The other day, I bought a lot of fresh jalapenos…I only needed one for a recipe, but my grocery store was selling two pounds of them for about $1.75 – which is an awesome deal! With the rest that I wasn’t going to use fresh, I decided to pickle them. I did the smart thing…
Author: pixienoms
Baking and cooking has always been something I enjoyed doing. I learned the basics of cooking from my parents, but according to them, I sort of ran with it. I have no professional culinary training and my knife skills are shabby. Despite that, I have fun and the food is delicious, people (especially coworkers who get most of my treats) enjoy it. That's all that matters!
Recipe: Fried Zucchini Cakes
I was given the gift of an abundant amount of zucchini (courgettes). So instead of making endless stir-fry with it, I decided to make some pan fried cakes using the shredded squash. They’re almost like latkes, but with chunks of garlic and onions in it. Gather your ingredients, which isn’t much. Two medium sized squashes,…
Recipe: Fresh Mango Salsa
Growing up in Hawaii, my family had a huge mango tree in the backyard. That meant summers of endless mangos and mango bread until the next summer made with fruit that had been over-ripe and frozen. I’m spoiled when it comes to mangos. No mango will ever be as sweet or as delicious as the ones I…
Recipe: Creamy Avocado Cilantro Dressing
It’s time for another salad dressing recipe! What I love about this recipe is that not only can you use it for salads, but it also can be put on burritos or tacos, and it can be used as a dip for veggie sticks or chips! Everything comes together really quickly with the help of…
Recipe: Lemony Zucchini Fettuccine
My coworker Larry, who has the greenest thumb and can grow so many fruits and vegetables, mentioned to me that since zucchini (also called courgette) are coming in now, I should do a recipe on my blog with them. This dish is my favorite way to eat zucchini and I’ve been making it for years….
Recipe: Tea for Sickies
Being sick totally sucks. Being sick while working sucks more. Being sick while working on a holiday weekend and there’s no one to cover for you is the worst. I’ve been trying to fight off a cold since for a week. Unfortunately, I have been unsuccessful. Since I’m sick and have had very little appetite…
Recipe: Blueberry Lemon Coffee Cake with Almonds
I had baked a bunch of things last week and took pictures of them so I could post recipes on my blog. But when I sat down to actually post one of them, none of them seemed interesting to me anymore. I was complaining to a friend about it and she asked what I wanted…
Recipe: Balsamic Basil Honey Dressing.
I have a confession to make…. As much as I love cooking and baking, I am lazy. Especially after working and commuting, I don’t want to stand around in my kitchen and cook something. So my ultimate lazy meal after work ends up being salads. Just wash the veggies, chop and slice them up, toss…
Recipe: Chicky Peas and Macaroni Salad
I like the idea of macaroni and potato salad, and sometimes I’ll even eat it. But I do not like mayonnaise – at all. There’s something about the smell and the taste of it that just doesn’t appeal to me. I was looking on The Simple Veganista at a recipe for a vegan lentil loaf that my…
Cooking Tip: Oven Temperature.
A lot of my friends ask me for advice or cooking tips that I can give them to help their cooking or baking. Most of what I know is from trial and error, or a random factoid that I’ve heard somewhere and tucked into my brain. So when I thought about what I could pass…
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