Recipes

Recipe: Simple Italian Pasta with Olive Oil, Tomato, Garlic, and Feta Cheese

We were looking for something simple to make and pulled together a simple pasta recipe that is easy to make any night [...]

Photo of the Week: Apple and Honeyed Marcona Almond Salad

This is a homemade salad with mixed greens, apple chunks, and Marcona almonds coated in honey and brown sugar and then toasted.  [...]

Thai Recipes: Shrimp Fried Rice with Pineapple

In keeping with our unintentional theme of one dish meals the last two nights, we opted to make a rice dish last [...]

Thai Recipes: Stir-Fried Pork and Corn

One thing that is plentiful here in Taiwan is corn! Everything pretty much seems to have corn in it and it’s one [...]

Thai Recipes: Chiang Mai Noodles (kao sai)

I’ve always loved Thai food and after a recent visit to Bangkok, I am even more hooked!  In keeping with our weekly [...]

Greek Recipes: Shrimp Saganaki

The Shrimp Saganaki recipe from Food & Wine Magazine’s March 2009 issue is pretty much what started my obsession with wanting to cook [...]

Greek Recipes: Bifteki Leftovers!

It was Friday night and Brett had another late night at work.  We decided to make it an easy night and just [...]

Greek Recipes: Kalamata Pork Tenderloin with Rosemary

We still had not found Kalamata olives here in Taiwan so we opted to try this recipe without any olives, for fear [...]

Greek Recipes: Bifteki, Greek Potatoes, and a Greek Salad

The first recipe I used for the week came from Allrecipes. It is a recipe for Greek Bifteki, which is basically a Greek hamburger. You use yogurt when mixing the burgers and the patties are stuffed with chunks of Feta Cheese.