Matcha actually grows from the same plant as green tea but you can easily distinguish them from the other when you buy them on the store. Matcha comes in powder form and involves whisking the tea powder and drinking it all. Green tea on the other hand comes as a loose-leaf and is prepared y […]
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Fresh Fettuccine with Asparagus, Dill, and Smoked Salmon pasta recipe| This recipe exemplifies bringing individual, ordinary ingredients together can result in an exciting and complex blend of flavors. The flavors of butter, shallot, cream, and dill are a rich and delicious way to eat smoked salmon. This recipe is easy and simple to make with
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Have You Seen Yellow Eye Beans? Yellow eye beans are related to kidney beans and they get their name from the way they look. To me, the color seems to be more orange than yellow, but aside from that, I thought that yellow eye beans tasted quite good. I really liked these beans and of
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Classic basil pesto with pine nuts, garlic, pecorino, parmesan, extra-virgin oliveoil, salt, and home grown basil are a fool proof way to ensure your pesto is as flavorful as can be. Italian food is so good in Italy because they’re always using fresh ingredients; this pesto recipe is one way you can travel there without
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Pad Kee Mao a.k.a drunken noodles Have you heard of the drunken noodles called Pad Kee Mao? It is a Thai stir-fried rice noodle and probably my favorite Thai noodle dish. Outside of Thailand, there’s a restaurant in Hollywood called Pa Ord that I always get it at. If you don’t order non spicy, even
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Rancho Gordo Heirloom Beans If you haven’t heard, Rancho Gordo is one of the larger suppliers of heirloom beans. I originally heard about this brand through one of my food magazines. As soon as I heard about heirloom beans I knew I had to try them. First, because they sounded so tasty. Second, because they
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Bucatini is type of pasta which is very similar to spaghetti but it has larger and thicker noodles. The thick noodle strands of bucatini gives a bit more bite to your pasta dish and I made it successfully with my pasta extruder. Nothing is better than homemade pasta! Making fresh homemade pasta with Kitchenaid Pasta
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Vanilla Bean Ice cream with Bourbon! Guess what I’m going to be doing this weekend?! Making ice cream!!???????????? I just got a gallon of milk and quart of cream, so I should be able to churn out a few quarts yea? Yaaa!! This is one batch that I’ll be remaking. Vanilla bean is one of
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One of my favorite Japanese style salads! I love macaroni salads. I love potato salads. I love my carbs. And yes, all go so well with barbecues. I know it’s not barbecue season yet, but this one is good enough to stand on it’s own without one. How can this be!? Drum roll….. Tuna! Canned
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Matcha Ice Cream is a delicious and rich ice cream that’s made lighter without eggs! The secret? Corn starch, which enables the ice cream to maintain a thick creamy consistency that ‘s quite similar to egg yolk based custards. Matcha green tea lends an earthy and sweet aroma. If you’ve never had matcha ice cream
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