When you’ve put in your order at a Japanese restaurant and you’re so hungry you think you might pass out before the food arrives, and then they bring a little dish of complimentary cucumbers to your table… cucumbers have never tasted so good, and it’s just enough to hold you over. You can have this…
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Korean Rice Cakes
Korean rice cakes are awesome because they have a fantastic soft chewiness and they absorb flavor really well. This guessipe is a spicy sweet treat that only involves 2 minutes of cooking and takes less than half an hour all together! Guessipe 8 oz Korean rice cakes 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 TBSP sugar 2…
Spinach Soup
This spinach soup is probably not what first comes to mind when you hear “spinach soup”. It’s not creamed or blended – it’s broth-based. But it’s what I thought of as spinach soup when I was growing up. I loved it whenever my mom made it. So when I got old enough to start paying…
Pickled Red Onions
When you let red onions sit in a simple mixture of vinegar, salt, and sugar, a magical thing happens. First, they turn an amazing bright pink color. But more importantly, pickling mellows out their bite, making them sweet and tangy and leaving them with a great crunchiness. Guessipe 1 red onion, thinly sliced 1/2 cup…
Guacamole
It’s football season… and that means snacks! Chips and guacamole are always a popular part of the snack lineup. This guacamole is easy to whip up and ever a fan favorite. Guessipe 1/2 small red onion 2 avocados 1 lime garlic salt and pepper to taste Mince the red onion and place in a bowl….
Fun See
This is a really simple dish made of bean thread noodles that my family ate a ton when I was growing up, probably because it is so quick to make using ingredients we usually had in the house. Guessipe 1 package (10.5 oz) bean thread noodles 2 eggs oil for stir-frying 1 TBSP soy sauce…
Pasta Salad
This pasta salad is the ultimate Guessipe, because you can mix and match ingredients and dressing in any way you like. I love it for using up leftovers to quickly and conveniently toss together a tasty dish that works as a side or main dish depending on how hearty you want to make it. Guessipe…
Garlic Cucumbers
Din Tai Fung is a Taiwanese restaurant chain renowned for its soup dumplings. But the dish that sticks in my memory most from the times I’ve eaten there is their Cucumber Salad. I’ve been craving those garlicky cucumbers, but since restaurants are still closed because of COVID, I decided to try to re-create the flavors…
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 Dressing
Continuing with my COVID-19 lemon series we have Lemon Dressing! Because you have to have a side dish to go with your lemon chicken, why not whip up a salad with lemon dressing? It’s easy, refreshingly tasty, and versatile – use it on whatever salad fixings you have around. Guessipe 1 TBSP lemon juice 1…
Honey Butter
Here’s another guessipe I’ve come to think of as “COVID-19 approved”… which means it contains only ingredients you probably already have in your pantry – honey and butter. Despite that, the savory sweet creaminess of honey butter will elevate your meal and give you that feeling like it’s something you’d have in a restaurant. So…
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…