A Trip to the Asian Supermarket and Thai Chili Basil Stir Fry
Reason for a trip to an Asian market.
Category: Asian Dishes
The Bitter Taste of Health: Karela Masala (or Zucchini, If You Prefer)
Kitchsplosion braves bitter melon.
Smokey Tofu Soba Noodles and The Slightly Less Ice Cream Diet™
Dieting Kitchsplosion style.
Smokey the Tofu
My first, and meatless, foray into smoked foods.
Ever-Popular Spicy Sesame Peanut Noodles OR How to Become a Celebrity Chef Amongst Your Friends
Want to impress your family, friends, strangers? I have two words for you: peanut noodles.
Vegetarian Wontons in Two Ways and Why I don’t Eat Fake Meat
I realize my life might be simpler if I ate either meat or something that is supposed to approximate meat. In my last post I described making my own wontons because I missed wonton soup. (As promised, Vegetarian Wonton Soup and Spicy Pan Fried Wontons recipes, below!) In the midst…
Vegetarian Wontons and A Strange Tale of Meat Pills
Okay, I’ll be honest: sometimes I miss meat. Specifically, pork. When people ask me if I’m ever tempted to order a steak, I can sincerely say no, I am not the least bit interested in a plate-sized slab of beef. It’s not just the horrible images in my mind of…
Vegetarian Noodle Soup with Asian Flavors
Even though I have great admiration for traditional miso soup, I don’t make it at home. The soup that I make has miso paste in it, but is a whole meal with noodles and various vegetables, and is much more suited to my attention-deficit-style of cooking. In Japanese restaurants, miso…
How to Cook Like Rachel
Step 1: Inspiration. You are restacking rice noodles, dried mushrooms, and rice crackers, trying to find room in your kitchen cabinet for soba noodles you just bought at the Asian market. Sorting through all the strata, eventually you get all the way down to the shelf, where you unearth the…
