Donburi is a Japanese dish that we ate often when growing up. While donburi is really a category of dishes, meaning served over rice (gyudon with beef, oyakodon with chicken and egg); growing up Mom would always make it with ground beef, vegetables and egg. For more traditional recipes, I love Just One Cookbook. I’mRead more
I’ve made these shrimp sheet pan fajitas multiple times now, they’re so easy and delicious. The dressing for this is great, it’s smokey and a little sweet. You can pair it with any veggies you like, I like to use bell peppers, onions, and red cabbage, but this is a great way to use upRead more
If you’ve still got some of the last tomatoes of the summer lingering, this is the perfect tomato soup for you. Husband (who is not a soup person) says this Roasted Tomato Soup is one of the best soups he’s ever had. Roasting the vegetables intensifies the flavor and makes this soup very easy andRead more
As requested in a reader comment, this post is all about how to chop onions. Mastering knife skills is definitely the hardest part of cooking. My top tip for better knife skills is to always make sure that your knives are sharp! Dull knives are more likely to slip, require more force, and are muchRead more
I’m a big fan of pickles. I love the salty tanginess that brings big kick of flavor. And I always add pickled red onions to my bowl at Cava. I’ve known for a while that it’s pretty easy to pickle your own red onions, and so I finally got around to it when I gotRead more
While Boyfriend worked on removing some radiators from our house this weekend, I went to my parents’ house and hung out with Mom. We did a bit of baking and she made this awesome pork dish for us. You can buy packages of pork tenderloin that usually have two pieces together, whichRead more
I recently wanted to make my grandma’s orange chicken for Boyfriend, but realized I didn’t have the recipe at his house. While I put out a request for the recipe with my mom and aunt, and I did a little internet browsing and was surprised by how many recipes require deep frying the chicken. ThisRead more
This was the third salad for the Women’s Retreat. I really liked the unique spin on this Waldorf salad. Adding wheat berries is a fun chewy twist that adds so much texture to the crunchy apples and celery. I also love that this uses a Vidalia onion dressing instead of the traditional mayonnaise-based dressing.Read more