Dec
29
2009
This year for our family Christmas gathering, Daniel wanted to make Peking Duck. Sure, it’s definitely easier to just go to a Chinese Restaurant and buy it, but where’s the fun in that? The only experience I’ve had with Peking Duck was, well, eating it! We both wanted to learn how to make it, so [...]
Dec
20
2009
It was probably a stroke of luck that we were chosen again for this month’s Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24 event! My proposal for December was to bake a ton of Christmas goodies to give away as presents for our family and friends, which we hope would also inspire our readers to spend time baking during [...]
Dec
16
2009
Tonight for dinner, we whipped up a classic Italian meal of osso buco using beef shanks, but it’s traditionally done with veal shanks (baby cow). The very first time I had osso buco was in Rome, and I realized how much I’ve missed out for not trying it earlier! Osso buco is slow braised with [...]
Dec
13
2009
For those who are not familiar with orange roughy, it’s a species of fish that was first fished commercially off New Zealand, and then later off of Australia. Orange roughy has a mild, delicate flavor and moist, large-flaked meat that holds together well after cooking. We bought some frozen orange roughy fillets at Costco, which [...]
Dec
09
2009
We try to incorporate more fish into our meals, but instead of the usual grilling of fish fillets, we wanted to make something more interesting for our daily diet. We took salmon fillets and threw it in a food processor to rough chop, and added a bunch of seasoning and ingredients to make a mean [...]
Dec
07
2009
Sometimes we have an urge to do something really different and random. We like using puff pastry because of the light and buttery texture, which goes well as a dessert. However, savory is just as good, and that’s what we did for this recipe. We threw together a few things to create this dish which [...]
Dec
03
2009
With the holidays here, it is definitely tough to stay on track of our diet when all we do is eat a ton of good food from all the festivities around us. I try to snack smart by having yogurt and other low fat options in my fridge. To make eating yogurt a little more [...]