Chicken and Honeydew Melon Soup

I've been enjoying cooking with my new electric pressure cooker, the Instant Pot, and have been making soups with it.  Steps like pre-soaking and blanching become optional and saves loads of time.  Today's blog post features melon soup which is a refreshing broth-based soup that … [Read more...]

Tuna and Sweet Potato Salad

I had posted last week about a Thai-inspired chimichurri that I've been enjoying as a dip.  I wanted to incorporate it into various dishes and here's a recipe that includes it and is based on the classic potato salad.  The creaminess of the salad comes from a ripe avocado.  … [Read more...]

Berry Kale Smoothie

Smoothie was on the menu for today's breakfast but I had run out of bananas.  An avocado made a great substitute for thickening it up, along with some frozen wild blueberries.  I love putting baby kale in smoothies as there's no need to remove the stem - great for a quick … [Read more...]

Crunchy Chicken Bites

This was an experiment to test out frying food with crumb coating in the T-fal Actifry.  One thing great about this machine is that it uses just one tablespoon of fat to cook, and has an in-built paddle that stirs while it cooks.  This makes it really convenient for me to attend … [Read more...]

Roast chicken drumsticks with blueberry marinade

Since starting the AIP, I've been tinkering with approved ingredients to flavour foods and I must say it involves thinking out of the box (my box, anyway).  Matching flavours and ingredients is usually intuitive to me, though I have a tendency of layering many flavours (perhaps … [Read more...]

AIP birthday cake (Kuih bingka ubi kayu)

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I love cake.  Especially layered cakes with luxurious buttercream on them.  When I was a kid, I would lick the buttercream icing off and leave the cake untouched (I think I would give the cake slices to my mother...oh dear).  When I got older I learned to appreciate the cake … [Read more...]

Lotus root soup (bone broth-based)

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Bone broth is really big in the Paleo/ traditional foods circle and there are probably countless blogs out there detailing the hows and whys and benefits of bone broth.  When I first heard of bone broth, my first thought was: Isn't this how soup is made?  It is remarkably similar … [Read more...]