~Lychee Black Tea Mango Smoothie Recipe~

Discontinued Mango Black Tea Smoothie Late in the spring last year I went to my regular smoothie place. I stood in line and when it was my turn to order I found out that my favorite mango black tea smoothie was no longer on their menu. It had been discontinued! Disappointed, a few day later [...]

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~Honey-Lime Tea Recipe, a Cough Remedy~

A Cough Remedy I have had this Honey-Lime Tea recipe written since last year when my son was sick and missed a week of school with a fever and annoying cough. When it comes to home remedies for coughing, my grandma’s honey-lime tea, which I have had countless times for coughs, that stands out in [...]

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~Coconut Melon Smoothie Recipe~

Drink Me It has been exactly a week since I returned from Thailand and I am still trying to catch up with our Seattle summer. My friends have all assured me that I didn’t miss much during the past month as we are still having the same cold weather we had in June. This July, [...]

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~Pandan Jasmine Tea Recipe, Cha Mali Bai Toey Horm~

Pandanus leaf (Bai Toey), a Thai Culinary Treasure Something about spring made me want to share my favorite cup of tea recipe with you. Maybe it is the fragrance of fresh pandanus leaf, which is like fresh green grass, or jasmine rice that makes me anticipate more spring. The long narrow leaf looks like a gladiolus leaf [...]

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~Thai Basil Seed Drink Recipe, Nam Mengluck~

Thai Basil Seed Drink, a Fun Summer Time Drink    When the weather was very hot and dry in my Thai village, I used to run to the drink stand for fresh basil seed drinks with ice floating in a pink rose floral flavored drink. It made the summer day bright and special for me and all the Thai kids back [...]

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~My Milo Recipe~

My Milo   Most Thai kids grow up with hot milo just like American kids do with hot chocolate. However, growing up in Thailand more than 45 years ago, daily products such as milk, butter and cheese were rare commodities. We grew up with milk powder or UHT milk and of course sweetened condensed milk. There are many ways to make this quick drink [...]

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~Tomato & Chinese Celery Smoothie Recipe~

Drink for Our Complexion  I grew up in Phuket, an Island off of Southern Thailand, where I never saw tomatoes until I was a teenager.  We learned to like tomatoes because there was a saying that it was great for our complexion. People from the Northern part of Thailand had the most beautiful complexions due to the fact that they grew and ate a [...]

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~Tamarind Drink Recipes, Nam Makam~

Tamarind Drinks – All Natural Thai Drinks   During the day, I often open a fridge and look for a drink. My eye was on tamarind concentrate – a leftover from Thai cooking class another day. I spent three minutes making a syrup. Now I have syrup ready for making a tea and soda.   Tamarind syrup is a good recipe to have. [...]

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~Watermelon Cocktail Recipe~

Watermelon Delight  This recipe was inspired by an I Love Thai Cooking Facebook request for a watermelon cocktail. After creating Watermelon Ice with watermelon liquere, I am excited to try to create a new cocktail. I have half of a watermelon left from the party on the Fourth of July, and I am happy mix this cocktail up. I pulled out [...]

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~Thai Green Mango Salad Recipe, Yum Mamuang Goong~

It’s a mango day!       A perfect crisp green mango is hard to come by in Seattle, just like getting a crisp and sunny day in the month of June. I grabbed this unique food opportunity and heightened the day by having two friends over for lunch so that we could celebrate both the sunsine and the mango. It was a beautiful day.          Fifteen minutes before the door bell [...]

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~Vietnamese Coffee Recipe, Ca Phe Sua~

Vietnamese Hot Coffee with Sweet Condensed Milk, Ca Phe Sua I love Thai hot coffee with sweetened condensed milk and I also love Vietnamese coffee. Honestly I drink Vietnamese hot coffee every morning and sometimes once more before noon. I love the contrast between the bitter and the sweet of the coffee and the sweetened condensed milk. Thai coffee’s [...]

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~Lychee & Mint Smoothie Recipe~

Drink a memory of a tropical garden in Bangkok Lychee & Mint Smoothie น้ำลิ้นจี่กับใบสะระแหน่ปั่น Just two weeks ago I was in Bangkok at the famous Jim Thompson’s house near the National Stadium. I always enjoy taking a break at the restaurant near the lily pound. I had Lychee & Mint smoothie, a very simple refreshing drink that [...]

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