Tag: sugar

  • Pro-Tip Tuesday: Buy the Oranges, and Make Macaroons too!

    Pro-Tip Tuesday: Buy the Oranges, and Make Macaroons too!

    Pro-Tip of the Day: Have you been buying those boxes and bags of oranges on sale at the store? Next time pick up a bag of coconut flakes and sliced almonds, and you can make this quick, yummy (gluten-free) byproduct treat from in-season fruit! Just remember to take 30 seconds to grate the rind off…

  • Kelp Noodle Japchae – Low Carb Noodle-mania!

    Okay folks, I admit, I’ve been a little distracted by the glorious Pacific Northwest summer, traipsing about in the mountains. Between that, work, and other personal projects, feeding the Internet Blog Machine has gotten a little backlogged. So without further ado, here’s one more..   Quite some time ago, I went to school in the…

  • Kelp Noodle Japchae – Tumblr-Style Post

    Today’s experiment.

  • Taiwanese-Style Braised Pork 滷肉飯 (lu rou fan)

    Taiwanese-Style Braised Pork 滷肉飯
    (lu rou fan)

    Is it Fall? Is it windy with a risk of power outage in the Pacific Northwest? Are the daylight hours narrowing into a tiny sliver of hope/despair? Did I just go to Facing East and have stewed pork after a 7 mile hike a few weekends ago? Time for some long-stewing braised pork! Check out…

  • Miso Marinated Cod

    Nobu’s Miso Marinated Cod from the Kitchn. Important Note: you need at least 3 days before whenever you want to cook this, to marinate the cod! Ingredients: 1/4 cup sake 1/4 cup mirin 4 tablespoons white miso paste 3 tablespoons sugar 4 black cod fillets, about 1/2 pound each Steps: Two to 3 days beforehand, for…

  • 90% Home-made Pot Stickers

    90% Home-made Pot Stickers

    90% home made pot stickers recipe on Food the Wong Way, compliments of Chef Jenny.

  • 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…

  • Vanilla Pound Cake

    Vanilla Pound Cake, in honor of my father’s visit: the man who fed me Sara Lee Pound Cake for breakfast as a kid (with a side of hot chocolate), yet somehow avoided giving me diabetes.

  • 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…