Food the Wong Way

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  • Chef Crusoe the Dachshund on Bruschetta

    File this one under: Entertaining Videos for Your Monday Commute I even timed it so the East Coasters might get it in time.. While I have a special place in my heart for Martin Yan’s video from Saveur on how to make Cong You Bing (Scallion Pancakes), the latest food video I am captivated by…

  • “Chardegg Cakes” Revisited

    I’ve made several different sets of this since the first time I shared this recipe (click here for the first post on it), and both settled on a preferred base of ingredients, and eaten enough of them to stop making them for a while (what, about a month of eating them every weekday is not…

  • Guest Blog: 
Lasagna Cupcakes!

    Do you ever say, ‘I’m just looking’ and then you find something? I was cruising around Pinterest to find a new recipe for cooking Valentine’s Day dinner for my husband. I was intrigued with the notion of taking traditional lasagna into a cupcake shape. It was well worth it – each cupcake had it’s own…

  • Sunday Prep Day:
    Chardegg Cakes for Breakf*st

    Dear Readers, I hope you enjoyed the guest blogs! Many thanks to both Alex and Kris for their generous contributions. In honor of the J_______ brothers’ penchant for delicious chicken dinners, check out HuffPo’s “8 Chicken Dinners that are Anything But Boring,” Relatedly, I may share a lettuce wrap combo in a later blog too.…

  • Guest Blog:
    Parm-Crusted Chicken, Asparagus & 3 Bonus Recipes!

    So first I must say I first had this from my sis Y_________. It was so good when she made it twice for me. So I had to ask her for the recipe because I needed a good main dish for a dinner/date I was making. Need something good to impress lol. The Parmesan Crusted…

  • Mustard Lemon Cauliflower

    Mustard Lemon Cauliflower

    This is a decent weekday recipe, based on the time spent, although you don’t get to just set it in the oven and forget it until it’s done. I cut the original amount of butter with olive oil so you can pretend it’s healthier. The initial recipe is based on one from the November 2006…

  • Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

    Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

    …because some things are worth trying again after the first time didn’t quite turn out 10 years ago. Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Source recipes: the first search result off google + Food Network combinations Ingredients: Leftover pumpkin seeds from carving 2 medium-large pumpkins Arbitrary Amounts of… Salt Olive Oil Seasoning combinations (amounts to taste): BBQ: brown…

  • Sunday Recipe: Chicken Pot Pie

    Sunday Recipe: Chicken Pot Pie

    Update note from the author: as you shop for Thanksgiving, grab some puff pastry for this delicious recipe for your leftover turkey! Make sure to read to the end for the full wait time and pro-tips on cooling steps. As a child growing up in the Midwest with home-cooked Chinese food for dinner, microwave dinners…

  • Oven-baked Sweet Plantains

    In honor of the South American countries and their gracious hosting of the World Cup: baked plantains. A little late in posting, but better than never. Recipe was from my local grocery store (see photo)! Ingredients: 1 plantain (ripe = black spots all over) high heat cooking oil and a pastry brush, or just cooking…

  • 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,…