10 May
Posted by joy as beef, cheese, dailies, healthy, quick & easy
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I’m doing some “spring cleaning” around here and deleting doubled drafts and whatnot. I found this which I made last February. Heavens, it’s May already. Time flies and next thing I’m 30. The end. It all goes down [...]
I love Chicken Piccata — so much that get it each time when we’re at the Cheesecake Factory. Or Maggiano’s. As much as I like it, I’ve never made it before this. Yup, first time. It’s bound to happen somehow, eh? And I had my Duh Joy! moment when I realized how easy [...]
25 Apr
Posted by joy as cooking for one, dailies, original Gourmeted recipe, pasta, quick & easy, seafood
Ever since I’ve finished reading Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food [I'll talk more about the book later, it's a real gem.], I can’t help but think of ways to eat organic and local. I’ve been doing my best to eat organic food for years now, but didn’t pay much attention to where they came [...]
10 Apr
Posted by joy as baking, cooking for one, dailies, original Gourmeted recipe, quick & easy, seafood
One of the many things I love about Vancouver is the fresh seafood — especially salmon. Salmmmmmon. Give it to me raw, fried, baked, seared, rolled in sushi rice, smoked…I’ll take it!
Aside from baking salmon ’sandwiches’, I like making salmon in pockets. Why? It’s the simplest thing to prepare and [...]
30 Mar
Posted by joy as dailies, healthy, original Gourmeted recipe, quick & easy, vegetables
Who says healthy isn’t flavorful? Well that was me a few years back. I was skeptical of “healthy” until I lived with a roommate (Elle) who lives and eats healthy. I credit her for introducing me to organic and alternative ways to enjoy good food. She knew I was big, big, [...]
24 Mar
Posted by joy as beef, dailies, dips and sauces, fried, liquor, quick & easy
Do you plan your menu for the week? Do you have your grocery list down to the last ingredient? We rarely do. We couldn’t even stick to it because our taste and craving for food change so much. Our grocery shopping and cooking philosophy is: buy what looks good and fresh, is in [...]
20 Mar
Posted by joy as baking, beef, cheese, dailies, dairy, quick & easy
Quiche used to be one of those foods that I had no opinion of — I neither like nor hate it. Just so-so. I’ve never had one that sent sparks flying until I took a bite of my own the other day. I know it’s extremely biased to say that, but considering [...]
