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Grilled Chicken Thighs with Peanuty BBQ Sauce
I started to call this a faux chicken satay but I didn’t want to insult any satay purists out there. So basically, this is something like a Thai Chicken Satay but not really
I cooked this on the grill a couple of weeks ago before the weather turned too chilly, our last hurrah on [...]
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On a Stick
This week’s theme for Lasang Pinoy Sunday (LaPiS) is on a Stick. It’s time for festivals here in N.C. and the State Fair is in full swing. That could only mean one thing, food on a stick is king.
One of our favorite treats at festivals is the corn on a stick. Not corndog, although those [...]
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Spicy Beef Stirfry with Basil
A quick and easy dinner like a stirfry is the working mom’s savior. I work five days a week and don’t usually get home until six o’clock in the evening. Some nights, when their homework isn’t too much, the girls would cook dinner or at least get it started for me. But most nights, especially [...]
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Grains & More Breads
I have never been a big bread eater, at least not the loaf bread variety. I prefer breads with a little more body and preferably freshly baked. I buy wheat bread mostly for my husband, who can’t have a meal without bread, and for the girls who use them to make sandwiches for their [...]
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The Pica-Pica Collection
Pica Pica is this week’s theme for Lasang Pinoy Sundays a weekly food photo event showcasing mainly Filipino food. Pica pica simply means finger food or if you want to be fancy, hors d’oeuvre. Well, we’re never fancy around here and most of the time we use our fingers to eat any food anyway. So [...]
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Easy Baba Ganoush
This is the Easy Baba Ganoush recipe we made with the homemade tahini and to dip the lavash crackers in.
Baba Ganoush is a dip made from roasted eggplants common in the middle east. Jade who loves Middle Eastern cuisine orders this with her koobideh all the time. The use of roasted eggplant in this dish [...]
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LaPiS - RICE
I’m playing catch up again, so before I go looking for some pica pica, I better post this
Spicy Marigold Rice for Lasang Pinoy Sundays (LaPiS). This was the 16th theme for the event, which is a weekly photo event featuring food.
Click here to see other LaPiS entry for Rice.
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Shrimp Dumplings
I was so glad to finally see a challenge that I was familiar with. This month’s challenge for Recipes to Rival is shrimp dumplings! No big deal, right? WRONG! We’ve made potstickers, shumai and eggrolls, sure. But have we ever made our own wrappers? That’s where the challenge comes in. This was the first time [...]
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