Category Archives: In the Kitchen

Chilled Bean Sprouts

cooking time: less than 15 minutes Cold side dishes are great for multiple meals. Ingredients: soy bean sprouts – blanched and cooled salt thinly sliced chili peppers angle sliced scallions minced garlic sesame oil Directions: place bean sprouts in a mixing bowl add all other ingredients, adjust amount of seasoning to taste Notes: soy bean sproutsContinue reading “Chilled Bean Sprouts”

Cucumber Salad

cooking time: less than 10 minutes should be prepared 1 day ahead This is a great side dish with other Asian dishes. Easy to make. Ingredients: Persian cucumbers sugar – approx. 1/6 of cucumber salt – some for seasoning rice vinegar – same amount as sugar thinly sliced ginger – some  Directions: smash cucumbers, cutContinue reading “Cucumber Salad”

Chili Oil / Sauce

cooking time: less than 10 minutes The chili peppers I bought came in a bigger package than I can use fast enough. I came up with this way to use up the peppers. Ingredients: chopped chili peppers minced garlic thinly sliced scallion oil salt Directions: heat up oil in a small pan on low heatContinue reading “Chili Oil / Sauce”

The Way I Cook

I love eating! Eating and cooking come together in my life. Cooking to me is not a chore but a creative process that I enjoy. Cooking and eating involve all five senses. I am not a gourmet cook. I don’t have any formal training in cooking. I didn’t start cooking until I left home for college. IContinue reading “The Way I Cook”