Fettuccine with Saffron Shrimp
on Nov 5, 2009 in Seafood Shrimps Pasta Western Dishes This is a really fabulous meal that not only fast to prepare but delicious. By the time you are done boiling the pasta the sauce is done. Doesn’t that sound like a plan for a tasty and sophisticated meal?Ingredients:½ box of fettuccine pasta½ pou...

Pumpkin Bread
on Nov 3, 2009 in Cakes Bread breakfast dessert Fall is here so it is time for pumpkin. I love pumpkin, either in savory dishes or sweet bread or muffins any time of the year. I got this recipe many years ago from Atlas Restaurant in New York (I am not sure if this restaurant is still around). We...

Spicy Turmeric Beef
on Nov 1, 2009 in Meat Asian Dishes Beef Turmeric is one of my favorite spices to use. Besides many health benefits, including anti-inflammatory properties, it makes food taste good and I love the yellow hue it gives a dish. I used it a lot when I cook our Malaysian dishes. One of the dishe...

French Apple Tart
on Oct 29, 2009 in Pastries Pie Tarts dessert I have so many apples in my fruits compartment and they are all getting wrinkly and drying up. I have to find a quick way to use it up before it goes bad. I made this very simple French Apple Tarts using Ina Garten recipe. As usual her recipe never f...

Salted Egg Yolk Tofu
on Oct 26, 2009 in Asian Dishes tofu The first time I tried this dish was when I went back to Malaysia early this year. Cooking with salted egg yolk is very popular at the restaurant there. They will cook crab, prawns and also chicken in it. For today I am trying to re-creates this dish...

Yam/Taro Rice
on Oct 25, 2009 in Rice Asian Dishes I still have half of the yam left the other day from my Taro meatballs. So I decided to make some Yam Rice. I like this type of quick and easy all in one dish meal as you don’t really need to cook anything else. All you have to do is make a simple...

Asian Potstickers/Dumplings
on Oct 21, 2009 in Asian Snacks Appetizers Asian Dishes Potstickers is a Chinese dumpling, typically consist of a ground meat and/or vegetable filling wrapped into a thinly rolled piece of dough, which is then sealed by pressing the edges together or by crimping. You can just buy the wrappers now from mos...

Oatmeal Raisin Cranberry Cookies
on Oct 18, 2009 in Cookies dessert I’ve made tons of Oatmeal cookies in my baking life but I can’t seems to get the right taste, the crunch or flavor the way I like it. I’ve been tweaking around with this recipe for sometime and I finally got it right. This will be my ultimate O...

Wanton Soup
on Oct 15, 2009 in Soup Asian Dishes We are having some cold winter blast for the past few days’ and man, it can get pretty cold. What can be better than slurping up a bowl of warm and comforting delicious wanton soup. This is a simple, light 'Chinese dumpling' classic that can be fou...

Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake
on Oct 13, 2009 in Cakes dessert During summer blueberries is really cheap and I freezes a lot of it so that I can use it anytime I want to. For today I bake a pound cake using some of it and this pound cake is soft, moist and not too sweet. This cake is great for entertaining or si...