Food
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Pecan Crusted Rainbow Trout
Today’s dinner menu is another seafood , we chose rainbow trout fish . It was basically pretty easy to make , just a little mess . Instead of using panko bread crumbs to make it crunchy , the recipe calls for pecan , which tastes pretty good . I also had the fish with warm quinoa salad with toasted almond . For the fish : 1.5 lbs of trout fish 1 eggs 1/4 cup of all purpose flour 1 tbsp. of lemon pepper 1 tsp. of garlic powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1 egg 1 cup of pecan , chopped 1. Mix the flour and lemon pepper , salt together .…
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Garlic Basil Shrimps and No Crust Apple Pie a la mode
Today , we had seafood and out choice of seafood is shrimp . This dish is very similar to Shrimp Scampi , minus the butter !! And not as lemony either . This is very quick fix dinner meals , in case you have to rush , or just don’t have enough time to cook something complicated . Super easy , healthy and delicious . It took me a while just because i had to thaw out the shrimp , i forgot to take it out from freezer , even that , didn’t take too long , shrimps is pretty quick to thaw , just use the water . The…
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Curry Chicken Salad
I love chicken salad , this one is the lighter version of the chicken salad . It was quite delicious , especially with the added red grapes and toasted almond .I used rottiserie chicken from the store , since it’s a lot quicker that way , but you can always roast your own chicken breast , if you have enough time for this . You need : 3 cups of chicken breast , diced 1 cup of halves red grapes 1/4 cup of toasted almond In a bowl mix : 1/2 cup of plain fat free yogurt 2 tbsp. of mayonaisse 1 tsp. curry powder salt and pepper Just toss…
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Grilled Peaches with cream
Yummy grilled peaches , so easy and delicious . I think it tastes really great even without the cream , but then again i am not a cream cheese person . 2 ripe peaches 2 tsp. canola oil 1 tbsp. of honey 4 oz cream cheese 1 tsp. lavender / rosemary 1 tsp. lemon juice Toss the peaches with honey and oil , heat up the grill to medium hot , and grill the peaches . Mix the cream ingredients and refrigerate for an hour . Once done grilling , refrigerate the peaches for an hour , and add the cream . Decorate with fresh mints .
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Roasted Salmon with Blueberry BBQ Sauce
Another healthy recipe for our dinner tonight , we bought wild caught salmon , since we read a lot of bad things about farm raised salmon . Basically farm raised salmon is not good , so do your best to find wild caught salmon , we’re lucky enough our grocery store carry wild caught salmon , although they’re quite expensive , but all seafood are expensive anyway .. So , this recipe was quite delicious , the blueberry BBQ sauce , to my surprise was quite easy and quick to make . And the fish doesn’t take long to be baked wither . I paired this fish with baked potatoes…
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Caprese Salad
For lunch i made this super easy , and refreshing salad , although i have to admit , it’s not my favourite , since i am not really a cheese person , and although this salad actually has fresh mozzarella cheese , i think i would do well without the cheese . But then again it wouldn’t have called caprese salad .. LOL .. All you have to do just slice 2-3 tomatoes , cucumbers , and fresh mozzarella , layered it on top of each other and made balsamic reduction . Balsamic reduction is only balsamic vinegar that’s been cooked for a little bit , until the amount of…
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Chicken Breast with herb seasoning
So, this is one of my attempt to cook something yummy yet it’s healthy and nutritious . In my mind cooking healthy could be boring , since you can’t use too much oil , you can’t deep fry – as we all know , anything deep fry is delicious – , you can’t use flour , you can’t basically .. do too much of anything , except bake , grill , sautee and poach . Today my first attempt is to do something with chicken breast , i thought , let’s make a paste , made from all the fresh herbs i grow in my garden . I decided to…
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Tomato Basil Bruschetta
I love this appetizer , i can snack on these things more than just 1 or 2 pieces . They’re absolutely delight to our eyes because of the red , green and white color , and deliciously yummy in our mouth . Not to mention it’s super easy and quick to make , this would be a great choice if you have a lot of guests , and a very good appetizer . I happen to grow basil in my garden , and during summer time , i love making bruschetta , use roma / plum tomatoes , freshly chopped basil , and voila .. you have a yummy appetizer…
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Classic Potato Salad
Potato salad is one of american classic get together food , it is also one of my favourite salad . I am not a potato person , meaning , i hardly eat any potatoes , and if you serve me baked potatoes or mashed potatoes , i probably wouldn’t even finish 1 serving , that’s how much i dislike or care less about potatoes . But if you serve me , yummy delicious tasty potato salad , oh .. i would not be able to stop eating them !! I hardly make any potato salad at home , just because it would only be me who eats them , my…
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Louisiana Seafood Gumbo
