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French hachis parmentier recipe

Hachis Parmentier, French Shepherd Pie Recipe

Posted by Thien Lan on March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 in Food, Recipes

What is Hachis Parmentier? Hachis Parmentier is a classic French dish with mashed potato and minced meat. Hachis comes from ” hacher’ meaning to chop off, as it’s a way to recycle left over meat. Parmentier comes from Antoine Augustin…

Bo Bun Recipe Vietnamese dish

Bo Bun Recipe: Vietnamese healthy and tasty dish

Posted by Thien Lan on August 20, 2017May 26, 2020 in Asian Food, Food, Health, Kids friendly, Recipes

Hi everyone, By popular demand, when I posted a pic of my homemade Bo Bun, here is my recipe, which I got from my mum. Why is Bo Bun so popular right now? Bo Bun became very popular and trendy…

lamb stew recipe

Lamb stew recipe: Fårikål or Couscous?

Posted by Thien Lan on October 15, 2015 in Food, Oslo, Recipes

October is the month of lamb in Oslo It’s interesting to see how shops in Oslo offer produces based on the season. A month ago I was craving lamb. The butcher at the grocery said: it’s raining, the wool is…

guacamole recipe

How to make guacamole

Posted by Thien Lan on July 17, 2015July 30, 2015 in Recipes, Uncategorized

Holy guacamole!   My sister and brother in law just visited from Arizona and advised a tasty quick and easy guacamole recipe. It will take me as much time to type it than to make it. Here’s the recipe for…

easy healthy dessert recipe

Easy healthy stylish yummy dessert

Posted by Thien Lan on April 23, 2015April 15, 2015 in France, French food, Kids friendly, Recipes, Swiss food, Switzerland

I didn’t even thought my kids would love it but they did, so this is a definite winner: Verrine cremeuse et croustillante à la pomme i.e. Creamy crunchy apple dessert. It takes 2 minutes, it looks good, it has a…

oven grilled chicken legs

Oven grilled chicken leg

Posted by Thien Lan on March 26, 2015November 4, 2017 in Food, French food, Kids friendly, Recipes

Second recipe in the “What’s for dinner series”, with the same theme using the oven to make crispy, tender and juicy chicken legs. How to grill chicken legs in the oven? Prep time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 60 minutes Oven…

Duck breast recipe

Oven grilled honey duck breast recipe

Posted by Thien Lan on March 21, 2015March 25, 2015 in Food, French food, Recipes

What’s for dinner? This is a series that I’m happy to do, almost real time with a few pics and a couple of instructions as my recipes are very simple. They appeal to my kids so I hope it will help…

Nicer Dicer Plus

Posted by Thien Lan on December 18, 2014December 18, 2014 in Food, Recipes

Lately we’ve been so busy we didn’t eat out as much but cooked instead. It’s also because they had a promotion a Denner (budget grocery chain) where you could buy your Highway Toll annual pass for 35 Fr instead of…

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