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August 26, 2012 By cheryl

Easy Asian Tuna Salad: A Simple Keeper

A few months ago, I pledged on this blog that I’d be better about writing my own recipes down.

Sure, I’ve proven that I’m pretty adept at writing others’ recipes down. But when it comes to my own, dishes that I whip up with ingredients yanked willy-nilly from the fridge often don’t get reproduced for a simple reason: By the time the meal’s over, I’ve already forgotten what exactly it was that I did. (I’m still mourning the delicious tender beef in Sichuan peppercorn-soy sauce stew that I threw together recently and have no idea how to replicate.)

And so here’s another installment — for a dish so easy I actually think blogging about it is pretty silly. But hey, a pledge is a pledge. So if you want to learn about the Asian-inflected tuna salad I make at home, read on …

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Filed Under: American, Asian, Fish, Recipes Tagged With: Asian, Baltimore, Cilantro, Nina's Espresso Bar, Recipe, Sesame oil, The Baltimore Sun, Tuna Salad

November 20, 2009 By cheryl

Spiced Oatmeal: Edible Morning Mush


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I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but I’ve had some pretty decadent meals recently.

(And you haven’t even heard about the roasted foie gras with a candied almond crust or the pasta tossed with truffle oil and topped with Oscietra caviar I recently devoured at Gunther’s in Singapore.)

My own kitchen, however, is where I can right some of these delectable wrongs.

And I’ve chosen to start with breakfast, a meal that I usually skip. Well, unless it involves eggs and super-crispy bacon. And perhaps a stack of pancakes. But I digress …

Now, having read about the virtues of oatmeal as a cholesterol and fat fighter, I decided to put aside my years-long aversion to the morning mush and take the plunge.

But how to make it palatable? That was the trick.

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Filed Under: Books, Breakfast, Brunch, Healthy, Recipes Tagged With: Allspice, Bacon, Blueberries, Breakfast, Candied almond, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Cloves, Cookbook, Dried cranberries, Foie gras, Gunther's, Instant Oatmeal, Journalism, Nutmeg, Oatmeal, Oats, Oscietra caviar, Pasta, Raisins, Raspberries, Sara Engram, Singapore, Sludge, The Baltimore Sun, Truffle oil, TSP Spices

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