Vegan Sour Cream and Onion Kale Chips Recipe

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There is a first time for everything. Well, for most  things. I would never try Foie Gras or Shark Fin Soup. And I’m not sure if I’ll be trying Durian fruit any time soon either. But Kale Chips? Oh my! Why did I wait so long to try this? And vegan sour cream with cashew nuts? Ditto. I read a recipe for Sour Cream and Onion Kale Chips from “THRIVE [...]

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“Hot Damn!” Sauce Recipe and Weekend Round Up

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What a week, eh? First there was the 5.8 earthquake (that I didn’t feel at all) and then, I go away on vacation and Irene barrels through the region. I tell ya, I can’t leave you alone without all hell breaking lose! But seriously, it has been two weeks since I posted my usual Weekend Round Up so I thought I’d tell you where I’ve been for the last two [...]

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Korean Vegetable Pancake (Pa Jun)

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This traditional Korean Pancake (Pa Jun) is great as a snack or as a meal (I eat it as a meal). It is versatile as you can get, and add any ingredients to the basic batter made with flour, egg, and water. You can add oyster, squid, shrimp, shredded squash, and even kimchee. Or make it just plain with scallions and slivers of carrots. I like adding shredded squash in [...]

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Beets, Caramelized Onions and Apple Walnut Sandwich

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If I told you, I had the best sandwich, ever, at a college varsity sporting event, you won’t believe me. But I did. It was so divine that I devoured it in three bites and I didn’t even have a chance to take out my phone to take a photo. Murphy’s Law; When you need a camera, you run out of battery. Fact. Film would have been the answer if [...]

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Korean BBQ Beef (Kalbi) and Vegetable Marinade Recipe

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I know beef is not exactly eco-friendly. And since I stopped eating meat, the one dish I do miss is Kalbi. But then, I started using this marinade for vegetables because this marinade is not just for meats but is great for vegetables too. Kalbi – short rib cut either cross section as shown in the picture or as short rib for braising. Short rib style is a signature Korean [...]

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Vegetarian Jap Chae Recipe

Jap Chae is a classic Korean dish. It is one of the most popular Korean dishes I know. Every time I take non-Korean friends out to restaurants, that’s what they want to order. Also, it’s the dish they request when they invite me for a pot luck dinner. Always. Personally, to be honest, I have a love/hate feeling towards it. Why? Because it takes so long to prepare (for me, [...]

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Home Made Granola Recipe

So it begins……requests for snacks. Portable ones, preferably, since he’s ‘on-the-go’, all day on campus. Gone are the days when my college age boy can just stumble into the kitchen at 2 AM or any time, for that matter, absentmindedly open the fridge, stand there, longing for that perfect snack to jump out and satiate his ravenous appetite. Nope. No more. Now, he has to wrestle with vending machines in [...]

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Korean Kimchi Recipe Demystified

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Koreans are among the leanest and healthiest people on the planet…says MSN Health. I don’t know about that but I do believe kimchi has something to do with our health, good or bad. For those who never watched M*A*S*H*, Kimchi is a fermented pickled cabbage from Korea. Wow weee! What’s that smell??? Kimchi is to a Korean as ketchup is to an American. You can eat a meal without it, [...]

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Seaweed (Wakame) Salad Recipe

It has been sweltering, smoldering, hot, humid, and yucky pooh! The weather has been acting like a baby with diaper rash! Cranky! And so am I, frankly. But even though it’s hot, we have to eat, right? But what? The last thing I want to do is to be in the kitchen using heat to cook or grill in this outdoor heat. I can’t  tell whether this weather is making [...]

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Vegan Wonton Recipe

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I had nothing – n.o.t.h.i.n.g. – to cook for dinner tonight. I’m sure you had one ‘those’ days. C’mon. Fess up. I know you did. Saturdays are usually, “cook-whatever-is-left-in-the-fridge” day and I literally had: a package of wonton skins, tofu, scallions, cheese, eggs, soy milk, and some wilting greens. So, what did I do? I gathered up the ingredients and thought, “Hmmmm……I can stuff them all up into the wonton [...]

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Grilled Veggie Quesadilla Recipe

I had a great Earth Day, how about you? I attended my little sprouts; I “talked” to them, checked on them, and made sure they weren’t in shock after being transplanted outside yesterday.  They are fine. Even the cilantro, parsley and thyme that I bought in pots are doing really well. I think I’m going to have a great planting season! I also went to the library to pick up [...]

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Dairy and Egg Free Vegan Pretzel Recipe

We are putting wheat back to our diet. But that’s it. We are still dairy and egg-free….among other things. Emily was d-y-i-n-g to have some baked goodies but most recipes contain dairy or eggs. She found this recipe that has no dairy or eggs and was so thrilled to bake these scrumptious pretzels last Saturday …… before we lost electricity. Again. Since some of you were salivating when I posted [...]

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Korean Style Tofu Recipe

We love tofu. I know I know…..you can’t eat too much soy. Over 90% of soy is genetically modified so eating organic is a must. But when we do eat tofu, we eat un-adulterated tofu. We don’t eat tofurkey or tofu burger or tempeh. We eat silken tofu cold, Japanese style (Hiyayako) with Bonito flakes (shaved dried fish flakes), scallions, and soy sauce. I make Chinese style “Mapo Tofu” with [...]

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Wheat-free, Egg-free Fried Rice Recipe

One of our favorite scrape-off-the-left-over-upcycled foods is Fried Rice. I used to have a bag of frozen shrimp and frozen green peas in the freezer for just in case I had one of those, “there’s nothing to cook”, days. Well, I had one of those days yesterday. But since we can’t have soy sauce (wheat) or shrimp (shell-fish), I had to improvise. And improvising in the kitchen is what I’m [...]

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