Baja Coleslaw

Baja Coleslaw

Baja Coleslaw of SteamyKitchen-TLC  1/2 small head cabbage, washed and finely shredded (about 4 cups)2 small carrots, peeled and shredded 3 green onions, thinly sliced 1 small sweet bell pepper, diced 1/4" 3/4 cup Sun-Maid Natural Raisins or Sun-Maid Golden Raisins,...

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Kale and Bacon, Caribbean Style

Kale and Bacon, Caribbean Style

Kale is growing like crazy in our backyard garden, I'm always trying to come up with new recipes, like Crispy Baked Kale. A friend told me that adding raw kale leaves to our morning fruit smoothie is a great way to stuff some more nutrients into breakfast. She...

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Tomato Braised Cauliflower

Tomato Braised Cauliflower

Believe it or not, I've been in a cauliflower rut. And you can bet that my kids have let me know, "awww...Mom...cauliflower AGAIN?" I think I've hit the household roasted cauliflower limit as that's the only recipe that I've been cooking. My family is protesting....

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Potato Dominoes

Potato Dominoes

Andrew just celebrated his sixth birthday last week, and like many little boys, he's obsessed with Star Wars. We're currently at the height of the Lego craze and for Andrew's birthday all he wanted was go to the Lego store inside Downtown Disney, you know, the free...

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Roasted Asparagus with Balsamic Soy Browned Butter

Roasted Asparagus with Balsamic Soy Browned Butter

(slideshow of 10 step-by-step photos that led up to the money-shot of the Roasted Asparagus with Balsamic Soy Browned Butter) My inbox is filled with emails from supporters of the "eating local" movement, urging people to consume food that is grown and produced in...

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Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe

Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe

Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe features: Learn about the best kind of rice to use for fried rice The right amount of heat that is essential for the perfect fried rice Why it's important to fry all the ingredients separately The right way to fry rice and why constantly...

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Stir Fried Shrimp, Eggs and Peas + Stir Fry Secrets

Stir Fried Shrimp, Eggs and Peas + Stir Fry Secrets

  Ancient Chinese Stir Fry Secrets (at home) Restaurant kitchens have extremely high powered stoves, flames that jump so high that your eyebrows will singe just standing in the doorway. At home, especially with electric stovetops, we just can't get that kind of...

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Korean Glass Noodles – Jap Chae

Korean Glass Noodles – Jap Chae

from the Steamy Kitchen archives.... The software that runs my website has a nifty little feature that tells me what terms people are entering into the search box when they come to Steamy Kitchen. Although smart authors would probably use this information to enhance...

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“Meat” Fried Rice – Four Ways

“Meat” Fried Rice – Four Ways

My editor, Jeff Houck, sent over a picture of pan-fried Scrapple slice and my heart fluttered like crazy. "Scrapple? Scrapple! What's Scrapple? I asked him," and within 30 minutes was off to the supermarket to find Scrapple, a distant cousin to Spam. Yes, I have an...

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Potatoes Anna with Cinnamon and Coriander

Potatoes Anna with Cinnamon and Coriander

from my Tampa Tribune column I'm sure that a vow to eat healthfully was at the top of most New Year's resolutions lists. Sigh. It certainly was on mine, but I've been doing a lousy job of fulfilling my goal of losing 15 pounds. I even made it super-easy by limiting...

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Japanese Furikake French Fries Recipe

Japanese Furikake French Fries Recipe

In response to the latest buzz about the lawsuit against Deceptively Delicious author, Jessica Seinfeld, I'm launching my own Steamy campaign against the entire concept of hiding vegetables in your kids food. But all in good humor. Seinfeld's recipes included stuff...

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An Ode to Spam in the Style of Seuss

An Ode to Spam in the Style of Seuss

Before we tie a big, fat bow on this year’s box of ups, down and go-arounds, I‘d like to give props to Spam, the wondrous food that started my relationship with Creative Loafing (the newspaper that I write a weekly food column for) earlier this year when I dared...

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Crispy Tofu with Citrus Soy Recipe

Crispy Tofu with Citrus Soy Recipe

Crispy Tofu with Citrus Soy Ahhh...finally a tofu recipe. This recipe is from Eric Gower's The Breakaway Cook, which is a wonderful cookbook if you enjoy global flavors. In fact, it inspired me to start playing with  Flavored Salts (that's Sichuan Peppercorn...

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Perfect Steamed Rice Recipe

Perfect Steamed Rice Recipe

Hey guys! I just wanted to quickly say hello and to let you know that we're having a great time.  So far I've managed to stay out of trouble and haven't been arrested for indecent language or deported for eating more than my fair share of Hairy Mitten Crabs. I...

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15 Minute Asian Noodles

15 Minute Asian Noodles

  During freshman year of college, I lived off of Kraft mac 'n cheese and Cocoa Puffs. Not because I couldn't cook-but because Mother never let us have awful artificially flavored junk food in our household since it would "OH MY GOD, ROT OUR TEETH." Never mind...

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Korean Glass Noodles – Jap Chae / Chap Chae

Korean Glass Noodles – Jap Chae / Chap Chae

Photo of Korean Glass Noodles - Jap Chae/Chap Chae These past few days, I needed to cook healthy. Not for me, but for the sake of my children. You see, last week, I had Lasik eye surgery. As any reasonable mother would do, I milked it as far as I could go in terms of...

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