main Pork Song Buns Pork song buns aka pork floss buns are the SO's and my friend, Super Saver's, favorite bun from HK bakeries, so I gave a shot at making it at home. Ingredients * Tangzhong: 25g bread flour, 1/4 cup water, 1/4 cup whole milk * 350g bread
side Instant Pot Steamed Egg Few ingredients, super simple, and super delicious. My mother made this for me when I wasn't feeling well or didn't have much appetite because it always went down easily and felt like great volume food. It's also great for when you're just
main Lemon Garlic Chicken Drumsticks Drumsticks were on sale, and I still had a lemon left from Aeghrur's visit, so this is what we came up with to serve with the baked potato wedges. This is a really easy dump-and-go recipe. Ingredients * 6 drumsticks * 2 tbsp olive oil * zest and juice from a
side Baked Potato Wedges I'm pretty sure I was Irish in my past life. I love potatoes. The SO and I were hyped to grab 10 pounds of taters for $3 at ye ol' H-Mart, and we've been slowly grinding through the bag of deliciousness. Ingredients * potatoes * oil * salt
main Instant Pot Curry Ribs One of the SO's favorite dishes from home is his parents' curry ribs, so the moment we received our Instant Pot (roughly half a year ago!), I knew I had to make it. So I hit up SO mommy and now have this grand recipe to share
main Shrimp Scampi Aeghrur stayed at my place during 4th of July week and obtained some ginormo lemons while kayaking (???). Normally, fruits make me think of sweet applications, like lemon tarts or lemon bars, but I thought I'd change things up with something more savory. Ingredients * angelhair pasta * 1 tbsp olive
dessert Chocolate Protein Cookies Back in Nov 2017, the SO and I made a big protein powder purchase where I was Team Unflavored and said I'd probably take 3-5 scoops a week and he was Team Chocolate and said he would take 1.5 scoops daily. With that, we decided to order
main Lighter Shepherd's Pie Admittedly, I've never had a real shepherd's pie before in my life, so I have no idea what the real deal is supposed to taste like, but it's supposed to be a two-layer thing: meat and veggies on the bottom, topped with a nice
would make again HK Hot Dog Bun This is not the bun you found at all the grilling events during all the 4th of July events you attended, but rather, it is the amazing sweet and savory combo you can find at any Cantonese bakery. Struck by repeating cravings, I needed to learn how to make the
dessert Matcha Chia Seed Pudding I made chia pudding once in college and it was incredible--entered my mouth and then almost instantly exited my butt. Fiber is amazing. Ingredients * 1 tsp matcha * 1 cup almond milk * 3 tbsp chia seeds * sweetener to taste Methodology Here's quick recipe--combine everything in a container. Mix it
Vegan Smoked Salmon This recipe was inspired by Vegiterra. Though I didn't use his recipe, his video had me hunting around on the interwebs for the best version of vegan smoked salmon (or lox) that there is. Ingredients * 3 carrots * 2 cups coarse sea salt * 1 tbsp olive oil * 2 tsp
would make again Mak Kimchi Kimchi is so cheap to make, but I always felt like it was too high effort to bother with, and I've always just bought from the store. I decided it was time for me to buckle down and give it a try. Followed Maangchi's recipe loosely.
main Garlic Instant Pot Drumsticks Drumsticks were $0.99/lb, so we picked up a pack not really knowing what to make with them. After some gizoogling, the decision was made to play with the Instant Pot and some Asian-inspired flavors. Recipe comes from Living Sweet Moments. Thanks! Ingredients * 6 drumsticks * 1/2 onion * 1
dessert Black Sesame Soup This is one of my favorite variants of tong sui aka sugar water. It's super easy to make and super delicious. I mean, how could it not be? Ingredients This is enough for one generous serving or two smol servings * 15g black sesame powder * 13g glutinous rice flours
dessert Okara Butter Cake ...aka bánh đậu nành (Thanks, Jimmy). I found a sweet recipe to use the okara leftover from when I made golden soy milk and decided to give it a try. No waste, my friends. Thanks Van's Kitchen! Ingredients * 100g flour * 5g baking powder * pinch of salt * 2 eggs
beverage (Golden) Soy Milk My caretaker used to make huge batches of soy milk when I was a kid, and I was so in love with it because of how fresh and warm it was. She sweetened it at the time, but in this recipe, I'm going to go for the unsweetened
main Instant Pot Butter Chicken Praise be! As of roughly a 1.5 months ago, I am now the proud owner of an Instant Pot. You can expect to see more recipes using that coming...if I remember to take photos... Anywho, the SO lives for butter chicken and after the lessons from the Skinny
beverage Mango Lassi A grocery store near by had a killer sale on mangoes at 3/$1, so we stocked up big time to enjoy mango lassi, mango smoothies, mangoes straight up by the spoon... This drink is super delicious and pretty substantial because of the thicccccness the yogurt provides. Ingredients * 1 mango
dessert Chai Bread Pudding Don't toss away stale bread! It can be salvaged into an easy, comforting dessert. In an ideal world though, if you're going to buy bread, finish it before it gets stale and don't forget that you have it. Sigh. :'( Ingredients * 1/2 loaf
main Chickpea Tuna Patties The SO has made the observation that I'm really into sneaking beans into random recipes lately. We do it for the protein, fam. If you recall the Sweet Potato Tuna Patties from last year, I would say this recipe is a huge improvement over that. Forget the sweet
main Freezer Breakfast Burritos The burrito is a classic from /r/SundayMealPrep. To be honest though, the tortilla calories turn me away from burritos, but seeing them everytime I go to reddit has made me want to eat some. Along with that, my stash of frozen [black bean and chicken taquitos] (https://quantumlion.com/
dessert Vegan Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies A video by Nikki Limo was recommended to me by YouTube, and I was intrigued. I had heard tons about black bean brownies (maybe coming in a post soon!), but I didn't know chickpea cookies were a thing. You guys know how I feel about calories and plant-based
main Cauliflower Crust Pizza This is a high effort dish, but totally worth it if you're trying to eat fewer carbs or calories or are just trying to incorporate more vegetables into your diet or switch things up. I had been doubtful that this could actually be good for a while, so
snack Skinny Dip (very misleading name) Aeghrur will be very familiar with this recipe since it was a popular late night college snack that accompanied many Friday/Saturday nights of homemade mead and ghetto YouTube karaoke. We may never know why it is called skinny dip when it has no relation to being naked in a
main Pi Day: Chicken Pot Pie Happy belated pi day, my friends! To celebrate the great day, my SO and I put together a modified chicken pot pie that doesn't use any cream, and I would say this one is just as good as the full-fat version. Ingredients For the filling: * 4 carrots * 5
