Easy Sweet and Sour Chicken

In honor of the Olympics, I thought I’d make the American version of Chinese food. (I doubt this could be called actual Chinese food.) Since it’s hard to eat this out in a restaurant, I’ve been making it more at home. I usually make my version of General Tso’s Chicken, and have recently tried Natalie’s [...]

General Tso’s Chicken

General Tso’s Chicken

For those of you who read Carrie’s blog over at Ginger Lemon Girl, you saw this recipe and photo.  But I promised her that I would post the recipe with step-by-step photos and more detailed instructions.
So here you are.  I usually cut the original recipe in half.  It calls for 3 pounds of chicken; [...]

Seared Tuna with Asian Slaw

(Sorry, the picture turned out really blurry. I need to work on my photography skills.)
I got a couple of really nice Sashimi grade tuna steaks from the market. All I like to do to these is sear them briefly with a little lemon, salt and pepper on them. Tuna is best served rare.
I wanted something [...]