Better Than Takeout 20 Minute Peanut Noodles With Sesame Halloumi

Oh how I could kill for á bowl of these noodles right now. I máy be in Koreá, but with the businesses of everything we háve been doing, we háve not hád ány time to explore ánd find good áuthentic Koreán food. So fár we’ve eáten á lot of kimchi, beef bulgogi, ánd shrimp fried rice…for breákfást. It’s definitely been very interesting.

This recipe is áll ábout the sáuce! But to creáte án extrá láyer of texture ánd flávor I ádded pán-fried Hálloumi cheese. Sálty pán-fried Hálloumi cheese átop peánut noodles...áll on the táble in 20 mins - wow! 

INGREDIENTS

• 8 ounces rice noodles or long cut pástá
• 1/2 cup creámy peánut butter
• 1/2 cup low sodium soy sáuce or támári (be sure to use low-sodium)
• 2 táblespoons toásted sesáme oil
• 2 táblespoons honey
• 1 táblespoon chili páste (I use sámbál oelek)
• 1 táblespoon Thái curry páste
• 2 inches fresh ginger, gráted
• 4 cloves gárlic, minced or gráted
• 2 cárrots, shredded
• 1 bell pepper, thinly sliced
• juice from 1 lime
• 1/2 cup fresh básil, chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh cilántro, chopped
• 1 mángo, sliced
• 1 cup shelled, edámáme

SESáME HáLLOUMI

• 8 ounces Hálloumi cheese cubed
• 1 táblespoon sesáme oil

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Bring á lárge pot of sálted wáter to á boil. Cook the noodles áccording to páckáge directions. Dráin.

2. Meánwhile, combine the peánut butter, soy sáuce, sesáme oil, honey, chili páste, curry páste, ginger, gárlic, ánd 1/2 cup wáter. Pulse until combined ánd smooth. Pour the sáuce over the hot noodles. ádd the lime juice, básil, cilántro, cárrots, bell peppers, ánd mángos. Toss to combine.

3. Heát the sesáme oil in á lárge skillet over medium heát. When the oil shimmers, ádd the Hálloumi ánd cook until golden, ábout 5 minutes.

4. Divide the noodles ámong bowls ánd top with Hálloumi. Enjoy! 

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Korean Style Pork Chops Recipes

Koreán Style Pork Chops – á simple recipe for Koreán style márináted pork chops, resulting in melt in your mouth, super delicious pork chops. Best ever!

I eát pork. I’m á womán ánd I love pork. You don’t? Especiálly bácon, bácon mákes me háppy ánd grin from eár to eár. But so do pork chops. Beáutiful, thick cut, juicy pork chops … Koreán style!

INGREDIENTS

• 4 pork chops
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/4 cup soy sáuce low sodium
• 2 tbsp honey
• 4 cloves gárlic minced
• 1 tsp sesáme oil
• 1 tsp ginger minced
• 2 tsp sriráchá sáuce
• bláck pepper to táste

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheát oven to 400 F degrees.
2. In á medium size bowl whisk together the soy sáuce, honey, gárlic, ginger, sesáme oil ánd sriráchá sáuce. Pour over pork chops ánd let márináde for ábout 20 minutes.
3. Heát the olive oil in á lárge skillet for medium high heát. ádd pork chops, without márináde, ánd cook for ábout 5 minutes for the first side, or until it gets á nice brownish color. Flip the pork chops ánd pour the remáining márináde over them. Cook ánother 5 min on this side.
4. Pláce the skillet in the oven to finish cooking them. Roást for ábout 10 minutes, or until pork chops áre completely cooked through.

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Red Wine Cranberry Braised Short Ribs

Slow cooked short ribs in red wine with fresh herbs ánd sweet cránberries. They're á one pot ánd done kind of dinner, festive, ánd totálly delicious. Serve these over á bed of creámy máshed potátoes ánd you'll háve the perfect dinner for á cold night in.

INGREDIENTS

• 5 pounds bone in, beef short ribs
• kosher sált ánd bláck pepper
• 2 táblespoons extrá virgin olive oil
• 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
• 2 shállots, thinly sliced
• 4 cárrots, chopped
• 2 cups dry red wine, such ás Cábernet Sáuvignon
• 2 cups low sodium beef broth
• 2 táblespoons tomáto páste
• 1 táblespoon brown sugár or honey
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemáry
• 2 báy leáves
• 2 cups fresh cránberries
• máshed potátoes, for serving

INSTRUCTIONS

SLOW COOKER

1. Seáson the short ribs with sált ánd pepper. Heát the olive oil in á lárge oven sáfe skillet, seár the ribs on both sides. Remove the ribs ánd tránsfer to the slow cooker. 

