A common street food, the word okonomiyaki is derived from “okonomi” meaning “as you like” and “yaki” meaning “grilled. It’s commonly referred to as a savory Japanese pancake.
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These blackened shrimp pack a powerful punch of flavor, and make for the perfect weeknight meal. Try them in tacos, salads, or as a main course by themselves.
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A lightly battered shrimp tempura, this bowl gives you the feel of a fancy Japanese meal from your own kitchen.
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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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Healthy bang bang shrimp that doesn’t sacrifice flavor! With a chili paste – coconut milk sauce, it’s got a delicious twist on cool and heat smothered over light, tasty shrimp! – – This recipe is a great one to keep up your sleeve! Sure you need a few specialty ingredients, namely fresh/thawed deveined shrimp, chili paste, and coconut milk, but once you have those things, it’s a snap to make! It’s even a paleo dish, if anyone cares, because I don’t really. I won’t go off on the anthropologist’s rant (*coughTylercough*) about how the “paleo” fad diet has nothing to do with what…
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Buttery, garlic shrimp over a bed of buttery garlic pasta! And this is even a fairly simple recipe! Perfect for when you need to throw together a meal for the family when you’re prepping and running around to New Year’s parties! I’d been craving shrimp scampi for some reason recently, so when I snagged some shrimp at the grocery this was my go-to! Usually, I don’t think of shrimp scampi as being spicy, but that little hint of a kick from the red pepper flakes was kinda cool in this recipe! If spice isn’t your thing, then feel free to…
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So my tastes have really changed in the past three years since I graduated college. (Probably even in college, but I ate mostly quesadillas, bacon bits, and Mac and cheese, so it’s not like I’d have known.) I like mushrooms now. Not really by themselves, but in risotto or in a steak sauce or in SMOG pie, but then again I was sauteeing up some mushrooms the other day and actually enjoyed picking out mushrooms and eating them. So apparently I’m a liar too. But coconut was one of those things I would never touch previously. The texture was funny…
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So these past few weeks have been crazy, as I’ve mentioned! With the wedding, aka Bucknell reunion since like half the guests were college friends, it was an awesome but completely packed wedding weekend! A whole bunch of the Bucknell crew ended up going to brunch at Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant. I’m actually going to dedicate two posts to this, one for the restaurant now, and a future one to the winery! That way I can give both aspects their due. So onto the lunch! We had originally wanted brunch, and I thought they had a brunch menu, but…