Oven Dried Longan Fruit 自製龍眼乾

Oven Dried Longan Fruit 自製龍眼乾 By Ellen L. Published: 2018-10-19 The funny thing is that I like the luscious  lychee fruit more than its s...

Longan Dragon Eye Fruit 龍眼

By Ellen L. Published: 2018-08-12 It's that time of the year for that exotic summer fruit, the lusciously sweet Longan Dragon Eye Fruit ...

Lychee Jam 荔枝果醬

Lychee Jam 荔枝果醬 By Ellen L. Published: 2018-07-02 Oh jam it!  Presenting our delicately sweet and tenderly lush pink jam made from the Quee...

Homemade Strawberry Mango Jam

Homemade Strawberry Mango Jam By Ellen L. Published: 2017-08-11 La, de, da... this is a super fun kind of summer jam!  Strawberries and ma...

Luscious Lychee Ice Cream 荔枝雪糕

Luscious Lychee Ice Cream 荔枝雪糕 By Ellen L. Published: 2017-07-13 I remind all our dear readers that this is the time of year for the Quee...

Chinese Hawthorn Fruit 山楂

By Ellen L. Published: 2017-01-16 This little red fruit is something I had never seen before in the flesh, so to speak, until the other day ...

Candied Lemon Peel 糖漬檸檬皮

Candied Lemon Peel 糖漬檸檬皮 By Ellen L. Published: 2016-06-18 This simple little homemade fruit candy is lemon nirvana.  There's simply...

Hong Kong Style Mango Pudding 香港芒果布甸

Hong Kong Style Mango Pudding 香港芒果布甸 By Ellen L. Published: 2016-05-17 One of the delights of the Hong Kong dim sum feast is the mango pu...

Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam 士多啤梨果醬

Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam 士多啤梨果醬 By Ellen L. Published: 2015-09-14 Recently I've happily discovered an important fact.  It turns o...

Lychee Time of the Year! 荔枝 - 糯米糍

By Ellen L. Published: 2015-07-01 Hey everyone,  the Queen is back, it's lychee time of the year!  Those gorgeous, sexy, succulent, rose...

Peach Pie

PEACH PIE Double pie crust (recipe below) 1 egg, beaten  5 cups sliced peeled peaches  2 tablespoons lemon juice  1/2 cup all-purpose flour ...

Peach Dessert

PEACH DESSERT Crust: 2 packages graham crackers 2/3 c. sugar 3/4 c. square melted butter Put graham crackers in the blender to make a powder...

Ioana’s Peach-Tomato Salad

IOANA’S PEACH-TOMATO SALAD 2 Roma tomatoes, cut into wedges 2 small peaches, pitted and cut into wedges 1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced ...

Watermelon Pirate Ship

WATERMELON PIRATE SHIP I know this isn't a recipe, but I had to share my dad's GREATEST idea ever for cutting out watermelon. He j...

September Daring Cook's Challenge: Strawberry Preserves

"Snore," I thought when I read the September Daring Cooks challenge. Canning. Done it. I don't mean to sound like a snob worl...

Sabayon

SABAYON 1 large cook vanilla pudding (not instant) 3 Tbsp Grand Mariner 8 oz cool whip or whip cream Cook pudding according to directions th...

Blackberry Pie

I think I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. For the crust, you will need: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 tablespoons sugar ...

New Life and a Black Thumb

I am so smitten with these tee-tiny baby eggplants. This one can't be bigger than my thumb, but it's already vibrantly purple. I che...