Recipe Testing: Sesame Wow Greens
Here’s another vegan recipe I tested for Terry Hope Romano’s upcoming international cookbook. So far, I’ve tried her fresh noodle soup in sesame miso broth, ginger marinated cucumbers, pumpkin potato panko cutlets, as well as her spicy kale coconut relish. This time I tested another one of her Japanese-inspired dishes – oshitashi, a Japanese spinach [...]
Looky Samples! Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers: Healthy Colors
I often turn to package frozen vegetables mostly for their convenience. They’re already washed, can be found whole or chopped, and are available alone or in vegetable medleys. It definitely makes it very easy and convenient to have vegetables handy in the freezer, for all your cooking needs. As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program, [...]
Dinner at home
Here are a few pictures from dinner at my mom’s place the other week: Chicken and vegetablesDelicious marinated chicken wings and legs with a pile of vegetables cooked with garlic. Mushrooms and bamboo shootsA combination of mushrooms, bamboo shoots and white shirataki noodles. The shirataki noodles are flavorless but has a nice tender texture. It [...]
Water Spinach
This Asian vegetable looks like a mix of watercress and spinach. It grows in similar conditions as watercress and has the nutrition value like spinach does. It tastes similar to spinach but is crunchy. It is very easy to prepare. Most simple way is to pour some oil in a heated skillet, add some garlic, [...]
Union Square Farmers Market (Photos) cont.
At the farmers market, I also came across the White House Organic Farm Project bus. They road trip around the country in a yellow school bus, fund raising and promoting the concept for the next President to start an organic farm at the White House. Excerpt from their website: “TheWhoFarm Project is a non-partisan, petition-based [...]
