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Fried Yucca with Mojo Criollo
April 30th, 2012 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Featured, Recipes, Side Dishes, Vegan Dishes, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | No Comments
Once you make the yucca do your bidding, you’ll want to boil it briefly before frying – this ensures a tender interior and a crisp outside. I serve these babies with a sauce traditionally made of garlic and sour orange juice called mojo criollo – since sour oranges can be hard to find, here I use plain old orange juice and lime juice to get the job done.
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Strawberry and Goat Cheese Crostini with Chocolate Olive Oil
April 28th, 2012 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Cheese Dishes, Easy to Prepare, Featured, Recipes, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | 2 Comments
If sweet and salty gets you giddy, try this spin on classic caprese with strawberries standing in for tomatoes. Plus, the tang of salty goat cheese gets a little extra love from a drizzle of chocolate (!) olive oil. It’s sexy and you know it.
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Black Bean Cakes with Pineapple Salsa and Avocado Crema
February 14th, 2012 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Easy to Prepare, Featured, Lighten Up, Popular, The Daring Kitchen, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | 8 Comments
For this vegetarian gem, my buddy Karen suggested a savory black bean cake that we paired the cakes with a fresh pineapple salsa enlivened with piquant red jalapenos and a simple avocado crema made with greek yogurt and lime. The final result was ridiculously good – a composed plate that looked like it should be served at a fancy pants restaurant rather than the picnic table in my backyard.
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Spinach Artichoke Dip
January 7th, 2012 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Easy to Prepare, Holiday Dishes, Recipes, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | No Comments
I still go back to this recipe for the winning combination of flavors and the lack of pre-processed ingredients used to make it. This is no TGIF Frozen Spinach Dip in the freezer aisle of the grocery store. Shallots and garlic flavor the creamy dip and bring out the sweetness of the spinach and artichokes.
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Baked Roast Pork Buns
December 14th, 2011 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Baked Goods, Featured, Impressive Dishes, Main Courses, Meat Dishes, The Daring Kitchen | Angela G. | 4 Comments
I’ll admit that this is not my first time to the pork bun rodeo. From my sister’s obsession with the steamed version on Sunday’s at the dim sum parlor, to my husband’s cravings for the baked variety fresh from the Chinatown Roast Pork Bun Factory in NYC, I had a clear and compelling reason to learn how to make them for myself.
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Asian Cole Slaw
November 27th, 2011 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Easy to Prepare, Recipes, Salads, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | No Comments
This recipe couldn’t be simpler – whisk a few ingredients together and toss with the cabbage and then let the tangle of goodness ruminate on its future awesomeness. Not that cole slaw can think, but if it could, I imagine that’s what it’d be doing. Thinking about how cool it is.
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Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs
November 27th, 2011 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Easy to Prepare, Low Brow Treats, Main Courses, Meat Dishes, Pressure Cooker Recipes | Angela G. | No Comments
These ribs are for the hungry and lazy – a troublesome combination that is often hard to please but will be bowled over by this ridiculously easy recipe. Parboil the ribs in a pressure cooker to cut down on the cooking time from hours to a mere 15 minutes.
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Kona Coffee Glazed Chicken Wings
November 27th, 2011 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Low Brow Treats, Poultry Dishes | Angela G. | No Comments
The kona coffee in this recipe serves to glaze these wings into mahogany glory, while a bevy of sweet sauces such as hoisin, plum, honey and ciger vinegar round out the flavor profile.
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Crab Rangoon with Sweet Chili Sauce
November 27th, 2011 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Cheese Dishes, Easy to Prepare, Seafood Dishes, Side Dishes | Angela G. | 1 Comment
If you love crab rangoon, but hate how many places use artificial crab meat, or worse, only cream cheese, then this is the recipe for you. Tender crab is perked up by sesame oil, ground ginger and the crunch of water chestnuts, with just enough cream cheese to bind it all together.
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Ahi Tuna Poke
November 27th, 2011 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Easy to Prepare, Impressive Dishes, Lighten Up, Seafood Dishes | Angela G. | No Comments
The combination of meltingly tender ahi tuna with soy and sesame is a dream. And it couldn’t be simpler to make – the key is tracking down a killer piece of tuna that is so fresh, it still wants to slap you in the face with a fin. Ok, maybe not that fresh, but you don’t want to go cheap on this one. The tuna is the absolute star.
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Black Tea Chicken Lettuce Wraps
November 14th, 2011 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Featured, Lighten Up, Main Courses, Poultry Dishes, Recipes, The Daring Kitchen | Angela G. | 6 Comments
A long while back, in a moment of sheer MacGuyverism, I decided that since I couldn’t tea-smoke chicken in my NYC apartment without bringing in the fire department, I’d try to make a marinade for it using black tea. The resulting mixture, which I coined “hell broth” for it’s spicy, fragrant scent, was a great success.
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Peach Bellini Jam
October 3rd, 2011 | Appetizers and Small Plates, Breakfast and Brunch, Featured, Friends Recipes and Hacks, Sauces and Condiments | Angela G. | No Comments
Guest Poster, Angie says, “One of my friends who picked with me suggested making jam and I said no way can I do that and she suggested making freezer jam. I rushed out bought some jars and freezer jam pectin and tried it out – and the results were amazing! I used Sugar in the Raw, which totally made it super expensive but it was the best jam ever – and I was astonished I made it.”
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