4/28/2016: My son came home the other day with groceries, and he had purchased some puff pastry sheets.  I improvised a filling with bacon, onions, celery, peas, mushrooms, and scallions. The outside is brushed with egg yolk and black sesame sprinkled on top. To accompany the puffs, I then cooked a 10 bean soup with…

5/8/2016: My family love all kind of noodle soups or stir-fried noodle. There are so many good recipes to make delicious noodle. But making your own noodle adding much more fun to it. My son-in-law bought this noodle maker (Philips) as my birthday gift in December of 2015 while I thought I got everything. But…

5/13/2016: I bought this bread maker (Zojirushi BB-HAC 10) from Amazon on 4/15/2013 and have making my own bread for past three years. My favorite bread is this raisin bread. All I need to do is following the recipe that came with the machine. After putting in all the ingredients, press the start button, I…

5/10/2016: I stop drinking milk many years ago when I read an article saying old people will lose bone density by drinking milk. I bought this “Soyajoy G4” from Amazon on 9/1/2013 making my own soy milk ever since and just love it. I bought organic soy bean from Whole Food to make the soy…

4/29/2016: I never get tire of cooking rice noodle that is popular food in Taiwan. Dry mushroom need to be soaked in the water until it’s soft. I put dry rice noodle in water that is enough to cover the noodle and add a bit of cooking oil, wait until the water start boiling for…

5/5/2016: Shrimp goes great with a lot of vegetables. Here I stir-fried shrimp with pea, corn and onion that has been one of the favor dish for my family. The best way to cook the shrimp is marinating them with cooking wine, egg white, salt and pepper for 10 – 15 minutes. In the meantime,…