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Meet Nikki + A Chinese-American Upbringing + Pork and Shrimp Chinese Won Tons

July 17, 2017 by theeverykitchen@gmail.com Leave a Comment

This healthy recipe for Pork and Shrimp Chinese Won Tons has been slightly Americanized so that anyone can make them. Make one batch or double (or triple) it to keep some in your freezer for easy weeknight meals. Eat them with your fingers or use them in soup!

Our Food Stories series continues today with fellow dietitian Nikki Nies. Nikki was adopted from China at a young age by her American parents. Her mom and dad made every effort to bring Chinese culture into Nikki’s childhood home — including Chinese cookery! She remembers making upwards of 100 won tons at a time with her dad and eating hot won ton soup year round. Keep reading for more touching kitchen memories and some Chinese cooking tips!

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Meet Katie, Flexitarian + Crispy Baked Orange Tofu

June 29, 2017 by theeverykitchen@gmail.com 8 Comments

Crispy Baked Orange Tofu is a deliciously sweet and spicy, healthy substitution for your favorite Chinese takeout meal. I don’t even notice the reduction in calories, saturated fat, or sodium and you won’t either!

The Every Kitchen’s Food Stories series continues with fellow dietitian and flexitarian, Katie Pfeffer. Katie’s is a story I think many of us can relate to. She grew up as sous chef in her childhood home, creating meat-based meals with her mother. As she got older, both her palate and her knowledge widened and Katie is now the head chef of her flexitarian home kitchen. If you’re not sure what “flexitarian” means, read her food story to find out!

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Orange Almond Chicken Lettuce Wraps

June 1, 2017 by theeverykitchen@gmail.com 4 Comments

Orange Almond Chicken Lettuce Wraps are all at once sweet, salty, juicy, spicy… and sugar free, gluten free, and paleo! This weeknight recipe can be on the table in 20 minutes. Share with your family or make it for yourself because it’s also easy to pack for lunch the next day and it’s even good cold. Trust me… I tried it!

Okay… so not lettuce wraps. Whoops. But they started out as lettuce wraps and then the cabbage was so beautiful and purple and glossy and then I didn’t want the lettuce anymore, but what am I supposed to call these then? Chicken Cabbage Wraps? That’s weird. And so I kept the name Orange Almond Chicken Lettuce Wraps and I’m not sure that I should even be mentioning it because I bet no one would notice. But leave it to me to point out the elephant in the room. Let’s just get the awkward stuff outta the way, mmkay?

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Thai Tomato Peanut Soup

February 15, 2016 by theeverykitchen@gmail.com 2 Comments

It’s comfort food time of year, people. And yet, I’m typing this up on a Monday morning with a large mug of herbal tea and a cold-pressed green juice that tastes like celery and cucumbers – two foods I’m not super fond of – but the point is, while my body really needs all the hydration and vitamin A it can get (120% in my green juice!), I’m just having all the feelings for soups and casseroles and banana bread right now.

You friends DO NOT want to see the failure that tried to be Slow-Cooker Banana Bread yesterday. It’s rubbery and just, BLEH. Slow cookers are magical for certain menu items, but bread is not one of them. Let’s leave it at that.

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