Vietnamese Spring Roll

Two of my favorite Vietnamese dishes are the combo pork skin with BBQ beef over rice and the Spring Roll. Today, I managed to make the Vietnamese Spring Roll myself. It is delicious.

Mama Bunga’s Macaroni Schotel

During her pregnancy, my sister, Jq, craves for Macaroni Schotel. She asked me for the recipe, but I didn’t have any. I then remembered how my mother-in-law used to make Macaroni Schotel. The one that I remembered very vividly was the time when Arman’s late grandpa celebrated his birthday. My mother-in-law was so dearly, considering Arman’s late grandpa’s diabetic condition, she made a Macaroni Schotel instead of sweet birthday cake for him. That way, he could make a wish and blow a candle. So a few days ago, I called her and asked her for the recipe. I have modified the original recipe by eliminating slices of ham and corned beef and replacing sweet condensed milk with sugar. This is really good, I can imagine how it would be more tasty with slices of ham and corned beef. Andrew likes this too.

Sweet and Sour Tilapia

These past few days, I’ve been craving for sweet and sour fried fish. I then remember how my mother-in-law used to make this dish every once in a while. So when I did my grocery a few days ago, I bought 2 frozen pack of tilapias home. Made the call to her yesterday and she was kind enough to share with me another one of her recipes. Note that I have modified some of the ingredients (she uses thin slices of garlic and mix of water and tapioca starch to thicken the sauce), because I don’t have some of the ingredients.

Cheesy Melt Chicken

Today, I decided to experiment a chicken meal. It turns out really good, I made 2 pieces of chicken thighs and Arman finished them all.

Kidney Bean Soup

Here is another type of soup that my mom used to cook for us. When I was in Indonesia, I made this every once in a while for Andrew and he likes it too. When he was 1 year old, I started giving him the bean minus the skin to avoid him from chocking. Now he can eat it with the skin all together.

Stir Fry Rice Cake

When I used to live in San Francisco, there was a Shanghai restaurant 2 blocks away from my apartment, where I always get the Stir Fry Rice Cake. In Chinese, they call it Nian Gao. It was so delicious that there was a time when I would have it every week. Today, I tried to cook something similar to it, and the result was yummy. Andrew ate a lot of it too.

Spam Cheese Egg Roll

I still have 6 egg roll wraps left after I made the Cilantro Pork Mushroom Egg Roll. So I decided to use some spam meat and cheese.

Cilantro Pork Mushroom Egg Roll

Lately, I am just really into egg rolls. So today, I made 2 different type of egg rolls. This first one uses pork meat with mushroom and cilantro. The other one uses spam and cheese. I made a lot of them, so I can store the finished wrapped egg rolls into the freezer and then thaw and fry them for quick appetizer.

Steamed Ginger Garlic Pomfret

When I was pregnant with Andrew, I often ate this dish. My mom thought me how to cook this very simple dish. Since we moved to the US, I haven’t been cooking any fish at all. Per Rina, my good friend’s request, today, I am posting my first fish dish in the US to add up to my recipes’ collection. Andrew loves this dish so much that he ate almost the whole one side of the fish.

Daikon Soup (Sop Lobak)

This is one of my favorite soup. My mom used to cook this when we were little. I then continue having this particular soup every once in a while.