Tteokguk (Korean Rice Cake Soup)

Korean rice cake soup that’s traditionally eaten on Seollal, the Korean new year. It lands on the first day of the Lunar calendar and it usually coincides with the Chinese new year. I never tried it or heard of it until Moudi introduced me to it. We came across this recipe on maangchi.com while we were…

French Onion Soup

Note to self: Can we just take a moment to savor this picture? How yummy does that look? This was one of the heartiest flavorful-est soups I’ve made and it came out super delicious! I’ve never had french onion soup before but have always wanted to try it. Most have beef broth and wine incorporated…

Authentic Vietnamese Beef Pho

Note to self: This blog post is super late…we just came back from our LA trip and this was meant to be posted on Moudi’s birthday but was postponed until I came back. LA was so much fun! I’ve never been to the west coast and it was an unbelievable trip…we went with my family…

Miyan Taushe (Nigerian Pumpkin Soup)

Note to self: Last month Moudi and I went to Virginia and Maryland to spend Eid-ul-Fitr with his family and the highlight of the trip was having authentic Nigerian Hausa food….we had Miyan Taushe, Kosai and puff puffs! Trying food from my husbands side of the family was such an eye opening experience and I…