I cook, save where I can, and try to live life to the fullest. Along the way, I hope to share some information that I hope others find helpful or at least, entertaining.
Having company and looking for a no-fuss meal? Bring out the slow cooker and make pulled-pork tacos! Plus, it’s great entertaining food as guests make their own tacos.
Recipe Serves 15
Ingredients
1 bone-in pork roast (3 pounds)
Salt & Pepper
Combine in small bowl:
3 15 oz cans tomato sauce
1 large onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced [...]
I recently discovered the wonders of a slow cooker. The only thing I can complain about is that I didn’t discover it sooner. It’s so simple to use and no, your house will not burn down. Toss all the ingredients into the slow cooker and then simply set it on low in the morning. Walk [...]
Prepared fish sauce is the Vietnamese equivalent of ketchup. We use fish sauce for many Vietnamese dishes: Vietnamese crepe, spring roll, egg roll, vermicelli with grilled pork, and so on.
It’s a simple sauce to make. However, I can never get the right ratio of ingredients. Too much of one ingredient can throw the flavor [...]
It’s that time of year again! No, not the holidays. It’s crab season! I have searched high and low for the best price for live crab in the Bay Area, and the cheapest has been $2.99/lb this year. That means I’ll be eating crab for some time until that price starts etching upward again.
Here’s my [...]
Making a delicious meal doesn’t have to be difficult and time-consuming. Now with two kids in tow, I don’t have much time to slave away in the kitchen, but with a little planning, I was able to get this delicious dinner on the table in minutes.
Burger Meat:
Ground beef with a dash of steak seasoning, [...]
Today we are making Dragon Rolls! Why is it called a Dragon Roll? Well, because it looks like a dragon! The sliced avocado and barbecued eel on the outside of the role resemble the scales of a dragon. Place some red flying fish roe on top and you got yourself a fiery dragon. If you [...]
Are you invited to a BBQ this weekend and not sure what to bring? Well, here’s a very simple recipe for pasta shells with grilled sweet corn, roasted bell peppers and my all-time-favorite-go-to-meal-when-I-don’t-feel-like-cooking, Spam!
No fuss. No refrigeration. Best of all, sweet corn is in season so it’s super cheap to make. I got my [...]
When I met my husband in our early dating days, I tried to impress him with my baking skills…or lack thereof. My first baking project was chocolate chip cookies…from scratch! I figured since everything will be going in the batter, why not just skip reading the recipe, go down the list of ingredients and toss [...]
One of my fondest memories of childhood is running around in our backyard garden. My mom used to grow what we call in Vietnamese Bac Ha, a taro steam leafy vegetable that grew as tall as me. It was incredibly fun walking through a patch of Bach Ha and pretending it was a forest…and undoubtedly, [...]
I bought a jar of capers from Costco. I will be eating capers for the next 10 years. So here’s a simple dish that involves capers that my sister and I made the other night: Chicken Piccata.
What You Will Need:
2 large lemons
6 boneless skinless chicken breasts; pounded thin
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
2 large minced [...]