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Orange Peel Chicken with Broccoli

 

 Orange chicken is a popular dish to order in restaurants but I love making this dish at home. My version of orange chicken has plenty of fresh orange peels and juice, with pan fried chicken. Broccoli is not usually part of orange chicken but I added broccoli florets for extra […]

Easy to Make and Versatile: Salmon Gravlax

 

 Any dish with salmon is pretty much a winner for me. Whenever I can get my hands on fresh salmon fillets, one of the dishes I end up making is gravlax. It’s not only simple and easy to make, but gravlax is versatile that it can used to make many […]

Tender, Easy Skillet Chicken Parmesan

 

 Chicken Parm is one of those things that I usually don’t order in Italian-American restaurants because it’s simply hard get a good one. I had too many where the chicken was pounded to death paper thin, overcoated with crumbs and covered in way too much pasty sauce to overcompensate for […]

Creamy & Savory Purple Cauliflower Soup

 

 When I saw purple cauliflowers at the market recently, I had to get them. Their beautiful colors made me think of spring flowers and I had to cook something with it. I though the best way to show their pretty color was to make a creamy soup out of it. […]

Puff Pastry Empanadas

 

 I always had weakness for savory pies, especially empanadas. I used to get these savory pies from this cute little shop in town. They had about dozen different types of empanadas and all of the empanadas with different fillings were so delicious. The shop went out of business so now […]