Recipes

These lettuce cups are a knock-off of the super-popular P.F. Chang’s appetizer, and I think the reasons to love them are obvious. But just in case, let me elaborate: You eat them with your hands. The cool lettuce contrasts with the warm, succulent chicken. The sauce is sticky and savory and sweet and then—pow!—there’s the crisp snap of water chestnuts. Asian Lettuce Cups with Almond Green Beans Serves 2–4 | Total time: 35–40 minutes | Whole30 compliant

This Chinese rice cake soup (年糕汤) is as delicious as it is comforting!  Rice cake soup is also big in Korea. Indeed, when you search for “rice cake soup” on Google, nearly all the recipes are for Korean tteokguk. Well I’m here to represent how the Chinese make rice cake soup, and particularly, how they […] The post Chinese Rice Cake Soup appeared first on The Woks of Life.

Qatar, eh? This should be fun, I know it’s the only country in the word starting with the letter Q. I know it’s in the Middle East, I was fairly sure on the Arabian Peninsula. That was as far as it went. (image credit: maps.com via infoplease.com) I was really excited once I did my little bit of reading; much like plenty of countries in the area (think Bahrain, UAE) it’s very progressive and modern in a lot of ways, think technology, infrastructure – however apparently only something like 11% of the population are Qatari and the rest are from elsewhere!...

A solid classic Vegetarian Minestrone Soup recipe is the best thing to have in your weekly cooking schedule because it is not only cheap and super nourishing but full of fresh vibrant seasonal veggies. A delicious way to get a big serving of veggies into your diet. And this vegetarian minestrone soup might be the best meal prep recipe ever. You will definitely get 4-6 meals out of it. Good vegetarian minestrone soup is defined by the neatly and finely diced vegetables. And therefore, I find cooking a minestrone soup almost therapeutical. You only need one of each vegetable variety...

Dandan noodles made with zoodles (zucchini noodles) for an easy, nutritious meal on the go or quick one-pan dinner at home. This Chinese recipe is similar to instant noodles cups, but this version of Dan Dan noodles is low carb and gluten free! I know, you’ve got holidays on the brain. But can we talk about something? Meal prep. It tends to go out the window come November. At least in our house. I’m like, just eat all the leftovers and call it a day. But meal prepping leftovers, well… oops. This holiday season, I am determined to keep meal...