Chicken Almond (from The Nut Tree Restaurant) by Salad Foodie

My favorite entrée at the Nut Tree Restaurant (before it closed in ‘96) near Vacaville CA was Chicken Almond. (The gift shop at The Nut Tree sold the restaurant’s most popular recipes, which is how I came by them.) This makes a good summertime recipe because it’s a one-skillet meal that cooks in a flash and won’t heat up the kitchen.…

Stir-Fry Celery with Ham by kitchen flavours

A quick, easy, crunchy and tasty vegetable dish. Just two main ingredients! Yes, that's right, just two ingredients. This dish is really, extremely, easy to prepare in a flash! Try this dish. It is crunchy and salty, absolutely delicious with a bowl of white rice.

Kung Pao Chicken by David Martin

As you may know, my spouse is Chinese and we cook a Chinese dinner once a week. So this week I thought I would highlight his version of the Kung Pao chicken, which is my favorite Chinese dish. This classic Sichuan dish is also known as Kung Bao chicken, Gung Po chicken, and Kung Po chicken in English. It is reportedly named after…

Cashew Chicken by David St. John

Lemon Chicken Stir-Fry with Ramen Noodles by Rosemarie

Part of the fun of making this delicious dish is the time spent in the kitchen chopping veggies with my beautiful family.

Pineapple Crunch Stir Fry by Hungry Jenny

The soft pineapple is a lovely contrast with the crunchy celery and carrots. You can easily make this with noodles instead of rice too, but the nuttiness of wholegrain rice really adds something else to the flavour. http://hungryjenny.blogspot.com/2010/09/say-no-to-takeaway-make-pineapple.html