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  • Moo Shu Vegetable Pancakes

    Moo Shu Vegetable Pancakes

    These Moo Shu Vegetable Pancakes filled with cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, onions and laced with ginger and hoisin sauce are a perfect Chinese New Year dinner.  Moo Shu is a Chinese stir fry served with thin Mandarin pancakes…think Asian tacos. Makes 6-8 filled pancakes or tortillas Ingredients: Directions: Tips:

  • Cheesy Cauliflower Fritters

    Cheesy Cauliflower Fritters

    Cheesy cauliflower fritters are a tasty appetizer or side dish.  They cook in minutes on top of the stove.  Purple cauliflower adds a colorful twist to the traditional white variety. Serves 6 (two 3-inch fritters per person) Ingredients: Directions: Tip:

  • Summer Pasta with Zucchini, Squash, Fava Beans and Spinach

    Summer Pasta with Zucchini, Squash, Fava Beans and Spinach

    This summer vegetable pasta stir-fry includes shucking, blanching, and peeling fresh fava beans, but don’t let those steps intimidate you. None of the steps take very long. The shucking and peeling can be done as a fun family cooking activity. You can also prepare the beans the day before. Makes 4 servings Ingredients: Directions:…

  • Snappy Slaw

    Snappy Slaw

    This “no mayo” colorful seasonal slaw is refreshing. crunchy and packs an element of surprise — peanuts!  It’s a perfect side salad with grilled meats, fish and poultry.    Makes 6 servings (about 1 cup per serving) Ingredients: Directions: Tips: Kohlrabi Facts: Kohlrabi is a part of the cabbage family, similar to a turnip.…

  • Japanese Eggplant Stir Fry

    Japanese Eggplant Stir Fry

    This easy side dish is great on its own or served over udon noodles. Long slender Japanese eggplant (also called Chinese) is less bitter and has a slightly sweeter taste than their Italian counterpart.  It has thin skin and spongy flesh which quickly absorbs flavors.  No need to peel or salt before cooking. Makes…

  • Chopped Salad with Feta, Lime, Mint and Sunflower Seeds

    Chopped Salad with Feta, Lime, Mint and Sunflower Seeds

    Courtesy of Smitten Kitchen I used 1 cup each of halved and thinly sliced radishes (3 1/4 ounces), 1/2 pound of lightly cooked, cooled green and yellow beans (1/2 pound fresh) that I’d cut into 1/4-inch slices on the bias, and quartered and thinly sliced Kirby cucumbers (from 5 ounces or 2 whole). However,…

  • Pasta With Green Puttanesca

    Pasta With Green Puttanesca

    Courtesy of Melissa Clark of The New York Times. Photo by Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Monica Pierini. First published May  27, 2011. Servings: 4 to 6 Ingredients Kosher salt, to taste 1 pound spaghettini or spaghetti 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil 10 anchovy fillets 1/4 cup drained capers 1…