I looove Chinese food. I only wish it didn't make me bloat up like a blowfish and give me hunger pangs an hour after eating it, every time I go out. As a result I like making it at home where I can control the ingredients so that it won't leave me wanting more (or wishing I had less). The only problem is, a lot of my favourite dishes either take forever to make at home or require deep-frying. I hate deep-frying. The smell permeates the house for days afterwards and although I enjoy the results it's not worth it, to me, for...
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Many times I have morned the loss of some sort of food item that I thought I would never find here in Norway. Most of them I have let go of, knowing that I need to embrace these cultural differences and use them to make me a better cook. But, every once in while I get a delightful surprise and discover one of these long lost joys hidden amongst the shelves of one of my local grocery stores. Every time I find something new I have to resist the urge to jump up and down, squealing with glee. Some days...
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The October 2009 Daring Cooks’ challenge was brought to us by Jaden of the blog Steamy Kitchen. The recipes are from her new cookbook, The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook. Her picks were this Vietnamese Chicken Pho and Fried Dessert Wontons! First off let me shout from the rooftops, I LOVE THIS SOUP!! If the North American version of Chicken Noodle Soup had a pretty, tasty, asian cousin, this would be it. This soup is wholesome, comforting and exotic. The asian flavours are unmistakable, and I feel right at home sipping the broth and slurping up the noodles. I was a little afraid...
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This is the recipe that first opened my eyes to using fresh basil, actually any fresh herb. It made me realize that nothing beats the real thing. Which is true of all foods, in my opinion. The flavours are so much richer and add so much more pizzaz when you use fresh herbs over dried, in most cases. I now have a basil plant growing in my house and I am trying desperately to keep it alive despite my black thumb. Now I just have to find more ways to use it. For, man cannot live on Cordon Bleu alone...
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A quick and tasty recipe for Fajitas. Chicken is left to soak in a zesty marinade and then sauteed with peppers and onions. It doesn't get much simpler then this. Posted on my "life" blog before Kitchen Simplicity began.
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