• scallion jasmine rice in a bowl

    scallion jasmine rice;

    September 3, 2021bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Scallion jasmine rice is a perfect mild jasmine rice side dish, jazzed up with mild scallions for that perfect subtle flavor. A perfect complement to any meal.

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  • harissa bulgur rice pilaf

    harissa bulgur rice pilaf;

    January 1, 2021bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    This harissa bulgur rice pilaf is a perfectly flavorful base or side dish to build other flavors over. With a little heat and a mix of bulgur wheat and rice, this versatile dish is a perfect side dish.

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  • Tempura Shrimp Bowls @ bestwithchocolate.com

    shrimp tempura bowls;

    March 13, 2020bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A lightly battered shrimp tempura, this bowl gives you the feel of a fancy Japanese meal from your own kitchen.

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  • slow cooker thai peanut chicken over rice noodles

    slow cooker thai peanut chicken;

    June 14, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Set and forget and come home to this delicious smelling, even more delicious tasting thai peanut chicken. Serve with noodles or rice, this savory umami chicken is a perfect, easy weeknight meal.

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  • California Roll Shrimp Stacks @ bestwithchocolate.com

    california roll shrimp stacks;

    May 22, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    If sushi is intimidating to you like it is to me, then try out this easy alternative!  Layers of shrimp, avocado, cucumber, and rice, topped with a savory sriracha mayo makes for an easy at-home sushi substitute! – – If you’re like me, homemade sushi is intimidating. Not because I think the steps are ultimately hard in of themselves, but because it seems like you need so many special ingredients and tools. For me, namely the bamboo mat and the nori (seaweed). Those are two things I don’t typically have on hand, and lucky for me, this recipe by Gina at…

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  • Honey Sesame Tofu @ bestwithchocolate.com

    honey sesame tofu;

    March 1, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Silken tofu baked to perfection with a delicious thick honey sesame sauce, perfect over white or brown rice or vegetable fried rice (tipsychocochip recipe)! – – I’m all about that silken tofu.  All the food bloggers that I read swear by cooking with firm or extra firm or super-duuper-extra-extraordinarily-firm.  Sure, it makes life easy in the kitchen.  But I just don’t like to eat it.  Silken tofu I can eat all day.  You know all those things that they say “melt in your mouth”?  Well, silken tofu literally melts in your mouth. Silken tofu is not the easiest ingredient to work with.  If…

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  • Single bowl of vegetable fried rice with blue chopsticks and soy sauce with sesame seeds

    vegetable fried rice;

    February 15, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A rainbow of sauteed veggies tossed with ginger rice and a soy sauce based sauce for a healthy but hearty fried rice!

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  • greek rice (spanakorizo);

    July 4, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Happy Fourth of July!  I know you all will probably be spammed by social media with red, white, and blue galore!  So here’s some green to mix it up!  =D  I wanted to share this because it’s an easy recipe to make for company!  If you prep the ingredients before cooking and then just add to a pot to simmer away, it works quite nicely.  Let me know if you try this method!  I am in Chicago for a family vacation until Wednesday, so I wanted to make sure I shared a recipe at least and didn’t leave you all hanging.…

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  • Mushroom Risotto @ bestwithchocolate.com

    risotto;

    March 1, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    This was actually the first time that I’ve made risotto on my own!  This was my last roommate’s go-to recipe when she wanted to cook, and let me tell you, it’s amazing.  It does take a little bit of a time investment, but some of my favorite memories from when we lived together were us chatting in the kitchen over a pot of risotto.  We also usually had glasses of wine in our hands.  I mean you need wine for the recipe, so obviously the natural extension was to sip on a glass!  I definitely recommend that; maybe I should add…

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