One of my hubby and I's favorite things to do is upgrade those little 99 cent ramen packs you get at the store (aka that sustained you throughout your college years) into something a little fancier and more extra. Usually we just add some veggies and maybe a little garlic and ginger + a shot of soy sauce, but sometimes we will go real fancy and really throw some extra goodies in there. Eating ...
Orange Chicken
Pizza and Chinese takeout = two of my lifetime staples. I mean, let's just talk about the wonderfulness of these two items real quick. Firstly, they are both delicious. Secondly, they can both be delivered to your door or picked up on your way home. Thirdly, they are both delicious. The deliciousness deserved two points. BUT - problem: both of these food items are super calorie/fat/carb loaded ...
Teriyaki Chicken Noodle Bowls
Sometimes, efficiency is just crucial in life, you know? Work might be crazy, you might have a bunch of kids running around the house, you might have a million little to-do list items ticking through your head. On those days/in those situations, you really need easy, efficient, quick, and yummy (because yumminess is key) dinners. Let's take this morning for example. I was multitasking as ...
Pork in Garlic Sauce
Pork in Garlic Sauce is one of my all time favorite take out dishes. It's probs between this and lo mein for the top slot- it's hard to beat a good lo mein! But if I'm not ordering lo mein, you best believe there will be a steaming hot container of Pork in Garlic Sauce knocking on my door in 20-30 minutes 👅👅👅. The creation of this recipe is something I have toiled over for quite some time. I ...
Rainbow Veggie Rice Noodle Stir-Fry
So there's this restaurant here called Hu Hot, and it's one of those Mongolian Grill places where you "build a bowl," and they cook it on this big flat top next to everyone else's bowls. Sanitation score? Questionable. Flavor? #Bomb. My brother Lawson looooooves this place, so it's not uncommon that after church we end up heading over to Hu Hot for our weekly post-church lunch tradition. I ...
Korean Steak Salad
Sometimes salads can be so blah. When I was growing up, the only salad that I really liked was the typical salad bar selection: romaine or iceberg lettuce, hard boiled eggs, cheese, cucumbers, carrots, RANNNCCCHHHH. So much ranch. Like a ranch swimming pool with some veggie swimmers. That's a gross visual...apologies. BUT the point remains - they were boring salads. It wasn't until I got ...
Quick and Simple 5 Ingredient Teriyaki Chicken
Okay, this is officially the easiest recipe that has ever been posted on the internet. Or written in any cookbook. Or put on YouTube. To reiterate...THIS IS THE EASIEST RECIPE EVER. It only takes five ingredients and twenty minutes to make! The supa short time and craycray few ingredients aren't what make this recipe so awesome, though... What makes it so awesome is how BOMB it tastes despite ...
Easy Korean Flank Steak
Okay...let me just start by pointing out that I know I say what I'm about to say a lot: "This is the best thing ever." And I can truly tell you that I fully believe my descriptions every single time! I will never rave about a recipe that I'm actually not that crazy about. So...you have to believe me and try not to roll your eyes when I say that this is SERIOUSLY the best flank steak I have ever ...
Simple Sesame Noodles
Some days you just need super simple sesame noodles in your life, feel me? On those days when life be CRRAAYYY, and you're thinking...really? Do I have to muster up a few ounces of extra energy to make my family dinner? Because reaaallllyyyyy I'd rather punch myself in the face. Let's just order Chinese takeout. Or pizza? Chinese takeout with a side of pizza. Enter: Simple Sesame ...
Soy Marinated Grilled Broccoli with Browned Peanuts
I have this AWESOME friend named Ceaven (it's pronounced "Kevin"). My phone likes to correct her name seven million times before it accepts that I am trying to type Ceaven. Craven. Caravan. Heaven. The corrections are endless. Anyway, she is also a teacher at the school where I work, so we eat lunch together everyday. We both loooovvveee food and cooking, so we are always trying each other's ...