{recipe} Thai-Inspired Black Chickpeas
I can never resist an unexplored food product I come across (tiny rice, anyone?), so when I spotted these black chickpeas last week, they were in my grocery cart before you could say “garbanzo.”...
Category: Asian Recipes
{ebony and ivory} Black Rice Salad with White Soy Sauce
Have you ever heard of white soy sauce? I hadn’t, but when I saw this box at my local store I found myself shielding my eyes from the $18 price tag and bringing it...
{recipe} Asian Forbidden Risotto
I’ve been really into forbidden rice lately, because it’s actually a whole grain, it’s an exciting color to bring to the table, and it tastes great. Plus, forbidden = fun! I made dinner for...
{make this} Braised Chicken in Coconut Milk from Sunset Magazine
I grew up with Sunset magazine, and it’s still one of the best food and travel magazines out there. I’ve tried several recipes over the years, and this one was a knockout. It was...
{make this} Dreamy Butternut Squash Soup from Running with Tweezers
I generally feel that the butternut squash is over-represented in the soup world. What’s up with all the butternut squash soup? And why is it all so boring and bland? Why don’t we do...
{iron chef in my kitchen} Short Rib Smackdown: Chang vs. Keller
For about 4 years, I have been using a recipe adapted from David Chang’s recipe for short ribs that was printed in the New York Times. (This was in 2006, before David Chang and Momofuku...
{recipe} Nutty Soba Noodle Salad
I am in LOVE with cold peanut noodles, but they always have a ton of peanut butter and sesame oil in the sauce which is incredibly caloric, and noodles aren’t exactly low cal either....
{recipe} Ginger Sesame Ahi Poke
Recently a friend was coming over for dinner, and asked if he could bring some fish over for me to cook. I loved this idea because a) fish is hella expensive, and b) I...
{make this} Low and Slow Salmon from Steamy Kitchen
This technique from SteamyKitchen.com is one of my favorite ways to cook salmon. It’s easy and adaptable, and seems almost impossible to screw up or overcook. Basically, you cook salmon at a really low...
{recipe} Asian Chopped Salad with Tuna and Mint
Before I say anything else let me tell you that THIS WHOLE DINNER HAS UNDER 200 CALORIES and is VERY TASTY AND FULFILLING!!! OK, I’ll stop yelling at you now so you can look...
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