Archive for February, 2010

Millet- a supergrain!

Millet is our next super grain!

Millet is a super grain- meaning that it is a complete protein. In many parts of the world millet is a staple, although in America it’s primarily used as bird seed. Millet is easy to digest and is gluten free. Try adding cooked […]

Lettuce Wraps

I love cooking Asian food. There are some important flavors that the majority of Asian foods require (at least at my house).
-Sesame oil
-ginger
-soy sauce and/or Teriyaki sauce
-Hosin sauce
-garlic

Lettuce wraps are pretty versatile- you can add pretty much any meat (or no meat) and whatever veggies you have on hand and […]

So I don’t know about your neck of the woods- but here it’s gotten chilly fast. My family is not very soupy- generally they turn their noses up at anything that’s not condensed from Campbell’s. (I know!) Soup for dinner rarely goes over well. But I keep trying. […]

*Note*  There are videos  from the original post from my recipe blog.  In transferring this post the videos got lost in translation and at this time I haven’t been able to figure out how to post videos on wordpress yet.  If you’re interested in the videos I’m going to leave them posted on the old […]

Butter Bars

So a couple weekends ago I was hanging out with some friends and one of them mentioned this fabulous dessert that a friend had brought for dinner at their house. ‘They were called butter bars and they were so good we just couldn’t stop eating them’. So of course I […]