Chinese Greens in Oyster or Mushroom Sauce

This is a super duper easy recipe to make as it only requires steaming your vegetables and making an oyster or mushroom based sauce to pour over them. Whenever I am short on time and want something substantial AND healthy, this is my go-to. You’ll want to use something like Bok Choy, Kailan or ChoyContinue reading “Chinese Greens in Oyster or Mushroom Sauce”

Chinese Sweet & Spicy Pickles

This is a really easy and quick recipe for a delicious mixed pickles dish that even your kids will love. The first time I made these for Radical Family Farms, their kids devoured them. Then I made a jar for their daughter on her birthday and again, they were gone in minutes. They are crunchy,Continue reading “Chinese Sweet & Spicy Pickles”

Steamed Chinese Cabbage Rolls

While there are actual Chinese recipes for cabbage rolls (I know cause I’ve seen em), this one is entirely made up. Really it’s inspired by a Ukrainean dish first introduced to me by Olia Hercules, a Ukrainean cook and author in the UK and one of my favorite food people! Really the only reason IContinue reading “Steamed Chinese Cabbage Rolls”

Wosun (Celtuce) with Garlic & Eggs

To be honest, I am relatively new to Celtuce. And by new, I mean I only just realized that this vegetable I’ve eaten many times since childhood is in fact a lettuce and not part of the broccoli family. Sacrilege, right?? See, despite being of Chinese heritage, I am 3rd gen and do not speakContinue reading “Wosun (Celtuce) with Garlic & Eggs”

Lo Bak Go “Radish Cake”

People tend to get very confused about what to call this.  Depending on who you talk to, this Dim Sum favorite is typically referred to in English as Turnip Cake, Radish Cake or even Carrot Cake in Singapore.  I, for example, was raised to call it both Lo Bak Go (Cantonese for radish cake) ANDContinue reading “Lo Bak Go “Radish Cake””