Passion for food

I have to admit, I love steamed dumplings! You can be very creative with the fillings, and the soft delicate texture is something special! Pork filling for Steamed dumplings - Recipe 1Lb semi lean ground pork 1/4 cup chopped green onions 4-5 cloves minced garlic 1 tablespoon grated ginger  Salt & Pepper to taste Beef filling for steamed dumplings - Recipe 1Lb ground beef 4-5 cloves minced garlic 1 tablespoon grated ginger 1/2 cup grated yellow onion 1 cup shredded cabbage  Salt & Pepper to taste Sesame Garlic Chili dipping sauce - Recipe 2 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons rice wine vinigar 1 teaspoons sesame oil  1 teaspoon brown sugar 1-2 teaspoons garlic chili sauce 1/2 teaspoons sesame seeds  Enjoy! 

We all love Pizza, so why not make our own just the way we  want them? One thing that annoys me about most pizza dough recipes is that they make enough dough for two pizzas. Usually I just want to make one pizza, so in this recipe I will show you how to make the perfect amount of dough for one large pan pizza! Pizza Dough Recipe - Passion for Food 2 cups bread flour ~2/3 cups hot water (110F) 1.5 teaspoons of fast rise (instant) yeast 1 teaspoon salt 1.5 teaspoons sugar Easy Pizza sauce 1 6 once can tomato paste 6 once water 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon MSG 1 tablespoon italian seasoning 1 tablespoon salt pepper to taste

The key to a good Tex Mex style dish is the delicate restaurant style seasoned beef! We have all seen those packets of "Taco Seasoning" at the grocery store.. The problem I have with those is the flavors tend to be un-balanced, and the cooking instructions somewhat backwards. Most of them suggest you cook the meat with the seasoning THEN add water and reduce. Doing it in that order totally misses the point of using water in the first place, which is to gently break apart the meat cooking it slowly till its nice and tender. The way the seasoning packets suggest we do things is basically just to build a 'sauce' covering your seasoned meat. But the way we are going to do it actually seasons the meat all the way through, and cooks it to soft and tender perfection! Restaurant Style Tex Mex Ground Beef Recipe 1.5lbs ground beef (or other meat of your choice)  1 Teaspoon garlic powder 1 Teaspoon onion powder 1 Teaspoon cumin powder 1 Tablespoon chili powd...

This amazing cookie crust banana cream pie is the classy version of banana pudding with vanilla wafers! With a beautiful custard and a vanilla cookie crust! It's surprisingly quick and easy to make, and is sure to wow anyone who tries some! You could of course cheat and make this with a pudding mix rather than making custard, it would still be good, but a very different pie! It's worth making it with the full custard trust me! Amazing Cookie Crust Banana Cream Pie recipe - Passion for Food For the crust: 3 cups vanilla wafers, or other cookie / graham crackers 5 tablespoons butter ~2 tablespoons water as needed For the custard filling: 1 & 2/3 cups of whole milk 1/2 cup of heavy cream 1/2 cup sugar 4 large egg yolks 1/4 cup corn starch 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon butter For the topping: 3-4 large bananas whipped cream to taste Enjoy!

These noodles are so simple,  and yet crazily delicious! Those crispy fried shallots really bring it together in a big way. I've made this many times, I've tried it with shrimp, I've tried it with seared chicken. But honestly I think my favorite way to have it is just the noodles! The slight sweetness of the sauce is balanced out with a tiny hit of bitterness from the shallots, and you get some nice crunch from both those and the green onions. I suggest the flat thinker rice noodles, if you can find them. You should give this a try! One note, the noodles can get VERY spicy! If you don't like a tun of spice use less chili garlic sauce. The first time I made this I used 3 heaping tablespoons, so that plus the red pepper flakes made it so spicy I had to take a break half way through eating it! Thai Garlic Chili Noodles Recipe: 14-16 once of flat rice noodles 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 tablespoons sesame oil   1/3 cup of soy sauce 3 shallots 4 clov...

I feel like not enough people make these just because they don't SOUND awesome. I mean, right? CABBAGE ROLLS?! Sounds kinda gross, dude. But if you trust me, you should go out on a limb and try these! You can add any flavors or types of meat you like, but the combination I used here was really tasty, and extremely savory because of the mushrooms and little bit of soy sauce rather than just salt! And the gravy is good enough to put on just about anything. Cabbage Rolls with Caramelized Onion Gravy Recipe For the filling: 1 lb ground beef (about 80/20) 1 lb ground pork (about 80/20) 1/2 large onion, grated 4-5 cloves minced garlic 1 tablespoon grated ginger 5-6 diced mushrooms of your choice 1 jalapeno pepper, diced  2 tablespoons soy sauce ~14 Napa cabbage leaves For the gravy: 1 1/2 large onions, sliced 1 cup beef stock or broth pan drippings from cooked cabbage rolls 1 1/2 tablespoons of corn starch dissolved in cold water Enjoy! ...

These are super quick and easy to make! What makes this style of burgers special is the crust. For whatever reason I know of no commercial burgers joints that get a real good seared crust on their burgers, but we can do it easily ourselves at home! Epic Everything Smash Burger Recipe - Passion for Food Per Burger: 1/4 lb a ground 80/20 beef Sliced Onion, Tomato, and lettuce  Salt and Pepper to taste Enjoy!