Food the Wong Way

Tag: red onion

  • Friendly Friday: Fresh Flavors from Fit Foodie Finds’ Red Coconut Curry Meatballs

    Friendly Friday:
    Fresh Flavors from Fit Foodie Finds’ Red Coconut Curry Meatballs

    When I saw fellow Minnesotan and food blogger Lee Hersch recently drop a coconut curry meatball photo on Instagram, I just had to try her recipe. Substitutions: All the chili paste I could find had fish sauce/shrimp contaminant in it, so I couldn’t have it in my house due to allergy. However, my roommate/partner/spouse brilliantly bought…

  • Radish Cake (No Shrimp!) Gluten-free options included

    Radish Cake (No Shrimp!)
    Gluten-free options included

    A super-processed food recipe! Special exceptions must be made for once-a-year-events. Happy lunar new year! Special thanks to my mama, and also to my co-conspirator Sarah, for providing her grandma-made childhood memories and decisive nature to help with quality assurance, with decision-making, and for even loaning me a steamer. Other names for this dish: Turnip cake…

  • Sunday Squash Roast – Stocking Up for the Apocalypse

    Sunday Squash Roast – Stocking Up for the Apocalypse

    The butternut squash planted late last spring is finally yielding ripened fruit. Due to the surprisingly longer processing time, i try to remember to only to roast butternut on a weekend, otherwise i end up eating around 10pm. With a solid sized squash like the one pictured, there’s always extra leftovers that can be frozen…

  • 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…