by KimHo on January 11, 2009 under: Food
During the holidays, and thanks to the crazy weather, there were mornings where I woke up to the falling snow and, as a result, almost imprisioned in my apartment. As mentioned previously, whenever I have a bit too much time… Anyway, on one of the nights, after listening to the weather forecast, which called for snow next morning, I started planning next day’s breakfast. For the record, for this meal, I usually have cereal, fruit and (soy) milk. But, for a change, I wanted something special. That’s how I came up with the idea of making crêpes.
Before I continue, there is this “background” question, why crêpes and not pancakes? The answer is… I don’t know! Well, actually I do. I find pancakes a bit generic; in fact, if I *really* wanted pancake, I would just go to MickeyD’s and get it from their breakfast menu. However, this argument has a flaw (or at least here in Vancouver): If I wanted crêpes, I could as well go to one of the many Cafe Crepe here. In the end, I guess crêpes have a certain je ne sais quoi…
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Breakfast,
Home Cooking
For as far as I can remember, my parents have told me a bit too much time on my hands is a bad thing. While I don’t remember doing any mischief nor they giving too much to keep myself busy (a contradiction in a way), they almost keep a check on what I was doing. Of course, I don’t live with them anymore yet that constant checking have made me self-conscious whenever I have a bit of extra time. Due to the crazy weather we had on the last couple of weeks, I did not go out that much and, yup, I had a bit of time. So, why not cook?
One dish I particularly liked to eat in Panama is arroz con pollo, literally, chicken rice. I never managed to master the Panamanian version of the recipe, mainly due to myself messing the proportion of some of the ingredients; my “version” usually ends up something on the lines of Spanish rice.
Still, the end result is quite good or so the people have tried it says… And here is my recipe.
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Chicken,
Home Cooking,
Rice
by KimHo on December 7, 2008 under: Food
A lot of times, it is thanks to “accidents” that we learn something new. In my case, I was making banana bread (sorry, no post on that one, it was something that I thought on doing on the spot) and, at the end, by mistake, I did not turn off the oven completely. (I did not realize this until the following night). In a way, I am ashamed as one of the first lessons I learned from my mother was to NEVER walk away from a heat source… Sure, it was barely “on” and the heating element of the oven was just warm but a mistake is a mistake. Of course, that also taught me I could use it to slow roast something…
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Pork,
Slow Roast
Sliced Tomatoes
by KimHo on February 1, 2009 under: British Columbia,Comments,Food,Restaurant
With the current economic uncertainty, there is the talk about cooking at home to save $$$. How much this is true depends a lot on what you buy, what you like to eat, where you buy, etc. While I try to do it myself, it has its own problems. For me, the main problem is time. Although my work schedule usually allows me to come back early enough and prepare dinner, it does not, however, give me enough time to hit the gym or similar after work activities, come back and then prepare dinner. Of course, some might argue I should cook several servings and freeze them. Actually, that is what I do. The problem is eating the same for 4 straight meals…
I am sure a lot of people have problems similar to the ones described and, among several solutions offered by the market, there is the one delivering prepared ingredients (i.e., cleaned, chop, cut, portioned, etc.) to your home, where the only thing you have to do is finish “cooking”/re-heating it. To anybody who has cooked previously, he/she knows the most time consuming part of cooking is prep work… Sliced Tomatoes, a local company does exactly that. More information on how it works, please, visit their website.
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Tagged as: Delivery, Home Cooking, Vancouver