Last week, my boyfriend and I were eating this Thai-inspired peanut quinoa salad for dinner and watching an old episode of Modern Family. In the episode, Jay is trying to convince Manny to try pickles, and Gloria jumps in and suggests that in exchange, Jay should try blood sausage. As someone who doesn’t eat a lot of meat in the first place (and who has always been somewhat of a picky eater), ...
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Ginger Sesame Turkey Meatballs in Egg Flower Soup
I’ve never cared much for chicken noodle soup but can’t really explain why. I like chicken, I like noodles, I like chicken and rice soup just fine, but there’s something about chicken noodle soup that just doesn’t do it for me. This Chinese soup, however, I remember eating as a child and I’ve always loved it. It’s sometimes called egg flower soup, from the way the egg flowers throughout the soup ...
Vegetarian Fried Rice
Fried rice was pretty much a given whenever my family would eat out at Chinese restaurants when I was growing up, not necessarily because it was part of the cuisine’s standard fare, but because it was practically the only dish my parents could be guaranteed that I would eat. ...
Asian Peanut Noodle Stir-Fry
My brother is allergic to peanuts, so until he was away at college, my family had to avoid cooking with them. During the summer between my junior and senior years in college, when I first genuinely became interested in teaching myself to cook, I came across a recipe for noodles with peanut sauce in one of my dad’s cookbooks. With some tweaking and additions, this quickly became a family favorite ...