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Onigiri
This is something I’ve been experimenting with, but so far it’s been a hit with my toddler. I’m, by no means, great at it. It’s easy though! Ingredients: For the rice 1 cup of cooked rice 1 tbsp rice vinegar 1/2 tsp sugar 1/4 tsp salt Seaweed sheet, cut it into strips For the filling…
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Crab Rangoons
Ingredients: 8oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature 3 green onions 4 oz imitation flake crab (Or real cooked crab meat!) 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tbsp soy sauce Square wonton wrappers Sweet chili sauce for dipping Instructions: Prepare ingredients by thinly slicing the green onions and cutting the crab into thin strips. Preheat vegetable…
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Lavender Milk Tea (Lavender Syrup)
Ingredients: For the tea – 1 cup black tea 1 cup ice 2 tbsp milk of your choice 1 tbsp lavender syrup For the syrup – (this will make a lot more syrup than needed but it stores for a while at room temperature) 1 cup water 1 cup sugar 1 tbsp food grade lavender…
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Pulled Pork
The best barbecue takes time. Total time for this recipe is about 15 hours Ingredients: 1 Pork shoulder about 9lbs Your choice of dry rub Directions: You will want the pork shoulder to be closer to room temperature so take it out of the fridge for a couple of hours before. We have our own…
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Spritz Cookies
The cookies my mom has been making me for as long as I can remember. The flavor is one of nostalgia for me. Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 tsp almond extract 1/2 tsp lemon extract 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt…
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Simple Syrup
Great for sweetening your favorite iced drinks or a Matcha (Green Tea) Latte Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 1 cup water Directions: Boil water in a saucepan. Once boiling add in sugar, turn off heat, and whisk. Wait until cool to use. Store in a jar with a lid so it doesn’t crystalize.
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Matcha (Green Tea) Latte
Closest thing to a Starbucks matcha latte but at home! Ingredients: 8oz your choice of milk 1/2 tbsp sweetened matcha powder 1 tbsp boiled water 1 tbsp simple syrup/classic sweetener (optional) You will need: Any kind of milk frother and a mug Directions: First you will need to boil your water and mix it with…
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Lemon Pesto Pasta
Ingredients: 4 servings of your favorite pasta (we used homemade rigatoni) 1 cup pesto 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved Juice of 1 lemon Zest of half a lemon Parmesan for serving Directions: Heat saucepan over medium low heat. Add pesto, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Warm it up until it starts bubbling. Once it’s up…
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