A few weeks back, my husband and I went for dim sum with friends and took our one and a half year old. Dim sum is a style of eating Chinese food, where you order a wide variety of small, shareable portions. In some restaurants you order from a menu, in others you pick what…
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How to Eat is Getting a Makeover! And a Simple Spring Pasta.
Guys, this year How to Eat will be FIVE years old. We can’t believe it. That doesn’t mean we’re actually five years older though, right? When we started this humble little recipe and cooking blog, we always talked about our one-day dream of turning it into something more. What that ‘more’ was we were’t sure, but…
How To: Quickie Meal – Sesame Crusted Chicken Bites with Stir-Fried Greens
You know what I love? A good deal. I can’t resist a good two-for-one sale. Why buy one bag of popcorn when you can get two for the same price? Anyone else relate? Here’s a good deal for ya – two recipes for the price of one. Sesame chicken bites AND delicious soy and sesame…
How to – Make your Own: Crunchy Ramen Noodle Salad
Ahhh ramen noodles. As cliche as it is, I fell in completely in love with them, followed by entirely sick of them in my first year of university. I bought cases and cases of chicken flavoured Mr. Noodle that year. Stuck in a dorm room, a kettle as my only cooking aide, it was the only way…
How To: Healthy Breakfast – Savoury Squash Pancakes
I’ve had my eye on this recipe for a long time. It’s been bookmarked in my “recipe to try folder,” along with so so SO many more. Well, thank goodness for national food holidays. When #pancaketuesday rolled around last month, it was the perfect excuse for a breakfast-for-dinner meal. And oh how glad I was…
How To: Quickie Meal – Oven Baked Sweet Chili Chicken with Eggplant & Zucchini
Erin and I have been having a moment with sweet chilli sauce. We’ve been putting that red and sweet sauce on pretty much everything. Have you tried it? It’s addictive. I had never thought to make my own before. I mean, why would I when the store bought variety is so darn delicious. But then I…
How To: Recipe Makeover – Vegetarian Chilli Loaded Sweet Potato Fries
I’m at a loss for words. Seriously – I sat in front of my computer for a good hour just staring. I knew I wanted to share this recipe with you but the only phrase that kept popping in my head was “MAKE THIS NOW!” I feel like these are a tad late to the…