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Oriental Chicken Salad

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I think California Pizza Kitchen is the most well known but I have seen and had this dish at many restaurants.  I was in the mood but needed to make a dressing.  I had been putting it off until I had a kitchen full of ingredients. I had actually prepared toppings for Pho soup but messed up the broth (I used some frozen oxtail and I think it was bad.)  Anyway, I had a ton of cut up cilantro, onions and other stuff. What to do with the toppings?  Make a really yummy salad.  Many places use cabbage for their oriental chicken salad, but the nice thing about cooking at home is you can do what you and your taste buds want. The salad consisted of: Lettuce Shredded Carrots and Daikon radish Sprouts Cucumbers Thin slice yellow onions Scallions Roasted Peanuts Mandarin orange slices sliced grilled chicken that I had seasoned with salt and turmeric cilantro For the dressing combine: 4 Tablespoons of Rice Wine Vinegar 4 Tablespoons of GF Hoisin Sauce (I use  Premier Japan

Gluten Free Recipe Knockoffs

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There were two really good dishes I have had recently.  Both were good enough that I made them at home.  Both were easy to make at home. First up roasted beet salad with micro arugula, feta cheese, hazelnut brittle and honey yogurt.  I had this appetizer at Island Prime which is one of the Cohn Restaurants in San Diego.  It is attached to C Level and you can see  my blog post  about their restaurant for more information. We ate here after seeing the Grinch at the Old Globe Theater which is a great San Diego tradition if you are in town around the holidays.  The dish was delicious. At home I roasted some red, yellow and zebra beets.  Arrange them on a plate.  Top with the brittle and micro arugula.  I found the arugula at a local farmer market.  As for the brittle, we did not have hazelnuts so I used pecans.  There are a ton of brittle recipes on the web but make sure you have a candy thermometer.  For the dressing I mixing some greek yogurt with honey until I liked the consist

SuperBowl 2014

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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!! There is not one other day where so many Americans will be parked in front of a t.v. and eat and drink and eat.  This year we are laying low and going to watch at home.  I might just spend all day in my pajamas. In case you were wondering what to cook for you and your friends here is a short list of options. 1.   Super Easy Pulled Pork .  This is one of our regular recipes but it is great for the Super Bowl because  everyone can make a sandwich throughout the game.  You can even make pulled pork sliders by using  Brazi Bites. 2.  What can serve along side the pulled pork?   Creamy Cole Slaw  of course. 3.  Wings!!  You can't go wrong with Buffalo Wings .  Here is my simple recipe for the wings and sauce. 4.  Want something cheesy?  These  Cheese Crisps  are one of my kids favorites.  I guarantee if you make them they will disappear like a bag of potato chips and everyone will want more so keep the oven on. 5.  Dessert.   Flour