Member Recipes

SDCWA members prove that it’s possible to have our cake and eat it too!  Here are some frequently requested recipes for dishes shared with members at meetings and events.  To request or submit recipes, contact the webmaster or use our web form.  Happy cooking, baking, and eating!

Breakfast ♦ Cakes ♦ Chinese treats ♦ Cookies ♦ Desserts ♦ Main dishes ♦ Noodles ♦ Salads ♦ Snacks ♦ Soups ♦ Tea time

Breakfast

• Alton Brown’s blueberry buckle
• Corn torte
• Crockpot breakfast potatoes
• Crustless spinach & mushroom quiche

Cakes

• Carrot cake a la Doris (Trainor)
• Chocolate chip date cake
• Matcha chocolate chip cake
• SDCWA Chinese 8 eggs sponge cake

Chinese treats

• Baked mochi or Niengo
• Baked_Nian_Gao
• Chinese dumplings
• Imperial peanuts (by Gloria Wai)
• Joong

Cookies

• Almond cookies (thin)
• Chinese almond cookies (from Simply Recipes)
• Chinese_5-spice_ginger_snaps
• Chinese sesame cookies
• Classic shortbread (by Lucy Ross Natkiel)
• Double ginger chocolate chunk cookies (from More magazine)
• Lemon bars
• Working with fondant (includes photos, recipe for No fail sugar cookies and Fondant Instructions by Judy Wong)

Desserts

• Chinese almond float dessert
• Lychee Panna Cotta
• Petit fours
• Rainbow Jell-O

Main dishes

• Chinese dumplings
• Joong (zongzi)
• Sushi Rice with Crab

Noodles

• Spicy peanut noodles
• Stuffed aburaage (tofu pockets) with somen
• Ulander Pang’s Chinese Pasta Salad

Salads

• Asparagus summer salad
• Dr. Weil’s raw kale salad
• Gingered fresh fruit salad
• Kale salad with Brussels sprouts
• Quinoa and bulgur salad with cranberries and pistachios
• Stuffed aburaage (tofu pockets) with somen
• Three leaf salad
• Ulander Pang’s Chinese Pasta Salad
• Zesty Slaw

Snacks

• Chinese dumplings
• Cinnamon pecans
• Hummus, Basic
• Imperial peanuts (by Gloria Wai)
• Rainbow Jell-O
• Savory pretzels
• Stuffed aburaage (tofu pockets) with somen

Soups

• Taiwanese beef noodle soup

Tea Time Recipes

• Carrot Raisin Tea Sandwiches
• Chicken salad croissant sandwiches
• Chilled green tea and honeyed cantaloupe soup
• Cinnamon pecan scones (from Amy Lawrence’s Making It Your Own Afternoon to Remember)
• Classic shortbread (by Lucy Ross Natkiel)
• Cucumber, hummus, and lemon tea sandwiches
• Curried chicken croissant sandwiches
• Lemon curd
• Lime-Mint Tea
• Petit fours
• Sesame cilantro tea sandwiches (from Amy Lawrence’s Tea Time Tidbits and Treats)
• Strawberry blueberry coconut scones
• Stuffed mushroom caps