One of my favorite parties to attend when I lived in California was given every New Years Day by a college friend. Of Japanese descent, Patty would set a huge table with lots of delicious Asian foods including the best Pork cutlets and fresh Sushi. If you arrived to the party a bit hung over [...]
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Sesame Chicken Salad
Posted in Asian Food, Calorie Conscious, Cooking for One or Two, Dinner, Food Musings, Poultry, Quick and Easy Weeknight meals, Recipes, Salads, tagged asian salad, rice wine vinegar, sesame chicken, sesame chicken salad, tablespoon sesame seeds on March 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
An Asian Inspired Delicious Chicken Salad This recipe is from one of my favorite cookbooks – Tyler’s Ultimate. I recommend this cookbook as a must for every home kitchen. After I try recipes from cookbooks I usually mark them with stars (for great results) or sad faces (for the recipes that just don’t work out). [...]
Spaghetti Squash with Edamame-Cilantro Pesto
Posted in Asian Food, Calorie Conscious, Cooking for One or Two, Cooking Tips, Dinner, Entertaining, Indian, Meatless Mondays, Poultry, Quick and Easy Weeknight meals, Recipes, tagged edamame, pesto on February 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This Pesto can be used in a variety of ways…make extra for appetizers! I love to use Spaghetti Squash when I want to prepare a healthy and tasty meal without the calories of regular pasta. The savory Edamame Pesto is perfect as a topping and the recipe works very well as a next day leftover [...]
Pork Tenderloin Stir-Fry with Mandarin Chili Sauce
Posted in Asian Food, Calorie Conscious, Cooking for One or Two, Cooking Tips, Dinner, Pork, Poultry, Quick and Easy Weeknight meals, Recipes, tagged asian flavors, chili garlic sauce, freshly ground black pepper, mandarin oranges, pork tenderloin, stir fry, tablespoon cornstarch, tablespoon sesame oil, yellow bell pepper on February 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A family pleasing dinner that you can prepare in less than 35 minutes This stir-fry is the perfect meal for tonight! Stir-fry meals are easy to make and you don’t need a stir-fry pan (although they’re fun to use). Just chop some fresh ingredients and use very little oil. I used sesame oil in this [...]
Asian Chicken Noodle and Vegetable Salad
Posted in Asian Food, Calorie Conscious, Cooking for One or Two, Cooking Tips, Dinner, Food Musings, Poultry, Quick and Easy Weeknight meals, Recipes, tagged asian flavors, asian salad, chicken salad, chili sauce, dry roasted peanuts, rice noodles, rice wine vinegar, sodium soy sauce, sriacha sauce, water chestnuts on January 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Light, Tasty and Quick and Easy! “Place posts its on your choices.” I said to Greg as I handed him my Cooking Light Cookbook. With the new year we’re both trying to eat lighter and exercise more effectively. So…by letting Greg choose some recipes, I’m able to insure that we’re both happy with what I [...]
