Teczcape-An Escape to Food

Chanced upon lovely bunches of chayote shoots (what a rare find!) at the local farmer's market and decided to make Chayote Shoots Salad ...

The hot summer days usually spearhead me to do the minimal, especially in the kitchen. Moreover, a vegetable salad (e.g. Gado Gado , Brocco...

[ Updated Feb 2020 ]: Winter is a great time for fennel , especially in any cold-weather soups or stews. I made Fennel Chickpeas Stew again...

Have you taken a closer look at chayote and realized that it resembles the form of two fists clasped together? Chayote is also known as 合掌瓜 ...

Except for the cucumbers (done " salad " style, raw), I cannot believe I blanched the entire dinner! At the top, blanched lett...

When I stir-fry a dish that has tofu in it, I hardly make the effort to pan-fry the tofu prior to the stir-fry as it seems too troublesome ...

Biryani is one of my favorite Indian foods (or Indian one-dish meals). In fact, I have cooked it many times - over the stove or in the rice...

Once in a while, we have those "clearing out the fridge" days. Before leaving for a short vacation. Too bored with what's in t...

Since I am already familiar with using chayote in cooking, I explored another relatively new ingredient to pair with chayote today. I know...

I'm a dead pig. My infatuation. Tomatoes. Okra with Tomatoes . Bitter Melon with Tomatoes . Brisling Sardines with Tomatoes . Cabbage...

I said TWO renditions . I re-constructed a new dish a week later, using the same three ingredients without any "guilty" egg this...

I have two renditions of chayote coming up. It is not my first time with chayote ( Note : Just like cabbage , I also keep hardy chayote (c...

There are many ways to cook Chayote . Other than making Chayote Salad with Five-Spice Marinated Tofu (佛手瓜拌香干) , we can do a stir-fry with fr...

While most dinner tables will be laid with fish , shrimps ( prawns ), many other seafood and meat dishes (all " lucky foods ") ...

Other than kale , another vegetable/plant or fruit which I have discovered recently is Chayote . In Chinese, they are called 佛手瓜 (pronounce...