Blueberry Corn Muffins Recipe

These muffins are great for breakfast.  They are quick and easy to bake because the recipe uses Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix. We don't normally like muffin mix from the box but Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix is the exception and we think it's the best muffin mix from the box and it makes really delicious corn muffins.  We packed a few this morning along with a thermal of coffee for our commute to work.  These are tasty carry-along breakfast alternatives to our beloved blueberry pancakes when we don't have time for a sit down breakfast at home. They can be stored in muffin boxes or containers for up to 3 days and when warmed up in microwave for 12-15 seconds, they taste and smell like freshly baked.  Warm or cold, these muffins taste great. Click here for the recipe.

Chickpea and Sausage Minestrone

This is the best Minestrone that we ever had (both various home cooked versions we tried and the ones we had at fine Italian restaurants).  It's extremely easy and fast to make.  For a filling soup that is only 197 calories per serving, we are surprised to find out how delicious this Minestrone is.  The is awesome for busy weeknights dinners.  Click here for the recipe.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Omelet

We were at first skeptical about this recipe.  But we woke up this morning and saw a couple really ripe bananas sadly sitting on our kitchen counter.  We didn't feel like another morning with banana shakes. We happened to have no breakfast meat in our fridge or otherwise we would have made the traditional omelet instead.  Desperate to use the last two bananas before they really rot, we gave this recipe a try.  Surprisingly, it turned out to be quite good.  Just remember to not pour all the egg batter in one setting. The eggs in the recipe can make 2 - 3 omelets. The omelet should be thin and the peanut butter and jelly should be spread warm on the omelet.  We highly recommend skipping the pepper in the egg. DO NOT ADD THE PEPPER. The warm peanut butter, jelly and the banana in a thin omelet taste very similar to banana crepes. It's a good alternative for those times when we run out of time and we are too lazy to make batter for the crepes. (Click here for the recipe.)

Maple Smoked Sausage Supper

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We tried this recipe today and all we have to say is, the recipe doesn't produce a dish that looks like the picture at all and it's awfully sweet.  Everything is swimming in syrup.  We will not make it again, we recommend you not to waste your ingredients on this recipe!

Parmesan Potato Wedges

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We tried this recipe today.  While the potatoes came out tasting very good, they didn't look like the above photo with the firm crispy look and the even coating of Parmesan Cheese.  We thought the recipe would make us some potato wedges that have the crispiness of  French Fries.  But they turned out to have textures like roasted potatoes instead.   We will make this recipe again if we want some tasty roasted potatoes in the future, but we definitely need a different recipe for French Fries.

Buttery Apple Biscuits

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Today, we made biscuits from scratch for the very first time. Long time ago, we tried making biscuits from the canned dough but they were too salty for us and therefore we came to the wrong conclusion that we didn't like biscuits after all. But these Apple Biscuits we made this morning totally converted us into the new fans of biscuits.  They are so delicious and so easy to make. We just can't have enough of them.

Chicken-Vegetable Chowder

I got this recipe from one of Betty Crocker's cookbooks: Soups Stews & Chilies,  and I made the worst chicken soup I ever made in my life.  I served this soup to my friends and I was embarrassed by it. I never tasted it before I served and that was my mistake. I had made chicken soups many times before and they were all good, as if nothing could really go wrong when chicken was thrown in a pot with carrots, onions and whatever vegetables.  But not this recipe.

I am suspecting the combination of the "condensed cream of chicken" and a "low sodium chicken broth" ruined the soup.  My friends had their first spoonfuls and their facial expression and slow eating movements told me something was wrong with this soup. Then I tasted it myself and it was awful!  I told everybody that the soup tasted and smelled bad and they should all stop eating.  Everybody was so relieved when I made the announcement. I trashed the entire 4 quart pot of soup that wasted my chicken and vegetables, let alone the 7 hours of electricity that my slow cooker consumed to make this horrible and toxic tasting soup.  I still don't know what went wrong.  This was my first time using the condense cream of chicken can soup to make anything.

