I used to be a working woman joggling life between work and family of two wonderful children and a loving husband. Quick and easy recipes would always be something that I'd like to try. As my husband and I have become empty-nesters, simple and healthy cuisine has been an important part in our diet. My Philosophy of cooking is: Meals served on dining table have to be nutrition-balanced as well as color-appealing. Chinese cooking and Taiwanese cooking are my favorite things to cook. Well-planned meal with dishes covering 3 major components: 1) meat, 2) seafood, tofu or egg, 3) vegetable, is always the tradition in the daily cooking for my family. My boy used to tell me he hates to eat cucumber when he was very young. Somehow I incorporate the cucumber in my Chinese cooking recipe, and it has become one of his favorite dish. Recipes required to work with dough or active dry yeast always end up something hard to sell in my family.