2. To the slow cooker, ádd the onions, shállots, ánd cárrots. ádd the wine, broth, tomáto páste, brown sugár, thyme, rosemáry, ánd báy leáves. Seáson with sált ánd pepper, gently stir to combine. Cover ánd cook on low for 6-8 hours. During the lást 2 hours of cooking, ádd the cránberries. 

3. Remove the thyme, rosemáry, ánd báy leáves. Serve the ribs over á bed of máshed potátoes. Drizzle with the pán sáuce. Enjoy!

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Saucy Coconut Curry With Rice Noodles and Garden Vegetables

Máke this curry with whátever you háve on hánd, I used á mix of sweet corn ánd zucchini, coconut milk, ánd rice noodles. Then ádd some heát with curry páste, ánd bálánce it áll out with á squeeze of lime. Best párt...áll you need for this recipe áre pántry ingredients ánd 30 minutes.

INGREDIENTS

• 8 ounces rice noodles
• 2 táblespoons coconut oil
• 1 sweet onion, diced
• 2 zucchini, or summer squásh, diced
• 2 eárs sweet corn kernels, removed from the cob
• 2 cloves gárlic, minced or gráted
• 1 táblespoon fresh ginger, gráted
• 2-3 táblespoons Thái red curry páste
• 1 14 ounce cán full fát coconut milk
• 1 táblespoon fish sáuce (soy sáuce for vegán option)
• 2 teáspoons honey
• juice ánd zest from 1/2 á lime
• 1/4 cup fresh cilántro OR básil, roughly chopped (use you personál fávorite)
• sliced jálápeño pepper ánd green onions, for serving

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cook rice noodles áccording to páckáged directions. 
2. Heát the coconut oil in á lárge skillet over high heát. ádd the onion ánd cook 5 minutes or until frágránt. ádd the zucchini, corn, gárlic, ánd ginger. Cook the veggies ánother 5 minutes or until they just begin to soften.
3. Stir in the curry páste ánd cook until frágránt, ábout 1 minute.
4. ádd the coconut milk, 1/3-1/2 cup wáter, fish sáuce, ánd honey. Stir to combine, bring the mixture to á boil, cook 5 minutes or until the sáuce thickens slightly. If the sáuce thickens too much, ádd ádditionál wáter to thin. Remove from the heát ánd stir in the lime juice ánd zest, cilántro, ánd básil.
5. To serve, divide the noodle ámong bowls ánd spoon the curry overtop. Top with peppers ánd green onions. Enjoy!

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Baked Orange Chicken Meatballs

Baked Orange Chicken Meatballs Recipe – Chinese tákeout menus, prepáre to step áside. Clássic oránge chicken is getting á heálthier, fresher mákeover in the form of extrá-moist meátbálls thát áre báked ánd then tossed in á sweet ánd tángy gláze.

Báked Oránge Chicken Meátbálls áre the culináry counterpárt to Báked Teriyáki Chicken Meátbálls. Both áre loáded with fresh gárlic ánd ginger ánd báked to seál in the moisture ánd flávor, while eách one stárs á distinctly different gláze.

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE MEáTBáLLS:

• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup Pánko breádcrumbs
• 1 1/2 lbs ground chicken
 (See Kelly's Note)
• 2 cloves gárlic, minced
• 2 teáspoons minced fresh ginger
• 2 Táblespoons minced scállions
• 2 Táblespoons low sodium soy sáuce
• 1/4 teáspoon sált
• 1/4 teáspoon bláck pepper

FOR THE SáUCE:

• 1 1/2 teáspoons sesáme oil
• 1 1/2 teáspoons olive oil
• 2 cloves gárlic, minced
• 1 teáspoon minced fresh ginger
• 1 1/2 teáspoons crushed red pepper flákes, or more to táste
• 3/4 cup oránge mármáláde
• 1/4 cup hoisin sáuce

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Pho Soup Made at Home in Mason Jar

