Chicken and Potato

On days when I feel like an easy home cooked meal, I make chicken and potato with a honey garlic soy sauce. This dish is quick and easy to make after a long day at work. Begin with a chopping up half a sweet onion. Sauté the onion on medium low heat. Add two slices…

Summer Salad featuring PopUpMeal.com

PopUpMeal is a wonderful website which helps chefs share their food passions with the community.  It offers great resources to help launch a pop-up restaurant and tips on how to run your business.  The blog has many interesting articles, such as “how to handle bad restaurant service” to “farmer market scams” and a new series…

Chinese Chayote Soup

Chinese soup is a tradition during dinner. They were always a staple in my house growing up and every time I would go over to my grandparent’s house, they would have a pot of soup boiling away. Many soups have beneficial qualities to them and every family has a unique twist to their traditional soup….

Beef Noodle Soup

Noodle cravings! Noodles Noodles Noodles!  I love noodles! I love thin noodles and thick rice noodles.  Here is my take on one of my favorite noodle dishes, beef ho fun noodles.  It is pretty simple to make but does take a long time to cook. You will need onion, garlic, ginger, daikon (I used green…

Eggs in a Basket

This is a quick and elegant way to start the morning.  All you need is some bread and eggs. Begin by creating your “nest”. Do this by either taking a circular cookie cutter or a inverted drinking glass. You want to make sure the circle has enough crust to keep its shape.  The next step…

Easy Microwave Cooking: Chee Cheong Fun, Steamed Rice Noodles

One of my favorite chinese dishes is steamed shrimp chee cheong fun, but I only get it when I go to dim sum.  The noodles are silky and there are always a variety of yummy fillings.  Some fillings you can find at dim sum restaurants are mushrooms, beef and Chinese doughnuts. But I am sure…

Homemade Basic Hot Sauce

This year I wanted to try making hot sauce for friends and family. Something similar to Tabasco or Franks Red Hot.  Both of those hot sauces are fermented. I have made cultured food before: cultured pickles, kimchi, and cultured beets. This recipe is very similar to the cultured beets and just as easy. Start with…

Eat like a College Student

The good old can of Chef Boyardee.  How can you go wrong?  It is an easy go to meal for those busy people or those on a budget.  I will teach you how to cook it and spice it up for your guests. First open the can and dump it into a sauce pan.  Turn…