I absolutely love Vietnamese spring rolls but have always found the tofu type to be a little bland, therefore I decided to try it with mushrooms. My only complaint about the final outcome was that I didn’t use enough mushrooms! … Continue reading
We love the Chicken-Less Mandarin Orange Morsels from Trader Joe’s. So last night I cooked up a quick fried rice to go with it. Day old rice works great, but if you don’t have any around, you can cook the … Continue reading
Yesterday my google search for dinner was exactly this: “soy saucy and tangy”. I wasn’t sure what I wanted, but something light, Asian, soy saucy, and tangy! This recipe in the search inspired my recipe for Chinese five spice tofu lettuce … Continue reading
It was the recipe for a Burmese curry in Everyday Asian by Marnie Henricksson that made me want to keep trying recipes from her book! This book actually got me into trying recipes in general. Before I rarely used recipes and … Continue reading
I was feeling like something with South East Asian flavors for dinner and decided to try a vegetarian version of rendang curry. Rendang curry is a popular dry curry from Malaysia and Indonesian. You cook the curry until all the … Continue reading
A few days ago, I posted the first recipe (Samusa Soup) from a lunch party we had last week. This recipe for Burmese ginger salad is #2! I was actually going to try and make Burmese tea leaf salad and … Continue reading
My husband’s family was in town last week and one day we had a lunch party with my dad and step mom. I went a little nuts and cooked a Burmese dinner that included samusa soup, Burmese ginger salad, and … Continue reading
This chinese chickenless salad uses soy or seitan stips instead of chicken, hence the name chickenless. It is fresh, crisp, crunchy, nutty, sweet, and tart. The fried bits on top give it an oh so delicious bit of crispy fried taste. … Continue reading
Mmm! Soondubu jjigae, Korean tofu stew, is the most satisfying new dish I’ve tried making in a long time! Maybe it is because this June has seemed so cold and I have been freezing all morning in my office, but I … Continue reading
Trader Joe’s has the best vegetarian gyoza. Making gyoza from scratch can be fun too, but time consuming, so having a bag in the freezer is a perfect quick meal. The gyoza dipping sauce from TJ’s is also good, but … Continue reading