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Continue ReadingEasy recipe for Cheesesteak Sandwiches using a few ingredients you can grab from Trader Joe’s. You can make 4 sandwiches with very generous filling or up to 6 sandwiches if you use a little less. My new favorite chips from Trader Joe’s! Looking for a gift for your favorite foodie, chef or yourself? Click on…
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Continue ReadingOnigiri or Rice Balls are one of the most popular food items in Japan, you can pretty much buy it everywhere in Japan since every convenience store carries them. 7-Elevens in Japan are insane, they carry restaurant quality food for very cheap prices and they have tons of Onigiri. I’m making one of the most…
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Continue ReadingOne of my kids’s favorite Studio Ghibli films is Ponyo, so I thought it would be fun to recreate Ponyo’s ramen for them – it’s one of the cutest scenes in the movie, I love how Ponyo is so excited to have her first bowl of ramen with ham! It’s very quick and simple to…
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Continue ReadingThis has been a family favorite for years, any time I make this Bacon Fried Rice, my kids clean their plate! It’s also a huge hit at potlucks, so you can double the recipe if needed. Looking for a gift for your favorite foodie, chef or yourself? Click on the list below for the coolest…
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Continue ReadingIn Japan, you can find hanetsuki gyoza or gyoza with “wings” pretty easily – I haven’t found any restaurants in the states that serves it this way so I always make it like this at home, even when I’m cooking frozen gyoza. It creates and extra crispy texture on the bottom of the gyoza, while…
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Continue ReadingI’m just crazy over Thanksgiving leftovers, my family enjoys it for the whole weekend! I make amazing soup from the turkey bones, turkey sandwiches, and these delicious croquettes made with a variety of the leftovers. Your mashed potatoes need to be firm enough to hold it’s shape, if they are too wet/runny they won’t work…
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Continue ReadingKatsu Curry is one of my family’s favorite meals, so I make this pretty often. If I have extra time, I’ll make cute panda bear onigiri for my kids, they just love it! It’s an easy recipe, but you do have to be good at multi-tasking to get everything ready in a timely manner.…
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Continue ReadingI’m extremely impressed that Trader Joe’s had all the ingredients to make this amazing Pork Belly Banh Mi Sandwich! This is a super quick and easy meal, I put this together in about 15 minutes. Coming from someone who makes authentic Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches from scratch all the time – I’m seriously in shock…
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Continue ReadingIf you’re a foodie, you might already know about this Japanese Fried Chicken Rice Cooker Hack that went viral last December. You simply cook rice and left over cold fried chicken in your rice cooker – it’s popular in Japan (where KFC still makes good fried chicken), then everyone all over the world busted out…
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Continue ReadingBánh Mì is one of the most iconic dishes from Vietnam and it’s popularity has spread across the whole world. It represents the French influence in Vietnamese cuisine and continues to morph and transform even more in the U.S. Bánh Mì is typically filled with a flavorful protein, then stuffed with pickled daikons, carrots,…
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