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Umami Days

Umami Days

Meaty with a dash of veggies

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Lunch / Dinner

The two most filling meals in our house are lunch and dinner. And dinner is often more carefully planned then lunch. While we're partial to one bowl meals, the list of lunch / dinner recipes is also divided into courses. Browse through our collection of appetizers, soups, salads, main courses and side dishes.

Molo soup

Molo soup

An adaptation of Chinese wonton soup, molo soup, also known as pancit Molo, hails from the Molo district of Iloilo City in Central Philippines, home to Chinese migrants …

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Chinese five-spice beef stew

Chinese five-spice beef stew

Browned beef is pressure-cooked with ginger, chilies, star anise, fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon bark, Sichuan peppercorns, soy sauce and rice wine in this beef stew …

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Pork, spinach and pineapple rice paper spring rolls

Pork, spinach and pineapple rice paper spring rolls

Stir fried ground pork, swamp spinach, chilies and pineapple seasoned with Vietnamese mixed fish sauce are wrapped in rice paper. Enjoy as a snack or side dish.

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General Tso's tofu

General Tso’s tofu

A meatless variant of the popular Chinese-American General Tso’s chicken, General Tso’s tofu is a great appetizer or meatless main course.

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Pork patty rice rolls

Pork patty spring rolls

Ground pork seasoned with Vietnamese mixed fish sauce is formed into patties, pan fried, combined with salad greens and herbs, and wrapped in rice paper.

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Chicken in creamy white wine sauce

Chicken in creamy white wine sauce

If you have a hard to please mother-in-law, cook this dish, invite her over and watch with a smile as she struggles, and fails, to criticize anything.

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Beef Bourguignon (Burgundy)

Beef Burgundy

A peasant dish that has been elevated to fine dining stature, beef bourguignon, sometimes spelled bœuf bourguignon or bœuf à la bourguignonne, literally translates to …

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