How to Make Bugs on a Log

Bugs on a Log Recipe

Here's my son's video on how to make Bugs on a Log.

Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe

Sweet and Sour Fish

Here's my video about how to cook sweet and sour fish!

Lemon Meringue Pie

I have been busy with my son school Auction and did not have much time to cook lately. Today, I was craving for something sweet and sour and remembering that I have this recipe that my host mum from Australia sent it to me. I made Lemon Meringue Pie tonight. It came out really well. My son and my husband enjoyed it too. It is really easy to make and tast sooooo good. Love it!

Here is the recipe http://www.gretchenspantry.com/recipe/lemon-meringue-pie.aspx

Butternut Squash and Granny Apple Soup

I love soup especially this time of the year. Seattle is so gray, cloudy and cold. I have soup almost all day long. It keeps me warm. I have never thought that butternut squash and apple would go together but they do. I have adapted this recipe from Eden Organics who I order their organic fruits and vegetables from. My family loves this soup, so am I. I hope you enjoy it too. I just posted the recipe to my community website. Please take a look at it.

Here is the website: http://www.gretchenspantry.com/recipe/butternut-squash-and-apple-soup.aspx.

Added New Blogs on Gretchenspantry

Recently, I added two great recipe blogs in our community at directory. You can search all the best recipe sites at GretchensPantry.com

Here is the great blog that have recently added:

Baking and Book

Modern Beet

Pad Prik Pla Dug (Stir-fry Catfish with Curry Paste)

Incredibly, Hot, Hot, Hot! My sister in law, who loves to cook very spicy food, made this dish. It called Pad Prik Pla Dug or Stir-fry Catfish with Curry Paste. I don’t know whether I have mentioned it or not from the past. I was from south of Thailand. The food from the south part of Thailand seems to be very hot, salty, and sour. We eat more seafood than other part of Thailand. We also use a lot of herb especially turmeric.

Here is the recipe for Pad Prik Pla Dug: http://www.gretchenspantry.com/recipe/pad-prik-pla-dug-catfish-with-curry.aspx.

Thai Fish Cakes "Tod Mun Plaa"

Blasting hot oil in a big wok, a man was performing his art of cooking at the Thai farmer market in an open air. The smell of fish, curry and oil was in the air. I walked pass this deep fried fish cakes, or we called it “tod mun plaa.” Tod mun plaa, or fish cakes had been one of my favorite in my school years in Thailand for my afternoon snack. The simply ingredients include: minced fish (mackerel or other fish), egg, red Thai curry paste, finely sliced Thai or French long bean, finely sliced kaffir leaves and salt and sugar. After its cooked you eat it with cucumber dip sauce.

Here is the recipe for fish cake or Tod mun plaa: http://www.gretchenspantry.com/recipe/thai-fish-cakes-tod-mun-plaa.aspx.