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Super Simple Salad Dressing

Mar 10, 2021 erik Comment on Super Simple Salad Dressing

Dear Diary, I decided to make a salad today. [applause] This might be some insight into how often I make myself salads, but when I

Cooking Meats, BBQ & Smoking Recipes

Easy Standing Rib Roast for Beginners

Mar 8, 2021 erik Comment on Easy Standing Rib Roast for Beginners

If you are like me you normally walk past the butcher section of your grocery and go straight to the packaged meat section whenever you

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Filipino Beef Nilaga (Nilagang Baka)

Mar 1, 2021 erik Comment on Filipino Beef Nilaga (Nilagang Baka)

There are several different comfort foods that take me back to growing up as a young Filipino American, and a lot of them are soup

Cooking Ramen Recipes

A Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Own Ramen: What I Wish I Knew

Feb 25, 2021 erik 1 Comment on A Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Own Ramen: What I Wish I Knew

Where It All Began Six years ago I started on this journey to learn how to make homemade ramen. It was 2014 and the ramen

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How to Make Easy Chicken Pot Pie Soup

Feb 21, 2021 erik Comment on How to Make Easy Chicken Pot Pie Soup

Celebrating Christmas during a global pandemic meant a lot of virtual Secret Santas with friends. Among a pair of Weber kitchen tongs and a mini

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Making Easy Black Garlic Oil (Mayu) for Ramen

February 3, 2021 erik1 Comment on Making Easy Black Garlic Oil (Mayu) for Ramen

At many Ramen-ya (Ramen Shops) you may find a small bottle of black garlic oil

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Making Chinese Sausage Fried Rice (with Seared Baby Bok Choy)

February 3, 2021 erikComment on Making Chinese Sausage Fried Rice (with Seared Baby Bok Choy)

Fried rice is one of those things that taste good at any time of the

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How to make Loaded Baked Potato Soup

January 23, 2021 erikComment on How to make Loaded Baked Potato Soup

On frigid days like today nothing feels better than a bowl of hot soup. I

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Why we cut the cord on our vacuum (quarantine edition)

January 23, 2021 erikComment on Why we cut the cord on our vacuum (quarantine edition)

There are a few positive things which have come out the 2020-21 COVID-19 pandemic. One

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Why you shouldn’t be afraid of Cast Iron cookware

January 23, 2021 erikComment on Why you shouldn’t be afraid of Cast Iron cookware

Unless you’re a cooking prodigy competing on Master Chef Kids there’s a good chance that

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How to Make Filipino Eggrolls (Lumpiang Shanghai)

January 19, 2021 erikComment on How to Make Filipino Eggrolls (Lumpiang Shanghai)

I have the privilege of being the grandson to two amazing grandmothers (aka Lolas in

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Keeping Kids Organized During Quarantine

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In March 2020 my wife and I decided to pull our kids from daycare and

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Slow Cooked Pulled BBQ Beef

January 16, 2021 erikComment on Slow Cooked Pulled BBQ Beef

Using my Power Pressure Cooker XL Pressure Cooker Just like in a restaurant kitchen a

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Leftover Brisket Enchiladas

January 15, 2021 erikComment on Leftover Brisket Enchiladas

What to do with leftover brisket? Here’s one idea that your family will love. I

Cooking Ramen Recipes

How to make Tonkotsu ramen broth from scratch

January 12, 2021 erikComment on How to make Tonkotsu ramen broth from scratch

Broth and My Journey to Real Ramen Having grown up in an Asian household, naturally

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Super Simple Salad Dressing

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Easy Standing Rib Roast for Beginners

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Filipino Beef Nilaga (Nilagang Baka)

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A Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Own Ramen: What I Wish I Knew

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How to Make Easy Chicken Pot Pie Soup

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