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Roseanna’s AMAZING Rigatoni With Sausage

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Rigatoni With Sausage

Lamb Fries Brought Us To Roseanna’s

It was the Lamb Fries which brought us to Roseanna’s Italian Food Restaurant in Krebs, Oklahoma. Do you know what Lamb Fries are? We thought we knew what they were. My husband loves lamb, and he loves fries, so undoubtedly he would love Lamb fries!

Well, turns out they were good, but they weren’t what we thought. Lamb fries are lamb testicles. They are often served breaded and fried, which is how we enjoyed them at Roseanna’s. 🙂

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Spicy Chicken Tenders With Crispies!

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Spicy Chicken Tenders with purple potato in the background

Crispy fried chicken tenders is hands down one of the best fried foods you can enjoy! Sorry…I think it’s one of the most delicious of all foods, not just fried!

They are also super simple to make! You only need a few ingredients and some marinating and frying time, and you can create these delicious tenders for your entire family to enjoy!

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Chicken Sandwich Inspired By Pam’s Hateful Hussy Diner

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Grilled Chicken Sandwich with bacon, pepper jack cheese, tomato, lettuce, honey mustard dressing in a kaiser roll

Road Trip To Southeastern Oklahoma

Just about a year ago Steve, Toby, and I took a road trip from TX where we live to Oklahoma. We stayed in Southeastern Oklahoma in the town of Clayton, near a massive lake called Sardis Lake.

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How To Make Delicious Home Made Tater Tots!!!

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Tater Tots in a frying basket

Frozen tater tots are good, but homemade tater tots are better!

My husband Steve turned me on to these. For instance I was a skeptic. I had thought that homemade tater tots wouldn’t be worth the trouble to make, but boy was I wrong!

The first time Steve made tots, he and Toby ate most of them and only left a few for me.

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How To Make Korean Braised Spicy Chicken (Dak Doritang)

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Korean Spicy Chicken Stew

Allow me to set the scene. It’s cold out, and you are getting hungry for some warming and delicious comfort food. A spicy dish to top it off would be better to up the warming factor. The perfect dish to hit the spot would be Dak Doritang. 🙂

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Enjoy The Delicious Belizean Garnaches!

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This page may contain affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you when you make a purchase using my link. This post is about the delicious Belizean street food called the Garnaches!

Belizean Garnache

Belize is an INCREDIBLE destination for adventure seekers, as well as foodies!

One of the most popular foods in Belize is the Garnaches, which is a street food. My version is so very delicious and simple to make!

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Soul Surfer Film and Food Pairing – Delicious Healthy Bowl and Banana Bread!

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Poke Inspired Bowl, Banana Bread, and sliced Blood Orange

Soul Surfer Film and Food Pairing Night

Last Sunday we enjoyed a “Soul Surfer” Film and Food Pairing night. The film is based on American surfer and athlete Bethany Hamilton’s autobiography “Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board.” Bethany lost her left arm in a horrific shark attack when she was 13 years old. She miraculously survived, and INCREDIBLY and BRAVELY decides to get back in the water, and return to competitive surfing. This is an amazingly inspiring film, and I hope you will take the time to watch it if you haven’t already.

Poke Inspired Bowl

On movie nights I cook a meal that is somehow inspired by the film. In this case, as it is set in Hawaii, I decided to make a Poke inspired bowl for our main meal. I say “inspired” because I used Foppen smoked and cooked Norwegian salmon instead of raw fish. It also included edamame, mango, pickled cucumber and ginger, green lettuce, carrots, avocado, and radishes. Super healthy, which I hope Bethany would approve of! Please refer to the recipe below to create your own Poke inspired bowl!

Poke Inspired Bowl

Banana Bread

I also did something I hadn’t done in years…bake! Actually this is my first post where I’ve included something I’ve baked (banana bread) so I’m very proud of myself. 😃 I got this recipe from LoveMischka.com, and you can be assured that it is an easy recipe and the results are oh so delicious!

3 loaves of banana bread
Sliced Banana Bread

I usually make a short video about each Film and Food Pairing night (with the film and dinner explained). I included that here, and if you watch you can see I nonchalantly say that there’s a scene in the film in which Bethany bakes and serves banana bread to her family, hence why I made the banana bread. But I didn’t realize that she made her delicious bread with ONE ARM ONLY. Just imagine.

Bethany becomes well known and a celebrity. At the end of the film, a reporter asks Bethany what she would do if she had the chance to undo the loss of her arm. She states that she wouldn’t change anything, because she could embrace more people now than she ever could with both.

I’ll end on that. 🙂

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Some Other Film and Food Pairing Ideas!

