163: Pasta with Baked Cherry Tomatoes

My mother complained that I am not cooking enough healthy dishes. As a way to appease her, I made her this for lunch. Cherry tomatoes, basil, extra virgin olive oil - now doesn’t that ingredient list scream healthy to you? (It’s yummy too!)

Recipe from Lidia’s Italy found through Food and Wine’s Best of the Best Cookbook Recipes. (Confession: I seriously want to buy all the cookbooks in this book - it’s scary. I am afraid to go to the bookstore until the sale is over.)

159: Fried Rice with Thai Basil

I remember my mother making fried rice from day old rice and leftovers we have in the fridge. I think it’s part of growing up in an Asian household, no? 

Recipe from here. Enjoy!

141: Basil Oranade

My dad loves his freshly squeezed orange juice. A few months back, when he started taking care of his health, he began buying oranges by the crate. It was insane! That box occupies half of our fridge and we’d have to put all our other things around it. He would, of course, force us kids to drink some too, but we grew up disliking oranges. Perhaps it was because we never met one that was sweet. So far, my mom’s the only one who indulges him.

When I saw this oranade recipe, I knew it would be a delightful compromise. Sugar substituted with honey. My dad is doing this for his health after all :)

101: Herbed Fries

Find the recipe here.