Lavender Spiced Pork Chops and Sweet Potatoes with Marmalade Glaze
Today is a busy day for most of us as we spend time in the kitchen preparing for the big meal tomorrow. I like to brine my turkey and that has to be done this morning so that it will have sufficient time to infuse that huge bird. After which, there will be the chopping [...]
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Apart from squashes, apples, and grapes, another wonderful produce to enjoy at this time of the year is the humble sweet potato. This tasty tuber is a great addition to your fall cooking and baking. The prices start coming down the closer we get to the holidays. I usually buy a few each week in [...]
Hasselback potatoes are a pleasure at the dinner table. They are everything a roast potato should be, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. First served at the Hasselbacken Restaurant in Stockholm, these potatoes are a must when you have company and are out to impress.
Bubur Cha Cha is a popular Malaysian dessert consisting of a medley of sweet potatoes, taro, tapioca flour jelly, and sago in a thick coconut sauce flavored with pandan. Sometimes black eyed peas, bananas, and even durian are added to the mix. This delicious and fragrant dessert is normally eaten in the afternoon or during [...]
One of my favorite salads for Christmas is the Waldorf Salad. A search on the web directed me to The Kitchen Project website with a write-up on the The History of Waldorf Salad. It says here that the salad was created at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1896 by the maître d’hôtel, Oscar Tschirky. The [...]
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time. Though it was cold outside but it was warm indoors with family, friends, and abundant food. We had a traditional Thanksgiving at home and a fun gathering at a friend’s house. It was good to reflect on God’s blessings for the year, hang [...]
One of my favorite side dishes in the fall is candied sweet potatoes. This bread was inspired by that classic fall favorite. I combined the ingredients used in the dish with a quick bread recipe from my previous post Dates and Zucchini Bread. I was not disappointed with the results. The aroma of caramelized sweet [...]
This is the sweet version of the rice cakes I make for Ro-Ri San’s and the boys’ bento boxes. Instead of using short grain rice and a savory or salty filling, I use sweet sticky rice and sweet potatoes for the filling. The sticky rice is lightly salted to contrast with the sweet filling. A [...]
