Baking 101 : Red Velvet & Butter Creme Sugar Cookies

Made some treats for my Co- workers the other day can you say Delicious? You're Welcome.

xo

Chef Lindsay

Cooking 101 : Salmon Burgers

not that you guys don't already know I love to cook and bake...

made some Salmon Burgers for lunch the other day

SO FREAKING GOOD

xo

Lindsay

Cooking 101 : Veggie Tempura

Since Katrina doesn't know how to cook much, we decided to attack the impossible. We achieved in making homemade Tempura sauce and Vegetable Tempura. Turned out delicious! So proud of my young house wife to be!

lol

xo

Lindsay

How to make delicious food and impress people

As much as I'd love to be an executive chef at a 5-star restaurant, it is not practical for everyday life. In order to impress people (including yourself, friends, family, significant other etc) with your domestic prowess, you must have an arsenal of go-to recipes! Good sources include:

• Allrecipes.com
• The Food Network
• Your Mom or Dad (Mine refuses to sit down and teach me so some gentle harassing must ensue)
• Youtube
  
• Korean food cooking goddess Maangchi

My bf bought me a starter cook book which includes a lot of the basics including terminology, cookware, and some simple recipes to try. To be honest, I usually just google something if I am unsure, but this book looks pretty in your kitchen!


In my first year of cooking on my own, I was able to produce some edible meals, and some (dare I say) tasty niblets:

Super tasty and easy (but time consuming) California rolls with crab stick, avacado, cucumber, and a touch of mayo. You can make this spicy too, using the spicy Japanese Mayo recipe (Kewpie or Cho-jang mayo mixed with siracha mmmmm)

15 minute appetizers - using pillsbury crescent rolls, wilted spinach, pesto, sundried tomato and goat cheese


Special pork rice, egg & seaweed rice seasoned with additional Nori Fumi Rice seasoning

You don't have to be an expert or even a perfectionist to cook good food. Cooking shouldn't be a chore, it should be a joy! Well...I guess I'm blessed enough to actually enjoy cooking -- it is a therapeutic way to unwind after a hectic day at work. Good luck shakin' and bakin'! ;)

Tea cups & girl time

I had the pleasure of joining my manager for dinner at her house today. She lives in a cute & compact yet open and lush house nestled in the suburbs. We enjoyed some delicious pan-fried, flaky white halibut with plump scallops and shrimp. The seafood was lightly seasoned and browned on both sides with olive oil and french butter.

I love the fancy china and the big white modern dishes!

I forgot to mention the crazy looking broccolinis! Such long stems!



It's always very eye-opening to spend some time with somebody who has worked in the field for over 20+ years...that's almost as long as I have been alive...crazy! Their perspective is unique and intriguing. Pharmacy is changing so very rapidly...what was once a very in-demand field is now becoming super saturated. Gone are sign-on bonuses and having the luxury to even decide your location of choice! I definitely am thankful I am where I am now...

After a indulgent night of seafood, Vietnamese Kareoke, purse ogling, artichoke hummus, Chopin's Nocturne in E flat major, and green tea laced with rock candy, I returned home, happy, content, and inspired. :)

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