Tag: noodles

  • Spicy Beef Sambel

    Spicy Beef Sambel

    Here’s the latest results from a virtual cooking class with Chef Elizabeth from Haochi US (on a virtual Yelp event). This spicy beef dish is too good not to share (and so easy)!

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  • Persian Noodle Soup for Cook the Books and The Temporary Bride

    Persian Noodle Soup for Cook the Books and The Temporary Bride

    The Temporary Bride: A Memoir of Love and Food in Iran by Jennifer Klinec is the October/November selection for Cook the Books. This is a true story of a Canadian expat searching for new culinary experiences, primarily set during her trek into Iran.

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  • Sichuan Cucumber and Noodle Salad for April/May Cook the Books

    Sichuan Cucumber and Noodle Salad for April/May Cook the Books

    Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuschia Dunlop inspired this salad. “I’d really be just as happy with a bowl of noodles.”

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  • Sesame Noodles with Broccoli

    Sesame Noodles with Broccoli

    Today’s recipe is based on one from Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals that Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor, the current Cook the Books selection.

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  • Garlic Scapes and Kale

    Garlic Scapes and Kale

    Nope, I’m not posting a salad recipe today either but this leafy green veggie dish is 100% locally grown in our own garden and yard. (And, it is delicious!)

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  • Bacon-Swiss Chard Soba Noodles

    Bacon-Swiss Chard Soba Noodles

    I hope everyone had a fantastic Fourth of July!!!   We had a super time with mom and the nephews and sister and BiL spending the weekend with us.   Plus we hosted about twenty others for a traditional hamburger and hot  dog cookout on the Fourth.   The weather was perfect here and all the kids had…

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  • Furious Five-Spice Noodle Soup

    Furious Five-Spice Noodle Soup

    For this month’s film for Food ‘n Flix, Heather (from girlichef) chose a couple of animated comedies: Kung Fu Panda and Kung Fu Panda 2. Here is my inspired dish.

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  • Soba Noodles with Beet Greens

    Soba Noodles with Beet Greens

    I am a messy baker, a messy cook, a messy housekeeper and my desk is always a disaster.     Needless to say, I am a messy gardener too. I tend not to plant in rows and I over plant.   If anything comes up, it has a right to life.    I hate to thin. But, things…

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  • Bachelorette Night:   Asian Noodles with Peanut Sauce

    Bachelorette Night: Asian Noodles with Peanut Sauce

    No driving through Panda for me. I made my own noodle bowl.

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  • Spicy Thai Noodle Salad with Raw Veggies

    Spicy Thai Noodle Salad with Raw Veggies

    This is a great salad thanks to Jen at Juanita’s Cocina. I used some radishes and green onions from the garden and some basil from the green house.

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