Banana bread with chocolate chips and nuts
Got overripe bananas? Mash them and bake them into this banana bread (it's really a cake) that’s ultra moist and chock-full of chocolate chips and nuts. Enjoy for …
Snacks
Strictly speaking, a smaller serving of any savory dish can be a snack. And dishes labeled "dessert" is just as good when served between main meals. So, yes, our list of snack recipes includes both sweet and savory. Our favorites include banana spring rolls (turon) which we make with cheese, banh mi (with pork or chicken), chicken empanadas, mushroom fries (with or without basil) and cheese-stuffed chili spring rolls.
Mango pomelo sago
The Thai and Burmese have their mango sago; the Chinese, via Hong Kong and Singapore, have mango pomelo sago.
Chiang Mai street food-style mini omelettes
Inspired by an ubiquitous street food that’s fun, cute and delicious all at the same time, our home version was cooked in a cast iron aebleskiver pan.
Chicken Empanadas
With chicken picadillo as filling, the dough for the crust of these empanadas was made with lard. Make these chicken empanadas with the flakiest crust by following this …
Korean cream cheese garlic bread
While shopping for ingredients at a Korean grocery in the neighborhood, my husband got intrigued by the bread in the bakery section. He asked if we wanted to try the …
Baked shrimp omelette
Eggs, shrimps, broccoli florets, tomatoes, Parmesan and parsley are stirred together, ladled into a six-hole muffin pan and baked until firm. These muffin-shaped mini …
Chicken katsu onigirazu
Imagine fried chicken fillet sandwich but, instead of bread, the meat is stuffed between two layers of rice then wrapped with nori. Chicken katsu onigirazu is a portable …