Easy English Crumpets Recipe

easy English Crumpet

This English Crumpet recipe is simple and easy. If you like Chinese Doughnut or Cakwe , you probably like this delicious English Crumpets. As it was named "English Crumpets", this soft and spongy "pancake" originally come from Victorian Era. Usually, people eat with Orange Marmalade or Orange Jam.

Egg Tofu with Mixed Vegetables

sapo tahu 

Egg Tofu with mixed vegetables is one of Chinese Indonesian Cuisines that I love. In Indonesia, we call it Sapo Tahu. But I think, people here may know it as egg tofu or soft tofu with mixed vegetables. No matter what we call it, the taste of Sapo Tofu is delicious and can be your one of variety dishes today.

Stir-fry Chicken With Garlic Scapes

garlic scapes

First time I ate Garlic Scapes was in Chinese Restaurant in Toronto.  It was delicious, especially when it is cooked with chicken or beef.  Garlic scapes is a plant stalk which grows from a bulb of Garlic. The young Garlic scapes is crunchy like Asparagus.

Hand Pies : Chicken with cheese and Prosciutto

Hand Pies Chicken

I like snacking. And this Chicken pie is perfect for afternoon snack.  I filled the pies with chicken, Cheese and Prosciutto. I did not make the wrap/pastries but using butter pastry or puff pastry in grocery store. This Chicken Pie is easy to make and not time-consuming.  And the taste is delicious, for sure. Let's make it!

Fried Dumplings : Gyoza Wotie

Gyoza

Fried Dumplings recipes have some varieties like Gyoza or Wotie or Kuotie in Chinese dishes.  This time, I made Gyoza with packed wrapper. For snacking, you can pan-fry the Gyoza and crave the dishes with chili sauce or soy sauce like in Sushi or Sashimi soy sauce.

Simple General Tao's Chicken's Recipe

General Tao Chicken

I made this General Tao's Chicken from left-over roasted chicken from Costco.  If you had left-over roasted chicken, do not throw them.  Especially when you had fed up eating them for the whole week.  You can make this General Tao Chicken.  Making General Tao Chicken is a bit tricky.

Sweet Soy Chicken with Lemon Juice

Sweet Soy Chicken

One of Chicken Recipe that I made was Sweet Soy Chicken.  I made this Sweet Soy Chicken when I got no idea to cook. I had Chicken thighs with bones, Onions and some left-over Lemon. This Sweet Soy Chicken is delicious and simple to make. This sweet soy Chicken is easy to make. Let's try it!

Stir-Fry Cabbage with Red Pepper

Stir Fry Napa Cabbage

Today, I cooked stir-fry Cabbage with Red Pepper.  And I used Napa Cabbage.  Napa Cabbage is also know as Chinese Cabbage, Peking Cabbage or Celery Cabbage.  The texture of Napa is soft for its leaves with crunchy part at the bottom.  Napa Cabbage is rich in Vitamin A, C, K and antioxidants as well as less calories.

Sauteed Green Bean with Dried Shrimp

Sauteed Green Bean
with Dried Shrimp

This Green Bean recipe is simple and delicious. Once, I bought Sauteed Green Bean in Chinese Restaurant. And it was so delicious and crunchy with a special taste. I tried it at home, but the Sauteed Green Bean's taste was different. After some trials, now I know the secret! It was the dried shrimp that enrich the taste!

Delicious Spaghetti Recipe With Fresh Tomato Sauce

Simple Spaghetti 

I made this delicious Spaghetti with fresh tomato sauce.  The reason is simple, ground beef is on sale (again) as well as Hothouse Tomatoes which is the best in its class (cmiiw). Besides, making Spaghetti is very easy and does not take much time.

Wonton Soup Recipe Like Chinese Restaurant

how to make wonton soup

Wonton soup is easy to make. It can be made as soup or appetizer as side dishes. The crispy texture of Wonton wrap is so light and "dry", not too oily.  In my opinion -correct me if I am wrong- almost everybody loves Wonton soup.   For Fried Wonton, I have put the recipe in another page (read: Fried Wonton recipe).  

Simple Meatloaf Recipe

Simple Meatloaf Recipe

Today I made Simple Meatloaf. And the reason for making Meatloaf,  because I was so lazy, and moreover, the lean ground beef are on sale. Meatloaf is super easy to make. While some recipes use packed Meatloaf's spices, this Meatloaf recipe, I only used Salt, Pepper, Soy Sauce and BBQ Sauce.

Easy Egg Drop Soup with Miso

Egg Drop Soup

Egg Drop Soup is one of simple soup varieties.  If you have left-over chicken broth (after making chicken broth or steamed chicken), you can use the chicken broth for making this easy Egg Drop Soup.

Delicious Lasagna With Real Tomatoes

Delicious Lasagna

Today, I made this delicious Lasagna. Italian Foods including Lasagna, Spaghetti, or other pasta(s) are my choice when I run out of ideas of what to cook today. Lasagna is easy to make, not using too many spices, and of course it is delicious.

Fried Wonton : Pangsit Goreng

Fried Wonton

Today I made Fried Wonton or Pangsit Goreng as one of our side dishes. Making Fried Wonton is not so complicated. The only problem is how to wrap/fold the ingredients with the Wonton wrap.  But, don't worry, it's just simple!

Japanese Egg Tofu with Shrimps

Egg Tofu with Shrimp

Japanese Egg Tofu with Shrimps is another fast dish that I used to make when I got stuck with the idea of daily cooking. It is very simple because only use garlic, and only needs 20 minutes time to prepare this delicious dish.

Tasty Chicken Souvlaki : Chicken Skewers Or Chicken Satay

Chicken Satay

In Indonesia, we call it Sate Ayam, in Canada I used to hear people call it  Chicken Satay or Chicken Skewers and when visiting Greek Festival, I heard people called them as Chicken Souvlaki. Well, whatever the name(s) is,  Chicken Souvlaki or Chicken Skewers or Chicken Satay, taste delicious.

Healthy Snacks Recipes

Mixed Nuts

Healthy Snacks  :

Do you know that healthy choices for snacking time are Beans and Peanuts?

They are not only rich in fibers, but also good for your tooth's plaque compared to carbohydrate's snacks like chips.

Potato Mushroom Cheese Pierogies And Sauteed Asparagus

Pierogies and sauteed asparagus

Simple Pierogies recipe:

This simple Potato Mushroom Cheese Pirogies and fresh sauteed Asparagus was my choice for one fine evening home-made-dinner.  I did not make this Pierogies, but I bought it in Costco.

Japanese Egg Tofu Recipe with Bean Sprout

Japanese Egg Tofu with Bean Sprout

One of simple Egg Tofu recipe is Japanese Egg Tofu with Bean Sprout. It is fast-fried dish, very easy to make and off course, delicious. It only use simple ingredients such as Bean Sprout, Shallots or Onion, Red Pepper and Japanese Egg Tofu. If you like, you can add Tomato for a bit of sour taste.