Month: August 2012
Braised Beef Tongue in Coconut Cream and Spices
Ingredients: 2 lbs grass-fed beef tongue 3 cups water 1-2 Tbsp Red Boat Fish Sauce 4 garlic cloves 2″ galangal root (or subbed with ginger root) 1 tsp salt 1 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp coriander powder 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp aleppo chili pepper 1 tsp cloves powder 1 tsp black pepper powder […]
Continue Reading...A Special Breakfast
Today’s breakfast was pretty special. Unfortunately the picture doesn’t do the justice. I know you must be wondering what’s so special about this breakfast? 2 egg omelet with coconut butter, steamed chopped carrots and squash, a bowl of bone broth oxtail soup and a cup of tea looked just like my typical breakfast, right? Well […]
Continue Reading...On the Brighter Side
Yesterday we went to my BIL (brother-in-law) one month celebration of his newborn baby boy. A month ago his wife got into a car accident that resulted in an emergency C-section, so his son was born prematurely. On the brighter side: both mom and the baby were fine. The baby was about 5lbs when he […]
Continue Reading...Caramelized Beef and Scallion
This recipe was inspired by She Cooks He Cleans Vietnamese Clay Pot Pork (Thit Kho To) recipe when I saw it posted on Chowstalker a while back. Since I don’t have a claypot nor I had the time to baby sit for hours, I used my beloved pressure cooker to cook this and also figured […]
Continue Reading...Self Experiment: Intermittent Fasting
Today is my first day of my time off from work. I actually don’t have any particular plan for taking 3 days off from work this week but it’s just something that I need to take in order not to lose my floating holidays (I have 4 this year and used 2 already for this […]
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