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Prawn Tempura: First Attempt

I'm no tempura master, but I sure as heck love deep-fried prawns, so this is my first attempt of many more to…

Rainbow Cake, Malaysian Edition (Kek Lapis)

The ultimate rainbow layer cake. Got a lot of time on your hands? Then this cake is for…

Friday Finds: 8.12.16

Come one, come all and get yer Friday Links right…

Mac and Cheese Scotch Eggs

Why have regular scotch eggs when you can have scotch eggs wrapped in creamy mac and cheese? All the eggs and cheese,…

Shishito Soba Recipe

Noodle roulette: cold soba noodles tossed in dashi-soy and a 1 in 10 chance at an extra spicy shishito pepper (the rest are…

Friday Finds 8.5.16

Now that we’ve been back home for a while and aren’t traipsing around from camp site to camp site, I’m really missing the camp life and all the awesome views. I should really put up a post of all of…

I’m the kind of person that gets food traumatized pretty easily. I once had an incident with injera bread and I haven’t touched it since. So really, my continuing love of avocados is kind of a testament, considering our bloody…

Sunday Brunch with BAE: Bacon Avocado Egg Sandwich

I’m a huge fan of breakfast sandwiches, not that I actually eat them at breakfast. I actually fail at adulting because I don’t do breakfast, except for coffee and sometimes medium-soft boiled eggs. Usually, Mike and I will have…

Easy Bánh Mì Sandwich Recipe

I think bánh mì, or Vietnamese sandwiches might be my favourite sandwich. Typically, they're made on light, crackly baguettes with fluffy, cloud-like insides – the perfect canvas for rich, savoury …

Friday Finds: 2.12.16

What a crazy week it's been! It was the Super Bowl, Chinese New Year, and Valentine's is coming up. I recently started taking pottery class and I've been beyond busy. …

Potato Snack: 64° Eggs, 72° Potatoes, Toast

A 64° sous vide egg on top of the smoothest, butteriest mashed potatoes, served with grilled sourdough toast. A combination of all the things I love: eggs, potatoes, …

The Ultimate Easy 3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas

I’m kind of new to the Mexican food world. I mean, I’ve been eating and enjoying Mexican food for a while now, but I definitely did not grow up eating …

Friday Finds 7.29.16

Last Friday in July! What are you guys up to? We’re heading over to our friends’ new place – we missed their housewarming so they invited us on by for a barbecue. I’m waffling between making a blueberry centric pie…

Dashi Butter Basted Steak Recipe

I know I’m a broken record, but wow, it’s August already? Remember when you were a kid and summer vacation seemed to stretch out forever?! I don’t know if it’s getting older or if it’s just that we don’t…

Friday Finds 7.15.16

Whomp! Middle of July already. Where is the summer going? Oh wait, I know, I’ve been spending way too much time playing Pokemon Go, convincing Mike to creep around in the late of the night, trying to follow the…

Sicilian Gnocchi with Sardines

People are always thinking that Mike and I eat pretty decently. And for the most part, it’s true. But, lots of times our meals (especially dinners) are leftovers hobbled together into some sort of strange smorgasbord that I enjoy…