Sweet Potato Wedges

October 19, 2011

Yesterday a good friend of mine pointed out the fact that my regular What’s Cooking Wednesday post was MIA last week. You know what my first thought was? Instead of feeling guilty about skipping a week, I felt like pumping my fist in the hear and shouting “Yes!!! Someone actually reads my blog!”. Thanks T [...]

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How to Make Cinnamon Vanilla Bean Gelato

August 17, 2011

What’s Cooking Wednesday Despite the rich texture, Italian Gelato is not a cream based dessert. Instead, gelato is made with a whole milk custard base without any fillers such as egg whites or cream. I’ve been tinkering with different combinations of egg yolks, milk and sugar for the last couple of weeks. Finally, I have [...]

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The Best Banana Bread Recipe

August 2, 2011

What’s Cooking Wednesday Hello and welcome to my weekly column about what’s cooking in the family kitchen. If you just discovered my blog, then it’s most likely because you were searching for a banana cake recipe. Banana chocolate chip cake to be exact. How do I know that you’re searching for a banana cake recipe? [...]

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Spaghetti and Meatballs

July 27, 2011

What’s Cooking Wednesday I was aiming to write a non food related post this week. What started off as a project blog has turned into nothing but a weekly recipe book. Although I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen and sharing my results with you, I would really like to focus on my projects again. Since [...]

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What’s Cooking Wednesday - Quinoa and Sprouted Bean Pilaf

July 13, 2011

Being Asian, we tend to eat a lot of rice and sometimes it gets a little boring. My kids love white rice, especially the oldest . If she had her way, we would be eating plain white rice with a dash of soya sauce for breakfast, lunch and dinner! She’s not too happy about my [...]

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What’s Cooking Wednesday - Vanilla Bean Gelato

July 6, 2011

Ice cream maker? Check. Gelato recipe? Check. Ingrediants? Check. Let the gelato/ice cream making adventures begin! As with any project, I’m throwing myself entirely into creating the perfect scoop of frozen dessert. Before trying any exotic flavours, I thought it would be best to hone my skills by sticking with a basic vanilla bean gelato. [...]

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What’s Cooking Wednesday - Braised Ribs

June 29, 2011

Cooking meat is not my forte. I still feel like a beginner when it comes to cooking times and different techniques. This week I decided to step out of my comfort zone of tried and true dinner staples and attempt to make a new dish - pork back ribs. I’m happy to report that after [...]

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What’s Cooking Wednesday - Baked Skinless Chicken Legs

June 22, 2011

Last week I had the opportunity to pick up a stand alone automatic ice cream maker on sale. I passed and of course the weather finally warms up and I’m thinking a fruity gelato would have been the perfect ending to my meal. Gelato or not, these baked skinless chicken legs are always a hit [...]

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What’s Cooking Wednesday - Mango Ice Cream

June 15, 2011

Since mentioning my new found interest in gelato making, I have been craving something cold and mango. No, I did not go out and purchase a new kitchen gadget dedicated to making ice cream or gelato (although I would like to). After some brief research, I did manage to uncover a simple way of making [...]

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What’s Cooking Wednesday - Double Chocolate Biscotti

May 25, 2011

If you haven’t already noticed, I love Canadian Living Recipes. I also love to bake. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise that this week’s “What’s Cooking Wednesday” feature is Double Chocolate Biscotti by Canadian Living. Biscotti is actually very easy to make. A batch of these twice baked Italian cookies will impress any [...]

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