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Banh Mi Hot Dogs

Banh Mi Hot Dogs

It’s truly amazing what a few simple touches can do to ordinary hot dogs.  This is almost another “non-recipe,” but it’s too good not to share.  If you want to attempt something a little different for the 4th of July, you’ve gotta try making these Banh…

Shrimp and Avocado Summer Rolls (Fresh Spring Rolls)

Shrimp and Avocado Summer Rolls (Fresh Spring Rolls)

When it’s sticky, hot, and humid outside, all I crave are these Shrimp and Avocado Summer Rolls.  They’re stuffed with fresh herbs and cold crisp veggies…that’s definitely my kind of food!  You can obviously use whatever fillings you want, but there’s something about this shrimp and…

Chocolate Overnight Oats

Chocolate Overnight Oats

The first time I heard about this overnight oat phenomenon, I couldn’t wrap my head around WHY you’d want to eat COLD oatmeal.  Then I realized it’s not oatmeal at all. Overnight oats is exactly that… overnight OATS, not overnight OATMEAL…so don’t expect it to be that.…

Summer Veggie Spaghetti

Summer Veggie Spaghetti

I’ll never forget how one of my friends described my food. She said “your food always looks so simple that at first glance, you’re not sure it would have lots of flavor, but it SURPRISINGLY always does!”  Haha… I’m not sure if that’s a compliment or…

Chicken Teriyaki {at home}

Chicken Teriyaki {at home}

I remember when my favorite Japanese food stand, Yanagi, in the Oxford Valley Mall food court closed down in my hometown.  I think my sister and I wept a little.  It was the one place we could rely on anytime we visited our parents, for…

No Bake Nutella Cheesecakes with Strawberries

No Bake Nutella Cheesecakes with Strawberries

All I gotta say is darn you Pinterest! (Insert visual of me shaking my fist in the air).  I was perusing through the addictive website we all know and love, looking for inspiration of what to make for our last episode of Season 1 of…