Food the Wong Way

Category: Snack

  • Goat Cheese Stuffed Squash Blossoms

    Goat Cheese Stuffed Squash Blossoms

    Had some freshly-fallen zucchini squash blossoms in the garden I’ve been busying myself with.. So I cribbed a recipe for goat cheese stuffed squash blossoms from Gena Knox for a trial run, baking at 350 for 15-20 minutes. 2018 post-script note: since the source URL appears to have morphed and eliminated the recipe, here it is,…

  • Half-way Homemade Mini Quiches

    Picked up another recipe from A Beautiful Mess for mini quiches (original recipe is here, I added a couple things). Tried it yesterday during the Seahawks v. Saints game. puff pastry (I took out a piece and set it in the fridge in saran wrap to defrost overnight instead of having to add 30-40 minutes’…

  • Method Break: Idea: Adorable Animal Snacks for Kids

    I am super stoked to visit family this holiday season, including my neice and nephew, 6 and 4.  I may already be keeping a running list of fun stuff to entertain them with if they ever get out here to visit me. Maybe. So in case you haven’t seen it around the interwebs yet, Easy…

  • Method Break: Poached Egg by Microwave

    In case you’ve not heard, you can poach an egg in the microwave! It took me a few tries but I finally got it about right for my particular microwave. In vintage (a.k.a. janky) microwave: 1. Add 1/2 c water to a small bowl, carefully crack egg in, cover loosely. 2. Heat 50 seconds at…

  • Almond Florentines

    Almond Florentines

    Cookies Part 3 of 4. (originally from a Food Network recipe -link no longer live-, with minimal substitution) Makes: ~5 dozen 3-inch Florentines, or 2 1/2 dozen 6-inch Florentine Total Time: 1 hr 35 min Prep 30 min Inactive 45 min Cook 20 min I first had these a few years ago at Zeitgeist Kunst &…

  • Sweet & Spicy Almonds

    Cookies Part 3 of 4. This one whips up fast, and it’s even vegan! (originally from All Recipes, HQ’d in Seattle! ..one adjustment here) Makes: 2 1/2 cups almonds Total processing time: less than 30 minutes Ingredients 1/4 cup raw sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 1/2 cups whole almonds…

  • Renee’s Grandma’s Sugar Cookies (a.k.a. Ardene Hindman’s)

    Cookies Part 2 of 4. Happy Thanksgiving to any fellow American friends out there! Maybe with the long weekend, you’ll want to try a cookie recipe? Renee’s Grandma’s Sugar Cookies (a.k.a. Ardene Hindman) Makes: ummmm, a whole bunch of cookies. I lost count, and I only did a half portion from what’s prescribed below. Total…

  • Cookie Mania!
    Gingersnaps

    Cookies Part 1 of 4. Last Saturday night, the ingredients for baking cookies and cookie-like items started amassing on my kitchen countertop.. Clearly, I overcommitted on types of cookies: gingersnaps chocolate chip sugar cookies sweet & spicy almonds macaroons almond florentines (my personal favorite) Layer on top of that the plan to make some of…

  • Home-made Tofu

    (November Week 2 Trial) Through the magic of the Internets (i.e. user manuals online) I know that my fancy Sanyo 5-cup rice cooker (a long ago wedding registry gift) can also steam food, make porridge, work like a slow cooker, do all of these things at a set time in the future, and, in theory,…

  • Cucumber Salad (Sunomono)

    Bonus entry! I had leftover cucumber from that tzatziki (and leftover tzatziki too, but that’s a different puzzle), so I figured I’d make some delicious but simple cucumber salad, Japanese style. The recipe I’ve been using since 2007 was from one B. Cohen who previously hosted a series of cucumber recipes on their personal site…