Sweet and Sour Meatballs
Meatballs are a favorite at our house. They are so versatile and appear often in the lunchboxes and on the dinner table as a side or main dish. Homemade ones are just the best as all kinds of goodies can be mixed in or cooked with them. There can never be too many meatballs and [...]
Broccoli Beef is a very popular Chinese dish in the US. It makes sense as both broccoli and beef are easily available here. Broccoli can be found in the stores year round and prices do not change that much from one season to the next. Besides being a very tasty dish, it is also an [...]
This has been a busy week full of appointments and school meetings and I am so glad that Friday is finally here. Kids keep you on your toes, be they little or grown. There is never a dull moment and time just flies by. Thankfully, we have been having great weather – warm and full [...]
Donburi is a Japanese rice bowl dish. Hot steaming rice is place in the bowl topped with fish, meat, or vegetables. The flavorful meat and vegetable juices are absorbed into the rice making it all the more tasty. The toppings need not be fancy. In fact, a simple soft cooked egg drizzled with soy sauce [...]
Chinese or East Asian meatballs are quite different from their Western counterpart. The key difference is in the texture. While Western meatballs are soft and more loosely formed, Chinese meatballs are often dense, smooth, and springy. The more springy and bouncy the texture, the better. These meatballs can be made with beef, pork, chicken, fish, [...]
It is inconceivable to have lived in Minnesota for any amount of time and not experience the joy and comfort of a hot dish. A hot dish is a baked casserole consisting of a starch, meat, vegetables, gravy, and a crusty top. The starch is typically potatoes or noodles and the gravy is often canned [...]
It has just been stressful these past few weeks as I battle with my computer(s). The much awaited recovery disks could not revive it no matter how many times I tried and so finally I had to lay it to rest. It seems like the motherboard was the culprit. As I did not purchase the [...]
Hotpots are very popular in East Asian cuisine. It is a broth base fondue where food is dipped into the broth and cooked at the table by each dinner guest. The Chinese hotpots can be pretty lavish and the spread may include several different types of meats, seafood, fish cakes, dumplings, tofu, noodles, and vegetables. [...]
Thanks to Lea Ann of Mangoes, Chili and Z, I am the recipient of Denver Junior League’s Creme de Colorado Cookbook. This cookbook contains a selection of recipes that reflect Colorado’s lifestyle and rich history. It includes nearly 700 recipes which are enhanced with color images by the renowned Colorado naturalist photographer, John Fielder. Lea [...]
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Most families that I know here, have some kind of chili recipe. In fact, it is something that they can put together intuitively without referring to any set recipe. Through practise and experience, it just gets better. It is also one of those dishes that can be made on short notice as most people would [...]
