Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
OK I know this sounds weird. But avocados are fruits… and whatever you can do with a banana, you can pretty much do with an avocado. Avocado shakes, avocado ice cream… even avocado bread! This is a wonderful quick bread recipe, similar to banana nut bread… just with avocados instead of banana. This avocado bread [...]
OMG. This bread is so good! I’ve been trying to re-create this bread (also found in Chinese bakeries as “Coconut buns”) for a long time… I finally figured out the trick – ditch the butter and milk, and use coconut oil and coconut milk instead! Coconut oil is a solid at room temperature – similar [...]
What do “Melon Pan” (from Japan) and “Pineapple Bun” 菠蘿包 (from China) have in common? Well, for starters, neither contain any fruit – there is traditionally no melon in Melon Pan, and no pineapple in Pineapple Bun. Rather, each bun is named for the fruit based on appearance alone – the final baked bun is said [...]
I’ve been looking for a recipe to replicate the famous sweet and soft King’s Hawaiian Rolls. I think I finally found it! The addition of pineapple juice and sugar add a wonderful sweetness and impart a tenderness to the finished rolls. You can eat them warm, straight out of the pan. Or, try my favorite: [...]
Last Halloween, I turned my leftover Jack O’Lanterns into baked field pumpkin puree. Making pumpkin puree from field pumpkins is a little bit time consuming, but worth it if you feel bad wasting your Halloween Jack O’Lanterns. I always feel bad throwing away Jack O’Lanterns! I mean, pumpkin is a vegetable, and while field pumpkin [...]
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