You know that baked creamy chicken and potatoes that so many readers have tried and enjoyed? Okay, if you’re new here, check out this link and note that the baked creamy chicken and potatoes entry consists of three pages. So, it’s become quite popular. My kids love it and many of you say the same….
It’s been a week since I last posted a recipe and that might seem like I’ve starved my family to death. Or, worse, that we’ve all taken the easy way out and lived on fast food delivery for the last seven days. It’s neither. I was in the hospital for five days, and had surgery…
Capsicum is the generic name for both the plant and the fruit of a wide variety of peppers although the term capsicum itself appears to be more popularly used only in certain regions. Elsewhere, capsicum is often referred to by varieties such as cayenne, bell pepper, and pimiento. Capsicum halves stuffed with chicken, cheese, and…
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About a week ago, we were driving home from the mall when we realized we had forgotten to buy a small notebook that our daughter needed for one of her classes. Why it had to be a small notebook (which is harder to find) beats me. We mulled over confronting the picky teacher who does…
The new cooking range has finally been delivered. Except for some alterations in the kitchen cabinets (not enough space for my stuff), we’re almost fully operational. There’s been a whirl of cooking and baking during the past few days and I would have been posting recipes daily had it not been for internet connection troubles….
I had a kilo of pork spare ribs from which I made a huge pot of broth. There was also a whole winter melon lying around, the last of two, that one of our house helpers got from a worker in the subdivision. The worker harvested the winter melons from his backyard, had more than…
Based on Kylie Kwong’s recipe as cooked in her TV show, this is a simple chicken dish that requires a large pot and a very sharp and very heavy cleaver. The pot has to be large enough to contain the chicken and the cleaver has to be heavy and sharp enough to cut through the…
A chicken soup with coconut cream that is known alternatively as tom kha gai, gai dom kha, or tom khaa kai. The recipes vary but they all for the same Thai chicken soup with coconut cream, lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime leaves. I tried it at a Thai restaurant last weekend, bought a Thai cookbook,…
Does bawang na mura or spring garlic sound unfamiliar to you? If it does, click here so that you’ll have a better idea about the two dishes that I’m going to show you. There are two recipes in this entry, one for fried rice and the other for a stir-fried dish, and both include spring…
What a year 2008 has been! And what a year 2009 will be. The biggest news was the global financial recession following the collapse of big corporations in America. Individuals and entities engaged in the food business are reeling along with the rest but, if they’re smart, they’ll see the inevitable trend for 2009 home…
