For me this is a quick lunch to grab on the go or to make when there’s leftover rice. It’s even great “deconstructed” – flavored tuna and seasoned rice with roasted seaweed, it’s a win – win – win. The Rice and Seasoning Usually made with “sushi” rice or short grained rice, it’s stickier and…
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Arroz con Pollo (with Sausages) – Rice and Chicken with Sausages
Rice is a staple side dish to any Puerto Rican household. Now add some chicken and sausage and you got yourself a party. Entrees not required. This is a jack of all trades type of dish – add or delete seasonings, protein or vegetables (namely beans). But in the end make it how you want…
Pizza with Chicken “dough”?
Now I know it might sound weird but there’s this trend going around using chicken as the base for your pizza toppings. Odd, but it works! It’s gluten free and the canned chicken breast we used has 13g of protein! But wait there’s more – it also tastes DELICIOUS!! Chicken “dough” It’s three simple ingredients…
Instant Pot Garlicky Shredded Pork
For pork that shreds easy like those credit card bills and so juicy like that piece of gossip your neighbor brings you – look no further we got you. Here we have pork shoulder where the process is easy and straight forward, though the time it takes to make is fairly long. The key is…
Chinese New Year Ends with Sweet Balls AKA Tang Yuan
These dessert balls are made with a peanut butter filling surrounded by glutinous rice flour. A traditional dish usually brought out to celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival and the end of Chinese New Year. Note the round shape, helping enforce their symbolic meaning of family reunions and togetherness. The Dough It is relatively easy to…
Chinese New Year Wealth Dumplings – Pork, Scallion, and Chives
Chinese New Year continues with dumplings! These pouches of goodness are considered to bring wealth in the New Year because they resemble gold ingots (an ancient Chinese money). These ingots can be seen on the Feng Shui bracelet, pictured on the left. The ingots are on either side of the dragon or Pixui. Feng Shui…
Chinese New Year Spring Rolls for Prosperity
These golden delectables, in the Chinese New Year tradition, are meant to symbolize wealth and prosperity for the upcoming year. That is because they look like mini gold bars. I don’t know about you, but these are the tastiest gold bars ever. It takes awhile to make all these bad boys, so put on some…
Let’s Celebrate Chinese New Year with a Food Series – First up Longevity Noodles
Longevity Noodles AKA Longlife Noodles is a Chinese tradition for celebrating special events.