Shaved Brussels Sprouts Slaw Salad with Chicken
I watched the Food Network’s Bobby Flay in action over the summer and he gave me an ingenious way of using Brussels sprouts — RAW! Brussels sprouts…
Salads and Sides
Roasted Pumpkin and Crunchy Red Quinoa Salad with Sesame Mint Dressing
If you’re active you need heartier foods to sustain your energy, especially in the cold winter months. As much as I love eating light, a…
Life Salad
Life Cafe was epic. Five to ten years ago, before Hong Kong inevitably caught up with the undeniable trend of clean eating, Life Cafe…
Kale and Cauliflower Salad with Creamy Cashew Dressing
I crave this salad. When I serve it for dinner guests, I’m always asked, “What’s in this that makes it so good?” Well, here…
Farah Quinn’s Indonesian Karedok Salad
Farah Quinn is Indonesia’s foodie queen. And, as it turns out, she is also the sister-in-law of a close friend and an inspiring beautiful chef. Through…
Succotash Side Dish Secret
What’s a succotash? It’s a simple dish consisting of sweet corn, lima beans (or shell bean) and it’s frankly the fastest and simplest side dish…
The Perfect Oven French Fries
Ahhh simplicity. There’s something magical in perfecting simplicity, isn’t there? And when it comes to the quest for the perfect oven French fries, there’s a…
Fresh Corn and Roasted Cauliflower Hash
Nothing gets me more excited than cauliflower. From the cruciferous family, it’s jam-packed full of special compounds called glucosinolates which are considered cancer-protective and detoxifying….
Roasted Chickpeas and Cauliflower
I could eat this every day. I got inspired for this recipe by a cauliflower dish in Gwyneth Paltrow’s It’s All Good. It pretty…
Crispy Tofu Croutons
TOFU? Really? You might be rolling your eyes, but let me tell you this recipe may convert non-tofu eaters into tofu-cravers. Why? The tofu…
The Best Green Salad with Roasted Brussels Sprouts
They say you “don’t make friends with salad”. And brussels sprouts are certainly not a sure-fire way of making friends either. But trust me, these two signature…
Sprouted Quinoa Tabouleh
I created this tabouleh by accident. I was chopping up herbs and veggies for an Israeli salad when I noticed I had some dehydrated crispy quinoa on the countertop. I threw some in and it added such a fun crunch and flavor that I kept making it over and over again.