Pad Thai is so yummy, and pretty easy to make at home. Aside from the bean sprouts, I typically have all of the ingredients on hand. So I can dash out to buy some bean sprouts, toss this dish together, and happily go to town on a giant bowl of noodles. You can also include…
Tag: Garlic
Mushroom Garlic Pasta
If you love garlic like I do, then this is a simple pasta dish that focuses on the wonderful garlic flavor, with mushrooms to add some extra umami. You can use whatever kind of pasta you want. Guessipe 1 lb pasta 1/4 cup olive oil 10 cloves garlic, sliced 8 oz mushrooms, sliced 1/2 cup…
Spinach Artichoke Dip
People go crazy for this dip at parties. So good with tortilla chips, pita chips, bread, vegetables, or just to spoon straight into your mouth as some of my friends do! Guessipe 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup sour cream 1/4 cup mayo 4 garlic cloves, minced 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1/4…
Lemon Chicken Sauce
Grocery store shelves continue to be pretty bare as this COVID-19 craziness continues. But I did get a load of lemons from a friend. She threw them in my trunk as we waved at each other through the window of my car, which was a surreal social interaction I never thought I’d have, but thanks…
Garlic Aioli
I served this to a friend who hates mayonnaise, and he loved it so much that now I have to keep him regularly supplied. He uses it for everything – dipping sauce for fries and tater tots, condiment on sandwiches, seasoning for eggs, even just spread on toast like it’s butter. It’s easy to make,…
Pasta all’Amatriciana
Cookbook Club – Milk Street: Tuesday Nights The cookbook for our March Cookbook Club was Milk Street: Tuesday Nights. Due to host availability we had scheduled it for earlier in the month than usual, which turned out to be a lucky thing since COVID-19 may keep us from gathering for awhile. It looks like we’ll…
Pancake Mix Garlic Onion Cheese Bread
Yes, I’m posting this on April Fool’s Day… but no, this is not a joke. Thanks to COVID-19 we’re all living in this new shelter-in-place world, and apparently everyone has decided to get into bread-baking. As a result that I never would have predicted for a global pandemic, all the grocery stores appear to be…
Caesar Salad
“Best Caesar Salad I’ve ever had in my life” – according to my friend who thinks Caesar Salad is the epitome of all salads. He also thinks he hates mustard, so I waited until after he was done eating his second bowl before I told him the dressing definitely contains mustard. Despite that, he keeps…
Snap Peas with Chives and Bamboo Shoots
One time I over-bought chives for a recipe and ended up with a leftover bunch. I happened to also have snap peas and a jar of seasoned crispy bamboo shoots, which I threw together in what came to be a favorite go-to veg dish that I’ve made again and again. Super simple to make, but…
Creamy Cheesy Cabbage
When I first met my boyfriend, I would joke that he’s the only vegetarian in the world who doesn’t like vegetables. I have however been steadily converting him to Team Vegetable, and this Creamy Cheesy Cabbage has definitely been part of the conversion. He’ll keep going back for more, even when there are other options…
Japanese Curry
When I was in Japan I had some fantastic curry, and was surprised to learn that many people use packaged Japanese curry roux (Golden, Vermont, and Java are a few popular brands), which they dress up with other ingredients to give the curry a rich, deep flavor. It’s so good! Usually Japanese curry has potatoes…
Pad See Ew
While Pad Thai is probably the most known Thai noodle dish in the US, I actually prefer Pad See Ew. It uses fresh wide rice noodles, which have a fantastic soft chewiness and also get crispy caramelized edges when cooked over high heat in the sauce. Guessipe 2 lbs fresh wide rice noodles peanut oil…