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Too much of a good thing is certainly possible. Take for example, my favorite sandwich in the world, Vietnamese Banh Mi. But wait, before you blame me for being biased (you’re absolutely right anyways), allow me to clarify a few things about my subjective love of this sandwich.

Yes, I’m Viet-Nam born, am Vietnamese at heart, and grew up eating banh mi for as long as I can remember when I started chewing solid foods. I often took this sandwich for granted as a grade school kid and was often embarrassed about taking it into my school lunch bag for »

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Too much of a good thing is certainly possible. Take for example, my favorite sandwich in the world, Vietnamese Banh Mi. But wait, before you blame me for being biased (you’re absolutely right anyways), allow me to clarify a few things about my subjective love of this sandwich.

Yes, I’m Viet-Nam born, am Vietnamese at heart, and grew up eating banh mi for as long as I can remember when I started chewing solid foods. I often took this sandwich for granted as a grade school kid and was often embarrassed about taking it into my school lunch bag for fear of being sniffed out. As soon as this sandwich emerged from my bag, my classmates would pick up the aroma of pungent pickled daikon and carrots.

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Curry Chicken Wings Recipe
  • 5 lbs Chicken Wings, tips trimmed, wings cut into 2 pieces
  • 1/2 c Flour
  • 1/4 c Curry Powder
  • 14 oz Coconut Milk
  • 3 T Curry Powder
  • 3 T Honey
  • 1 1/2 T Fish Sauce
  • 1 1/2 T Chili Garlic Sauce

Preheat oven 475°F. Line 2 baking sheets with foil and spray with oil to lightly coat.

  1. Rinse and pat dry chicken wings.  Combine flour and 1/4 c curry powder in a large bowl. Toss chicken wings into flour/curry mix.
  2. Lay out wings into a single layer on baking sheets. Bake in oven approx. 40 minutes or
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Thanksgiving. Post-Thanksgiving stupor. Holiday parties. Travel. Shopping. Gift-giving cooking. Post office purgatory. Christmas. New Years. Visiting family and friends. Bowl game parties. NFL game gatherings. With all of this thrown on top of everyday life, as the cooks in our clans it isn’t surprising most of us feel like we just got Gronked.

Yet most of us wouldn’t trade it for the world. For some, cooking in the kitchen is a chore, yet for most of us, it is one of the best places in the world. A place where we pour our hearts and souls into the food to bring a smile to those we love.

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Garlic Chicken Spring Rolls Recipe

Fresh basil, fresh mint or any herb will be a wonderful addition. For the crunch factor, you can add raw carrots, celery, bell peppers or cucumbers. In this recipe, I added pickled Vietnamese carrots and daikon that I always have on hand.

Ingredients:

  • 2 pounds of boneless chicken
  • 4 Tablespoons of grape seed or vegetable oil
  • 2 medium cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 teaspoons of sesame oil
  • 4 teaspoons soy sauce or fish sauce
  • fresh basil, mint or other herbs
  • fresh lettuce, chopped or torn in small pieces
  • carrots, celery, cucumbers, daikon radish or bell
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I know I’m not the only one who has gone through this, so I thought I’d finally say it publicly after 3 years of blogging.

Food blogging made me chunky-er, pleasantly plump or what ever you want to call it. My jeans didn’t zip anymore.

I’m not comfortable with the term “fat”. That F-word is so harsh and ugly. As true, blunt and effective it might be to get the point across that I need to get my ass on the tread mill, I don’t like “fat”.

I love chunky and pleasantly plump because it’s delicious sounding. These are yummy words to say how much I appreciate my foods and eating, but are fun and kind enough to tell me to get my ass in the gym. Nicely. Or in an exercise class. Politely. To get my ass off the blogging chair and start moving again. The daily reminder was that my jeans didn’t zip anymore.

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Vietnamese Fried Egg Banh Mi Recipe (Banh Mi Trung Op La)- “The Bang Me”
Banh mi is all about the assembly and gathering all the components. Sometimes the cold cuts can be found at Vietnamese markets or you can make the meat fillings fresh. The bread is the most important factor, making sure it’s a light, crusty baguette to remain as close to a traditional Vietnamese Banh Mi as possible.

For the Banh Mi assembly (not all required):

  • 1 french baguette (soft centered crumb, crispy crust)
  • Vietnamese cold cuts or head cheese
  • Or other meat filling such as Braised Pork
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A naughty conversation on Twitterled me to scribble this post in my head. My mental ramblings often distract me from daily priorities and combine that with the power of twitter chit chat, I was pretty worthless for the rest of the day. I adore twitter hard, really hard because it’s enlightened me with new friendships and stimulating discussions that reach the far corners of the world. #Twitter #Love

Bánh Mì, the Vietnamese sandwich that has become a cultural icon, was the topic that excitedly ensued when I put out this twitter tweet to my tweeps (twitter code talk for 140 character jabber): #ShutUpDiane

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Bacon Lettuce Tomato (BLT) Spring Roll
I’ve added fresh basil to these spring rolls for an added freshness, but if you don’t have basil, fresh mint or any herb will be a wonderful addition. We’ve paired it with a sesame-soy dipping sauce. Depending on the saltiness of your bacon and your soy sauce, you may want to thin out the soy sauce with some water to cut back on the saltiness.

