hard time finding it, it might be called amylum. There are also recipes to make your own starch if you are daring enough…

S’mores Brownie

I hope everyone knows what a s’mores is. As kids we used to make them. Now as a parent, we make them with our son whenever we want a sweet treat. Roasted marshmallows are amazing and it always brings back memories of camping. When the weather is not great, we always tried to toast marshmallows…