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15-minute corn and egg drop soup

15-minute corn and egg drop soup

Growing up, every dinner was 三菜一汤, or “three dishes, 1 soup” because my dad loves soup and think it’s essential to have with a meal. 9 out of 12 months of the year, this is too much work for me, but during the winters, I 

miso-butter roasted sweet potatoes

miso-butter roasted sweet potatoes

my obsession with roasted sweet potatoes, in particular japanese sweet potatoes, is very real. I typically buy mini ones from the farmers market and roast 5-8 at a time and leave in the fridge to snack on during the week. so it was kinda a 

liang fen | mung bean jelly

liang fen | mung bean jelly

Liang fen, or mung bean jelly, has been on the weekly rotation ever since i made it for a party a few months ago! the jelly texture is fun to eat, it’s flavorful (esp when it’s been sitting in the sauce for a little bit), 

Mapo Tomato Spaghetti

Mapo Tomato Spaghetti

This might be the best noodle dish i’ve made lately!! I’ve been on a biiiigg mapo tofu kick lately (like eating it every day of the week kinda big). And with tomato season being at its semi-peak, I felt like the spicy umami flavors of 

Jjamppong | spicy seafood noodle soup

Jjamppong | spicy seafood noodle soup

Jjamppong is my all-time favorite korean-chinese food and a dish that does NOT get enough recognition!! For this at-home version, I’m using a mixed medley of frozen seafood but tbh this would be EVEN better if you were using an assortment of shell-on mussels, head-on 

chilled tomato somen

chilled tomato somen

I feel like I’ve been enviously watching everyone else eat tomatoes on ig for the last 2 months and it’s finally my turn!! We had a colder than usual winter so I didn’t even see tomatoes at the farmer’s market until august?? This might just