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Cooking in a house on a hill

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Lemon chicken on serving plate

Lemon chicken

Orange chicken in serving bowl

Orange chicken

Sweet sour chicken with pineapple and bell pepper

Sweet sour chicken

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Miso soup with mushroom balls, shiitake and shimeji

Mushroom miso soup

Store-bought mushroom balls, rehydrated shiitake and fresh shimeji are added to the classic Japanese miso soup in this chunky and filling dish that can be enjoyed as a starter course or an all-day snack.

Get the recipe →Mushroom miso soup
Mushroom fried rice

Mushroom fried rice

Chopped shiitake, button mushrooms and shimeji were combined with bell pepper and carrot, and three soy sauces, to create this meatless fried rice.

Get the recipe →Mushroom fried rice
Mushroom garlic noodles

Mushroom garlic noodles

San Francisco’s Vietnamese-American garlic noodles gets an update and an upgrade with the addition of button mushrooms, shiitake and shimeji.

Get the recipe →Mushroom garlic noodles
Baked Buffalo chicken wings with dipping sauce on serving plate

Baked Buffalo chicken wings

Do floured chicken wings turn crisp in the oven? Sure, if you know a few tricks. These Buffalo chicken wings were double-dredged in flour, dipped in melted butter and baked for 20 minutes.

Get the recipe →Baked Buffalo chicken wings
Cheese-topped broiled salmon served with tomato sauce

Easy cheesy broiled salmon

Looking for a recipe for a quick and easy dish that looks and tastes like it was cooked in a professional kitchen? Look no farther because you just found it.

Get the recipe →Easy cheesy broiled salmon
Brown Sugar and Garlic Chicken

Brown sugar and garlic chicken

Chicken thigh fillets seared in garlic-infused butter then braised with brown sugar, honey and herbs. Lime juice is added to the pan drippings and drizzled over the chicken.

Get the recipe →Brown sugar and garlic chicken
Mexican pork adobada in while bowl

Mexican-style pork adobada

A spicy smoky stew cooked with pork belly and Mexican-style adobo sauce made with chili flakes, chipotle, roasted garlic, cinnamon, thyme, oregano, vinegar, salt and sugar.

Get the recipe →Mexican-style pork adobada
Meatballs a la Parmigiana

Baked meatballs Parmesan

Inspired by the Italian veal Parmigiana, baked meatballs take the place of fried veal cutlets in this recipe.

Get the recipe →Baked meatballs Parmesan
Chicken empanadas in basket

Chicken Empanadas

With chicken picadillo as filling, the dough for the crust of these empanadas was made with lard. Make these chicken empanadas with the flakiest crust by following this illustrated recipe.

Get the recipe →Chicken Empanadas
Connie Veneracion, Chiang Mai, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

Welcome to Umami Days, a blog that advocates innovative home cooking for pleasurable everyday dining. No trendy diets, no food fads and definitely no ludicrous recipe names like crustless quiche, noodleless pho or chocolate lasagna.

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