Mar
31
2010
On a whim, I decided to make oatmeal cookies – not just any oatmeal cookies, Cranberry-Walnut ones. I’m one of those people who cannot stand eating oatmeal in the morning for breakfast. Something about the texture doesn’t make me so happy. So when Daniel bought an entire box of Quaker Instant Oatmeal (multi-flavored variety, mind [...]
Mar
28
2010
Ever since we’ve become a Featured Publisher with Foodbuzz last year, we’ve had so many great opportunities to meet fellow food bloggers that share a passion for food like we do. On one occasion, we were invited to an LA dinner event at Beso in Hollywood where we met Nancy Goodman Iland, who was also [...]
Mar
25
2010
You can still cook a nice dinner during the weekdays without spending too much time and effort! With the weather getting warmer and the daylight stretching longer, we decided to use the barbecue grill in the backyard to grill some pork chops. The recipe we found on epicurious.com (derived in Bon Appétit’s August 2005 issue) [...]
Mar
23
2010
Since it’s usually just the two of us for dinner, we don’t like to make a ton of food that would result in days of leftovers. Obviously a dish like lasagna is often made in a big baking dish that could feed an entire family of 6. We opted to go a different route and [...]
Mar
21
2010
As most of you know, we’ve only started gardening seriously since last year. Now that we’re entering our 2nd year, we are feeling more confident about this year’s yield. We spent the weekend harvesting our winter vegetables – like kale, beets, spinach, and radishes. We also went to the local nursery and brought home some [...]
Mar
18
2010
This is for all the butterscotch lovers out there! We got this Butterscotch Soufflé recipe from Daniel’s brother Aaron, who got it from his friend who’s a chef. Since we had a bag of butterscotch chips at home, we felt that it was the best way to utilize them! Why not, right? The word soufflé [...]
Mar
15
2010
It’s been 5 months since we’ve vacationed in Europe for the first time, and we’ve been meaning to replicate some of the fabulous meals we had. It’s great that we were inspired by some of the dishes in Italy because we’re so motivated to eat it again – without paying for the hefty airfare, of [...]