Avoid this recipe in case you have the cook book or you saw it on the Betty Crocker's website.

Skinny Jambalaya

This slim down Jambalaya has only 349 Calories per serving. We love the smoky flavor of the turkey. This Jambalaya is great for weight control and yet it doesn't compromise in flavor. It's easy and relatively quick to prepare. We however had not such an easy time finding "smoked turkey drumstick" in our nearby grocery store. It's worth the trouble finding it though, the turkey really gives this Jambalaya a great taste. Click here for the recipe.

Roasted Chicken with Caramelized Onions Soup

We found this recipe advertised on our Food and Wine Magazine 2009 January Issue. Out of this magazine, this is the first recipe we ever tried and it is on an ad. We decided to make this soup tonight because it looked easy and simple enough to make. We also happened to have all the ingredients already since they are very common staples. This is such a filling and delicious soup and we are so happy that we tried it tonight. The caramelized onions give the soup a very nice smoky and sweet flavor. They make an otherwise ordinary chicken soup a lot more special. This is one of the very best chicken soups we ever had in our lives and we can't believe how such a delicious soup with such complexed and great flavor actually took so little time to make. We highly recommend it. Click here for the recipe.

Blueberries Pancakes

These pancakes are simply delicious. We love them and our co-workers love them when we brought them to work... Ditch the pancake mix from the grocery stores. Great tasting pancakes are quick and easy to make from scratch. Pancakes that are made from scratch just taste so much better. Click here for the recipe.

Old Fashioned Beef Stew

This beef stew is very easy to make. It's wholesome and comforting. We usually make a lot of them and freeze them in single serving containers so we can heat up in microwave for a fast and delicious weeknight dinner with rustic crusty bread. Click here for the recipe....

Merry Christmas, My Dear Friends

Sweet and Sour Pork

This is not exactly the same kind of "Sweet and Sour Pork" that we grew up with in Hong Kong. But this is not bad. Click here for the recipe...

Tomato and Onion Salmon

This salmon recipe is featured on the Taste of Home Magazine Dec 2007 issue, how do you like it?

Peppermint Freezer Pie Recipe

This peppermint freezer pie recipe is featured on the Taste of Home Magazine Dec 2007 issue, how do you like it?

Wilted Spinach Salad Recipe

We think this dish totally meets our need for the old-fashioned, wholesome diet that we occasionally seek. (yeah... we want to eat healthy, but we don't always stick with it...) Spinach is rich in calcium and potassium which are great for controlling blood pressure... (even though we haven't had a problem in this area yet....).... And mushrooms are good for ??? We don't know yet... may be you can tell us.... We think throwing in just a little bit of egg and a little bit of bacon crisps won't hurt. Afterall, our bodies all need protein to function, right?

Boy, this salad really tasted wonderful. It was easy to make and it's pretty filling. We were told that in the 30s and 40s, this salad was a popular dish served in elegant restaurants in America. The tuxedoed waiters back in those days flambed the dressing ingredients and tossed the salad tableside. Wow, we can imagine what an entertaining scene it must be.... We had never seen waiters made this salad at the tableside. As a matter of fact, we had never even seen this salad on the menus in the restaurants we visited. Fortunately, we can make this tasty salad at home with little effort, click here for the recipe.

Cheddar Bread Twists Recipe

This cheddar cheese twists recipe is featured on the Taste of Home Magazine Dec 2007 issue, how do you like it?

Szechuan Grilled Flank Steak

This flank steak recipe is featured in the 3 Books in 1: Chinese, Thai, Japanese Cookbook, how do you like it? Click on the picture to get the recipe.

Sweet-Sour Red Cabbage Recipe

This red cabbage recipe is featured on the Taste of Home Magazine Dec 2007 issue, how do you like it?

Sweet and Spicy Chicken Stir-Fry

This chicken stir-fry recipe is featured in the 3 Books in 1: Chinese, Thai, Japanese Cookbook, how do you like it? Click on the picture to get the recipe.