K Lee

Chinese Tomato and Egg Dinner

Today, I felt like making a Chinese egg and tomato dish. This was something that my grandparents would make and we would serve it on rice. You start with a tablespoon of corn starch and 2 tablespoons of warm water. Mix these together and set aside. Take 6 eggs and give them a nice beating…

Mandu – Korean Dumplings

Cooking and baking can be tedious tasks. Especially when you do them alone. Spice them up and have cooking parties!! Friends make all the difference in the world. This time we decided to make mandu or Korean dumplings. They can be fried or broiled and contain meat, tofu, green onions, garlic and ginger. Mandu are…

Two Takes on Lasagna!

Lasagna can be a tedious meal. Usually involving making tomato sauce, cooking ground meat, pre-cooking noodles, assembling and then baking for about an hour. After all that the results are so rewarding. Its a warm comfort food full of delicious flavours. I’ll show you two ways to make lasagna! To create a home made traditional…

Smiley Face Pancakes with Cranberry Sauce!

Everyone is familiar with getting cranberries from cans or from jars but having fresh cranberries is such a treat. Fresh cranberries are tart and spongy. They need to be cooked down with a bit of sugar to get them sweet. I decided to experiment and make some fresh cranberry sauce for my sour dough pancakes….

Monkey Bread! Not just for monkeys

Have you ever wanted a fun way for people to eat food?? Try monkey bread!! Parties and gatherings won’t be the same with this. People can grab a piece and go. To substitute buttermilk, I used plain yogurt and milk. Mix the yogurt and milk until it becomes a buttermilk consistency. In a sauce pan, put…

How to Extract Bee Puke (Honey)

Honey is such a wonderful natural source of sweetness. It has antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. When you eat local honey it is known to decrease your pollen allergies and honey is also one of the only foods that is known to last for more than 2000 years!! You can’t go wrong with getting more…

Homemade Granola

Making homemade granola is a lot easier than you think. Its so easy that you will never buy granola in stores. I also love how versatile it can be. A basic granola recipe starts off with vegetable oil, honey, maple syrup and oats. I used roughly 1/4 cup vegetable oil, 1/4 cup honey and 1/4…

Watermelon and Feta

My summer obsession involves watermelon and feta. Who would have known that these two things work so well with each other?! Sweet and salty unexpectedly goes well with each other. Things like apple and cheese, chocolate and pretzels and of course watermelon and feta. Who would have known! There are tons of variations of watermelon salads…

I Heart Canada!!

Its nice to celebrate the country you live by hanging out with friends, eating good food and of course celebrating the colours of the flag. My friends decided to celebrate by making red and white food. It was hard to come up with a decent meal that didn’t consist of ketchup and vanilla ice cream….

Sour Dough Crackers

I hate wasting sourdough starter so I started looking up recipes that would use discarded sourdough, or the sourdough starter that you throw away if you haven’t used it. This is an easy and great recipe for those that have too much discarded sourdough. The nice thing with these crackers is the variety of ingredients…