Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
With Valentine’s Day coming up, I’ve been noticing ads all over the internet for gourmet chocolate dipped strawberries. But seriously, $39.99 for a dozen strawberries (plus shipping)??? That’s insane! I found fresh strawberries on sale at the supermarket for $1.99 the other day. With a small portion of the melting chocolate I already have in [...]
Happy Year of the Water Snake!!! Tomorrow (starting at midnight) is Chinese New Year’s Day, the beginning of the Lunar New Year’s celebrations all across Asia and in Asian communities here in America. This year, I was thinking about what to make for Lunar New Year… year of the Snake – maybe I should make [...]
It is currently week two of San Diego Restaurant week. During week one, we had dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in Del Mar and were served an amazing creamed spinach casserole as a side dish, and I thought this would be a great new way to prepare spinach – something different from the spinach sauteed [...]
My husband isn’t much of a ‘foodie’. He doesn’t get all crazy about food the way I do… unless… it’s something sweet. He LOVES desserts. One day, several years ago, he was reminiscing about the amazing fudge that he used to buy while in primary school in Capetown, South Africa; “It’s creamy, not chocolaty, and [...]
Zabaglione is a really simple dessert to make – but looks very complicated and impressive! It requires few ingredients: egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, cream, and Marsala Wine. I like to punch up the flavor with a pinch of salt, and the addition of vanilla bean pods… but that part is optional. To make this simple [...]
Every Christmas, I like to make a Prime Rib roast. You can usually find “prime” grade standing rib roast at Costco the week of Christmas. Otherwise, you can usually find “choice” grade at Costco or the supermarket. ”Prime” grade beef is usually double the price of the “choice” grade… and frankly, it tastes the same [...]
Every Christmas, I like to make a big batch of Christmas Candy to give away to friends and neighbors. The easiest to make are my Chocolate Walnut Fudge and my White Chocolate Peppermint Bark recipes… mainly because these two candy recipes are made entirely in the microwave. It could not be any easier! For the [...]
Hawaiian cornbread is not your typical American style cornbread – this one is sweeter, fluffier, and lighter in texture than the dense bread we think of as “cornbread”. It’s sort of a cross between a cake and regular cornbread. I love the texture and sweetness – it’s perfect served with a bowl of chili [...]
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