It all started with pineapples. I had never been a huge pineapple fan, but then I spent my honeymoon in Thailand and fell in love with the fruit. Ate it constantly. My favorite breakfast (for this sweet toothed Westerner) was a Thai crepe stuffed with grilled pineapple and drizzled with sweet coconut cream. I am…
Weeknight Thai Style Stir Fry
SO sorry for the extended absence! It is spring break this week, and I was gone starting last Thursday at my parents’ house. Also, with the crazy weather we have been having, I have serious spring fever. Not much cooking or baking around here, more like trips to the park and sitting on my hammock…
“Pastor” Flavored Pork & Beans
I got so carried away the other day describing my newfound love of all things Mediterranean that I never really discussed what made the cooking method of that pork shoulder so special. You guys all know that I am a low and slow girl. I’ll be the first to admit that when I first read…
Easy Weeknight Vietnamese Pineapple, Shrimp & Tamarind Soup
Lesson I learned this past week: I could never have had a food blog while pregnant. No, no I am NOT pregnant. But how those of you keep up writing and reading about food when you are nauseated is beyond me. A malevolent and fast moving stomach virus hit my family this past week and…
Braised Sweet and Spicy Chicken Over….
Rice, couscous, whatever. That part is up to you. 🙂 I was sick when I made this and am sick while I am typing this. That means a few things. You know it was easy. You know it was good (if I am bothering to type it up). You should forgive any typos. I hope…
Thai Red Curry With Roasted Chicken
Really in an ideal world it would be roasted duck, but around here finding duck to roast would be a pain–and more of an undertaking than I felt like. So roasted dark chicken meat makes a pretty good sub. I have previously shared some recipes for and using green curry paste–which is kind of ironic…
Lime Cilantro Chicken With Tropical Fruit Salsa
Josie is here visiting–which means lots of discussion of all things culinary but less time to type about it. The night she got here, I whipped up a tropical chicken dish that was hard to beat for ease with lots of flavor. The chicken itself was really simple–basically brown the meat and then braise it…
So You Think You’ve Had Sweet And Sour?: Thai Sweet And Sour With Pork
Do you associate sweet and sour Asian dishes with heavy, almost gloppy stir fries served with breaded and fried, sometimes greasy, chicken or pork? I am not claiming I did not once enjoy that Chinese American restaurant staple, but I promise once you try the Thai version you won’t look back. The sauce should be…