CheapCooking
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Baked 5 Spice Chicken Legs
This chicken was from HapaBento’s 5 Spice Baked Chicken. I don’t pack proper Bentos but love the idea and enjoy the generally quick and easy recipes and the philosophy of eating multiple colors at each meal. (As an example of my not proper Bentos, today’s lunch was leftover cheese pizza, grape tomatoes, and sliced apple.…
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Spicy Shrimp in Coconut Sauce
A friend passed along some older issues of Cooking Light magazine last weekend. I got fixed on using up some frozen shrimp I had so browsed through a few issues for some ideas. There were several that sounded quite good and I settled on this one. I made some steamed rice and snow peas to…
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Quick Japanese Pickled Radishes Recipe
I almost forgot about these fantastic pickled radishes I made the other night. They didn’t take more than 1/2 an hour to pickle, since I sliced the radishes in 1/4″ slices. I love pickled things and these were a nice addition to my Japanese dinner the other night. By this afternoon’s lunch, they were all…
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Blanched Spinach Steeped in Broth – Horenso No Ohitashi
I checked Washoku: Recipes from the Japanese Home Kitchen out of our local library. I’m pretty sure I’m going to buy it now, but it’s sure nice to try it out for a few weeks first! I’ve made several dishes from it, in my new Japanese cooking focus. I’ve also learned a lot. I do…