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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The simplest , easiest , pasta dish ever !! You’d be surprised , there are only 3 main ingredients in this delicious dish . Sometimes , the simplest meal is the most delicious one . As long as you have extra virgin olive oil , garlic and red pepper flakes , i think you should be set to make this yummy dish . Oh not to forget salt , and pepper if you like . I think this will be good for summer , where you don’t want anything heavy , something light yet delicious .. You will need : 1 lb of spaghetti ( al dente , cook according…

Another superb recipe from Jamie Oliver , not only it’s delicious , it’s super easy and quick !! From the start until i finish my dishes , it only took me 45 minutes total . And surprisingly there is no garlic or onion in this pasta dish , but it tastes great !! I have nothing else to say , just try it !! You need : 2 tsp. fennel seed 2-3 chili pepper , i used thai chili In a pestle or mortar , mash these together really good , set aside . 1 lbs of good quality italian sausage , remove from casing olive oil about a glass…

Another great recipe from Jamie Oliver , this one was also super easy , but not too quick to make . Unless you’re making it with boneless chicken . You have to be really careful when baking / cooking chicken breasts , because a lot of people tend to overcook it , and ends up with dry chicken breast . This is one of the reason i’ve never liked chicken breasts , until i found out how to really cook it right , not overcook it !! Anyway , i used chicken breasts with bone in this recipe , i removed the skin , and the rest was just so…

Don’t ask me why it’s called saturday afternoon pasta , this recipe was adapted from Jamie Oliver’s cook book . Wasn’t sure at first since i never really had tuna pasta that has cinnamon in the ingredients . I never used cinnamon for cooking , i usually use cinnamon for baking . Period ! But , i am glad i tried this dish though , it’s super easy , did not take long at all to make , and it turns out pretty delicious .Jamie was right though , that you have to use the good quality of tuna . I tried to get the white albacore tuna in oil…

When we make pizza , we usually make the pizza with full topping , like the works or some place , calls it , supreme . But tonight , i thought i should try making the authentic pizza margherita , I decided to make 2 kinds of pizzas tonight , since , obviously , Jay would not want pizza with only fresh mozzarella and basil as its topping . And Nick probably wouldn’t like it either . It’s light and it’s not as filling as the works or the supreme . So , i made my own pizza sauce earlier during the day and then made my pizza dough this…

This has become of our favorite dish too . This morning i decided to make this sweet and crispy korean fried chicken . They’re easy to make , except it takes time to deep fry them . And plus you have re-fry them again to guarantee the crispiness of the chicken . Other than that , it’s pretty easy and delicious . The sliced ginger in the sauce turns out to be like a candy by the time the sauce is caramelized . Make sure do not over cook the sauce , or else the sauce not only caramelized , but it’ll get tough and break your teeth LOL ..…

When i was younger this was my favourite meal , it’s some kind of soup . I remember usually after school , coming home and i asked her , what’s for lunch , and when she told me it’s ” baikut sayur asin ” i was so happy , it’s my favourite meal !! Eventually after i got married , for a while i was having problems finding the vegetables that goes in this soup . It’s sour mustard , i think it’s like pickled mustard ( not too sure about this part ) , but you cannot use mustard only . It has to be sour mustard , mustard…