Tom Yummy

Mommy wow! I vlogged for the first time now. This weeks dinner was Asian inspired again and it was soup because it was a cold, damp, rainy day. This sweet and spicy soup is great this time of year because its has all of the ingredients that ward off colds, spice from chiles, garlic, onion and broth. 

It doesn't normally call for noodles but I added rice vermicelli noodles to make it a bit more filling.

Warm up your heart and feet and find the recipe here.

Asian Invasion

Wrap deliciousness!

I recently found a recipe for Asian inspired chicken wraps on Pinterest. I love anything Asian inspired because it usually so fresh tasting with a hint of spice. I find Asian food has so much depth of flavour. Its probably just because I love citrusy, garlicy, and cilantro so much.

The wrap was extremely easy to make, and I mean easy. All you have to do for this recipe is cook chicken and make a peanut sauce. All of the other ingredients are ready to put into the wrap, you toss chicken and sauce on top and BAM! just like Emeril, you have lunch or dinner.

I have not made any Asian yet for my blog and to be honest its because I used to be a stir-fry whore in university. I would literally make stir-fry's at least three times a week. So I apologize if I am disappointing anyone with this news but this blog is a no stir-fry zone. 
Just to clarify, I do make stir-frys still but since I make them so much and I am trying new recipes in this blog I won't be making one unless its a brand new one that I haven't tried. I'm open to suggestions fellow bloggers.

I would highly recommend anyone to try this recipe because it uses ingredients almost everyone has sitting in their cupboards and it's so damn tasty! If you wanted a vegetarian version I would saute firm tofu in the sauce that I cooked the chicken in. 

Find this awesomely Asian wrap recipe here. 

Enjoy cooking friends! 

Just before assembling the wraps.

Mmmmmussels

Creamy, curried and yummy.

Mussels is the quintessential entertaining meal. They are easy, delicious and fun to eat. For a quick dinner Saturday I bought some mussels and fresh bread at Superstore and voila dinner is made.  
Well…its not quite that easy. The broth is the most difficult part. There are several different broths I like to make to cook mymussels in but I decided on making a brand new curry coconut flavoured broth. It again took a couple of ingredients because unless I'm in the mood to spend all day in the kitchen I like to make something quick, easy, tasty and somewhat healthy. In all honesty the entire process took me about half of an hour and we were filling our bellies with seafood before I knew it.

So in the middle of February why not look ahead to the long, hot summer nights when seafood seems to be the food of the season. Get some friends, a good bottle of wine (or beer) and laugh, eat, drink and dig into some mussels.

Just a couple of tasty ingredients.

Check out Curried Coconut Mussel recipe, I created here.