Welcome home! Let’s get cooking. :)
By Kelly Meng
Note to readers: These aren’t recipes as much as field notes for my cooking escapades. Most of these will refer to other’s recipes + my modifications.
Recipes Index
Banana Cream Pie w/ Graham Cracker Crust
banana cream pie, aka magnolia bakery’s banana pudding except in pie form
Brown Butter Chocolate Toffee Cookies
A labor-intensive but worthwhile cookie with brown butter, homemade toffee, and dark chocolate chunks.
Coconut Peanut Butter Semifreddo
Peanut butter “semi-frozen” dessert! AKA peanut butter semifreddo.
S’mores Cookies (Small Batch)
Cookies using graham crackers! Kind of silly but kind of genius!
Matcha Ice Cream (No Machine)
Lemon Scones (and other variations!)
Heavenly Delight Cake (Almond + Strawberry Sponge Cake)
HEB’s Heavenly Delight Cake (Almond and Strawberry Sponge Cake)
My Kitchen Tools
My Kitchen Tools
About Kelly
Chicago-based private chef and content creator dedicated to making healthy and accessible recipes in her little kitchen
I’m a self-taught home chef who is passionate about logic-driven cooking. I strive to teach other home chefs to push the limits of their ability and think critically about their recipes and ingredients. Although based out of Chicago, I also service NYC for private dining experiences.