Ingredients:

  • fresh lettuce, chopped
  • 2 medium tomatoes (seeded and sliced 1/4″ thick)
  • 6 pieces of bacon, fried
  • fresh basil, mint or other herbs
  • rice paper
  1. In large bowl, fill
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I sincerely hope after this recipe goes live that no one pounds me with a beating of 20 lashes because I broke some rules. Sometimes a girl needs a little culinary excitement in her life and if it means venturing outside my cultural comfort zone to feed myself, I’ll game for the challenge. I’ll also brace myself for the bruises.

The person I’m most concerned about is my Mother, the kitchen diva who lives to feed everyone with her own two hands before she even thinks of nourishing herself.

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Sauteed Peas with Yuzu Kosho
Yuzu kosho is an amazing Japanese chili salt made with the grated zest of the citrus yuzu. A little goes a long way, so if you can find a bottle, it it well worth the purchase. There is a red yuzu kosho (red chilies) and a green yuzu kosho (green chilies), and either work well with this recipe. To substitute, use a nice sea salt, finely grated fresh lemon zest, and a touch of your favorite chili, maybe a Serrano, Thai chili, or a little bit of Habanero and adjust the quantities of salt, zest, »

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Even as Spring rolls into Summer, and most of nature is just beginning to take life and flourish, there are those whose lifespan is spent. In seemingly moments ago, they were thriving and full of life and beauty, bringing us joy everyday. Now we have to let go of them, hoping to have their void in our daily lives filled by another. Forever grateful for the sweetness they shared with us.

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Buddhas Hand Vinaigrette for Salads
This versatile dressing can be used in any of your salads. For this salad, we just tossed together some fresh arugula and proscuitto.

  • 4 Tablespoons olive or grapeseed oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 Tablespoons Buddahs hand zest
  • 3 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh or dried thyme, minced
  • 1 clove minced garlic

1.  Combine all vinaigrette together in bowl or jar. Mix or shake well. For best results, allow vinaigrette to marinade overnight.

2. Dress vinaigrette over your favorite salad greens.

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Naked. Cocktails. Desserts. And Salads.

As friends and guests get guided around our garden for the first time, this is the shotgun answer to the inevitable question, “What do you with all of your citrus?!”

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Red Rice & Mint w/ Soy Dressing
Because of the tougher, but healthy, outer mesocarp of red rice, you need to use more water than most white rice grains. The rice can be cooked in a heavy sauce pan, but if you can a rice cooker, even better. The rice cooker will cook the red rice a little more evenly, but you can achieve the same result by stirring the grains more often for the stove top method.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup raw red rice, cooked to package instructions
  • 1 cup diced cucumbers
  • 1/4 cup chopped parsley
  • 1/4 cup chopped mint
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We’ve been up to our elbows lately with some new projects and late at the end of the day, nothing makes us happier than a big bowl of comfort food and a cocktail. Or two. Comfort food, regardless of how many devilish calories lurk in all the starch, always manages to calm our nerves and satisfy our appetites.

A bowl of red rice is certainly one of our favorite comfort foods and this recipe is updated from our January 2008 archives, with a few new additions. A chewy and nutty grain variety, red rice is not only satisfying to eat, it’s loved by many for being exceptionally healthy.

Have you ever had red rice before? If not, you need to get yourself a bag, especially if you’re a fan of brown or any type of wild rice. It’s one of our favorites, so full of flavor, chewy bite and nutritionally packed with vitamins. This whole grain is always a win-win on our table.

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Sweet Pea Pot Stickers Recipe
Adapted from 101cookbooks.com. Heidi gives detailed instructions in her original entry for how to make the dumplings. Jaden from Steamykitchen also has a great tutorial for how to pleat pot sticker dumplings. Please reference Heidi and Jaden’s entries for the perfect dumpling dips.
Baking these pot stickers make them less greasy and much healthier, resulting in a crispy, chewy texture. Makes about 3-4 dozen pot stickers.

Ingredients:

  • about 2 cups  (10 oz.) of frozen or freshly shelled peas
  • 2/3 cup of low fat ricotta cheese
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
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Truth be told, we have killed many garden plants, none of which were intentional. Since the Sunset Magazine articles about us and our garden were published, everyone thinks we’re master gardeners. Folks! There’s a long list of garden failures that we’ve yet to publish. Maybe we’ll share some of our garden disaster stories so you can see how much of our initial gardening career was (and still is) by trial and error. But what we love so much about gardening is that it’s a continuous learning experience.

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The giveaway has ended and congrats to Rebecca, comment #46 for winning the book!

 

Soba with Parsley Pesto Recipe
We love the bite and buckwheat taste of the soba noodles with the parsley pesto, but feel free to substitute whichever pasta you have on hand. The sauce would also be great for dressing chicken, fish, or on salads. *If you have raw pine nuts, to toast, heat a dry pan over medium heat, add pine nuts and toast until golden, shaking the pan frequently to help pine nuts toast evenly. Can be served at warm or »

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The giveaway has ended and congrats to Rebecca, comment #46 for winning the book!

 

Margaret Roach, the former Editorial Director of Martha Stewart and now author of the memoir “And I Shall Have Some Peace There”, has a story that we can all relate to at some point in our lives.

She asks in her author video, “Did you ever just want to get up from your desk one day and just walk away? and I don’t mean to just walk away and get a latte… “. Many of us probably have wanted to walk away from our desks for serious reasons other than to just get a cup of coffee.

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