Nothing to say about this delicious seafood stew/soup . I’ve never had gumbo before , why i wanted to try this today .. i have no clue. I guess i just wanted to make something different .. And i am glad i tried it .Although the ingredients seem like so much , but actually , i have most of them in my pantry and if you cook often , i think you have most of the ingredients in here as well . The only thing i had to run to the store to buy was the king crab legs to get the yummy crab meat . You have no idea…
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Steamed Buns w/ beans fillings
When i used to live in Indonesia , we had this street vendor selling bakpao , or , steamed buns , that has so many different fillings , such as pork , chicken , or red beans or yellow beans . My favourite was always the yellow beans . Few days ago i learned to make the fillings for chinese pastry , or kue pia . And it reminds me of home .. and so , i thought last night .. why not trying it for the steamed buns . Although this is using lima beans .. it still tastes delicious , i am sure we can always use the…
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Summer salad w/ Basic Vinaigrette
Few days ago we had a get together with some friends , and she brought salad . And when we tasted it , it reminds me of acar timun , it’s almost like pickled cucumber back in indonesia , as a condiment when we eat fried rice of chinese noodle or anything you can think of . So i kinda thought .. why not putting together salad and used the basic vinaigrette , it probably will turn out to be like that . Although with basic vinaigrette, it needs vegetable oil , while acar timun in indonesia is only vinegar , sugar and salt. The two has the similar taste…
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Cheesecake
I’ve used this recipe few times , and i think it’s one of the best cheesecake recipe out there . I never failed making this , even the very first time making it few years ago . So , couple of nights ago , i was looking for something to do , it was a busy day but , for some reason i just wanted to keep going and going .. yes , it’s like that energizer bunny .. LOL . Originally i was going to make Chocolate Babka .. but then my son said , why not cheesecake . I thought .. sure , why not cheesecake ?? Got…
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Greek Lemon Rice Soup ( Avgolemono )
How to make Lemon Rice Soup , Avgolemono , greek soup
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Banana Bread
I have 3 overripe bananas , nobody likes eating overripe bananas . I hate to throw them away , i ended up making banana bread . Banana bread is one of those things that is super easy to make , basically you have all ingredients on hand . I usually make the banana bread the healthy way , no sour cream , nor buttermilk , no butter , just vegetable oil and other normal ingredients for banana bread . But this time , i used butter , and well .. there is one good thing in the ingredients , the greek yogurt . Result was amazingly light banana bread and…
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Lemon Garlic Roasted Chicken Breasts
I hate it when i have chicken breasts and i don’t know what to do with it . Most of the time , i don’t know what to do with chicken breast , because i prefer chicken thighs , dark meat to me has the best flavour , it’s a lot better than having to eat white meat . There goes .. the eating healthy thing . Obviously white meat is healthier than dark meat .. but anyway , today i had chicken breasts thawing and thinking and thinking what should i do with it . So here is lemon garlic roasted chicken breasts , which is super easy and…
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Grilled Plantain w/ Brown Sugar Rum Glazed
Ever since the farmer market opened this year , last april , i’ve been buying plantains a lot ! This time , i tried grilling it , since the weather is warming up , and instead of baking it like i did the past few times , i decided to have it grilled . Everybody said that frying it is good but trying to avoid more fatty stuff , we thought grilling is the best . Not only it’s healthier but it’s also brings out the best taste in it . Although this recipe below is not quite the healthiest choice , but if i had to eat it plain…
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Opera Cake
Opera cake is a french cake , and i should have left the french cake baking to the french . I just slaughtered the cake .. LOL , anyway , it took about 3.5 hours to make this cake , to think that it’s only 10 minutes of baking .. it’s kinda ridiculous , isn’t it ? Although , you can always make them days ahead , there are few steps that can be made ahead . The coffee syrup , and the coffee buttercream can always be made a day ahead . That would save your time tremendously . I would leave the ganache and the sponge cake on…
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Braised Chicken Thighs w/ Lime and Brown Sugar
I ran across a recipe online , and it gave ideas using limes and brown sugar . A little nervous in the beginning , i usually don’t use lime in chicken , lemons yes , but limes ? No , but i went along with it . It was pretty easy and simple ,i liked smoked paprika , so i made a mix of flour , smoked paprika and salt , and dredge the chicken on it . Braised them and finished cooking in the oven . The recipe is so easy and quick , not to mention it’s not that much of a mess that i had in my…
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Creole Style Shrimps w/ Jasmine Rice & Brussel Sprouts
This is super easy dish that will not take long at all to fix . I guess it’ll be a good week night meal . Didn’t take much ingredients either , but it has a great flavour . Would be great if you could get a jumbo shrimps , except around here , the jumbo shrimps here are too expensive , i ended up just getting the regular size shrimps . For the creole seasoning , i am sure you can make it yourself , google it , and should find how to make creole seasoning , but i didn’t make it myself , i used Cajun seasoning by Emeril…
