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Souper Saturday!

Hello! I know it is still summer, but on these cooler days my thoughts turn to fall! It is my favorite time of the year - I am giddy with excitement at the thought of picking apples, pumpkins, red peppers, etc.. I feel soup goes hand-in-hand with the (read full article)

Ah Yat Tian Xia

posted August 09, 2010 in My Little World

After our long and tiring day at Ocean Park, Symphony of Lights and Avenue of Stars we decided to have our super lat dinner. We left our things at our room then walked along the road. Ian and I really love to experience new things in Hong Kong and on (read full article)

Mr. Stripey!!!

posted August 06, 2010 in Danica\'s Daily

Have you ever just had a day where everything just seems to line up just right and make it into one FANTASTIC day?! Like: ~ spending 30 minutes on the treadmill to start your day off right & get it over with ~ wearing a new sh (read full article)

Zucchini Garden Chowder

I can always tell when DH likes the recipe, because there are no leftovers! This is a “soup”er soup that tastes like summer! FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Zucchini Garden Chowder 2 Tbs butter 2 medium zucchini (chopped) 1 medium onion (read full article)

Chilled Avocado Cucumber Soup

I've had this recipe for about one million years, and I both love and make it so much that the Southern husband gets that beef barley soup look in his eyes when I pull out the recipe, which is an interesting combo of "I like that soup!" and "wow, she (read full article)

Photo Friday: Super Sized

posted July 31, 2010 in Danica\'s Daily

Wow, it feels like I haven’t blogged for real in so long ~ I MISSED you all, but, kept taking pictures like a maniac so I could share away.  Thank you all so much for the congrats on my recipe being published in Cosmopolitan ~ (read full article)

The I Hate to Cook Book: Review & Giveaway

When we think about the 60s, it’s easy to fantasize about the retro aprons and think about how people cooked back then. After all, a common mantra among real foodies is “if your grandma wouldn’t recognize it as food, don’t ea (read full article)

What Do I Do with Too Much Zucchini?

Zucchini, just like tomatoes, are easy to grow. Therefore people plant a lot of it, greatly overestimating how much they need. Everyone is trying to give it away towards the end of the summer; beware of strangers carrying paper bags. If you find you (read full article)

5 Vancouver Restaurant Favorites

posted July 22, 2010 in TheHungerStruck

I rarely write about Vancouver restaurants here on The Hunger Struck, so I thought it was time to make a quick list of my current favorites. We do eat out at least once a week and over the past few months have been going back to these places frequen (read full article)

My Must Have Movie Munchie

posted July 22, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

It’s a fact that I turn into a pumpkin around 7pm on weeknights. Sure, I’ll go for the occasional late night walk or after dinner bike ride, but I’m more likely to be in my PJs than a party dress on Monday-Thursday evenings. Last ni (read full article)

Pappa al Pomodoro

posted July 20, 2010 in A Thousand Soups

Pappa al Pomodoro is a classic Italian soup from Tuscany that is rich and velvety with a blend of tomatoes, garlic, basil and stale bread. The flavors are simple but the soup is anything but.We are in the throes of a heatwave here and soup is the las (read full article)

Impromptu Dinner at Pizza Hut

posted July 19, 2010 in My Little World

Last Friday, Ian and I planned to visit Sun Cellular in Park Square to activate our roaming. Since it's already past 7 in the evening, we decided to have our dinner at Pizza Hut. We already tried this restaurant countless times so we already hav (read full article)

Spicy Moroccan Carrot Soup with Vermicelli Noodles

posted July 14, 2010 in Gourmet Worrier

When I was growing up our soup options were fairly limited, as mum would alternate between brodu, which is a thin, watery, clear broth and aljotta, which is a rich garlicky fish soup with tomato and fresh herbs. Understand that I'm not complaining ab (read full article)

Spicy Coconut Noodles

Coconut! I am a devoted coconut lover. Coconut cake. Coconut cookies. Coconut ice cream. A few days ago I made individual chocolate coconut cream pies that will be appearing on this blog as soon as I sit down and write the post. I love 'em all. But c (read full article)

Get Out Your Tomato Recipes.

posted July 08, 2010 in haddock in the kitchen

It’s that time of year again. Home grown tomatoes are about to come on stream, and pretty much everyone you know will soon be beating a path to your door with a basket or two from their over abundant crop. Personally, I think there is nothing (read full article)

Cheeseburger Meatloaf

posted July 06, 2010 in Waylandcook's food

Here is a creation I made a while back. Junior liked it so much I made it again. This is Cheese Burger meatloaf. It has hamburger, one piece of bread wet with water, one egg, one tomato diced, one onion diced, one bell pepper diced, a handful of pick (read full article)

Beef Goulash

posted June 29, 2010 in My kitchen and photography

Honestly I have been cooking a lot lately but doesn't have a time to blog all of it. This Goulash has been in my draft for almost 2 1/2 weeks now. Haven't been updating lately but I have no plan to close my blog. In fact I have so many things to bake (read full article)

Marvelous Menu Meme #4

posted June 27, 2010 in Ask Ms Recipe

Each week I’m going to add an extra menu to my menu page each week. You are visiting menu #4 today see you next week. Monday Chuck roast in slow cooker with new potatoes and carrots (put roast on top of potatoes and carrots.)add onion soup m (read full article)

Chunky Basil Tomato Soup!

posted June 24, 2010 in My Easy Cooking

A Chunky Basil Tomato soup that you can have on the table in less than an hour sounds like a good idea doesn't it? This soup delivers big on taste, nutrition, color and not to mention the little effort it takes to make. As many of you know, I have tw (read full article)

Cold Vegetable Soup (Gazpacho)

posted June 22, 2010 in Food: Cooking and Capturing

Summer time! It would be nice if the soup like Gazpacho is cold. Adapted  from the South Beach Diet Recipe, my first time to make and taste my way of making gazpacho. I have less ingredients, maybe it would taste better if I completed the i (read full article)

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