What better way to kick start a healthy & easy cooking blog other than sharing a festive cooking in this Chinese lunar new year? Especially with Valentine fall on such a auspicious day this year, all the rare and exotic foods will be out in force to help usher in the Year of a Tiger with a roar, as well as to add romance in the air.

Healthy & Easy Festive Cooking for Chinese Lunar New Year

Whether it is with a mighty roar or a coquettish purr, Chinese from all over the globe celebrated the new Zodiac year which ended few days ago. Many Chinese families usher in loads of new things while there’re fortunately some households still holding true to family traditions they grew up with. Nevertheless, certain traditions will never die – reunion dinner. Delicious and sumptuous dishes that are allude to prosperity and good luck are a must on the festive table of the traditionalist. My in-laws family has no exception. To be honest, as a rookie cook and being the sole daughter-in-law, I felt challenged taking charge as a festive home-cook all alone. But believe me, the pleasures you have the  moment you graced the festive table with the dishes you call your own, will definitely overwhelmed the pressure you had before. I think that’s one of the reason why I stay true to my culinary passion and the reason I am apron-clad over a hot stove even though there’s hassle-free option of having reunion dinner at the restaurant outside.

Cooking a big feast is not my piece of cake. Hence, I opted for healthy, less-labor-extensive and easy-to-whip-up dishes for reunion dinner.  These recipe are not only meant for festive cooking, but also an easy and healthy alternative in your daily cooking.

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