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Chinese Dim Sum Taro Cake (Wu Tao Gou)

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Chinese Taro Cake - steamed, then pan fried

Do you like Dim Sum?  I LOVE eating Dim Sum… my only problem is that I find the entire experience to be VERY stressful, so it’s a love/hate thing for me.  I find myself craning my neck backwards, looking for all the carts with the food that I want to eat… worried that all the [...]

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Filed Under: Chinese & Taiwanese, Gluten-free, Vegetables & Side Dishes Tagged With: , , , ,

Homemade Azuki Bean Ice Cream (Sweet Red Bean Ice Cream)

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Homemade Azuki Bean Ice Cream

Now that I have my Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker, I’ve been making all kinds of ice cream lately.  Recently, I posted a recipe for Strawberry Ice Cream – which was really good… but I wanted to try making something a bit harder to find.  You can go to the market and choose from a bunch [...]

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Filed Under: Chinese & Taiwanese, Frozen Dessert, Gluten-free, Japanese & Hawaiian Tagged With: , ,

Minestrone Soup

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Minestrone Soup

Every time I buy a pre-cooked rotisserie chicken from the market, I save the bones, scraps, and skins to make chicken stock.  (I dump it all into a pot, cover with water, and simmer for an hour or so.  Then I cool it, strain it, and store it in the refrigerator to make soup the [...]

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What to do with leftover cake or cake crumbs

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10 things to do with leftover cake crumbs

Awhile back, I spent the day trying to figure out the Starbucks Lemon Pound Cake recipe.  After baking three loaves in a row, making changes here and there… I think I came pretty close.  The first loaf… was just ok.  The second… better, but still not exactly what I wanted.  The third… score!  That was [...]

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