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My way of making Cordon Bleu

On line there are lots of different recipes for making cordon blue, most of them call for chicken breast cut into thin slices…I’ve tried a bunch of different ways and after years…(yes you heard me) of trying and trying I’ve decided that this is the best recipe for making cordon blue!

You can either fry them [...]

Sicilian Style Parmigiana

Parmigiana describes a classic Southern Italian dish made with shallow fried eggplant (aubergine) slices layered with cheese and tomato sauce and baked in an oven. This one is the Sicilian style but there is also a Lecce style, where eggplants are fried with eggs and flour, and with lots of delicious small fried meat balls.

My [...]

The One Ingredient-Fat free Ice cream

Yes you heard me right, this is going to be a life saver for all us girls who love ice cream but are also concerned about our body weight.

This recipe will allow you to prepare your own home made ice cream without using an ice cream machine and with basically only one ingredient!

I’ve found this [...]

Coffee Chocolate Squares

Those of you who live in Shanghai I am sure all know the chef of Boxing Cat Brewery, Mike Solovey…well, he is a friend of mine and yesterday night I invited him over for dinner. I know, that must sound crazy and totally insane…cooking for a chef? But he is such a nice and fun [...]

The Pesto - Chicken Salad

It’s hot, it’s HOT………! I can barely keep my cloth on with this heat. When the Summer kicks in, like it has done in the last weeks, I feel the need to eat something refreshing and light! Also, since only thinking about walking from the subway to the supermarket makes me sweat, I need to [...]

Grandma-Greek Moussaka

Moussaka is an eggplant-based dished of the Balkans, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It has different variations according to the nation, however they are all based on fried eggplants, and tomato with minced meat.

The Greek version, which is the best known one, is made of a layer of eggplant, one of meat and tomato [...]

The single woman dinner

This is pretty much what is going on in my kitchen now that I am alone: quick and simple recipes that don’t require to use more than one pan and one plate!

The funny thing of living alone is that you can do whatever you want without having anyone find it out. So yesterday night I [...]

Tiramisu' with Peaches

What’s better than a refreshing dessert to cool us down in thisĀ  hot Shanghainese Summer? In this time of the year we have plenty of fruit variety that we can use to space things up in the kitchen.

My idea is to make a lighter and summer version of tiramisu’ without using coffee nor liquor and [...]

Lemon Pork Chops

To make this dish it will literally take you 15 minutes…mmmmmmm……ok 18…! It is a perfect solution for a quick dinner after a long and tiring day at work or if your children and husband are screaming and crying for food.

All you need is pork chops, lemons, olive oil, rosemary and some flour. You can [...]

Nanaimo Bars

There are a lot of different recipes for making Nanaimo Bars, this is the one I like the most. These non-baked, 3 layer bars are delicious! So I would recommend that you all go to the kitchen and make them NOW…yes I said NOW! You wont regret it AT ALL!

Let’s get started

Ingredients:

(first layer)

1/2 cup unsalted [...]