Category: Appetizers

  • Thai Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps

    The photos will never do these wraps justice. The Fiance called them “healthy bites of yumminess”.  I will take that review! Last week we had these as a main dish, even though you could make these as an appetizer.  Maybe along with a homemade Shrimp and Pea Pods Stir Fry  or with another appetizer like Pork Eggrolls.  I…

  • Cooking Class in Vietnam- Fried Pork Spring Rolls

    Realizing the house thing came up and I never told ya’ll about my cooking class while in Vietnam! My class was called Siagon Cooking Class, and it took place in the upper level of  a restaurant called Hoa Tuc.  I didn’t try a meal in the restaurant but the food we made in the class was…

  • Happy Lunar New Year!

    Happy Year of the Dragon! This is one of my favorite appetizers when we go out for asian food. One of The Boys too. In celebration of Lunar New Year, I made a special dinner, consisting of Steak and Broccoli Stir-Fry, Spicy Fried Green Beans, Store-bought Potsickers, and Salt and Pepper Shrimp. The shrimp was…

  • Book Club and Crostini

    Book Club nights have become almost as much about the food and wine as it was about the book. Recently we read Catch-22 for book club.  Let’s just say, for me, it was more fun trying incorporate the book title into conversation than actually reading the book.  To be fair, it is my roommates favorite…