Hello! If you're here it's because you're like, "Recipes? Interesting.", or something, and I respect that and thank you for the curiosity!
I am an omnivore with an adventurous palette but cursed with small kitchens and limited supplies so the recipes I keep are eclectic and relatively cheap and easy to make.

I hope that you find a recipe that makes you as excited to enjoy it as I was.

Quick deets
Currently exploring: Sichuan foods Food goal: Simple Recipes
Fav meal: Golden Curry hot-pot Fav tool: Cast iron pan
Current favorite recipes
  1. Libum
  2. Chinese steamed egg
  3. Calabacitas

Featured Favorite

Libum // Cheesecake with Honey

    125g or 1 cup flour
    125g or 1 cup ricotta cheese
    1 egg
    Small handful of bay leaves
    35g or 1/4 cup honey
    1 hour at 350 f or 177 c
  1. Prepare a sheetpan by either lining it with parchment paper or by covering it in a thin layer or oil or butter.

  2. Place the bay leaves in a circular shape in the center of the pan

  3. Beat the egg

  4. Add ricotta and flour to egg and combine

  5. Shape the dough into a disc roughly the diameter of your bay leaf circle and score the top however you like

  6. Bake

    I stumbled across this recipe during a lunch-time scrolling session on YouTube, and it became a quick favorite because of its history and the pleasant flavor and mouthfeel. I have linked the source recipe and article through the title of this post, and I urge you to read more about this treat.
    If you don’t want to do that, here’s the brief version. This subtly sweet and dense cake originates from ancient Rome, where it was a preferred offering to the gods and an often enjoyed treat for the public. The recipe was originally found in Cato’s “De Agri Cultura,” and it called for processing cheese with a mortar and pestle before use in this recipe where we have the luxury of using ricotta.

Tip:
    To add more flavor, lightly sprinkle a mixture of sage, cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom over the top!

Egg on Rice

    1 or 2 eggs
    118g or 1/2 cup rice
    1/4 stick butter
    35g or 1/4cup kimchi
    1 sprig green onions (or more because who's going to stop you. We love onions in this house.)
    Soy sauce
    Sesame oil
    Furikake rice seasoning of choice
  1. Place rice in a bowl and put a dent in the middle

  2. Place butter in the dent

  3. Drizzle a little soy sauce and sesame oil over the rice

  4. Fry the egg(s) sunny-side up and place on top of the butter

  5. Place the chopped kimchi around the egg

  6. Sprinkle the whole dish with furikake

  7. Place onion on top, and you’re done!

    I found this recipe while scrolling through Tiktok a while back so I unfortunately do not have the link to credit the original creator for this one. That being said, if you look up Egg on Rice on Tiktok I'm sure you will find many variations of this recipe.
    Being light and savory, the flavors in this dish work very well to provide a versatile flavor that can be enjoyed at any point in the day. When I struggled to eat regularly this dish was a godsend as it takes almost noeffort and cooks up in about 2 minutes if you have rice handy. Even if you don't have rice handy it's nice to have an excuse to partake in a hobby while you wait for it to cook so you can make your meal.

Tip:
Salsa macha or chili crisp are so yummy on this recipe. Don't worry about the furikake, sesame oil, or kimchi if it is not readily available to you.
Salt or tamari are your substitutions for soy sauce.
Good additions: Sauteed mushrooms, fried spam, and chili oil!

Fried Egg Sando

    2 slices of bread
    1 egg
    1or2 slices ham or bacon
    1 slice cheese
    garlic powder (to taste)
    salt (to taste)
    parsley (to taste)
    butter (to taste)
  1. Mix garlic powder, salt, parsley, and butter together in a bowl

  2. Spread butter on both sides of your bread

  3. Cook eggs sunny side up, or scrambled. Set aside.

  4. Cook Ham/Bacon. Set aside.

  5. Toast one side of both slices of bread to golden. Set one piece aside.

  6. Flip the bread over and place cheese on top to melt.

  7. Stack the egg and ham on top of the cheese

  8. Place the other slice of bread toasted side down and carefully flip the sandwich in the pan to toast the other side to golden.

    A sando I made up one day and have eaten ever since. I think it is best prepared using a cayenne pepper and paprika seasoned sunny side up egg and best served with plenty of vinegar based hot sauce. To me this sandwich tastes like the early hours of the morning after a really good evening but in actuality the flavors going on here are rich and garlicky and reminiscent of a grilled cheese which is a great flavor profile to mask the flavor of eggs which I do not like but eat because they're good for me.

Tip:
Season the egg! You can use any seasoning you like, just be sure to keep it to one or two. As I said above, I like to do cayenne and paprika.
Use less salt than you think!! When making your seasoning mix add each part little by little until you like the flavor of your garlic salt.
Tomato and lettuce are a nice addition on this sammie.
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