Chinese pastry with Hoisin chicken

Another wonderful dish from Steamy Kitchen, this recipe is quite addicting. I just love how the filling is wrapped in the dough, and the whole house smelled so good while I was preparing it. Actually, the filling tastes pretty darn good all by itself. I loved this, and so did my taste-testers. Enjoy!
Chinese pastry with [...]

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Seitan pot roast

I’m a big seitan fan. I think it’s a totally under-utilized and under-appreciated source of protein. But it must be prepared right. This recipe looked good, but in my experience, when cooking with seitan, you usually need to properly season it. The pot roast sauce tasted great, but I found the seitan’s bland flavor to [...]

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Grilled veggie & tofu sandwich

Here’s another winner from Mollie Katzen. We had this for dinner, and it was filling and satisfying, but it would also make a great lunch. In her original recipe, the tofu is not pan-fried. I modified this and decided to dip it in egg and coat it in panko breadcrumbs and fry it on both [...]

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Delightful Thai salad

Another hot day in the ‘hood here, and nothing spoke to me more than having a refreshing salad. This is another recipe from Molly Katzen that in all the years that I’ve owned this cookbook, I’ve never tried it. What a delicious, addicting dish this is. It’s quite easy to make - no exotic ingredients, [...]

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Chicken with figs

On one of the cooler nights last week, I decided to try this recipe from We Are Never Full blog. I modified it only slightly, using turkey bacon instead of regular bacon, and I used boneless, skinless chicken thighs for my chicken pieces. The sauce was very well-developed and very complementary to the chicken and [...]

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Sun-dried tomato & artichoke quiche

Here is a savory quiche that has a healthy whole wheat crust and dairy-free egg custard. Paired with a salad, it makes a great lunch dish or a light dinner offering. Enjoy!
Sun-dried tomato & artichoke quiche
crust:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons soy milk
filling:
1 3-ounce package dry-pack sun-dried tomatoes
1 [...]

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Mediterranean tuna salad

Even though summer is quickly drawing to a close (sadness), I still yearn for dinner salads, using seasonal ingredients. This salad has an all-star list of healthy ingredients, and was perfect for a warm late summer evening dinner, with some freshly baked ficelle bread for an accompaniment. Yum. Enjoy!
Mediterranean tuna salad (yet another Martha adaptation!)
6 [...]

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Risotto torta

I have really enjoyed exploring the many possibilities of risotto preparation, but none as much as making this risotto torta. This is the jeweled crown of all risottos, and, while I selected fresh herbs and a cilantro chicken sausage for some of my ingredients, I think this recipe could be perfectly adaptable to almost any [...]

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Toasted orzo with chicken, peas, and soy parmesan

I’m not sure where I found this recipe on the internet, so I feel bad that I can’t give credit where credit is due. But actually, this was another dish that didn’t quite hit me in the right spot. I tweaked it a little from the original, adding chicken, and utilizing soy parmesan instead of [...]

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Chicken fried rice

It looks good, and it sounds good. But something was missing. Maybe because I didn’t use any oyster sauce? Was there too much soy sauce called for? It didn’t hit me in the right spot, although my husband loved it. I’ll try it again some time, and tinker with it a little.
Chicken fried rice
2 cups [...]

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