Meat/Poultry

2011 Chinese New Year Dinner

February 13, 2011

Chinese New Year this year was a pretty busy one because we had a couple of gatherings with friends to celebrate. It has been really hard to celebrate here on the actual day because we do not get a holiday like in the Asian countries. Instead we celebrated on the weekends and indeed we feasted! [...]

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Rice Dumpling (Bak Zhang or Jung)

June 28, 2010

Dumpling festival was 2 weeks ago and I am finally posting my photos. sigh….when will I ever get back on track. Oh well, I guess I will accept the fact that as much as I like blogging, it will always take a backseat after the family. What about you? How do you balance family and [...]

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French Dip

June 7, 2010

It’s the last week of school and my baby graduates kindergarten this Friday!! It’s a bittersweet moment because on one hand, I am glad that school is over but on the other hand, I can’t believe that she will be going to first grade in September!! She’s all grown up. Anyway, back to the topic [...]

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Lettuce Wrap

May 21, 2010

Somedays especially the weekends when the family wants just a light dinner, we usually end up making lettuce wrap. The good thing about homemade lettuce wrap is that you can add as much vegetables or meat as you like. For us, it is usually chicken with lots of vegetables like carrots, celery, mushroom, bell pepper and [...]

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Pulled Pork Sandwich

April 18, 2010

Hope everyone had a great weekend. We had the most beautiful weather on Sunday. It even got a little too hot which was a little surprising since the weather was supposed to be cloudy according to the weather forecast. It is days like this that I am glad that the forecast is wrong. Sunny days [...]

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Bibimbap

November 13, 2009

Now that the weather is getting colder, I find that I have been craving for Korean food a lot especially the dolsot bibimbap (mixed rice in a stone pot) and soon-do-bu (spicy tofu soup). I guess the hot and spicy just hits the right spot on these cold winter nights. Since it is very expensive [...]

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Mapo Tofu (Spicy Tofu with Pork)

July 22, 2009

I have to confess that I definitely prefer baking over cooking. Cooking is not my forte and I also cook by instinct, to the dismay of my friends. It used to and probably still drives my friends crazy when they try to get a recipe from me and all they get are “a little bit [...]

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Kalbi Beef

September 8, 2008

During those pre-cooking days before I discovered that cooking is actually not too difficult and scary, we used to eat out a lot. One of our favorite haunt is the Korean restaurant. I love all the banchans while the hubby love all the meat especially Kalbi and Bulgogi. Nowadays we still eat at the Korean [...]

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Claypot Chicken Rice

September 6, 2008

It’s not the prettiest looking food but definitely very delicious! Another attempt at making claypot chicken rice. A huge improvement over the previous attempt but still not quite there yet. I think it’s the missing salted fish that is causing this dish to be different from the ones that we eat outside. However ever since the day [...]

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Grilled Steak

September 2, 2008

Another day on the grill. This time we have steak. I like to keep my steaks simple. So usually it’s just a sprinkle of seasoning like the McCormick’s Montreal Steak Seasonings on the steak before putting it on the grill. For vegetables, I have corn and green peppers. For dessert, one of my favorite – [...]