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Homemade Sushi
Sushi has become popular around the world, symbolizing Japanese food in many people’s minds. In the United States you can find sushi trains and restaurants all over the place. It is typically...
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Homemade Sushi: Spicy Scallop Roll
Once I realized how easy it is to make sushi at home, I wanted to try making one of my favorite sushi rolls: Spicy Scallops. To make it appropriate for my toddler I decided to cook the scallops....
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Homemade Sushi: Philadelphia Roll
Making sushi at home is easy, fun and a great way to disguise healthy foods, such as the smoked salmon in this roll. My son loves cream cheese so this roll is an easy sell. For another kid-friendly...
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Jiaozi (Chinese Dumplings)
Jiaozi (Chinese dumplings) is a traditional Chinese dish that is popular during the Chinese New Year celebration. The pronunciation of this Chinese pot-sticker resembles the sound of a word for...
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Rainbow Roll
A traditional Rainbow Roll is an inside-out sushi roll typically filled with California roll (cucumber, imitation crab and avocado). A variety of multi-colored sashimi fish is then placed over the...
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Cucumber Salad
This cucumber salad is inspired by the Japanese cucumber salad that is served in sushi restaurants. I used a variation of the rice vinegar-based salad dressing from my Sweet and Sour Salad. It’s...
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Shave Ice
Shave Ice with the Japanese Kakigori Tapestry: Summer is coming to an end and everyone is gearing up for back to school but we have recently had some of our hottest days yet, perfect for shave...
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Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce
Satay (skewered marinated meat that is grilled and served with a sauce) is often linked to Thai food because of the popularity of Thai satay with spicy peanut dipping sauce. However, satay actually...
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Quinoa Chicken Satay Salad with Peanut Dressing
My family loves Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce but I think I actually prefer our left-over meal: {Chicken} Quinoa Satay Salad with Peanut Dressing. I now make the peanut sauce to go straight to the...
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Kabocha Squash Soup
Sometimes basic is best, as with this simple roasted kabocha squash soup flavored with sage mushrooms. Inspired by all of the beautiful and interesting winter squash that we’ve seen on our recent...
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Gyoza Sliders
Typically when I make gyoza, I either run out of wrappers or get tired of forming the potstickers, and so I end up with left-over meat filling. The meat filling is tasty on its own so in the past I...
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Dungeness Crab Fried Rice
My family loves to go crabbing on the Oregon coast and I envision doing even more of it as our boys get older. Once we’re done at the beach we have roughly a ninety minute-drive home to decide what...
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Chicken Potsticker Soup
This is such a simple, satisfying, comforting and healthy soup recipe. Depending on which chicken broth you use, you may want to ultimately season it more to taste with different spices. I used...
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Spaghetti Squash with Thai Peanut Dressing
After being introduced to spaghetti squash and enjoying the pesto spaghetti squash {noodles}, I wanted to experiment more with this healthy and versatile ingredient. I imagined the slight crunch of...
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