Everyone likes to eat, right? So let’s create some tasty treats! Anything related to food can be found here, whether it’s a finger-licking good dessert or a savory main course. Baking, frying, sauteing, mixing, oh my!
Call me crazy, but I actually don’t like pepperoni pizza, or even pepperoni itself. My first ever post on this website was about making homemade pizza from scratch. So when I saw someone making pizza waffles with pepperoni, I knew I had to make them my way. These aren’t the simple pizza waffles – these are sophisticated, and can be tailored to whatever ingredients you like. Continue reading “Sophisticated Pizza Waffles”
I got a mandoline slicer a while back and really wanted to try to do something fancy with it. I have seen flowers made out of fruit, so I figured that would be a great first step. I don’t really like the standard hyper sweet cakes, so I decided to make a fruity cake that was more naturally sweet. Continue reading “Fruit Flower Cake”
We used to buy frozen fried rice at the store and eat it on days when I didn’t feel like cooking, usually reserved for the weekends. I never liked the long list of ingredients and the junk they put in there, but it was just soooo good. One day, I inherited a large box of rice from a work lunch where Qdoba was served. The rice was a bit stale and not so great after a few days, so I decided to try to make my own fried rice to breathe new life into it. It worked out perfectly, and the end result was also perfect for freezing, so I always made large portions and froze it in individual packets to give us the same unfreeze-and-heat convenience, but without the nasty additives. Continue reading “Homemade Fried Rice”
What is ice cream bread, you say? It’s bread made from ice cream. Literally. This insanely easy recipe that I found inspired me to use up old ice cream that was otherwise not being eaten and make a creative dessert. I asked my mom if she had any ice cream that was taking up a lot of room but maybe wasn’t so great on its own, and she gave me this Dutch Chocolate one that was perfect. Continue reading “Chocolate Ice Cream Cupcakes”
I saw a recipe once of pizza pockets, but they were made with just pepperoni and cheese, which I don’t like. So I decided to make my own pizza pockets (also called calzones), but with better ingredients. I used wheat flour for the dough and spruced up the insides. Then we grabbed the calzones and ate them at a picnic on the beach. Continue reading “Mini Grab-and-go Calzones”
I don’t remember how I got the idea to stuff eggplants, but I just wanted to try something creative with eggplants. I haven’t cooked with them in a while, so I was looking for something new. Add to that the requirement that it should be fairly easy to make, and the stuffed eggplant was born. Continue reading “Stuffed Eggplants”
This cheesy rice came into existence after I inherited some white queso that my mom didn’t know what to do with. I never cooked with queso before either, so I had no idea how it would turn out, but it seemed like the best pairing would be rice. Of course, some veggies need to be thrown in and the delicate nature of white queso called for a delicate protein – shrimp. And this super simple dish made on a busy weeknight turned out to be a big hit. Continue reading “Cheesy Rice with Shrimp”
I came up with this during my first attempt to make risotto. I read that it has to be simmered slowly in a shallow pan, adding liquid every so often and stirring, so that was the basis of this dish. I also read somewhere about poaching in white wine, so I decided to use the same wine for the salmon and the risotto, using wine and water instead of broth. Continue reading “Poached Salmon and Spinach Risotto”
My favorite breakfast food on the weekends is scrambled eggs, but not the kind with bacon and sausage that you might get at a restaurant. I am talking about fancy scrambled eggs with all kinds of appetizing mix-ins. I love putting all kinds of vegetables and greens into this breakfast, and one of my favorite additions ever is potatoes – the kind that was boiled or baked the night before (or even microwaved that morning), cut into little pieces, and turned golden on the pan next to the eggs. Continue reading “Fancy Scrambled Eggs”
These little guys were my first experiment with a muffin tin that I finally bought myself. I have been wanting to get one for a while and always had a hard time justifying the purchase because I can do without it, but seeing so many cooking ideas lately that use muffin tins for main courses finally convinced me. So I decided to try something new. Continue reading “Salmon Potato Cakes”