Enjoying life with family & friends through food
If you are tired of eating too much meat and want a flavorful alternative then try these cauliflower tacos. Not only is it meat free it is also pretty low carb since it uses lettuce to wrap the taco in, instead of shells/tortillas. This saute…
This is an easy recipe that you can just throw all together in a slow cooker and 3 or so hours later it is done. You can serve each chicken piece whole with a side of rice, or make it into a sandwich. I shredded…
If you like pork then you will love this recipe. This roasted pork butt can be used just as it is when you take it out of the oven or it can be shredded/pulled to make BBQ pulled pork, or crisp it up in the…
This post has been a long time coming. Around the 4th of July this year I had a wonderful opportunity to experience making authentic tamales with my sisters friend and co-worker, Monica. My sister was telling me of her weekend plans of friends getting together…
Are you tired of eating meat all the time, or are just craving veggies? This is a wonderful and easy wrap to make. It’s light, healthy, tasty, and low carb-if you want it to be 🙂 . You can make it with any veggies you…
I learned how to make these while studying at the Bangkok Thai Cooking Academy in Thailand. They are quite easy to put together and so flavorful. You can smell their wonderful aroma from street food vendors while walking down various streets in Bangkok, or permeating…
Souzoukaki in pita was one of the sandwich options offered in our family’s restaurants when I was growing up…along with the traditional gyro, pork souvlaki and chicken souvlaki. Traditionally, souzoukakia are oblong and plump meatballs that have been pre-fried or baked and then left to…
This dish encompasses a mixture of different Asian influences. It uses Gochugaru, which is Korean red chili pepper flakes, Szechuan peppercorn and Toban Jan (chili bean sauce), used in Chinese cooking, and dry Thai chili’s, used in, of course, Thai cooking. Be sure to start…
Have you had those Asian chicken wraps at Costco with that flavorful dressing? Well, I tried to recreate them for my daughter Lexi, who LOVES them, and they were wonderful. Since I sometimes get tired of eating meat I thought I’d try them as a…
Have you had those Asian chicken wraps at Costco with that flavorful dressing? Well, surely they are not as healthy as making them at home. These are one of my daughters, Lexi’s, favorite wraps so I thought I’d try to recreate them for her with…