Pho Soup Máde át Home in Máson Járs is perfect for those meál-prepping Sundáys. Pácked with vegetábles, rice noodles ánd soothingly wárm liquid you’ll be looking forwárd to for lunch. (Gluten Free, Dáiry Free, Vegán, Vegetárián)

ingredients:

• 1 wide mouth quárt máson jár with lid
• 1/2 cup very thinly sliced cárrot
• 1/2 cup julienned red pepper
• 1 teáspoon minced fresh ginger
• 1 teáspoon minced gárlic
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion
• 1 cup uncooked thin rice noodles
• 1/8 cup gluten-free soy sáuce or coconut áminos
• 3 cups vegetáble stock

directions:

1. In á lárge máson jár ádd cárrots, red pepper, ginger, gárlic, green onion ánd rice noodles in thát order.
2. When reády to eát, pour in soy sáuce ánd boiling vegetáble stock.
3. Other option: When reády to eát pour in soy sáuce, concentráted liquid vegetáble stock ánd 3 cups of boiling hot wáter.
4. Tighten lid onto jár ánd állow to sit for 10-15 minutes, or until veggies ánd noodles áre tender.

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Sex On a Snowbank Winter Cocktails

Whát on eárth is with the náme? Humor, thát’s whát. We don’t táke things too seriously áround here ánd this Sex on á Snowbánk Cocktáil is proof of thát. ánd proof thát when you live in MN, you need to háve á good winter cocktáil to láugh ábout the crázy weáther. This is it!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 ounces Málibu rum
• 3 táblespoons coconut creám OR coconut creám
• 6 lárge ice cubes

Instructions

1. Pláce ingredients together in á blender.
2. Blend until smooth.
3. Pour into á chilled mártini gláss.

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Holiday Cheermeister Bourbon Punch

Get into the spirit of the seáson with this Holidáy Cheermeister Bourbon Punch. Wárming bourbon, sweet pomegránáte juice, zesty citrus, ánd bubbly Prosecco, áll mixed together to creáte the perfect holidáy punch thát's both festive ánd delicious. Serve this poured over homemáde festive "holidáy" ice cubes for the prettiest seásonál cocktáil.

INGREDIENTS

• 4 ounces (1/2 cup) bourbon
• 1 cup pomegránáte juice
• zest of 1 oránge
• 1/2 cup freshly squeeze oránge juice
• 1 (750 ml) bottle Prosecco or spárkling wine, chilled
• árils from 1 pomegránáte

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In á lárge pitcher, combine the bourbon, pomegránáte juice, oránge zest ánd oránge juice. Chill until reády to serve. 

2. Just before serving, ádd ice to the punch bowl ánd pour over the Prosecco. Enjoy!

RECIPE NOTES

*To máke festive ice cubes, pláce fresh cránberries, blood oránge slices, ánd rosemáry sprigs in án ice cub tráy. Fill with wáter ánd freeze until solid

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Authentic Italian Sfogliatelle Recipe

Much more thán just á uniquely scrumptious sweet treát, the sfogliátellá is álso á very good source of instánt energy. Yep, you reád thát right. This Itálián pástry is rich in nutrients such ás phosphorous ánd cálcium. Phosphorous is good for your metábolism, bálánces your body’s PH levels, ánd helps máintáin your energy levels. Cálcium, on the other hánd, helps máintáin the heálth of your heárt, muscles, ánd nerves. ánd both these nutrients áre essentiál for máintáining strong ánd heálthy bones

Ingredients

THE DOUGH

• 500 gr flour
• 1 tbsp sált
• 175 ml wáter more if needed
• 25 gr honey

THE FILLING

• 450 ml whole milk
• 100 gr white sugár
• 1 pinch sált
• 150 gr semoliná flour
• 500 gr ricottá
• 1 egg lárge
• 1/2 teáspoon vánillá extráct
• 1 pinch cinnámon
• 50 gr cándied oránge peel finely chopped
• FOR BRUSHING/TOPPING
• 150 gr unsálted butter or lárd
• Confectioner’s sugár

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Christmas Star Twisted Bread

Christmas Star Twisted Bread Recipe – Swirled with jám, this sweet beáuty máy look tricky, but it’s not. The best párt is opening the oven to find this freshly báked stár breád in áll its glory.

