Just like that, the hill country in south Texas is getting freezing rain in the early morning of the first week of February! According to the weather reports, this condition will continue until the following day. My family has just moved here in south Texas between Austin and San Antonio in 2021 from Wisconsin, one … More Greasing up with Kielbasa & Sauerkraut on a Wintry-Mix Day
Featuring: CHIPOTLE BEEF NOODLE & CHINESE CHORIZO NOODLE Rice noodles are very common in Asian cuisines because of the fact that rice is grown and produced in most Asian countries. They are more affordable compared to any other kinds of noodles. Rice noodles are essentially made of rice flour, tapioca flour and water. Check the … More No Mystery in Rice Noodle Stir-Fry
Featuring: ITALIAN PASTA SALAD & CREAMY MACARONI SALAD Here are two classic pasta salad recipes that we can all enjoy all summer long, and in any cookouts. They are not only easy to prepare, they are also full of healthy and fresh ingredients to your liking. Although the star ingredient is pasta, which is undeniably heavy … More Cold Pasta Salads for Hot Summer Cookout
Happy (Late) Thanksgiving Everyone! I always make a list of things I needed to buy or do prior to any holiday meal. I’ve been doing this for years. Often, I forget a thing or two. This holiday, I overlooked two staples of a traditional Thanksgiving meal – cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie 😦 Not that … More A Post-Thanksgiving Note
Happy Easter to All! Easter is one of the most awaited festivals for most kids in America not much due to its religious connotations but more due to the fanfare that goes with it such as Easter egg hunt, Easter gift baskets of sweets and goodies, Easter parade, and the Sunday Easter brunch specials.
This recipe is not your traditional butter biscuit or an Irish soda bread. The difference is – it has other “fun” ingredients which added more depth to its flavor such as dried fruits, nuts and aromatic spices like fennel. The Irish calls it the Americanized version of their soda bread. Traditional Irish Soda bread has … More Irish Soda Biscuit
I woke up this morning and the temperature was a little chilly, the sky was overcast and I was craving for hot Pandesal, a popular Filipino bread roll I remember eating on breakfast or afternoon snacks back in the Philippines. Looking back, I used to buy hot pandesal at Solomon Bakery, an old Chinese baker’s … More HOT PANDESAL, an authentic Filipino Bread Roll
This is another go-to dish which only takes less than half-an-hour to make. Yet, it won’t taste like a dish-in-a-rush. Believe me, I made few of those and regretted that if I had given it more time and respected the process it would have tasted better. But this recipe isn’t one of those. I always … More Penne Pasta with Creamy Beef and Mushroom Sauce
This is one of my favorite recipes! I wasn’t born in the midwest but this dish makes me feel so at home in this part of the world. And since I used Carr Valley shredded cheddar cheese, one of Wisconsin’s finest cheeses, the flavor combination of baked potato and cheese is so rich in the palate yet … More Twice Baked Potatoes
This is a popular Thai cuisine and I was very curious about this dish for quite a while. So last week I bought a box of Thai noodles. I didn’t find fresh bean sprouts though, so I used canned. This dish also called for Tamarind pulp which I don’t expect to find anywhere close. Instead, … More Pad Thai Noodles
Six Tastes Kitchen 