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Vietnamese Honey-Soy Shrimp Spring Rolls

Shaina · July 19, 2012 · 30 Comments

Back to the Basics of Feeding Your Family via FoodforMyFamily.com

Beat the heat with these Vietnamese-style shrimp spring rolls, with honey-soy marinated shrimp. Fresh, cold, and crunchy, they make an ideal hot weather food. I hope you’re in a forgiving mood. It’s Thursday. The week has flashed by in a flurry of phone calls and well-laid plans gone wrong. It rained on the one day […]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Featured, Main Course, Recipes, Seafood Tagged With: asian, summer, Vietnamese

General Tso’s Chicken, Takeout From Home

Shaina · February 12, 2010 · 14 Comments

Along with the wontons, this was my first attempt at getting in touch with the takeout box I so longed for. Fried chicken pieces, sticky sauce. General Tso’s Chicken. Why General Tso’s and not orange chicken, sesame or even sweet and sour? To be honest, I never really liked sweet and sour. There was always […]

Filed Under: Chicken, Featured, Main Course, Recipes Tagged With: asian

The Art of Folding Cream Cheese Wontons (my methods)

Shaina · February 4, 2010 · 13 Comments

When Ole and I first got married, we ate on the cheap. I worked for a nonprofit (and after that for myself), and he was finishing his graduate degree. It was during this time that we started experimenting with the art of bringing the restaurants to our house, specifically of the Americanized Asian variety, to […]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Featured, Recipes Tagged With: asian, fried

Spicy Sweet Savory Seared Ahi Tuna

Ole · August 5, 2009 · 7 Comments

I would imagine that for most people the word tuna conjures up images of soggy tuna salad sandwiches made with too much mayo and pickle juice.  Or better yet, a classic Midwestern tuna hot dish (read casserole for the rest of the country) with egg noodles and potato chips on top.  And these aren’t necessarily […]

Filed Under: Featured, From the Patio, Main Course, Recipes, Seafood Tagged With: ahi, asian, grill, honey, hot, savory, seared, soy sauce, spicy, sweet, tuna, wasabi

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