When life gives you cucumbers, make Cucumber Kimchi!
A good friend of mine has an incredible green thumb! I am so fortunate to often be on the receiving end of that green thumb. The other day, she kindly brought me some amazing home grown cucumbers, chives, peppers, and perilla (sesame) leaves, which are all perfect for Korean banchan. So I’m so excited to be making some awesome Korean side dishes over the next few days!
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Do you like Thai hot? Then you will LOOOOVE this recipe for Spicy Thai Chicken With Basil!
Thai cuisine is one of my absolute favorite cuisines in the world. The complex flavors and fresh ingredients captivate me. Fortunately, my husband loves Thai as well, but he likes his dishes “Thai hot.”
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Flaeskeaeggekage…where have you been all my life? 🙂
Flaeskeaeggekage aka Danish Bacon and Egg Pancake, is simply divine. This food is one of the foods listed in the book 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die, by Mimi Sheraton. It is #21 in my quest to try each and every one of the foods in the book.
Learning how to pronounce “Flaeskeaeggekage” is probably more difficult than learning how to make this delicious dish.
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One regret I have is not having discovered Kotlety Pozharskie prior to now. These Russian ground chicken cutlets are out of this world delicious! This couldn’t be simpler to prepare. You make the cutlets by mixing ground chicken, milk soaked bread, butter, and salt and pepper. Shape the mixture into cutlets, and then roll in breadcrumbs. Fry these delicacies in butter, and the results are incredibly moist and juicy cutlets!
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Basmati rice is my favorite rice. Highly aromatic, it is a rice that is grown in the foothills of the Himalayas. Anything so exotic gets my vote!
There are thousands of types of rices in the world, so what makes basmati rice so different and special? Here are a few characteristics to consider:
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India is on my priority list of places to visit. I WILL make it there someday! The sights, the tastes, the smells, the colors…India is an amazing place and if I could just go there and eat my way through I’d be happy. 🙂
I adore Indian food, and first discovered it while living in England. This Keema do Pyaza recipe is one of my favorites. Keema do Pyaza is a delicious spiced lamb mince simmered with tomatoes and yogurt…a perfect combination. 🙂 This dish cooks up quickly and has a huge depth of flavor due to the spices used: turmeric, coriander, cumin, cayenne, salt, garlic, and ginger.
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Korean Fried Chicken is also known as KFC. I love that! I also love this CRISPY, sweet, spicy, and garlicky fried chicken (Yangnyeom Dak). It’s definitely finger lickin’ good. 🙂
The typical way it is served in Korea is with cold beer (essential!) and pickled radishes, such as daikon.
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I truly am a riceaholic. It may be because I am half-Asian. 🙂 Some of my favorite dishes are rice based: risotto, and biryani to name a couple. I also adore Mexican rice, which is so flavorful and easy to prepare. It is the perfect accompaniment to Mexican food, and I like to serve it alongside fish and chicken as well.
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Eggs Benedict is probably my favorite breakfast. If you have not had Eggs Benedict, you are seriously missing out! It is heaven on the plate. Toasted English muffin, topped with amazing Canadian bacon, and a runny egg. Last but not least the creme de la creme utterly delicious sauce called Hollandaise, which is lemony and buttery, is poured or spooned over.
The base for the Eggs Benedict is the toasted English muffin. I have been eating English muffins for years, not always as part of Eggs Benedict. On other occasions I’ve had them on their own with butter, as part of an egg and bacon breakfast sandwich, etc.
I was delighted to learn that Thomas’ English muffins is actually one of the foods listed in the book 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die, by Mimi Sheraton. It became #15 in my quest to try each and every one of the foods in the book. Of course I had had this one before, so the Thomas’ English muffins was an easy one to knock off on my list.
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Can I please say at the beginning of this post, do not be afraid of the butter. 🙂
Tarragon is a lovely herb. It tastes a bit like licorice, and also has a licorice/aniseed aroma. We have some growing in our herb garden, and it grows like crazy! It has a very fascinating history, and was used by the Greeks and the Arabs as early as 500 BC. Allegedly at that time it was called “Dragon Mugwort.” The French call tarragon “estragon” which means “little dragon.” Therefore, poulet a l’estragon translates as chicken with tarragon.
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