Kitchen (Re)Play: Pumpkin French Toast Baked In A Casserole

When I saw the menu for this month’s Kitchen Play, sponsored by Calphalon, there was one particular dish that caught my attention – the Pumpkin French Toast Casserole prepared by Buns in My Oven. I’m such a fan of breakfast foods and a pumpkin french toast just sounded fantastic! The other day, I decided to [...]

Kombu Enoki Tsukudani, A Simmered Dish

Kombu is kind of edible kelp that’s commonly used in Japanese cooking for making dash, a basic soup stock for things like miso soup, ramen, hot pot, and other simmered dishes. Kombo is often sold dried, in thick strips. One or two strips of dried kombu is placed into cold water and then heated to [...]

Cookplus Speedcook Sauce Pan Review

One of the newest additions to my cookware is the Lock&Lock Cookplus Speedcook 7.1-In Sauce Pan. This sauce pan is designed to make cooking ramen, or any noodle soup dish, a simple process. It kind of arrived at my doorstep at a very convenient time. I’m currently involved in some recipe testing for Terry Hope [...]

Baked Apple Steel Cut Oats

Oatmeal! Definitely one of my regular picks for breakfast during the week. On a week day, I usually just cook some old fashioned rolled oats (not the instant kind) in microwave and top it off with some fruit. It makes a warm, satisfying breakfast in just a few minutes. However, some times it just doesn’t [...]

Steamed Salmon With Sauteed Vegetables

An electric food steamer is not a necessity in the kitchen, but it sure is convenient! Usually I steam foods over the stove using a steamer basket or rack and a large pot of water. However, when I was visiting my brother a while back, I found his electric food steamer buried in the kitchen [...]