Rosemary & Coconut Biscotti

These cookies were bomb to make. Biscotti is an Italian cookie made by baking a whole cookie dough log, slicing it and baking again until crunchy.

This recipe is adapted from Giada de Laurentiis, my girl, and the result is delish. Rosemary in cookies will raise a few eyebrows, I know, but you gotta give this recipe a try. So gooood.

Note: In my cookies I used dried coconut flakes in place of currants, but you may absolutely use currants or other dried fruit if you like. Almonds and other nuts would also make for a great substitute. Get baking.

Chicken with Peanuts and Pak Choi

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Some years ago when I would frequent the village market, my friend and I were addicted to an Asian restaurant at the food court and we always ordered the same thing. It was a scrumptious chicken and cashew nut stir fry served on a bed of rice, or potatoes if you liked, with a salad on the side. I had never had nuts in my food, so imagine the mouthgasm I had especially my first time.

Today’s lunch was a sort of spur of the moment ode to Asian food, which is also my favorite food to cook. This recipe features peanuts, pak choi (or bok choy, a Chinese cabbage available at grocery section usually packaged), a Moroccan spice mix that my mom got from Morocco and chicken breast cubes. I really enjoyed making this dish, I hope you do too!

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Vegetable Chow Mein (Noodle and Veg Stir Fry)

This was inspired by Food Network’s Ching-He Huang. Hope you enjoy my version.

Water Melon & Mint Fruit Salad

This was fresh.

I recommend having this chilled before serving. Also, water melon is my third favorite fruit. If you don’t like it, try it in a mojito! Simply blend the water melon and mint and lime juice, strain it and mix it into your favorite mojito recipe. I am on a mojito roll myself, so cheers. OK?

Peanut Butter Cookies

I gladly made these for the second time this week cause the first time i made them, i died, and my siblings ate two dozen cookies in minutes. So delicious. Good way to use up those liters of peanut butter I was talking about.

How to make: Homemade Peanut Butter

Towards the end of 2013 my mom’s friend brought her a big plastic container filled with peanut butter, about 3 litres! Said friend had just got back from Sudan; i figured  there was a peanuts over-supply in Sudan.

Her homemade peanut butter turned out to be delicious on toast and brilliant in peanut butter cookies. I wondered how she made it and this morning, this recipe for home made peanut butter appeared on thekitchn.com. It’s terribly easy to make. It’s decided, I’m going peanut shopping tomorrow.

Lemon Thyme Roast Chicken

This was delicious and easy peasy to make. Yay to fuss free recipes.

Steak II

Steak 2, a follow up to steak 1. Goodbye 2013.

Steak for Lunch

Lunch. 29 December, 2013.

Caramel Cupcakes

(Adapted from Gourmet, January 2008)

These are fast, simple to make and crazy delicious. I hope you give this recipe a try!