I Am... Snack Saturdays: Calbee KFC Potato Chips
Japan is the land of wacky salty snacks. Much to Mike's dismay, I love wandering around the endless snack aisles. To the untrained eye, all the colorful packages look the same, but a closer look reveals Mountain Dew Cheetos; foie, truffle and red wine chips; and Kewpie mayo. I haven't tried any of those yet, but when I heard about a cross promotion between KFC and Calbee chips, I knew I would be buying a package or two.
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I Am... Sriracha Roasted Cauliflower Recipe
I am a huge fan of cauliflower. I know some people who think cauliflower should be banned from cruditè platters, but I actually love it raw. You can always count on me to finish off those crunchy white florets of goodness. Of course, if I happen to have a ziplock bag on hand, you might find me scooping up those pre-cut florets to bring home for roasting. You see, if you have a bit of time, roasting cauliflower is a guaranteed road to deliciousness.
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I Am... Spicy Jalapeno Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs
I love garlic, but whenever I peel and chop it my fingers end up smelling like garlic for the rest of the day. I haven't resorted to buying peeled garlic (yet!) and I recently just discovered a new garlic peeling trick at saveur.com. All you do is crush the cloves (they suggest using the heel of your hand, I use the flat of my knife) then dump them into a bowl. Put another same sized bowl on top, hold them together and shake. The shaking rubs all the cloves together and somehow their skins fall off.
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I Am... Snack Saturdays: Pierre Hermè's Montebello
Happy Saturday Everyone! I've decided on a new feature for 2014 - Snack Saturdays. Every Saturday I'll feature something I've been snacking on, whether it be fancy, like these decadent Pierre Hermè pastries, or simple, like a newly discovered favourite brand of chips. Mostly it'll be an excuse for me to eat lots of snacks and practice my photography.
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I Am... Breakfast Taquito Recipe
The first time I had taquitos I was in the middle of an epic fight with an old ex-boyfriend. It was so long ago that I don't remember what the fight was about. And to be honest, I don't remember much about him at all. We weren't fighting when we sat down and ordered, but by the time the drinks arrived we were both fuming silently.
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I Am... Pasta, Sausage & Broccoli Bake
I don't know about you but I love a good snow storm and all the recent crazy photos of snow are making me nostalgic for my snow-filled childhood. Don't get me wrong, Tokyo is wonderful in the winter, but the one thing that it doesn't have is snow. The winters are really dry here, which means it's sunny, cold and lovely everyday, but I do miss the quiet stillness that happens when it snows.
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I Am... Grilled Egg and Cheese Recipe
Are you guys as obsessed with grilled cheese sandwiches as I am? I am a true grilled cheese lover. And adding a egg just blows all other grilled cheeses out of the water. Technically this recipe isn't a grilled cheese at all, just a single slice of bread with cheese fused to it's outsides, but it's cheese and it's grilled so I'm not going to argue technicalities. If we did want to get into the technicalities of naming of recipes, I think the egg-in-toast part of this recipe confuses me as well.
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I Am... Spam and Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe
2014 is fast approaching and with the coming of the new year, there are always resolutions to eat better and be healthier. I'm all for healthy eating and living, but there's still time to indulge my friends! And nothing is more indulgent than this spam fried rice.
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I Am... Bacon-Wrapped Yaki Mochi Recipe
I'm in the land of mochi, sushi and all things kawaii and I'm loving it! If you've never had mochi before, you should definitely try it. Mochi is kind of hard to describe with it's gooey chewiness, but all you really need to know is that it's mostly about the texture and its texture is delicious! Mochi is made from short grain sticky rice and as a result, is quite sticky, as well as neutral flavoured. This opens up a lot of possibilities when working with mochi. It's often used in delicate Japanese sweets or wrapped around ice cream, but my favourite way to enjoy mochi is on the more savoury side of things.
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I Am... Miso Toast Soldiers and Soft Boiled Egg Recipe
December is perfect for long, lingering breakfasts by the fire. In my perfect world, me and Mike would be cozy in our kitchen nook (doesn't exist) overlooking the freshly snow covered forest-y backyard (I live in a high rise). There'd be a couple of shy deer at the salt lick and a few curious bunnies by the edge of my lawn (the only wildlife in the city are raccoons). Inside, there would most definitely be a fire (wish I had a fireplace), a huge pot of coffee, and miso toast soldiers with soft boiled eggs (this I can do!).
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I Am... Chicken Fried Steak Recipe
Let me start off by saying that before this post I have never eaten chicken fried steak. It's not a big dish in Vancouver and I actually don't see it on menus all to often, even while travelling. Apparently I haven't been travelling to the right places, because chicken fried steak is A. Big. Deal. When I first came across the name, I was confused. Chicken? Steak? Was it chicken, steak or other?
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I Am... Mac and Cheese Pie Recipe
I'm fresh off the plane from my trip to Australia, and the one thing that stuck out for me about the land down under, aside from the abundance of cute marsupials, is the fact that they LOVE pies. There were so many pie places, it was crazy. I think their official food might be meat pie. Pies and sausage rolls. They were sold everywhere: coffee shops, random street stands, and of course they had several dedicated pie only shops.
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