Main Dishes

Pork and Mushroom Dumplings

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Growing up in a Chinese-American household, we always did things a little differently. At our annual summer barbecue’s, instead of the usual burgers and hotdogs, we would have grilled fish balls and chicken wings in hoisin sauce (Chinese barbecue sauce). Instead of a rack of ribs we would have a row of homemade dumplings. I [...]

September 16, 2012 9 comments Continue reading →

Avocado Chicken Salad

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I’ve said it before and I’ll probably mention it again, we eat a lot of chicken in my household. Usually we’ll cook some variation of grilled chicken breasts or chicken thighs, but these last two weeks I had a huge craving for roast chicken. (I was inspired after going to Perla and smelling their wonderful [...]

August 6, 2012 4 comments Continue reading →

Whole Wheat Chicken Pesto Pizza

Whole Wheat Chicken Pesto Pizza

Since I cook a lot, everyone always loves to ask me what I make for dinner. They’re always surprised to hear that my typical weekday dinner usually consists of some kind of grilled chicken with a side of veggies or pasta. Since I work from home, I cook both lunch and dinner, and over 90% [...]

June 20, 2012 2 comments Continue reading →

Easy Mac n’ Cheese

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So I was having one of those Mondays earlier this week. You know – where you wake up and you don’t want to go to work, and everything goes wrong, and it’s all dreary outside. Probably didn’t help the cause that last Monday when I woke up it was 85 and sunny and I was [...]

June 7, 2012 4 comments Continue reading →