Jan
27
2010
So one day, I defrosted some salmon fillets, but didn’t have a clue what to prepare. After rummaging through the cupboard and fridge, I threw together a few ingredients that can be incorporated with the salmon – tomatoes, red onion, mushrooms, basil, artichoke hearts, and penne pasta. This is the beauty of having fresh ingredients [...]
Jan
03
2010
Even though it’s wintertime, our garden is still flourishing with fruit and vegetables – particularly winter vegetables that we recently planted. We have some purple and green kale in the garden that we wanted to use to make soup. Kale is a form of cabbage that is high in antioxidants, which is ironic because most [...]
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 [...]