Recipe · Small Bite · Spicy · Vegetables

Peppers: Shishito & Pimientos de Padron

My favorite grilled / sauteed / over roasted peppers: Shishito, Pimientos de Padron and Pablano. From my experience, about 1 in 10 of these peppers are spicy (and they are SUPER spicy), so taste it before you serve it to your little one. The hardest part of the recipe is actually finding these peppers in… Continue reading Peppers: Shishito & Pimientos de Padron

Korean · Meat · Recipe · Soup · Spicy

Korean Spicy Beef Soup (Yuk Gae Jang 육개장)

This is one of my favorite Korean dishes: it’s spicy and hearty but not too heavy. I’m drooling just thinking about it! Turns out, this isn’t so hard to make – but you do need to be home for a 2-3 hour stretch because it takes at least 2 hours of total cooking time (even… Continue reading Korean Spicy Beef Soup (Yuk Gae Jang 육개장)

Meat · Pasta · Recipe · Spicy

Homemade Tomato Meat Sauce

While trying to find the best off-the-shelf pasta sauce, I realize that nothing beats a homemade recipe. This recipe takes time but is pretty simple. Make a large batch and freeze the rest, it’s good for pasta and pizza, or wherever your creativity takes you. I got this recipe from my friend Jenn O., who is… Continue reading Homemade Tomato Meat Sauce