Enter any Chinese style bakery and you'll find baked Chinese buns filled with a sweet, fragrant coconut mixture. There are two parts to this recipe: the milk dough, and the coconut filling. This is a recipe that my Mom learned in a Hong Kong based cooking school, and...
Learn to prep and cook shrimp in the microwave for a quick and delicious addition to your dinner. Garlic shrimp offers a tasty snap of flavor that with incredibly delicious combined with a creamy pasta or added to one of our many Buddha Bowl recipes. This...
Elote, aka Mexican street corn will be your new go-to side dish. Elote is traditionally made with corn on the cob, but I'm going to show you how easy it is to make this in just a few minutes in the microwave. Take the corn of your choice and smother it in cheesy,...
This quick and easy Tofu and Soba Noodles recipe is your key to recreating a restaurant-quality dish that takes little time and very few ingredients! If Heidi Swanson - cookbook author of Super Natural Cooking: Five Ways To Incorporate Whole and Natural Ingredients...
This spring, get creative and put your personal stamp on the Easter meal with help from seasonal ingredients and flavors from your family’s favorite dishes. Taking your ham from traditional to inspirational will impress everyone at the table...especially you. To help...
Okay, so 274 comments...and I had to pick ONE. That's like picking a favorite. Do you know how much therapy would have been needed if I had to choose ONE favorite reader? Sorry, but my insurance doesn't cover that! So I asked someone on Twitter to help me out. That...
As someone who hails from a Chinese background, a culture brimming with superstitions and specific dos and don'ts for Chinese New Year, I've always been fascinated by the concept of good luck foods. In our tradition, certain dishes are believed to bring prosperity,...
This is my dining room. Which somehow turned into my office, bookshelf, the kids computer room (they were playing a game on Star Wars website) and place for placing miscellaneous doo-dads that you never want found again. The stacks and stacks of cookbooks are...
If you are not up to making pumpkin pie (me) these little treats are perfect. Bite sized, filled with pumpkin puree, cream cheese and pumpkin spices- like clove, nutmeg and cinnamon. Fry 'em up and an instant dessert that even the kids will love. Oh, and serve them...
Ahhh....the sad and lonely stump that gets thrown away after the prized crown is chopped off. BUT IT'S THE BEST PART OF THE BROCCOLI! Underneath that tough, fibrous outer layer of the stalk is the most TENDER part of the broccoli. It's so tender, delicate and sweet...
I'm Jaden Rae, a TV chef, cookbook author, recipe developer, and the creative force behind Steamy Kitchen, a 19-year food blog focused on Asian cuisine and mindful living. Steamy Kitchen has been featured on The List, the Today Show, Oprah.com, Martha Stewart Living Radio & more.