Well I have decided to start a blog. After moving across the country from Seattle to Richmond I feel like I need a new career path. Hmmm…what shall I do, florist, barista at Starbucks, back to the medical field, maybe work for a plastic surgeon. The possibilities are endless! I always wanted to be a chef, thought it was my artistic trait, never got that far. Worked at Café Juanita in Kirkland, watched the chefs coming up with all these new recipes, it was fascinating I lov
I love Pho but sometimes you just want to make it at home. When my sister, Shana and I lived together we would make beef top ramen and add cheese and call it poor man's French onion soup! So I stepped up the game and made my own beef Pho with ramen, its pretty good. This is what you need. You can see the ingredients just make ramen as directed, the add some deli roast beef, sliced white onion, green onion, basil leaves, bean sprouts, squeeze of lime, some sriracha and hois
I love the Bon Appetit, Epicurious and now the Basically websites, actually all cooking websites, I could spend hours on the computer just looking up recipes. Anyway, I have seen this cast iron pizza so many times and we are usually not doing carbs so I have never attempted to make it. (don't get me wrong I have eaten a lot of pizza) Just haven't had much luck with making pizza at home. So I decided to try it. First making dough scares me, the yeast and the warm water, ju
This is another recipe I've wanted to try for a long time. I saw an article about making ranch dressing more than calling your mom. My mom is not with us but I'm sure she would love this recipe and my writing about it. Anyway, I do buy some dressings in a pinch but I do make my own more often than buying them. Julie and I always make homemade blue cheese dressing especially for company. I feel like homemade dressing is so much better tasting and better for you, not all the
