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This simple and delicious Asian noodle salad is topped with toasted sesame seeds, cilantro, red pepper and green onions. I sometimes even through in some baby corn for extra flavor, color and crunch. Yes, Ramen noodles are cheap as dirt, which is the main reason why these suckers have remained so darn popular over all the years. I think we all can remember our campus days and bouts of...

This Japanese style coleslaw is seriously simple and seriously delicious. Daikon and carrot pair fabulously together, especially in a tasty Asian-style dressing. Okay, I am biased, I love most any foods with an Asian flair. So if you haven't already done so, give daikon a try. It's delicious. If you are not already familiar, daikon is a long white vegetable from the radish family. It’s similar in appearance to fresh...

Quick and delicious – it doesn’t much easier than this! This Japanese-style glazed salmon is marinaded in sake, soy sauce, mirin, brown sugar and ginger and served with a mouthwatering Dijon and brown sugar glaze, turning ho hum into something spectacular! The marinade also works great with vegetarian dishes and can easily be used as a glaze rather than marinade. Serve with rice and my Japanese Daikon and Carrot Coleslaw...

The relationship with fennel and radicchio is one of either love or hate. Radicchio for its bitter and spicy taste, and fennel for its sweet, perfumy, anise-like flavor. Fennel’s strength may however be its power to blend well and enhance other flavors. It is fabulous when combined with garlic, tomatoes, onion, or as in this recipe, with apples, lemon and bitter greens, such as radicchio or arugula. The first time...

A bowl of a good ole Québécois-style French-Canadian split pea soup is pure comfort food - it's typically made from made with either green or yellow split peas and it can be pureed smooth or left quite chunky. High in protein and low in fat, most of the calories come from protein and complex carbohydrates. Split peas contain some of the highest amounts of fiber, which is why it...

The word coleslaw is derived from the Dutch term “koolsla”, meaning cabbage salad. “Kool” meaning cabbage and “sla” the Dutch abbreviation for “salade”. In the late seventeenth, New York was flooded with Dutch settlers and with them, they brought their recipe for chilled cabbage salad, which today is a mixture of the shredded vegetables with mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar and other seasonings. Eventually, both words were anglicized into “coleslaw”. Though, the...