Asparagus Stir-Fry

I had a bunch of asparagus leftover from Thanksgiving so I decided to do a simple stir-fry. I also found a red bell pepper in the crisper. Stir-fries are really simple and you can use pretty much any meat and vegetable combination on hand. I used chicken breast because I love chicken but I've made...

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Happy Belated Thanksgiving

As I was doing dishes last night, I realized that I forgot to take pictures of all the Thanksgiving dishes. We kept Thanksgiving simple this year. We had: turkey, spiral ham, green bean casserole, sweet potato puree, prosciutto wrapped asparagus, raw cranberry relish, turkey gravy and pan de sal dinner...

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Homemade Chicken Nuggets (McDonald’s Style)

Who in their right mind would take perfectly good chicken breasts and toss them in the food processor with some “special” ingredients to make McDonald’s style nuggets? Me? Yes, me. I made these earlier this week because I was in the mood.They are very similar to McDonald’s nuggets but not yet a perfect...

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Pumpkin Pie

I bought a few sugar pumpkins (or sometimes called pie pumpkins) a few weeks ago but was too lazy to make a pie. Since it was snowing this past weekend, I spent Sunday making a pumpkin pie and processing our two jackolanterns.I'm not a huge fan of pumpkin pie but I will make it for other people because...

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Hainanese Chicken and Rice

Hainanese chicken is a really simple dish. I don’t ever think about making it at home because back in San Diego, it was so easy to walk into almost any Chinese barbecue restaurant and order a half or whole chicken to go.Most of the time when I walk into Sam Woo barbecue, I order the roast duck. When...

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Chicken Marsala

I posted Giada's Mustard Mascarpone Chicken Marsala recipe a while back. The recipe below is the way I learned how to make chicken marsala at Johnson & Wales. The class included dishes such as veal picatta and veal francese. These dishes are all very similar. You take a piece of meat, pound...

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Crockpot California Chicken (or Non-Crockpot California Chicken)

One year we decided to donate the money we budgeted for our holiday lunch to an organization helping hurricane Katrina victims. We decided to have a potluck in the office instead. My contribution to the potluck was a 26 pound turkey with homemade mole sauce. My boss brought a delicious crockpot dish...

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Giovanni's Garlic Shrimp (Oahu's North Shore Shrimp Truck Garlic Shrimp)

When visiting Oahu, you might want to spend a day away from Waikiki. The first time I visited, I spent the entire duration of the trip in the Waikiki area (mainly Waikiki beach and Kalakaua Avenue). On a recent trip to Oahu, one of my dear friends from high school gave me a grand tour of the entire...

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