asian – Arlychoke

- Salads
Potsticker Salad

February 18, 2024
This is a super easy and quick way to have a filling salad with a minimal amount of work. Frozen dumplings are great to have around. As a snack, throw into a soup broth, or in a stir fry. This is a fun salad to take to work too. Just dress it before you eat. You can make your own potstickers or use any premade kind that you like.
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- Salads
Spinach Shitake Salad – with Almond Hoisin Dressing

August 7, 2021
I am in salad mode again. There are Asian ingredients in this, yet it has a distinctly California vibe. Inspired years ago by a summer roll recipe in Sunset Magazine, it’s a delicious salad brimming with the “umami” – the Asian flavor of satisfaction. This is a very substantial and savory salad as-is, but feel free to add
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- Bowls
My Tuesday ‘Almost’ Larb Family Meal

September 4, 2020
I love the flavors of Thai, Vietnamese and Laotian food. I also don’t have any of those style of restaurants conveniently nearby. I cobbled this together for quick and easy summer suppers when I had a craving for those flavor palettes – sweet, sour, spicy and salty. Larb is a Thai dish. It’s a flavorful and tart
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- Salads
Thai beef dinner salad

May 13, 2020
I love salads. My family, not so much. Sometimes, they are a bit veggie-phobic. However, the weather is heating up and I am feeling like summer salad season is upon us. So while my boys may sigh at the word salad, I have found my salad meals are much better received if made with hearty ingredients and with a good big flavor. I love
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Potsticker Salad

Spinach Shitake Salad – with Almond Hoisin Dressing

My Tuesday ‘Almost’ Larb Family Meal

Thai beef dinner salad