Posts Tagged ‘vegetables and mushrooms’

Tuscan Bean Soup

Saturday, March 30th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

This Tuscan Bean Soup recipe is adapted from Saveur.com and I enjoyed every part of it. I have actually cooked it many times, more frequently in the winter months of December, January and February when such a hearty and wholesome soup is called for. That said, it is suitable anytime if you are a "so (Read more...)

Baby Bok Choy with Oyster Mushrooms Stir-Fry 清炒蚝菇小白菜

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

Organic king oyster mushrooms are easily available in the Asian (be it Chinese, Korean, Japanese) supermarkets around the Bay Area, and I am lucky to have all these Asian supermarkets within close proximity.


Such a stir-fry of green vegetables and mushrooms is a regular at the dinner table, as it (Read more...)

Salad Fusili, Gai Lan (Chinese Broccoli) & Tomatoes

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

Once or twice during the weekdays, I cook extras so there are leftovers for weekend dinners, sparing myself some time during the weekends - to rest.

If you cook extras as leftovers, how often do you do that? I am amazed by those who cook their meals fresh every day, three meals per day, seven days (Read more...)

Pineapple, Tofu, Bell Peppers Stir-Fry 凤梨炒豆腐,灯笼椒

Monday, March 18th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

Pineapple is a good source of Vitamin C and aids digestion. We consume them as fruits most of the time.

In Chinese food therapy, pineapples are considered "cooling" for the body. When consumed, they can alleviate inner body heat and reduce dehydration. With that, we can almost say that pineapple (Read more...)

Tofu-Based Shirataki Noodles Soup

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

I have seen it many times especially in the health grocery stores, but it never made its way into my grocery cart until today.

Noodles! Huh? That's ordinary!


Well, not your ordinary wheat, rice or egg noodles but these tofu-based shirataki-style noodles.

Traditionally, shirataki noodles are made (Read more...)

Gado Gado – Peanut Sauce Vegetables Salad

Friday, March 8th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

With cucumber, turnip, pineapples, bean sprouts - think Asian-style salad and Rojak comes to mind. With long beans, cabbage, tofu - think Asian-style salad and Gado Gado it is. Both are similarly salads yet distinctive in their own dressings: Rojak in a shrimp-paste-based dressing while Gado Gado in (Read more...)

Skillet Noodles with Shrimps, Egg, Kale

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

This is skillet noodles with served-by-the-sides pan-grilled shrimps, steamed/blanched Bok Choy, par-boiled eggs and stir-fried kale. So now, where do I get this idea? True that I often cook one-dish meal; however, I don't think I have had one with the combination of egg, shrimps, meat and vegetabl (Read more...)

HappyCall Pan (HCP) Sautéed Oyster Mushrooms

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

The caramelization of onions impart intense sweet flavors to many dishes. Likewise, I also like to caramelize green onions (the bottom white parts of green onions) and this brings great flavors to a very easy  and basic recipe.


Sweat the green onions in a pan till the green onions start to b (Read more...)

Chickpea Garbanzo Beans (Channa) Curry 鸡豆咖哩

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

Chickpeas is the preferred bean to use for this dish, compared to black beans when the flavors of black beans did not really quite hit the correct spot for curry the other time.


When able to plan ahead, dried chickpeas is recommended for this dish as the texture using cooked dried beans results in (Read more...)

Three-Cup Mushrooms 全素三杯菇

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

Instead of making Three-Cup Chicken, the proteins were switched up with a mixture of Enoki and Oyster mushrooms making this a perfect vegetarian dish.


The Asian/Ethnic (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean) grocery stores in California are well-stocked with a variety of fresh mushrooms such as Enoki, Bu (Read more...)