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A Simple Way to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract and Vanilla Sugar

Vanilla extract is a common flavoring agent for most baked goods and desserts. If you love baking, several recipes call for a teaspoon or two of this magical ingredient. It adds flavor and enhances the aroma. There are two types of vanilla extract: pure and essence. The former is much more expensive, while the latter ...

Nathan Machoka

A bottle of vanilla extract.

10 Simple Tweaks for Better Cooking

Cooking is an essential skill that everyone should know. But sometimes, it can be challenging, especially for the younger generation. Often, people prefer convenience in this busy era with fast foods and instant meals, but these easy fixes can jeopardize health. That’s why it’s time to head into the kitchen and practice your cooking skills. ...

Viena Abdon

Asian woman cooking a meal at home.

Succulent Vinegar Honey Chicken With Vegetables

Succulent Vinegar Honey Chicken with vegetables is a weekend dish for those who enjoy cooking and creating an occasional meal for their family and friends. The sweet, sour, and salty flavors of this dish align with the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practice that a healthy diet is based on the balanced consumption of five flavors ...

Jenny Low

Succulent Vinegar Honey Chicken with Vegetables on a plate.

Red Dates: Why We Love Them!

Why, you may ask, do Chinese people love consuming red dates so much? It is because this wonderful little fruit is nutrient-rich and possesses elements that are essential for improving your immunity. Since they are so nutritious, they have been made into a variety of products. The most common ones include instant tea bags, jam, and ...

Emma Lu

Closeup of a woman's outstretched hands filled with red dates.

Hawaii’s Nutritional Taro Root and Recipes

The edible taro is a corm that is cut from the Colocasia esculenta plant. Its root system stores its nutrients inside a thick swollen part of the root. This section is chopped, peeled, then cooked and added to a meal. The word esculenta is the Latin word for edible. Captain Cook found the Colocasia growing ...

Trisha Haddock

The Taro plant plantation in Hawaii at sunset.

Eight Treasure Porridge (for Pressure Cooker)

Eight treasure porridge is a traditional Chinese dish dating back to the Han Dynasty, and as you may guess from the name, it contains eight ingredients. Typically, each family has its own version of the dish. We find it both nutritious and comforting, and prefer making it according to the following recipe. Eight Treasure Porridge ...

Nspirement Chef

A bowl of Eight Treasure Porridge.

5 Amazing And Nutritious Campfire Recipes (Foil-Wrapped)

Campfires are great fun, whether they are enjoyed with friends or family. And when campfires are coupled with sumptuous foods, there can be nothing better than that! Here we will discuss some amazing simple but nutritious campfire recipes. Nutritious campfire recipes Garlic Steak and Potato Foil Packs You will need about 2 pounds of steak ...

Raven Montmorency

Grilled asparagus topped with Parmesan cheese in a foil packet.

Delectable Seafood Lettuce Cups

Prepare time: 10 mins Cook: 20 mins Ready in: 30 mins   Seafood Lettuce cups (also known as Seafood Islands) not only look appetizing, but they are also light, nutritious, and so simple to make. Who doesn’t love adding seafood to lettuce cups to give them a fresh and uplifting taste? Seafood is rich in ...

Jenny Low

A plate of seafood in lettuce cups with rice.

Mouth-Watering Spicy Tofu With Ground Beef

Prepare time: 20 mins Cook: 20 mins Ready in: 40 mins Spicy Tofu with Ground Beef is a comforting dish, great for a cool night in. It is a family favorite in our house, and each mouthful is an explosion of flavor. Tofu is rich in protein and contains all nine essential amino acids. It ...

Jenny Low

Spicy Tofu with Minced Meat.

Healthy Protein Ball Recipe With No Sugar, and They Taste Delightful!

Healthy Protein Balls are a great choice for getting away from treats that have too much sugar. Today, many people are becoming aware of the health problems that come from eating too many processed foods that have high sugar content. Processed sugar is used in foods as a sweetener, of course, in order to make products ...

Trisha Haddock

Healthy Protein Balls made from cocoa, coconut, hazelnut, dates, passionfruit, walnuts that are compressed into small balls with peppermint leaves as decoration on some, others are rolled in shredded coconut and there are a few decorated with red pomegranate pips, displayed on a blue square plate.