Recipes

In the summers I lived in Shanghai, I would look forward to the cold sesame, peanut-y dressed cold dumplings that pop onto the menu when the weather warms.  This recipe is an homage to all the dumpling makers in my French Concession neighborhood who kept their traditions alive and fed the community with their hand wrapped dumplings.  Ingredients: Frozen dumplings...

INGREDIENTS 1 medium Onion, peeled and julienned 1 tbsps Vegetable oil 2 tbsps OMG! Sambal® 2 cups Squash, cubed 1/2 can Coconut Milk, can substitute with other milk alternatives 1 drizzle Fish sauce (Optional; Vegan friends just use salt) METHOD In a large, cold pan or wok, add the onion and 2-3 tablespoons of the oil. Place the pan over...

 This recipe features Sangre de Toro, a rare and regional burgundy bean from Primary Beans.  We met Lesley, one of the female owners of Primary Bean during a Good Food Mercantile in SFO last year. She was super passionate about beans and sharing her knowledge of beans. Ingredients 1/2 cup Sangre de Toro Beans ¼ cup of yellow mung beans 1/3...

Whole fish delicately cooked in coconut milk and sambal. Easy and delish!

AF Chili Chunka Samba: Easy AF Pickle As we head into summer a refreshing accompaniment to grilled food and a staple on our table are pickles. This quick pickle recipe is surprisingly easy, packs a lot of flavor and will quickly become a summer staple for you too. Our standard always has cucumbers in it but with vegetables coming into...

OMG! Sambal: Artichoke and Mayocoba Beans Beans have a spotty relationship with eaters and I’ve heard its gaseous feedback. TBH, I never really had an issue with it. Maybe because it’s the pre-cooking that an old auntie told me and one that I adapted a kitchen hack with. All you need is a slow cooker or instant pot and it...

Mee Sua 长寿面  is a Chinese New Year must-have food for many communities from the Fujian region in China.  The name translates to longevity noodles and eating is for an auspicious start to the new year. For my family, Mee Sua is part of the traditional foods from my Dad’s side in Klang, Malaysia.  We would eat Mee Sua for breakfast on the...

I do love a good butternut pumpkin/ squash soup. This one is super easy to make and so full of flavor. And we love not wasting any bit of delicious pumpkin / squash with the snack crunch you can make easily from the squash seeds.