I love Okinawan sweet potatoes, and I love scones, but don’t remember ever seeing a scone recipe using these potatoes. After stumbling across such a recipe on Feasting in Apartment 5B, which has a great explanation of how to keep the purple color of the Okinawan sweet potato, I loved the idea and wanted to […]
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Who knew that pantry staples (ketchup, mustard, vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce) would make such a lovely sloppy joes sauce? What are sloppy joes? Sloppy joes is a dish made with ground beef cooked with a tomato-based sauce. It is served primarily on some type of burger bun or other bread as a sandwich. It’s incredibly
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You would never have seen me eating a steak salad, let alone a steak and papaya salad, as a kid or even in my 20s. I love a juicy steak. Growing up we ate steak with potatoes or rice. Salad was not something always eaten because it was so time consuming to prepare. Sometimes there
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I learned how to make homemade granola from Ellie Krieger. I loved watching her on The Food Network when I was in college and had access to cable television for the first time in my life. While I learned how to cook from my mom, what I knew was limited to Hawaii recipes and we
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Pot roast in the slow cooker is my go-to set and forget meal to cook. I can sear the meat without using any flour while I chop my veggies and don’t have to do it in batches like with stew meat! You still get that wonderful slow-cooked tender beef without extra work. This pot
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This quick rice cake stir fry is full of fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and is lightly sauced with garlic, ginger, soy sauce, and oyster sauce. We love it with choi sum, garlic chives, and eryngi mushrooms but you can mix and match your produce to suit your budget or what’s in season. The hardest part is
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Facebook Instagram Pinterest If we had our way, we would eat curry every week! We love to eat Japanese curry because there are so many foods that taste great with it. This home version is slightly lighter than the restaurant version and easier on the wallet, too. Japanese curry is a great way to get
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As an Amazon Associate I may earn a small amount from qualifying purchases if you follow a link from my site to Amazon. As a new mom who wanted to minimize my son’s exposure to sugar at a young age, I was so glad to find a great banana bread recipe from Cookie and Kate.
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An easy and inexpensive dish to throw together when you have leftover ginger and green onions from other dishes that you have to use up.
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This easy to make Red Potato Imitation Crab Salad is a crowd pleaser. It’s cool, refreshing, a little sweet, and goes great with any barbecue. Perfect for your upcoming 4th of July or other holiday celebration or weekend gathering. Apparently, it also reminds my husband of the potato salad from Zippy’s Restaurant. Anyone out there
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