Main Dish

Trio of Savory Tartines

Savory Tartines featuring smoked salmon, creamy egg salad, and roasted peppers with blistered cherry tomatoes on crisp toasted bread. Tartines are one of my favorite things to make because they bring back memories of my student days in France, when I used to order them regularly at cafés. They are […]

Bibimbap

Bibimbap is one of those dishes that feels both nourishing and indulgent, with tender beef, fresh vegetables, a runny fried egg, and rich gochujang sauce over warm rice. Bibimbap is a classic Korean mixed rice dish. It’s a colorful bowl of warm rice topped with seasoned vegetables, marinated beef, and […]

Spinach & Lentil Soup

Spinach and Lentil Soup with Mediterranean flavors, made with tender lentils, fresh spinach, spices, and a fresh squeeze of lemon. I recently had a really tasty spinach lentil soup from Whole Foods. It had wonderful Mediterranean flavors, lemon, cinnamon, cumin and it was so delicious I wanted to recreate it […]

Pork Mei Fun

Pork Mei Fun is a classic noodle dish with rice vermicelli, tender pork, vegetables, and mushrooms, all tossed together for a quick and delicious meal. When I was growing up, this was one of my favorite noodle dishes. My grandmother made it for me when I was about 7 or […]

Vietnamese Egg Rolls

These Vietnamese Egg Rolls are packed with shrimp, ground pork, veggies, mushrooms, and vermicelli noodles, then pan-fried until perfectly crispy and golden brown. Vietnamese egg rolls are one of my favorite Asian dishes. While wrapping them can be a bit time-consuming (though it goes much faster if you have an […]