After last year's mild winter, this January's weather has been a bit more chilly and so my family has been enjoying AIP hot pot on a pretty regular basis! This is not really a recipe but more of a how-to post, as hot pots (or steamboats, the term more commonly used where I grew … [Read more...]
Watercress, Pork & Pear Bone Broth/Soup
This is a classic Chinese style bone broth that is great for when the weather is hot, due to the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) properties of the ingredients used. You may raise an eyebrow at that, but Chinese believe that food have various intrinsic properties and in this … [Read more...]
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...]
Lotus root soup (bone broth-based)
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...]
