Crispy & Cheesy Broccoli & Cauliflower

This is a great and delicious way to have broccoli and cauliflower, two vegetables that are often avoided, especially by the kids. The thinly sliced florets become brown and crispy on the edges, and the parmesan flavoured breadcrumbs add an extra crunch.

Caramelized Pork Rib Stew with Egg

Have you ever tasted this delectable Vietnamese stew of pork belly with quail eggs? It's very hearty and is great with hot, steamed rice. It's a bit sweet, but oh so fatty. I've replicated it here, without all of the fat. This version is made from pork ribs instead of pork belly. We had it for Father's Day dinner. Yum!

Simply Chocolate Mousse

My friend S and her husband, A, gave me these two, huge packets of beautiful, pure, dark, Italian 72% chocolate. A works for a large, industrial food company and they supply different kinds of ingredients in bulk to restaurants, industrial bakers, small and big food businesses, etc....In short, the experts. I'm no expert, but I do know that when you have chocolate this pure and premium, you've got to use it in a recipe where the chocolate is the star. If it's masked, overpowered and drowned by other ingredients, that would simply be sacrilegious!

One bag of dark chocolate bits, perfect for topping the mousse, and another bag of big, dark chocolate chips.

So I decided to make a simple, chocolate mousse. Nothing complicated, just to let that chocolate flavour shine through.

Breakfast Quesadilla

This quesadilla was inspired by something I always eat for breakfast whenever I stay at the Westin Cincinnati Hotel, while on business trip to the global headquarters. The American version is HUGE (am I surprised?) and contains corned beef hash, an omelet and lots of cheese. This smaller version has the omelet, homemade shoestring potatoes, smoked salmon and cheese, and it's not as huge a portion as the original I ate. It's served with sour cream and fresh basil leaves.