Tag Archives: Recipes
Recipe | Brie, Bacon & Chicken Sandwich
Posted on 20. Aug, 2009 by Sheila.
They say you can always talk about the weather when chatting with strangers because it’s the one thing we all have in common. But you know what else is a great universal topic of conversation? Three things: bread, cheese and bacon.
It would be useful for parties in situations where you’re talking to a stranger and [...]
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Recipe | Skillet Bacon Jam Fried Rice
Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by Sheila.
“The bacon jam is coming today, I know it! It should only take two days to arrive from Seattle. I thought I saw the mail truck in front of the building but there’s no package at the front door? Have you checked the mail? Did you see a note outside our mailbox?”
I was like an [...]
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Recipe | Coconut Avocado Ice Cream
Posted on 19. Jul, 2009 by Sheila.
When I first discovered guacamole at a young age, I was repulsed. Avocado mixed with tomatoes? And you scoop it up with tortilla chips? Ew. It’s not supposed to be salty. Growing up in the Philippines until I was 7-years-old, I only knew avocado as a sweet ingredient. It was a special treat when my [...]
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Recipe | Leftover egg yolks means Creme Brulee!
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Sheila.
Even though a dozen large eggs cost about $1.50, throwing more than four yolks down the sink makes me cringe with guilt. When I was making batches and batches of macaroons for Father’s Day, I was left with nine egg yolks. I looked at them as if they were little abandoned orphans who needed to [...]
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Recipe | Chocolate Macaroons
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Sheila.
I think my dad and possibly five other people in the world might say that their favorite American candy bar is Hershey’s Mounds. Remember those dark chocolate-covered coconut bars? Surprisingly, they still exist. My dad will happily eat any coconut confection you give to him, unless you pour white chocolate all over it, which would [...]
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Recipe | The Manly Steak Sandwich. Grr.
Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by Sheila.
Why is it a manly sandwich you ask? Only because I stumbled upon the recipe in Esquire magazine’s website flanked between a picture of some half-naked woman and Scarlett Johansson giving me a come hither look. Maybe it’s another one of those subliminal messages telling you that this sandwich will attract the ladies. You could [...]
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Recipe | Mint Citrusade: a trio of lemon, lime and calamansi
Posted on 09. Jun, 2009 by Sheila.
I’m not a very outdoorsy person but one of my happy places is sitting outside in the shade on a breezy day with a cool drink in hand and a massive bbq spread on the table. Never mind that the bugs attack me even though the citronella candle is a foot away or that I [...]
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Recipe | Snacking on Apples & Nutella
Posted on 05. Jun, 2009 by Sheila.
During my health nut phase, I ate a lot of peanut butter and apples as my healthy snack. But one day I was reaching for the peanut butter in the pantry and I saw the Nutella jar sitting innocently right next to it. Hmm, I thought. I slathered on the Nutella and it was even [...]
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Recipe | Hawaiian-Inspired Chocolate Cupcakes
Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by Sheila.
I volunteered to bake cupcakes for a friend’s baby shower and got instantly inspired when I found out her favorite flower is from her home state of Hawaii: the plumeria. Opportunities like these push me to try new recipes and it was also a chance for me to finally play with fondant. I know most [...]
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Recipe | Sweet & Sour dessert: Balsamic Strawberries with Vanilla Ice Cream
Posted on 28. May, 2009 by Sheila.
When I first heard about balsamic strawberries with ice cream, I was really curious about this combination and I thought it’s so weird that it’s got to be good. Surprisingly, once you put that syrupy balsamic vinegar into the vanilla ice cream it almost tastes like chocolate sauce. It’s like an elevated sundae!
Because I’m not [...]
