It's good to go green

I don't know how brussel sprouts got their bad reputation. I love brussel sprouts. Make them like this recipe for your loved ones, and you'll change brussel sprout's reputation, one person at a time.

Ingredients:

Dried shrimps - 1 tbsp

Brussel sprouts - 3 cups julienned, shredded or chopped

Olive Oil - 2 tbsp

Salt - to taste

Curry powder (optional) 1 tsp

Recipe

• Heat the oil on medium heat
• Put the shrimp in (You might have to go to an asian market to get this, BUT GO! You'll find so many things - get some fish sauce, oyster sauce, hot sauce, greens, live seafood. You'll find a world of new tastes for a great price)
• Fry the shrimp for a few seconds until it's brown
• Add the brussel sprouts and stirfry until some is brown, for that great caramelized taste
• Add salt and curry powder (if you'd like a little kick)
• Stirfry again for another few seconds until well mixed

Serve with some rice, and brussel sprouts might become your new favorite veggie dish.

Queer Dada

It's really called Kueh Dada, but this was for dessert at a gay party, so the name stuck. It's a Malaysian dessert, the place where I'm from, so it was fun introducing it to my friends. It's sweet and coconutty, so if you like both of those, you'll love this.

Recipe:

Crepes

1 can coconut milk

1 cup all purpose Flour

1 egg

2 tbsps cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

Filling

3 cups of Coconut Flakes

2 cups of Palm Sugar (you can get this at the asian market, if not, just use brown sugar)

• For crepes, use spatula and mix all the ingredients together
• Then spray pam on pan, and make a few crepes
• For filling, just mix together, and melt on low heat in a skillet, and stir until reduced
• If you can, drain the coconut mixture, so dry enough to roll into crepes
• Like making a burrito, just roll the coconut mixture into the crepes, cut into slices, and have fun.

Food all around the world is pretty much the same, it's just a different ingredient here, a different ingredient there, so don't be shy of trying new things!

"No More Orida" Fries

Money can be tight. Don't buy frozen french fries, when you can make them for pennies. It's so easy to make french fries. And bake them, they're even healthier!

• Peel a couple potatos
• Cut them in julienne slices
• Put them right on the cookie sheet
• Add a little olive oil, salt and pepper
• Mix everything together
• Put evenly on the cookie sheet
• Bake in oven at 375 degrees until brown

Healthy...Simple....Inexpensive...Delicious!

Soft Gingerbread cookies

You know what I'm talking about - those storebought gingerbread cookies are hard as a rock. I made this recipe up an hour before meeting my boyfriend's family for Thanksgiving, because I wanted to give everyone a little treat. We didn't even have cookie cutters, that's ok! We drew out a gingerbread pattern from online, made a wax paper template, and cut them out ourselves from the dough!

• 2 Eggs
• butter - softened- 1 1/2 sticks
• Vanilla extract - 1 tbsp
• Brown sugar - 1 cup
• white sugar - 1 cup
• ginger powder - 2 tbsp
• maple syrup (leftover from a friend in Canada who gave me a souveneir) - 1/4 cup
• baking soda - 1 1/2 tsp
• all purpose flour - 2 cups
• wheat flour - 1/2 cup

Beat butter,brown and white sugar, and syrup until well mixed

Add the eggs and vanilla, and beat on medium until slightly fluffy

Then add the flour and baking soda, and mix well for a few seconds

cool the dough a little in the fridge, roll out, put on a sheet pan, bake at 375 for 10 minutes or less until the edge is a little brown

Then take out and cut into gingerbread shapes, and add quick frosting touches. You'll have a soft homemade gingerbread cookie that everyone will be talking about!

"Don't Throw The Pumpkin Out!" Soup

I know. That pumpkin's been sitting around decorating your place all through November. Maybe you're tired of looking at it, but "Don't Throw The Pumpkin Out!" Use two ingredients and turn it into a perfect pumpkin soup

• Cut it into four slices, scoop out the seeds, put on a baking sheet and bake in the oven. Bake for an hour
• Saute some brown mushrooms
• Add the pumpkin insides to the brown mushrooms, add some water and simmer until the sauce thickens
• Puree everything. Put back into the pot, warm up and serve.
• It's perfect as is, but if you have a little truffle oil, add a drizzle, and it's divine!

Simple Salsa

Salsa's a very healthy snack that you can whip up in under two minutes. Again, here I added my leftovers - I had some extra golden raisins and believe it or not, some cocktail onions that were at the back of my fridge. I chopped some fresh tomatos and onions, took out my favorite Sun Chips and sat down and enjoyed a little tv with my healthy salsa snack. Go ahead, take a load off, rest your feet on your table, and crunch away!

Haka Mom Soup

This is a tribute to my Mom. My mom always used to make this very delicious and nutritious soup for me. We would have it on special occassions. Now I make it for my friends on my special occassions. It's fun for parties, because you can put each ingredient in different bowls, and then everyone just adds their favorites to make their own unique soup!

Recipe

Cooked rice
Chopped long beans

peanuts

fresh dill

onions

dried shrimp (product of thailand)

cabbage

pickled radish

chinese brocolli

chives

broth - chinese oolong tea, or dark tea, sauteed spinach, mint or basil

• Spoon some rice into a bowl, add any of the ingredients above, add a small amount of broth, and enjoy!