Sammy Wong's Kitchen
My cooking and baking style is "HUGE with healthy and a dab of decadence!" I love living a healthy lifestyle which includes exercising, eating healthy and cooking well. I aslo enjoy eating delicious food. I don't believe in crash diets, but I do believe in conscientious and conscious eating habits. Some amazing food recipes are worth their weight in calories, but others can be tweaked to be healthier! Through much of my own experimentation and research, I've gleaned a multitude of "inspired" recipes and cooking hacks such as...not everything good has to be made from scratch and not everything good needs to be made with tons of butter! It is my pleasure to share my and selective guest contributors' baking or cooking recipes and findings with you all.
Many of my recipes are "ethnically" inspired as a result of my upbringing as a Chinese in South Africa and my travels around the world where I love to "live and eat like the locals". After being diagnosed with pre-diabetes a few years ago, I started researching the wonders of sourdough and am on a mission to create recipes that are healthier while keeping them interesting and delicious.
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My Latest Recipes
When it's summer time and the temperature is over 80 degrees fahrenheit, there's nothing better than a refreshing lychee lemonade that takes less than 5 minutes to make . Lychees are a delicious tropical fruit that used to be only imported from Asia. These days, lychees can be found fairly abundantly. However, fresh lychees are very seasonal so when they're READ MORE
CHICKEN, VEGETABLES with WHITE WINE CAPER SAUCE
This one skillet chicken, vegetables with white wine caper sauce is similar to a chicken piccata except its a complete GET THE RECIPE
SOFT SHELL CRAB with SAVORY BUTTER and HERBS
I LOVE soft shell crab. The sweet taste of crab, a little bit of crunch with no effort required to GET THE RECIPE
SESAME SEED TUNA TATAKI WITH PICKLED ONIONS
What is tataki? Although I am not a Japanese cuisine aficionado, I do enjoy a good tuna tataki. Tataki is GET THE RECIPE
SUMMER CHEF SALAD
This delicious summer chef salad was developed in Nantucket, Massachusetts, a small island an hour's ferry ride from Boston. It's GET THE RECIPE
SEVEN SEED SOURDOUGH BREAD
This seven seed sourdough bread is filled with wonderful, nutritious seeds. It has steel cut oats, bulghur wheat, sesame, flax, GET THE RECIPE
DECADENT SOURDOUGH CHOCOLATE BROWNIES
These decadent sourdough chocolate brownies were born out of necessity to provide my gluten-intolerant mother with a brownie that she GET THE RECIPE
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What is proofing? What does proof your sourdough mean and what is the best way (Read more)
My daughter recently asked me how to make a chocolate drizzle for her chocolate covered (Read more)
Vegetable selection and the way they are cut play an important part in stir fry. (Read more)
Chinese stir fries can be very versatile, using any protein available. However, the types and (Read more)
Stir frying is one of the most popular ways to cook Chinese food. Here are (Read more)
One of my daughters during her college years called me and asked me what were (Read more)
One my my favorite things about summer is the abundance of local fruit. I realize (Read more)
Cutting herbs into strips either for a garnish or fixin can be time consuming if (Read more)
About Michelle Sam
Michelle was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and has been a passionate eater since birth and cook since age 7. She later started experimenting in the kitchen, recreating and tweaking dishes she discovered on vacation and her travels to countries around the world. Michelle currently lives in Irvine, CA and manages a tech company that she founded ten years ago. When she isn't working with her engineers to write code, she can be found in her kitchen absorbed in a new project. When Michelle's two daughters moved to the East Coast, she filmed a few cooking tutorial videos to help guide her girls to make their favorite "Mom dishes" on their own. To Michelle's dismay, it appeared that thousands of anonymous viewers enjoyed her tutorial videos...but not her daughters! They would still call her for instructions. Michelle also started The OC Supper Club, a group of foodies that get together for member-lead cooking class meals, potluck competitions, and tastings through the many hidden culinary gems of Orange County.
Update: I recently posted a very silly video that has nothing to do with cooking. My girls apparently watch it almost every day!
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