I keep seeing these everywhere online and figured today is a good day to jump on the bandwagon. Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ Personal note: Use 1 cup chocolate chips to make 6 chocolate bombs. Melt chocolate chips in the microwave at 15-second increments. The mold that I used is this one. Make sure chocolate has […]
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Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Orange Chiffon Cake
In my opinion, February is the most brutal winter month in northeast Ohio. The prolonged cold and overcast days usually cause winter blues and cabin fever to set in…..right about now, and that’s not taking into consideration the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. Thankfully, spring is just around the corner! We only have to make […]
Soft Boiled Eggs
Received these eggs from my beautiful friend (inside and out), Tasha, who treats her chickens like royalties. 😁 With eggs these fresh, my first thought was I need to make myself some soft boiled eggs. So here they are – absolutely delicious! Thank you so much, Tasha! Note: I prefer my soft boiled eggs on […]
Hopia
You know, there is no shame in admitting that there are certain foods you just can’t replicate at home. :) For me, that’s Chinese-style pastries……and it’s so hard to find good ones here. To my local friends, CAM carries this brand of hopia that I find to be absolutely delicious – flaky, tender, not too […]
Frying Keropok
Keropok + Acar = Happiness! How can I not fry up some? But honestly, like I need an excuse to fry something, lol. In this case, there’s just something satisfying about watching the pieces expand to delicious crispiness! ❤️
Making Acar Timun
Yes, I admit that I am a glutton for punishment. After making what seemed like gazillion cashew cookies (sold some of them), I proceeded to make an impromptu decision yesterday to make acar timun, a Malaysian-style spicy pickled cucumber Chinese New Year treat. Typically, we eat this like a dip with keropok udang (shrimp crackers). […]
Cashew Cookies Baking Marathon
Had a cashew cookies baking marathon Friday evening, right after work and a quick dinner and we’ve been enjoying these delicious morsels with my favorite Fig Leaf coffee since then. Pure bliss! ❤️ Recipe can be found here in a prior post.
Mung Bean in Coconut Cream Dessert
Absolutely simple and delicious on a cold winter’s night and it all came about because I had leftover coconut cream in the fridge to use up. :) Happy February! 1 cup mung beans, rinsed 4 cups water 2 pandan leaves, rinsed, raked, and knotted (optional) 1 cup unsweetened coconut cream* Gula Jawa/coconut sugar to taste […]
Cinnamon Rolls
Came across this unusual cinnamon roll recipe in The Fannie Farmer Cookbook where the cinnamon is incorporated inside the dough rather than as a filling. This fascinated me, so I decided to make them to find out what they would be like. In full disclosure, I did change the entire way the dough is prepped […]
Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Blueberry Honey Cornbread Muffins
With my current medications, I find that I have to drastically reduce my salt intake to minimize the worst of the side effects. Even that, the side effects are barely manageable. Fortunately, I find that omitting salt in my baked goods (and simply relying on existing salt in the ingredients) doesn’t truly affect their taste […]