Last year, a good friend of mine asked me to make her her wedding cake. I was honoured and thrilled about her request! I have braved making my own wedding cake the day before my wedding, so I thought, I can handle somebody else’s wedding cake too, especially now that I have more experience in baking and decorating cakes. When she told me what cake she wanted, I almost wanted…
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Egg Noodle Soup
Egg noodle soup. This is just the pick me up that I needed. To be honest, I didn’t feel like cooking today. I didn’t feel like posting either. (I know it’s been a while since my last post. So I think this is long overdue). If…
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Quinoa Salad
I have never cooked quinoa before. If I don’t want to cook rice, or pasta, I make couscous instead. But I have read a lot of good things about quinoa. Research says it’s high in fiber and protein. It’s also rich in flavanoids, which is…
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Creamy Pork Chops
I am going to make this post short and sweet because I was almost falling asleep when I was reading books to our toddler and it was only 7:30. I actually thought I will go straight to bed at 8 after I put Mira down,…
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Creamy Spinach Salad
I’m excited about this post! It’s another one of my experiments in the kitchen that turned out to be a keeper! But before we get into that let me give you a back story…
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Bacon Roses
My husband loves bacon. I didn’t grow up eating it so at first I didn’t quite understand his fascination over the greasy, salty, fatty, artery-clogging thin strips of pork. I didn’t like it crispy the way he likes it. To me it’s pretty much like eating…
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2 Ingredient Mandarin Sesame Chicken Breasts
This delicious Zesty Italian Chicken Breasts only needs 2 ingredients. Two ingredients! You got that right. So let’s get to it!
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Stuffed Sweet Peppers
Sweet peppers can be very pricey. So we normally just by its not so sweet counterpart – the green peppers. However, when sweet peppers go on sale, my husband and I stock up on them. I’ve seen some stuffed peppers before. They looked intimidating. So…
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Baked Salmon with Hollandaise Sauce
Ever since I have made this baked salmon with hollandaise sauce, I’ve discovered a love for salmon in a whole new level! Don’t get me wrong, I love salmon. Period. It’s my second favourite fish next to milkfish (bangus). But there’s just something special about this…
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Sirloin Tip Roast
My husband bought 2 packages of sirloin tip roast when they were on sale (about 3lbs. each). The first one he marinated overnight, and I used it to make a stew in the crockpot the next day. The other one sat in the freezer for…