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Baked Chicken Legs with Tomato Salad

Baked Chicken Legs with Tomato Salad

When I was a newly graduated young adult, and my friend Yong Mi was still in college, she made me a delicious and memorable meal from her dorm apartment.  The thing that impressed me the most was the fact that she didn’t have a real…

Mushroom Orecchiette with Cream

Mushroom Orecchiette with Cream

Do you like comfort foods as much as you enjoy light, fresh, and healthy dishes? If so, I’ll be nice and tell you one of my secrets on how you can enjoy both at the same time. Anytime you have a craving for a nice…

Easy Tortellini and Meatballs

Easy Tortellini and Meatballs

It’s after the holidays and you’re probably craving something light and healthy right about now. We’ve been trying to be more conscious about what we consume as well. That means we’ve been eating lots of fresh veggies and less carbs. But just in case you…

Hamburger Stir Fry

Hamburger Stir Fry

Good thing we live in California. My husband loves in-n-out burgers. In fact, any time we’re on the road somewhere and have to grab a quick bite, without fail, he rhetorically asks me, “so what do you want to eat…(polite pause)…in-n-out?” In fact, he just…

Chicken and Broccoli Burrito

Chicken and Broccoli Burrito

This is a burrito for one… one very lucky person. But I was nice and made two, so that my husband could enjoy one too. Everything came together so quickly, thanks to a little help from my trusty Costco rotisserie chicken. But broccoli in a…

Egg Dipped Kimbap

Egg Dipped Kimbap

This is another quick “non-recipe” recipe, but I thought I’d share this method of rescuing day-old kimbap, or Korean style seaweed wrapped rice rolls. I had leftover kimbap from a beach picnic that I didn’t want to throw out. As you might know, it’s usually…