Seafood, Recipe, Food, JapaneseChen Qiansalmon, asian, Food, Recipe, bowl, rice, honey, garlic, glazed, shioyaki, salmon shioyaki, honey glazed salmonComment

Salmon Two Ways (Honey Garlic Glazed & Shioyaki)

It's wild salmon season again, or so I assumed from the abundant supply and cheap cheap pricing from Whole Foods and Costco. They are cheaper than their farmed cousins right now and way healthier! I literally can't help myself from picking up those bright red wild sockeye salmon fillets for two weeks straight. 

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Salmon Two Ways (Honey Garlic Glazed & Shioyaki)
Food, Recipe, ChineseChen QianChinese, turnip cake, cantonese, dim sumComment

Turnip Cake - 蘿蔔糕

As Chinese New Year is just around the corner (pssst... it's Feb 16 this year. Even though I'm Chinese, I still need to google it every year to find out when it is. So don't feel bad if you don't know.) I thought it's only fitting that I make something Chinese. Turnip cake is a Cantonese dim sum dish that is traditionally very popular to eat around Chinese New Year. Although nowadays, it's available year round at Cantonese dim sum restaurants.

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Turnip Cake - 蘿蔔糕
Food, Recipe, VegetarianChen Qianbreakfast, overnight oats, mango, coconut1 Comment

Coconut Mango Ovenight Oats

I used to have overnight oats all the time, especially during summer. But since winter rolled around, I found myself steering towards warm breakfast more and more. Luckily, the temperature is picking up slowly recently. Even though it's still no where near summer, I started to miss the cold refreshing overnight oats that I use to have with fresh fruit. So I decided to make one with some fresh mangos I got from Costco and coconut flakes. It made me crave for a tropical vacation.

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Coconut Mango Ovenight Oats
Food, Recipe, VegetarianChen Qianbreakfast, breakfast bowl, kale, quinoa, avocado, pecans, egg, VegetarianComment

Quinoa Kale Breakfast Bowl

I don't have many routines. One of the only few I kept is going to kickboxing class on Saturday mornings. With the intense 75-minute workout, I found having a savory bowl for breakfast is perfect to keep me energetic the entire time.

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Quinoa Kale Breakfast Bowl
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Avocado Toast (with homemade whole wheat bread)

I have been craving avocado toast for a while. When that craving hit again last night, it was way too late for going to any reputable bakery to buy bread. So I had this crazy idea to start making my own bread at 10pm at night.

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Avocado Toast (with homemade whole wheat bread)
Vegetarian, Food, RecipeChen QianRecipe, Vegetarian, Indian food, pinto beans, pinto beans masala, meal prepComment

Pinto Beans Masala

I've been trying to cook beans and bringing them for lunch for a couple weeks now. The taste and texture has never been quite right until I stumbled upon this Indian vegetarian dish by Chetna (well, technically her Mom). 

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Pinto Beans Masala