• Baking,  One-dish Meals,  Soup,  Vegetables

    Vegetable Bake in Cream of Chicken Soup

    Who feels ashamed of cooking with cream of chicken soup? Not me! Some cooks that I know scoff at cooking anything with readily available sauces or mixes.. I mean, it is nice if you can make that pesto from scratch but if I decide to cook out of a bottle in less than half the time you took to pound those pine nuts, it is my business. What I do with the extra time I have is also my business. Fresh is always best, but cooking once in a while with processed food is fine, and saves you a lot of time! Combine canned soup and premixes with fresh, colourful…

  • Egg,  Japanese,  Potato,  Under $1

    Japanese Potato Salad

    I adapted this fabulous Potato Salad recipe from Just One Cookbook and am just so glad I made it for lunch today. This was the first recipe I’ve tried from Nami, and going by how quickly my family devoured this, it certainly won’t be the last! Jason has a thing for potato salad, specifically the potato salad from Pacific Coffee from HONG KONG from the outlet at The Peak 山顶. Yes, he is a bit 坚持 like that, when it comes to potato salad. Haha. I used regular mayonnaise instead of Japanese mayonnaise, reduced the mayo from 12 tablespoons to 5 (I really think we don’t need that much!), increased the…