Low Carb Zuppa Toscana Soup 意式香肠菜汤

If you are on a keto diet like me, you will love to eat this soup! Even if you are not on a diet, this will be a healthy soup and delicious! Instead of using potatoes and heavy cream like in the traditional recipe, here to use cauliflower and coconut for that creamy texture and look. It is very easy and simple to make...

All you need...

• 1 lb. sweet or mild ground Italian sausage
• 1 cauliflower head
• 3 cups chopped kale
• 1 can coconut milk
• 1 can of water (use the same can after empty coconut milk)
• pinch of salt and black ground pepper to your taste

Easy to make...

1. Heat a medium pot on high on stove, add sausage, mix and stir until cooked.
2. Hold the bottom of the cauliflower, use knife to cut the flower part into the pot. Add kales and stir.
3. Add coconut milk and water, stir and mix well, cook on medium-high until kales are turn soft. Add salt and pepper to your taste.

Blueberry Bread Pudding 蓝莓布丁

Adopted from Pinterest

I found this yummy bread pudding receipt from Pinterest.com and it is very easy to make. I made few changes from the original receipt since I like it little lighter taste.

You will need...
For Pudding:

• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 package white chocolate baking chips (10 to 12 oz.)
• 4 large eggs
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 loaf French Bread (1 lb.), cut into small cubes
• 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
• For sauce:
• 1 package white chocolate baking chips
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream

How to make it...

• In a large mixing bowl, combine milk and 1 pkg white chocolate chips, warm in microwave for 1-2 minutes, stir until baking chips are melted. Add sugar and Chill. Add whipping cream, vanilla extract, and eggs, stir and mix well. Stir in break cubes, let stand for 15 minutes or until bread is softened.
• Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Stir in blueberries. Transfer all mixture to a greased 13x9 inches baking pan.
• Bake, uncovered, 50 minutes until golden brown, or a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

For Sauce:

• Place baking chips in a small bowl.
• Heat whipping cream just to a boil (or microwave 1-2 minutes). Pour over baking chips, whisk until smooth.
• Serve over bread pudding. Taste better when it is hot or warm.

鱼松饭 Salmon Rice Bowl

I saw this dish on a Chinese TV show and try it...it is so easy to make and delicious! I used salmon here, but you can substitute with others of your favorite fish too. There are different seasoning salmon that are sold in the supermarket, such as BBQ, lemon pepper and plain. I like the BBQ one. 

• Steam fish for 15-20 minutes until it is fully cooked. Break salmon into small piece like in the picture below.

• Heat 1 Table spoon of cooking oil in a non-stick pan.
• melt few rock sugar in hot oil (optional).
• add shredded fish and cook until dry and turn golden brown. You can use a fork to separated pieces while cooking. Add pinch of salt and ground pepper to the taste. Before remove from the pan, add some diced green onion. 
• Place shredded fish on the top of a bed of white steamed rice. Sprinkle some green onion (optional). Spread some mayo over the salmon rice. 
• Before eating it, mix all together like below picture...yummy!

Fluffy Japanese Pancakes

adopted from buzzfeed.com

I love those short videos from this site! I have tried this receipt and it is amazing. Easy to make and so fluffy! I just want to repost this to share with you all... I am going to use cake pop cooker to see how this turn out later...I think it will turn out cute :)

Servings: 4

INGREDIENTS

2 egg yolks

¼ cup sugar

½ cup milk

¾ cup pancake mix

4 egg whites

Butter, for serving

Syrup, for serving

Assorted berries, for serving

PREPARATION

1. Mix together the egg yolks, sugar, milk, and pancake mix in a very large bowl until it is smooth with no large lumps.

2. In another large bowl, beat the egg whites with a hand mixer until stiff peaks form when lifted.

3. Carefully fold the egg whites into the pancake batter, until just incorporated, making sure not to deflate the batter.

4. Grease two 3.5-inch metal ring molds and set them in the middle of a pan over the lowest heat possible. Fill the molds about ¾ of the way full with the batter, then cover the pan and cook for about 10 minutes, until the center of the pancakes are slightly jiggly.

5. Release the pancakes from the bottom of the pan with a spatula, then carefully flip them over, making sure not to spill any batter inside.

6. Cover and cook for another 5 minutes, then serve with butter, syrup, and berries.

7. Enjoy!

肉松蛋糕 Dried pork floss cake

I am not sure how to translate this delicious salty and sweet cake. But it is easy to make. I used store bought Angle Food cake. Since Angle Food cake is made of egg whites, they are less fat then regular yellow cake. 

Slice the cake or cut into the shapes that you like, round or square, etc. Use a spatula or butter knife, erase the thin layer of mayo on all sides, dip or roll over the cooked dried pork...eat them now...yummy! or you can storage in a container, bring to your family or friend to share.

Those cooked dried pork can be purchased in Asian grocery stores or order online. I do my online asian grocery shopping at huarencun.com sometimes. They offer free shipping with over $75 purchase. 

Mochi rice shumai 糯米烧麦

Soak one cup of mochi rice in water for 12 hours. Then add to my shumai receipt with meat. Steam for 15 minutes. Serve with sweet soy sauce for flavor.
Here is a picture before steam...

If you like less rice with more meaty taste, add less mochi rice.
Sweet soy sauce can be purchased at some Asian grocery stores, or you can make you own with equal amount of sugar, soy sauce and water. Heat on stove or microwave until sugar melted. If you like sweeter, add more sugar.

Fried salt & pepper chicken wings 椒盐鸡翅

Who does not know how to make fried chicken wings? I tried this single bone fried chicken wings from daydaycook.com and it is awesome and simple! I fried the whole wing parts before, not as tasty as cut the wing part in half, fry with the single bone on it. All I used are mixing salt, ground black pepper mixing with flour, coat the chicken wing, then deep fried until turn golden brown like the picture above. Serve as hot for better taste.

Chicken with Onion Sauce 葱油鸡

Another easy chicken receipt here! I bought a big bag of chicken wings parts, used drumsticks here and used wing parts for fried salt & pepper chicken wings which will be on my next post. You also can use legs or breast meat, but I like use dark meat here.

Cook chicken in broiling water on high for 20-30 minutes. Add some sliced ginger and cooking wine in the water. Then, turn off the heat, keep cover on and let chicken continue to cook in the hot water until cool. Meanwhile, make the sauce...

Dice green onions, garlic, ginger, put all in a bowl. Add chill pepper if you like spicy. Heat 1 cup cooking oil on stove (add more oil if you cook large amount of chicken). Then pour hot oil over the green onion mix, stir. while still hot, add soy sauce, sugar, salt and ground pepper to taste. Stir and mix well.

After chicken cooked in the hot water, take them out and put into a large bowl of cold water, rinse them out and place on a serving plate. Pour the onion sauce over the chicken...and done!

It can be served warn or old. Good with steamed rice or beer .