Tag: carrots

  • Kelp Noodle Japchae – Low Carb Noodle-mania!

    Okay folks, I admit, I’ve been a little distracted by the glorious Pacific Northwest summer, traipsing about in the mountains. Between that, work, and other personal projects, feeding the Internet Blog Machine has gotten a little backlogged. So without further ado, here’s one more..   Quite some time ago, I went to school in the…

  • Kelp Noodle Japchae – Tumblr-Style Post

    Today’s experiment.

  • Taiwanese-Style Braised Pork 滷肉飯 (lu rou fan)

    Taiwanese-Style Braised Pork 滷肉飯
    (lu rou fan)

    Is it Fall? Is it windy with a risk of power outage in the Pacific Northwest? Are the daylight hours narrowing into a tiny sliver of hope/despair? Did I just go to Facing East and have stewed pork after a 7 mile hike a few weekends ago? Time for some long-stewing braised pork! Check out…

  • Sunday Recipe: Chicken Pot Pie

    Sunday Recipe: Chicken Pot Pie

    Update note from the author: as you shop for Thanksgiving, grab some puff pastry for this delicious recipe for your leftover turkey! Make sure to read to the end for the full wait time and pro-tips on cooling steps. As a child growing up in the Midwest with home-cooked Chinese food for dinner, microwave dinners…

  • Lamb Stew with Butternut Squash & Carrots

    April can be a dreary time of year in the Pacific Northwest, when the reason behind the existence of a cozy coffee shop on every other street corner becomes apparent. This Sunday afternoon’s anticipation of spring warmth was salved with trying out this lamb stew recipe, with a side of netflix marathon. I don’t think…

  • Jicama, 2 Ways
    Salad vs. Summer Roll

    First up, the recipe that uses more jicama: (1) Citrus-Spiked Jicama and Carrot Slaw Originally from Cooking Light, (David Bonom July 2007) via Yummly search via myrecipes.com. The original recipe calls for much larger amounts, I scaled it down and did some relatively arbitrary proportions for convenience to make one lunch-salad size and one tiny…