Steamed Red Snapper

This is definitely a popular way of preparing fish in Thailand.

Michael Myers Cake

I made this for Halloween!

It's a three-layer chocolate cake with vanilla butterceam and cream cheese icing, topped with blood spatter!

Thai-style Chicken

oven roasted chicken, roasted pumpkin and carrots and sauteed kale

mixed fruit cobbler (those are plums, btw)

Here's a sample recipe for Easy Thai Chicken.

The Asian serving dishes were my mother-in-law's.

Tasty Little Dinner

I made a Thai-style sukiyaki for dinner.  For dessert, it was a mixture of fresh fruit topped with homemade Chantilly cream.  And I use my mother-in-law's Blue Ridge dinnerware to serve it.  There's a lot of Asia, some French...mixed with North Carolina.  The Sukiyaki sauce is crucial to this noodle soup, of course.  I use this brand. 

Another Quinoa Salad

I added broccoli, sweet potato and carrots to this one.

Sweet Potato in Coconut Milk

a simple Thai dessert

Party Starters

Back in August I created these charcuterie boards for a Spanish tapas dinner party up on Town Mountain.

Medley of Fruits

I add a pinch of salt, one tbsp of honey, lemon juice (one lemon), and some fresh juice from oranges.  Gogi Berries are a superfood you could also add.

Let There Be Veggies!

Stir-Fried Mixed Vegetables with Tofu

topped with sesame seeds

Sangrias

Certainly not the best photos.  And the Sangrias themselves were not exactly fabulous.  Nonetheless, it was a pretty good first time.  We used peaches and blackberries, and followed one of these recipes.

Vegetarian It Is!

Fresh Rolls w/ Peanut Sauce

Vegetarian Green Curry

Pumpkin in Sweet Coconut Cream

I have started a nine-day vegetarian diet to remember my father, who died earlier this year.  Although I always tried to observe this practice during the annual Bangkok Vegetarian Festival, my dad was even more committed to adhering to it.

Shrimp with Garlic Chives

I grab garlic chives at one of the Asian markets in Asheville.  This dish, like most stir-fries in Thailand, is best eaten on rice.  Each person would have a bowl of rice, then put some of the stir-fry on top.

recipe

What are garlic chives?

Healthy Eating

Quinoa Salad & Veggies w/ Hummus

I made the Quinoa salad, and I bought the hummus at Whole Foods.  A few days later I made another Quinoa salad, using some different ingredients.