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Homemade Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese: The Best Ingredients

February 17, 2025
One of our classic meals for a weekend in the mountains is simple and satisfying. Who can resist dunking a perfectly grilled buttery sandwich filled with stretchy Annato-stained cheese into a smooth, rich bowl of tomato soup? The key  for maximum enjoyment lies in the canned tomatoes and the bread used. Read on...

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Pickled and Fresh Green Beans with Smoky King Mushroom Bits

February 15, 2025
Crisp, fresh green beans play well with salty, tangy pickled Chinese long beans. Add a spicy punch from dried red er jing tiao peppers and crispy, smoky mushroom bits for a colorful dish that pleases the eye and palate. This beautiful dish paired just as well with a Chinese dinner of mapo tofu...

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General Tso's Tofu Perfected! Just in time for the Love2Chow 5th Anniversary

July 04, 2024
One of the most popular Chinese-American dishes, General Tso's chicken with its spicy, sweet-tart umami-laden bites is in many ways emblematic of the American experience. Five years ago I started an empty-nester blog, so my adult kids could easily find beloved recipes when inspired into the future, working in chow-friendly hikes and travel tips...

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The Best Brown Butter Bourbon Cookies

January 26, 2024
It is truly a pleasure to come home from work to find freshly baked cookies. I still remember the day my daughter offered me these unassuming, tan cookies with small cracks across the top. My first bite revealed a luscious, moist interior with layered flavors harmonizing in my mouth like a warm embrace....

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Japchae: Easy, use what you've got Korean glass noodles

August 05, 2023
There are some comfort foods that are so easy and adaptable that you find yourself making them over and over again, each time a little differently. Korean Japchae, with its chewy-slippery, bronzed sweet potato noodles has become one of my favorite, quick dinners. It joins the ranks of a handful of adaptable recipes...

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Radish Three Ways with Nutty Brown Butter Couscous

May 05, 2023
A fantastic spring dish featuring those colorful bunches of red and white radishes with vibrant greens on top! An easy, quick and satisfying vegetarian meal with bright flavors and colors. The crisp zestiness of raw radish and sumac contrast beautifully with the soft, buttery notes of browned radish and silky greens. A few...

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Easy Green Chile Stuffed Poblano Peppers: Low-carb, Gluten-free and Highly Adaptable

October 06, 2022
This easy stuffed poblano pepper is robustly satisfying, flavored with green enchilada sauce and shredded cheese. The recipe is straightforward and highly adaptable, based on what vegetables are fresh and in season. It is equally good enjoyed as a vegetarian meal or stuffed with your choice of ground meats. No tortillas needed for...

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A Warm Bowl of Chili

December 27, 2021
When the weather turns cool, nothing is more satisfying than a nice bowl of chili. And a chili bar certainly makes for stress-free entertaining, accommodating vegan, carnivore and everyone in between! These four chili recipes -- chipotle black bean chili, white bean chicken chili, chipotle red and white chili with sausage, and a...

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Chinese Spinach Soup with Silken Tofu

October 10, 2021
This is a quick and easy soup to make, light and refreshing with emerald slivers of spinach and tiny white cubes of tofu suspended in a silky clear broth. I enjoy topping it with tiny cubes of pink Prosciutto (similar to Chinese dry cured hams) for an added punch, but it is equally...

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Peanut Butter Noodles for Kids of All Ages

April 29, 2021
 Long before I discovered the secrets to making dan dan noodles, lo mein or drunken noodles, I had clipped a recipe for Spicy Szechuan Noodles from a local neighborhood newspaper. This simple, but flexible and pleasing dish has been a family favorite since 2002. The kids call it Peanut Butter Noodles and it...

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