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…