Asian

• June 8, 2016

  How to Use those Chive Blossoms Before they Reseed!

  When we first moved into our house, I was excited, albeit surprised, to find chives growing underneath a pine tree in our front yard. As I was frantically trying to fill up the space that would become my perennial garden, I immediately transplanted them. They have grown happily there now for a number of years…until…

• March 16, 2015

  Two Twisted Taco Recipes

  I love tacos. That’s no secret. But I’ve been branching out recently and have tried some new variations on this household favorite…including one for breakfast and one with an Asian flair! I was dreaming of a delicious Saturday morning breakfast and taking into account the ingredients I had on hand (including a green pepper that…

• December 9, 2014

  Sriracha Ramen Noodle Bowl

  I’m not sure if it’s the old age kicking in or what, but I had a bit of a brain fart at the grocery store yesterday.  I knew I had seen a recipe on Pinterest that I wanted to try that was some sort of Asian / Ramen noodle bowl.  It sounded like a fairly…

• June 27, 2012

  Cooking with Swiss Chard

  I decided to grow Swiss chard in my garden this year.  I’m not exactly sure why, but I think this is what happened: I went to the farmer’s market sometime last summer and was lured in by the bright stalks of the multi-colored Swiss chard one of the vendors was selling.  It was so pretty…

• February 10, 2011

  Fried Rice

  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} My family has always enjoyed eating Chinese food, and it often made up our Sunday lunches.  For special occasions, we enjoyed something a little different: Japanese Steak Houses – Benihana,…