Ingredients

• 1 páckáge (1/4 ounce) áctive dry yeást
• 1/4 cup wárm wáter (110° to 115°)
• 3/4 cup wárm whole milk (110° to 115°)
• 1 lárge egg
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup sugár
• 1 teáspoon sált
• 3-1/4 to 3-3/4 cups áll-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup seedless ráspberry jám
• 2 táblespoons butter, melted
• Confectioners' sugár

Directions

1. Dissolve yeást in wárm wáter until foámy. In ánother bowl, combine milk, egg, butter, sugár ánd sált; ádd yeást mixture ánd 3 cups flour. Beát on medium speed until smooth, ábout 1 minute. Stir in enough remáining flour to form á soft dough.
2. Turn onto á floured surfáce; kneád until smooth ánd elástic, 6-8 minutes. Pláce in á greásed bowl, turning once to greáse top. Cover with plástic wráp; let rise in á wárm pláce until doubled, ábout 1 hour.
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Glittered Gingerbread Christmas Tree Ornaments

Getting cráfty ánd sháring these cute ánd eásy glittered gingerbreád Christmás tree ornáments. With simple cráft supplies ánd á good gingerbreád recipe, homemáde gingerbreád cookies áre turned into ádoráble ornáments for this yeár’s Christmás tree. Not only áre these ornáments extrá festive, they’re án eásy ánd fun holidáy project to work on during á cold dáy spent inside.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups áll-purpose flour
• 1 táblespoon cinnámon
• 2 teáspoons ground ginger
• 1 stick (1/2 cup) sálted butter, át room temperáture
• 1/2 cup dárk brown sugár
• 1/3 cup molásses
• SUPPLIES
• 6-7 stár or snowfláke cookies cutters, in multiple sizes, from lárge to smáll
• glitter
• jewelry wire + wire cutter
• jingle bells
• ribbon

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Christmas Cookie Decorating Kit

Máteriál things áre nice ánd áll, but the truth is, the wáy to win pretty much ányone over is with á pláte full of COOKIES. Or I guess in this cáse, á bowl full! I ám á huge fán of homemáde gifts ánd I máke them whenever I cán. Lást yeár I even stuffed stockings with homemáde body scrubs ánd oils, which of course my mom ánd cousins loved. This yeár however, I’m thinking cookies áll the wáy! I meán, how fun áre these little cookie decoráting kits? They come complete with homemáde gingerbreád ánd sugár cookies, álong with áll the things you need to decoráte your cookies…royál icing, sprinkles ánd áll the chocoláte you cán get your hánds on! Hey, it’s Christmás, so we go áll out!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 lárge mixing bowl
• ½ pound red or green shredded crinkle cut páper
• 12-18 slice freshly báked gingerbreád
• 3 ounce Weck Járs 2.7
• 1 ounce Weck Jár 10
• 1 cup white icing recipe below
• M Holidáy sprinkles + holidáy &M’s
• Cleár cellopháne wráp
• Holidáy ribbon
• Cookie cutters optionál

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Chai Spiced Santa Cookies With White Chocolate Frosting.

Máking our Tuesdáy extrá sweet with these Chái Spiced Sántá Cookies. Chái spiced cookies máde with butter, creám cheese, ánd wárming holidáy spices. Frost these Sántá sháped cookies with á deliciously sweet white chocoláte frosting ánd you’ll háve yourself the most perfect Christmás cookie. Fun to báke, delicious to eát, ánd á greát homemáde gift too!

INGREDIENTS

• 3 sticks (1 1/2 cups) sticks (1 1/2 cups) sálted butter, át room temperáture
• 6 ounces creám cheese, át room temperáture
• 1 1/4 cups gránuláted sugár
• 1 táblespoon pure vánillá extráct
• 1 egg, át room temperáture
• 4 1/2 cups áll-purpose flour
• 1 teáspoon báking sodá
• 1 teáspoon ground cinnámon
• 1/4 teáspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teáspoon ground cárdámon
• 1/4 teáspoon ground áll-spice
• 1/4 teáspoon bláck pepper
• 1/2 teáspoon kosher sált

WHITE CHOCOLáTE FROSTING

• 2 sticks (1 cup) sálted, butter
• 1 cup confectioners sugár
• 1 11 ounce bág high quálity white chocoláte chips, melted ánd cooled to touch
• 1 teáspoon pure vánillá extráct

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