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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…

Friday Links: 10.10.2014

Woah, would you look at that – it's 10-10 today! You know that whole golden birthday thing where if your birthday is on, say the 16th and you're turning 16, …

Mile High Mini Japanese Soufflé Pancakes Recipe

Aren’t these the cutest pancakes ever?! Ever since I made the regular size Japanese soufflé pancakes, I’ve been wanting to make mini ones. Well, what actually happened was that I …

Ikea Swedish Meatball Recipe

Sometimes Mike and I will go to Ikea just for the meatballs. The furniture shopping is pretty much secondary. I also have a thing for Ikea's mac and cheese (it's …

Blueberry Lemon Mini Crêpe Cake Recipe

Back when I was still in school, one of my girlfriends worked at a doughnut shop. She didn't fry doughnuts (the newest employees had that job) or sell them (usually …

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…