Living in the south give us the advantage of having fresh vegetables almost all year round , not to mention it’s cheap ! Back when we were living up north , we could only do this during spring and summer , where we got to buy from farmer’s market at a great price . During winter time , it’ll be too expensive and the vegetables wouldn’t be as good as when they’re in season . So , given that , we decided to make fresh veggies soup tonight , and it has all the yummy vegetables in it ,and it’s so easy to make too . Preparation doesn’t take that…

Tonight i made meat gumbo for my family , we had gumbo before , but it was seafood , it was good too . This was a little different , although they both have great taste . I like gumbo , and we serve it with rice . Used chicken , and andouille sausage , and the holy trinity , which is onion , celery and green pepper . I guess those three is a must in gumbo making !! You need : 1 lb of andouille sausage, sliced about 1/2 inch thick 4-5 boneless chicken thighs 1 cup of all purpose flour 1/2 cup of vegetable oil 2 cups…

We never made a home made fish and chips , we usually just bought frozen fish and fries .. LOL , but this time , i don’t know what comes to my mind , i put fish and chips on my menu . My husband was thrilled and said let’s just make it tonight , right after we did the grocery shopping . I ended up using tilapia , any other kind of fish would be okay to use , as long as it’s white , such as cod fish , or halibut . The tilapia that i used was pretty good though . While i made the fish ,…

This is another korean dish , it’s delicious and healthy ! All the vegetables and food source of protein , what more you could ask ? To my surprised i actually enjoy this dish better than the soft tofu stew , in my opinion , this has the oomph factor compared to the other kind of soup . I like both of them but i prefer this better . All you need is just basic vegetables , most household should have this such as potatoes , onion , garlic .. etc .. You need : 1 potato 1 zucchini 1 onion about 5 fresh shiitake mushroom 10 dried anchovy 1/4…

Crawfish , i call these little water bugs , yes they’re bugs , i call them miniature lobster LOL . They look exactly like lobster ! Me and my family never had crawfish before . I think it’s a southern thing , mostly Lousiana . Now that we’re in Texas , we see it every weekend the local grocery store , always have live crawfish for sale . Not only that , there are plenty of restaurant down here that serve crawfish . Every weekend that we see live crawfish for sale , people are buying it . They also have a stand in front of the grocery store where…

Or in Korean , you can call it Bibimbap . In my opinion , Bibimbap needs a little work , chopping , slicing , etc . And cooking them separately , but i think it really worth the time . It is delicious , and not only that , it’s very healthy too , since it has lots of vegetables and you can always pick the protein of your choice , fish , beef , chicken , pork or even just egg . One thing you need for sure is the hot pepper paste . I don’t think you can find this in regular grocer , you have to get…

Ever been to one of those chain restaurant that serves breakfast all day ? Yeah , like Cracker Barrel , Ihop , those kind of places , those places do serve a really yummy fluffy pancakes . I usually make banana pancakes , but on the days i don’t have bananas on hand , i just make regular pancakes . This recipe below is for fluffy pancakes , they’re really good . But they do soak up the syrup , just don’t flood your pancakes with syrup though 🙂 You need : 3/4 cup of milk 2 tbsp. of white vinegar Mix these together to make buttermilk , or just…

I found this recipe online , and after some alteration , i thought this stew was really delicious . Not to mention it’s easy and quick with the rotisserie chicken . If you feel like it , you can always roast the chicken yourself instead of buying the rotisserie chicken from the store . I think the rotisserie chicken from the store really helps a lot when you don’t have much time , this is a great dish for weekdays . As far as the ingredients , basically you have everything on hand , nothing that is out of ordinary . The only spices i used here is cumin ,…

When i was younger , i remember that my mom loved making this for my breakfast . Eggs are healthy , you can either make sunny side eggs , scrambled eggs ,omelette or hard boiled and soft boiled eggs . I hardly had hard boiled eggs , i don’t know why , but i guess my mom thinks it wasn’t the yummiest to eat it alone . My husband loves hard boiled eggs , the only bad thing about hard boiled eggs , you have to add at least butter / margarine on top , to make it yummy and sprinkle a little salt . While soft boiled eggs ,…

When i was younger , we used to live in a street where a lot of street vendor would pass by and making noises so that all the neighbourhood would be aware of them , well they’re trying to sell their product , right ? Those street vendors include people who sells meatball ( bakso ) , also people who sell chicken satay ( sate ayam ) , rujak ( fruit salad with peanut sauce ) , angsle and ronde ( rice balls with peanut fillings and ginger syrup ) . You will never be hungry if you live in Indonesia .. these men were always out there on the…

Chicken porridge is something that i ate a lot when i was younger . On the days that i was sick , my mom would make me chicken porridge , sometimes we also had chicken porridge from the street vendor too just because we feel like eating chicken porridge . They’re delicious , usually they have few condiments served with the chicken porridge , like cakwe ( it’s like a chinese donuts , the texture is almost like french crueller ) and then green onions , fried onions , hard boiled eggs , and of course the chicken itself , with soy sauce on the side . My version of…