In the past I’ve made caramel pop corn as Christmas gifts. This year I wanted to try candy making so I searched for a simple marshmallow recipe on the web. There seems to be two types of marshmallow recipes: one that uses egg whites and one that doesn’t. The one that uses egg whites seems a bit more complicated (and more work) so I’ve settled on trying the Marshmallow recipe [...]
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Apparently my coworker know someone from East Coast whom he always order lobsters from. So a few weeks ago when he placed an order for lobsters, I also asked him get some for me too. The lobsters were 1.5 lbs at $19 each. This price included shipping which were majority of the cost actually. They were shipped cooked, which is perfect since I would have no idea how to handle [...]
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Al loves creamy soups and squash soups are perfect for the cold weather we’re having lately. Butternut, acorn and kabocha are some of my favourite winter squashes. You can pretty much substitute any squash for this soup recipe since it’s really basic and quick. Please note that for this recipe everything is approximated because it really depends on how big your squash is. When I made this recipe, I also found out [...]
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In 2001 when I went to do a 4-month co-op position in Ottawa, a coworker introduced me to these delicious apple cinnamon bran muffins. I’ve been making them since and Al loves having them for breakfast or snack. They are easy to make and apples are available year round. The one thing that bugs me when making any muffins is that I can never get that nice mushroom top you [...]
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We love noodles. It’s our “fast food” dinner when I don’t have time to marinate and cook anything that requires more than 30 minutes in the kitchen. The toppings for the udon is determined by whatever I have in my fridge and pantry, which usually includes: chicken, shrimp, dried shitake mushrooms, canned sweet corn and eggs. For the miso paste, I’ve been using white miso which I got from the [...]
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