Our absolute favourite meat over the past couple of years has been Korean style barbeque short ribs. The only problem is that whenever we order it at a restaurant, it’s so expensive! We decided to save money, we needed to learn how to do it ourselves. This post doesn’t have us making our own marinade,…
Drunken Maple Turkey
For years now, I’ve been following a recipe I found online to make a maple-glaze for when I roast a turkey, however I’ve been tweaking it every year to suit my taste. What I’ve come up with is a sweet and robust flavour for the turkey and gravy. Once you try it, you won’t be…
Crab Cake Tarts
Everyone has a go to dish when it comes to potlucks. For some people, it’s cookies, for others, it’s chips and pop. For Jax, her go to is an appetizer crab cake tart dish! Ingredients needed: 1/2 package of king crab flavoured Pollock (aka Imitation Crab) 1 can of crabmeat 3 cloves garlic 1/2 white onion…
Garlic Parmesan Wings
One of the things my friends and I always used to do back in our younger days was go out for ‘Wings Wednesday’ at pubs. We also used to eat at various establishments that specialized in wings, such as Wingnuts (my all time favourite place for wings, RIP), and Wings. Growing older, I realized I…
Char Siu Udon [Vegetarian/Vegan Option]
We always have a lot of leftovers in this house. We purposely buy or make enough food to last for the next few days for lunches, and general laziness. One such item that we always have too much of is BBQ pork. Both when we buy it from a Chinese BBQ shop, or when we…
BBQ Pork Buns (Char Siu Bao Imitation) [Vegetarian Option] {Whole Wheat Option}
Recently a co-worker was talking about making her own char siu bao’s, and how we should do a cook off between us. Never standing down from a fight, I said challenge accepted. Now lets be clear here — I’ve never made char siu bao before, but I have made mantou (steamed sweet bun) and bbq…
Juniper & Ivy vs Searsucker
This blog not only chronicles the food we cook at home, but it also will have some spotlights of restaurants that we’ve been to. Recently Jax and I travelled to San Diego for a week, and took the opportunity to hit up a couple restaurants whose executive chefs have been featured on Top Chef (and…
Asian-esque Cola Spareribs
I love ribs. All kinds of ribs. Short ribs. spare ribs. baby back ribs. side ribs. pork ribs. beef ribs. you name it, I love it. When I buy a pack of side ribs to throw on the Barbie, there’s always that end piece that doesn’t quite grill well. Being Asian, I can’t just throw…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Middle Cookies
I had made these cookies to bring into work for Christmas one year, because I was in a conversation with a colleague about loving peanut butter cookies. If Reece’s has taught us anything, it’s that peanut butter tastes even better with chocolate! Why not combine the two and make a cookie out of it? Ingredients…
Avocado Shake (Sinh To Bo imitation) [Vegan Option]
I love avocadoes. In sushi, in in guacamole, in sandwiches, plain … they are an awesome fruitegitable (I have no idea if its a fruit or veggie). One way that I REALLY love them is as a smoothie. Combining avocadoes and condensed milk together? I’M IN! This recipe is easily made vegan friendly (which I…
Jax’s Bday Cake
Late post tonight, because I spent the day moving couches, fixing fences, and watching an AWESOME (read: terrible) nerd larping movie. It will also be a short post from only a few months ago — from Jax’s birthday. Now, lets get one thing clear. I can make things taste delicious. What I cannot do is…
Jax & cs 