Teczcape-An Escape to Food

Originated in Argentina, this sauce is versatile as marinade, sauce, dressing and/or condiment usually alongside grilled steak. Today, we se...

This is an updated Garlic Bread Toast recipe from the earlier  Garlic-Herb Butter Crostini  posted way back in 2009. Well, thanks to two hu...

It is most common in powder form but have you ever seen the fresh moringa plant ? The Moringa plant is nutrient-packed - rich in vitamins w...

Other than the regular grocery stores e.g. Sprouts Farmers Market, Trader Joes, and Whole Foods Market, there are also Korean, Japanese, Chi...

With salmon in season, I have been making roasted salmon quite regularly. It is an easy and healthy meal to put together - roast the salmon ...

Hasselback potato must be one of the fancier ways to serve potatoes . I seldom cook potatoes at home. They usually appear in vegetable pota...

What do you see in this dish? A side-component to a Western-style dinner paired with a roast chicken entree? How about Burger King'...

Steamed Whole Trout in Parchment En Papillote is a quick and easy recipe that yields extraordinary results. With beautiful whole trouts and...

My goal in the kitchen has always been consistent - to simplify cooking as much as possible, yet the kind of quick and easy cooking that yie...

These organic rainbow carrots are so attractive and I was instantly drawn to them. Though carrots are available all-year round, fall/autumn...

I was too quick in making such comments . Now I think these pesto cucumber bites are the easiest hors d’oeuvres to make. Alright, I main...

Finger-friendly snack bites that will definitely please a crowd and even better, make a crowd envious of this homemade pesto . These  pesto...

The basil in our garden (picture, left) is flourishing beautifully, and it is just one basil plant. We will call it "the parent ba...

At almost the same time August last year, there was a variety of tomato plants and vegetables e.g. kale and Swiss chard growing in our...

These two ingredients actually landed unexpectedly in my kitchen. 5lb carrots and thyme. 5lb of organic carrots because it was on-sale fo...

I spotted yellow-flesh watermelon in the Asian grocery store last week and could not resist as I have not had yellow-flesh watermelon for a...

I look for simple (really simple) ideas when I go "blog-visiting". The Spanish -Style Baked Shrimps was one such example. Minimal...

Tomatoes two-way ...or more appropriately, tomatoes - cooked two ways. First, a Raw Tomato Salad - dressed in a little sesame oil, brown ...

I don't eat potatoes very often since I'm more a " rice " person. The only time potatoes get sneaked into my food is when...

I do not blog about herbs as often as plants and vegetables in WHB. This time, I'm going for herbs in Weekend Herb Blogging (WHB) is at...