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This is a super easy and quick way to pickle cucumbers, perfect to have with fried foods or bbq in the south. Extremely refreshing and easy to do with ingredients you probably have in your pantry, this is an excellent, simple, recipe. The best thing about this recipe is that you can do this the …
This Tom Kha Gai Soup: Just like from your local takeaway is another favorite when we get Thai food and another one that is easy to make from home! This makes about 6 bowls of fragrant soup. Your kitchen will smell amazing while cooking this and it even tastes better the next day! I made …
Let me start off by saying these are the lightest and fluffiest cupcakes you’ll ever make. This recipe is adapted from The Pioneer Woman recipe and made into a more European style, with far less frosting. The key to this recipe is making sure that you have stiff egg whites to fold into the …
This is another takeaway favorite and after the success I had making Sesame Chicken I figured that Sweet and Sour Chicken couldn’t be much more difficult. I was right! This recipeis very simple and has a different process to batter the chicken giving it a thicker casing, tasting almost identical to that you get from …
Battenberg Cake is a British Classic, originating from the marriage of Princess Victoria to Prince Louis of Battenberg. This delicacy is a combination of cherry and almond cake encased in marzipan. Check my other post for a great and easy recipe for the marzipan! This cake is easier than it seems, especially if you have …
Let me start by saying that I’ve spent years bringing marzipan back from the UK or getting other family members to do so because it is almost impossible to get a block of it where we live. My parents had made a Battenburg Cake when I was away at University and I wanted to try …
We love Mexican food in this house so we decided to celebrate Cinco de Mayo a day early by having tacos, horchata, tortilla chips from Food Lion (which are the best, from the deli section which they make fresh), homemade guacamole and tres leches cake. Tres Leches cake is one of my favorites and I …
My original plan for last nights dinner was to make sweet and sour chicken, but apparently there is a limit on how much rice a person can eat! I decided to try and make fried chicken on a whim since we had defrosted some chicken thighs. I must admit I didn’t have high expectations but …
Mango and sticky rice is one of my favorite asian desserts and it is super easy to make! Mangoes and coconuts used to be my least favorite foods but now they are some of my favorites! This dish combines them both for a warm and refreshing dessert. The Mango works really well with the warm …
Massaman Curry is a favorite in my home and is always on the menu when we get a takeaway from a Thai restaurant. So, of course, I figured it was time to try and make it myself and I found this great recipe. It only ended up taking about 45 minutes to …