Category: Asian

  • Otsu

    Here’s another recipe from Super Natural Cooking: Five Ways To Incorporate Whole and Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking: this one a cold noodle salad with a spicy dressing and browned tofu. We got impatient for dinner and didn’t brown the tofu as long as recommended, but it was delicious nonetheless. Leftovers were great the next […]

  • Ginger and Cilantro Baked Tilapia over Mixed Baby Greens

    I came across this baked tilapia dish on the kitchn, and thought it would work well as a salad. Man, was I right! Not only that, but the asian-flavors marinade, made with white wine, soy, and sesame oil, makes a great warm salad dressing. This is a super-quick, super-simple meal that we’ll definitely be adding […]

  • Chicken & Shrimp Laksa

    Tonight Lisa made this Chicken & Shrimp Laksa, a curry laksa, adapted from a recipe in Asian Flavors. This Malaysian dish consists of wide rice noodles, chicken, and shrimp in a nicely seasoned coconut broth; stir-fried bean sprouts and snow peas add crunch, color, and texture to the soup. Lisa says: I think it needs […]

  • Vietnamese Summer Rolls

    Jeremy and Autumn came over for dinner one night this week — Lisa made these fresh rolls, which filled us up much more than the tiny seafood salad I made. The peanut sauce was also really, really good. Chris says: Yay, I love these; we haven’t made them in a while… Lisa says: I’m glad […]

  • Chicken and Veggie Stir-Fry on new plates!

    Lisa made a stir-fry tonight — no particular recipe, she just used all the vegetables we had on hand — and we finally got to put Jenn’s fantastic plates to use! Lisa marinated the chicken in soy sauce, garlic and sesame oil, and shallots, and then stir-fried with carrots, onions, tomatoes, spinach, chard, water chestnuts, […]