Summer is a bounty season of home-grown fresh herbs. I am growing a variety of herbs and made a couple of herb pesto with them the other day. One is oregano pesto and the other is thyme pesto. Each pesto has it own unique fragrance and the flavor. I can wait to enjoy them over the pasta, crispy bread, and/or chicken or beef. Check out my tutorial video for how I made them. More Recipes with Pesto Avocado Cilantro Pesto Black Spaghetti with Sausage & Pesto Pasta ...
Quick Breakfast Stuffed Tortilla Egg Roll
Living with two growing teenagers, breakfast is always in a hurry. I always look for savory breakfast ideas to feed my family on the busy weekday morning. This quick breakfast stuffed tortilla egg roll is super easy and quick breakfast idea you can make with leftover tortilla. The tortilla is wrapped with an egg stuffed with spinach and cheese. You can stuff with pretty much anything you have. It only takes less than 5 minutes to make this simple yet tasty breakfast stuffed tortilla egg roll. ...
Mini Seaweed Rice Rolls (Mayak Gimbap)
There is a famous market in Seoul called "Gwang-jang market (광장시장)". You can find all sorts of items that are related to the food. I personally have never been there, so I can't tell you much about it. However one of the famous food from the Gwang-jang market is this mini seaweed rice rolls called "Mayak Gimbap (마약김밥)". Mayak means narcotic. They named it narcotic because these little mini rolls are so addictive once you taste them. Mayak Gimbap is mini seaweed rice rolls served with soy ...
Korean Spinach Mung Bean Sprouts Salad
Many people like Korean side dishes. They are light, refreshing, and delicious. Here is a great Korean side dish/salad that you can make with spinach and mung bean sprouts combined. Some of the side dishes are easy to make, but some other dishes takes time and effort to create at home. You can be creative and make your own kind with trying with things you can find. I don't think you will see this spinach/mung bean sprouts combination dish at Korean restaurants that easily. They are ...
Steak and Spinach Bibimbap
It seems that I tend to eat (or feed) steak quite often these days. Can't deny that I currently live in a beef loving country. I had some leftover beef lomo cut (beef tenderloin) and decide to use it up on a Korean flavored meal. By the way, I love the sound of the Spanish word "lomo". I am one of the lomo lovers. Anyway, I am not sure if I can call this a recipe, but you might like what I did. My kids and I devoured the entire skillet of this lovely bibimbap within 5 minutes. Let's ...
Spinach Pancakes
If I have to pick one green vegetable that I have to stick with rest of my life time (I know it sounds very extreme), if just one..., it would be spinach. No need to think twice! I am sure there are quite a number of people in this world who hates spinach. But for me and my house? We serve the spinach. Spinach is very versatile vegetable. You can eat raw in the salad or boil in the soup. You can stir-fry or even grind up to make healthy smoothies. ...
Korean Spinach, the rustic version
Korean spinach (shigumchi namool) is one of the most popular side dish (banchan) in Korean restaurants. Generally they are seasoned in salt and sesame oil, and most people think that is the one and only way of making Korean spinach. But there are more... I have posted my version of Korean spinach before and today I would like to add one more. This one is more of southern style rustic version and brings different flavor to the ordinary Korean spinach. This is how my mother use to ...
Kimbap, Korean seaweed rice rolls and Billy Jean
"Thou shall not judge others." This is one valuable lesson I learned earlier in my life. Have you ever been surprised by someone who has an amazing talent that you never thought he/she would have? It came to a such surprise that you couldn't believe your eyes? I was in middle school, provably 8th grade. There was an interesting girl in my class. Her name was Mi-gyoung. So quiet and shy, she hardly ever talk to anyone. She was an all-A student in every academic subjects. Wearing a thick ...
Japchae Salad, modern twist with Korean chili vinaigrette
I still remember the nervousness I felt when I posted my first recipe. It was the Japchae, the famous Korean noodles. Miraculously people have been finding my blog ever since, in search of good Korean food recipe, and my original attempt of making this blog into personal recipe collection for my children has come this far. Thanks to all of you for the support and the encouragement. I love Japcahe but making it can be quite daunting with all the work involved in each ...