
I recently participated in Social Nature’s campaign for Wild Planet Skipjack Tuna, a sustainable, non-GMO, 2 ingredient canned tuna product. According to Wild Planet’s website, Skipjack tuna is low in mercury compared to other varieties. Each can is packed in water and sea salt. I got to try a can of Skipjack tuna from Wild…

As 2021 marches on, I am continuing my cooking adventure with Storage Chef, a food storage subscription service that offers family friendly meals for emergency use or for households on a tight budget. For about $40 a month, you can receive 40 servings of food selected by the website to add to your storage supply.…

I am fascinated with survivalist practices and emergency preparedness, especially when it comes to food. I tried a few freeze dried foods in the past just for fun, like astronaut ice cream and military MREs, and overall, they were rather good! During these unpredictable times, my interest has taken a more serious turn. Many of…

I was scrolling through some photographs from my family’s Christmas festivities in 2019 when I found a few snapshots of a recipe I used for the first time. The recipe was for Easy Fudge Bites, a batch of rich and indulgent chocolate truffles from Martha Stewart Living magazine. The memory of making these fudge truffles…

October 6 marks National Noodle Day, and as well all know, noodles come in various shapes and sizes. In this post, I specifically want to focus on what is perhaps the cheapest noodle of all, RAMEN! (Don’t worry, pasta. I still love you.) Ramen noodles can easily be identified in stores by their blocky, square…

There’s a running joke in my family that we declare some weeknight dinners as “clean-out-the-kitchen-night”, meaning we make meals using leftover ingredients or foods near expiration. It’s an effective way to clean up, and to also get creative! I had some leftover ricotta cheese from a lasagna recipe last month, and so I thought I’d…