Finally our new BENTO boxes arrived from Japan! This metal one is for Terry. I never thought the one I had was girly, but when Terry told me that he wanted a (...)
I love mushroom, and I can eat mushroom every single meal. And lucky me, today there are so many types of mushrooms available at regular grocery stores. Bunapi (...)
Irish Cream Coffee Chiffon Cake Your can probably tell that I’ve been enjoying baking chiffon cakes lately. This is my second chiffon cake using my new pan. (...)
We recently had a wonderful ice cream sandwich at a local ballgame. Their strawberry one was delicious and that inspired me to make ice cream sandwiches (...)
Spaghetti with Vegan “Meat”balls Whenever I make meatballs, I make sure I have enough left to make this: Spaghetti with meatballs and tomato sauce. It’s so (...)
Lavender Lemon Biscotti Yes, I still enjoy baking biscotti. I probably said this every time I talked about biscotti, but it’s just so easy and quick to make. I (...)
Yep. Pot stickers again! It’s like pizza for Terry. When I ask Terry what he wants for dinner, he will say “pizza!” When he asks me what I want for dinner, I (...)
Happy New year! This veggie chirashi sushi was a great way to start the new year. Fresh, light, and delicious! Veggie Chirashi Sushi sushi rice - 1 cup cooked (...)
I usually do not spend too much time deciding what plates or tablecloth to use when taking pictures. But this time I just couldn’t decide which background (...)
Orange Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti I can’t believe I had never made biscotti before, but that’s the truth. This was my very first time baking one. When I was (...)
Mexican mocha biscotti with cocoa, cinnamon, cayenne, and espresso
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Mexican Mocha Biscotti Here is another version of biscotti I made a few weeks ago. This one is packed with various flavors from cocoa, cinnamon, cayenne, and (...)
Cranberry Apricot Walnut Artisan Bread At the end of the long work week, what do you look forward to? Me? Bread baking. I have the hardest time getting up at 8 (...)
Japanese Pullman Loaf Bread I said I often get up early on Saturdays to bake bread, but last weekend I went a bit overboard. I baked not only one loaf but also (...)
Orange Cranberry Walnut Bread Since I bought a pullman bread pan a few months ago, I’ve been making a pullman loaf almost every week. But I still like to bake (...)
Kabocha Pumpkin BBQ Pizza Kabocha is so versatile and you can basically make any dish with this cute little pumpkin! These sliced and roasted Kabocha tastes (...)
Kale flowers – beautiful white and green kale blossom bouquet
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When we invited our neighbors to our nabe lunch yesterday we told them NOT to bring anything. They didn’t listen to us, and showed up with these beautiful (...)
Avocado Toast with Strawberry Pico de Gallo Yep, I’m still a huge fan of avocado toast. This one is fruity, sweet, tangy, spicy, creamy, fresh, and crunchy… (...)
Egg Rice with Pesto Egg rice is a traditional Japanese food. It’s easy and quick to make and I can probably say it’s the Japanese equivalent of grilled cheese (...)
Another vegan bento box. This time it’s a bit more adult-like compared to this Panda Bento 1 or this Panda Bento 2. The main dish of this Bento box is the (...)
Big Crumb Strawberry Rhubarb Coffee Cake The strawberry and rhubarb combination is popular and I like it, too. But I do not care for the texture of cooked (...)
Chocolate almond biscotti with semi-sweet chocolate and roasted almonds
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Chocolate Almond Biscotti This is my second time to make biscotti. I love eating AND making it. This time I added semi-sweet chocolate and roasted almond. I (...)
Almond Cardamom Pancakes I got sick on Monday and I was really hoping to get over it in a week. And I did! I tried to rest on the weekend so that I wouldn’t (...)
Mocha Caramel Pumpkin Cheese Cake Bars There are cream cheese, eggs, and heavy cream, the usual suspects (!) in this cake and there is nothing vegan about (...)
Orange Cranberry Hot Cross Buns I was supposed to bring some bread to our family Easter lunch yesterday. I always wanted to make hot cross buns, and I thought (...)
Just an idea for a weekend lunch. Tofu Steak Plate. The tofu was fried in a pan until it’s nice and crispy outside. The tofu steak was served with BBQ sauce (...)
