Vietnamese Vermicelli with Chicken and Green Papaya Salad

It’s hot. It’s been about 40ºC with the humidex for over a week and not surprisingly, a heavy, hearty meal isn’t what I’m looking for nowadays. I still love love love noodles, though, so here is a recipe for something I get pretty often in Vietnamese restaurants. Vietnamese Chicken and Vermicelli 2 Chicken thighs 1/2…

Sick at Home Edition: Lazy pho

Okay, it’s actually Saturday, but I’ve been feeling like crap all week and I’ve decided that the only thing that could fight off this flu/cold is bowls and bowls of hot, spicy pho (rhymes with “whuh?”. Traditional pho takes almost 20 hours and a whole bunch of ingredients that I can’t deal with right now,…

Fish Tacos

If you were able to read that title without giggling, then you are a better person than I am. This is one of my favourite recipes ever because it’s easy, it’s tasty and I just plain love Mexican food. This recipe is based on this recipe on Epicurious. It’s totally worth it to the full Epicurious…