Ram-don From the Film Parasite

Ram-don in a bowl with chopsticks

Florida Cuban Sandwich and “Chef”

Cubano Sandwich

Cheers!

Grace

Poke Inspired Bowl

Poke Inspired Bowl

Grace
This delicious Poke inspired bowl is also supremely healthy! Made with smoked salmon and lots of colorful veggies, you'll enjoy every bite!
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Prep Time 20 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Hawaiian
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pks Smoked Salmon 1 used Foppen Hot Smoked Salmon Fillets (1 4 oz package per person)
  • 2-4 cups hot cooked rice
  • 1/4 cup edamame cooked and shelled
  • few leaves green lettuce cut into ribbons
  • 1/4 cup mango diced
  • 4 radishes sliced
  • 1 avocado sliced
  • 1/4 cup carrots peeled into ribbons
  • 4 green onions sliced
  • 1/4 cup pickled cucumber or sliced cucumber Recipe can be found on this site: https://explorecookeat.com/japanese-pickled-cucumber/
  • pickled ginger few slices
  • Furikake optional, for sprinkling on top

Sriracha Wasabi Mayo

  • 1/4 cup mayo
  • 1/2-1 ts wasabi paste amend according to your tolerance for wasabi!
  • 1 ts sriracha

Instructions
 

  • Prep your salmon by cutting it into bite sized pieces.
  • Prep all your veggies (peel, slice, dice, etc.) ready to add to your bowl.
    Mango, avocado, pickled cucumber and ginger, green lettuce, hot smoked salmon, radishes, green onions , edamame, carrots
  • Mix your Sriracha Wasabi Mayo and place in a condiment bottle, for easy drizzling. If you don't have a condiment bottle no worries..you can just drizzle it with a spoon!
  • Layer your bowl the following way: hot cooked rice on the bottom, then all the other ingredients on top! Drizzle with Sriracha Wasabi Mayo as the finishing touch, and also furikake if you are using!
    Poke Inspired Bowl

Notes

This recipe is only a guide!  Feel free to switch out some of the veggies with others that you enjoy, or use what you have!  I highly recommend adding the Japanese Pickled Cucumber it’s super delicious!  Enjoy this anytime you desire a delicious and healthy meal!
Keyword poke, poke bowl

Simple 10 Minute Tomato Sauce!

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Linguine with simple tomato sauce close up on a fork

How about trying out a Simple 10 Minute Tomato Sauce? YES PLEASE!

Uses for 10 Minute Tomato Sauce!

10 minutes (and a few good quality ingredients!) is all you need to create this delectable Tomato Sauce! Here I feature the sauce as mixed with pasta, but it is so useful in the kitchen! Here are some ideas to put this Simple 10 Minute Tomato Sauce to use:

  • Serve with eggs (think Shakshuka!!
  • Cream of tomato soup!
  • Pizza sauce!
  • Topping for chicken parmesan!
  • Dip for breadsticks!
  • Use in any other recipe calling for tomato sauce!

So there are just a few ideas, but let’s start with pasta and enjoy a delicious and easy Pasta With Simple 10 Minute Tomato Sauce, as you see above!!

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Learn How To Make Delicious Okra Ohitashi!

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This page may contain affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you when you make a purchase using my link. This post is about the simple and delicious Japanese salad called Okra Ohitashi!

Okra Ohitashi

Do you like okra? It seems that this is a fruit, yes FRUIT! that people either love or hate! I’m a member of the lovers of this fruit, and was so very happy to find out about this Japanese salad called Okra Ohitashi!

This dish, Okra Ohitashi, was inspired by a post from my friend @kitchennao. She had written about this dish, and mentioned that she had used red okra for it!

We have been growing red okra in our garden, and as soon as I saw this I knew that I absolutely had to try this simple Japanese salad made with okra!

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How To Make DELICIOUS Pho Ga!

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This page may contain affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you when you make a purchase using my link. This post is about the amazing and incredible Vietnamese Chicken Soup called Pho Ga!

Pho Ga in a bowl with chopsticks and salad

What is Pho?

I was born in Saigon, Vietnam. Saigon is now called Ho Chi Minh City. Although I am not Vietnamese (my ethnicity is Korean-American), I have a fondness for Vietnam, which I was able to return to visit in 2010, as well as Vietnamese food. 🙂

Vietnamese cuisine is one of the MOST amazing cuisines in the world! And Pho, which is a Vietnamese noodle soup, is one of the MOST amazing soups in the world!

Pho is considered the National Dish of Vietnam, for good reason! The popularity of Pho has exploded over the last few years and is now adored around the world!

Vietnamese people eating pho
Vietnamese enjoying Pho in Vietnam 🙂
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