Tag Archives: vegetables
In love: light green spaghetti
I’m in love with the zucchini in noodle form. Although its heavy-handed supermarket packaging upsets the environmentalist in me, I’ve learned to peel back the plastic and see it for the astonishingly versatile vegetable that it is. Having come across … Continue reading
[Recreate] Bellagio’s beans with salted duck egg
Having become an instant fan of Bellagio‘s green beans with salted duck egg and eaten it twice within the last three weeks, I was eager to recreate it at home. A quick search confirmed that the dish was simple enough … Continue reading
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Stonesoup’s carrot soup
Growing up with a grandmother whose favourite food is soup, I used to have a bowl of it (most often Cantonese slow-cooked soup or fish broth, but occasionally a can of Campbell’s to placate the kids) at every evening meal. … Continue reading
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Stalk talk: experiments on getting more out of broccoli
Whenever I cook with broccoli, I throw the main stalk away. It used to irk me to have to throw out such a large part of the broccoli that I’d paid for by weight, but this practice soon became second … Continue reading