Pretend Cooking

Pretend Cooking

Breakfast Calzone

Although I ate these for lunch and dinner too, I think it’s only fitting to name this breakfast calzone just because I added scrambled eggs. I didn’t have enough pepperonis and my stash of hams are in my freezer, I also didn’t have enough patience to thaw the ham. Adding the scrambled eggs just reminds […]

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Chantilly Mashed Potatoes

This is my first thanksgiving outside the US since 2012 but the spirit is still with me. I jump to a feast of feeding myself any chance I get. So even the day of celebration can be controversial, I stay true to stuffing -not just the turkey but my face with all the goodies. Let […]

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Miso Butter Matcha Pasta

Well, you know by now that I eat pasta every day. Not only because I love it, also because I have been experimenting on different shapes of pasta and different kinds of the dough. I did use turmeric powder before and beets to give some colors. I also proudly fail at spinach pasta dough. So […]

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Basic Basil Pesto

I had no idea what pesto was, the first time I had pesto was in Seattle, WA. Visiting my friend’s sister who grow, overgrow basil in her yard. She always have jars of pesto in her house and she said “anything is better with pesto”. And I must say I totally agree with her statement. […]

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Easy Broccoli Casserole

I once heard someone said “if your kids don’t like broccoli, serve it with cheese” And I couldn’t agree more to this statement I almost had this tattooed LOL. Just kidding. But I do totally agree, not just kids, I love broccoli even steamed broccoli, they are rich in fiber so it is good for […]

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Pizza Rolls

Nine out of ten pizza I’ve eaten in a week, lol, I rolled them up because it’s easier to avoid sauce from dripping and the loaded topping from falling. So I just made this pre-rolled pizza to make my dining experience even faster. Also I was thinking pizza this way is so much easier to […]

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Quick and Easy Skillet Lasagna

I am so into making pasta lately, I think it has been a whole month where I eat pasta every single day, sometimes just for lunch, most days for both lunch and dinner and not only I have zero waste. I also have zero regret. Because of my natural urges of eating pasta daily, I […]

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Slow Cooked Short Ribs Ragu

I have been wanting to make this since forever. I’m in the mood of making my own handcut and homemade pasta, pappardelle is the best for handcut pasta. And what goes the best with pappardelle? My favorite part of beef is the meat, but my favorite cut of meat is short ribs, hands down. So […]

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Eggs & Tofu Breakfast

You know when you are watching YouTube and they suggest many videos for you to watch until you go down the rabbit hole and don’t know your way back to reality, until the sun is rising and it’s time for you to go to bed? Well that happened to me recently but I’m so glad […]

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Beet Salad

After a week of every day pasta, I finally go back to something light and fresh. And beetroot was on sale in my local online grocery store, so I bought a bunch of them. Some I juiced to make my pink pasta but most of them were just roasted and turned to salad. I love […]