In the chaotic kitchen of a recipe developer, you get a food blog called FoodMayhem.
I'm Jessica, an Asian-American, born and raised in NYC, and that's Lon, my Jewish, white husband. While professionally trained as a French culinary- and pastry chef, many of FoodMayhem recipes are my attempt to preserve and share authentic Chinese and Taiwanese recipes learned from my mom. We don't eat Chinese food every day, so you'll get a little bit of anything we find delicious enough to share: from our Eastern European side; recipes and techniques learned from my restaurant days; restaurant reviews, food travel tips; and a few other juicy bits along the way. Welcome to FoodMayhem!
Lon and I aren’t feeling that great today so we didn’t want to go buy groceries. We didn’t want to spend a lot of time cooking. So this is what we got, Lazy Chicken Sausage Soup. It’s made with all things we had and takes a max of 10 minutes to make, and tastes quite good.
Lasagna is the ultimate comfort food and it’s probably one of the first things I learned to make. My mom (a fabulous Chinese cook) and I just followed the instructions on the side of a box of dry lasagna sheets, using jarred sauce. These days, I always make my own sauce, and after several variations, I have to dub this one my favorite, Beef and Spinach Lasagna. This is still a fairly classic tasting lasagna. It’s just that I like mixing spinach into the cheese mixture. Isn’t it wonderful when the healthier twist tastes better?
*Update 9/23/09: My mom asked me to make her this lasagna so while I’m at it, I figured, I’d take new pictures, better pictures! (The first two and last picture are new.) Also, I wanted to note that Hungry Crasian pointed out that you don’t need to buy “no boil” lasagna sheets. I tested it out this time and she’s right, the regular kind does work fine. (Remember to cover the lasagna in aluminum foil before baking.)
We just came back from Maryland and our fridge is pretty empty. What could we make for lunch for Lon’s family? Lon picked up some chicken but I wanted some simple sides, and using just what we had at home, we got this great Spinach Artichoke Spread. This variation feels much lighter than the standard because there’s more vegetable than usual, but I’m not saying it’s healthy. There’s still tons of cream cheese and mayo.
If you’re still fumbling around for some last minute additions to your New Year’s party menu, this would be a great addition.
