Category: Side Dish

Pan-Seared Potato Bites

Buying a bag of potatoes is a commitment, let me tell you. Extending onto my sheperd’s pie recipe, another potato addition is hash! Boy do I love hash. This is now a new series: “What To Do With That Bag Of Potatoes (Before It Grows Spores)“. Influenced by an incredibly delicious plate of diced potatoes cooked…

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Super Easy Sheperd’s Pie

I absolutely love pies, from the very first peel to the last… And digging into the pastry bottom strip by strip. A pastry-free pie seems about right to me, as it’s quicker and easier with all the same delicious fillings. After oogling a fellow diner’s order over lunch last week, the gently broiled peaks of…

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Onigiri Jasmine Rice (3 Fillings)

Making rice even tastier, with onigiri! Onigiri is a popular three-bite snack in Japan; iconically seen as triangular-shaped rice balls embellished with a rectangular seaweed strip. The onigiri is stuffed with savoury fillings. The rice ball can be seared, rolled in sesame or finished with seaweed. I created three varieties of this recipe…

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Delicious Brown Rice Mushroom Pilaf

There are very many types of rice: long, medium and short, each can be used in many different ways, from a savoury pilaf, to a creamy risotto, to a dessert rice pudding!

This week, I had the opportunity to go a different route with rice. I’m very familiar with the good ol’ medium grain white rice, I’ve eaten a bowl for a day for at least 3/4 of my life. My choice between white or brown rice? White, please! I’ve never cooked brown rice for myself and can’t count more than 5 times that I’ve voluntarily eaten it. It may be because of the difference in look, texture and taste, but with a quick search, there’s nothing lose, but all to gain with brown rice!

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Let’s Eat: Persimon Tapas, 3 Ways

As the weather gets chillier, it’s prime time to grab a box of Persimons. Through mid-October to December, these orange gems are the perfect way to sweeten a meal or enjoy on it’s own. Persimmons come in many assortments. The stump tomato-shaped and large leafed one we are all familiar of sighting is…

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Let’s Eat: Turkey Stuffing Quiches

When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of a time to gather your loved ones around for a dinner with a big roasted turkey taking the spotlight at the table. It wasn’t until 2013 when I got to experience that kind of thrill for myself. My uncle would be responsible for the turkey…

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Make Proscuitto-Wrapped Persimmons

Persimmons, I have been ridiculously in love with the taste since my very first bite, but the sweet mushiness a mess, this was a fruit I had to eat at home. But, little did I know that there are in actual fact multiple varieties, allow me to enlighten you: The stump tomato-shaped and large leafed…

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Recipe: Spinach, Cheese & Egg Pastry

Say Hello to my all-time favourite: The Spinach, Cheese and Egg Roll! I love love love pastry sheets and their possibilities. I’ve always only made savoury treats with these but I have always wanted to venture out to satisfy my sweet tooth side! Maybe one day ☺. I’m so use to shopping in…

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