Labor Day is coming up and when I think of Labor Day, I think of barbecue!  Try my easy bake/grill ribs for your Labor Day barbecue.  It’s a no recipe recipe! Ingredients: Salt Pepper Cayenne Pepper Dried Thyme Dried Rosemary Onion Powder Garlic Powder Paprika Baby Back Pork Ribs Your favorite BBQ Sauce Preheat your
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I love making quick sandwiches at home, especially when I have left overs.  I usually buy rotisserie chicken and get bored with eating it as left overs. What I did was transform the left overs into a delicious sandwich.   This sandwich does not have a recipe.  You can pretty much add ingredients to this
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Whenever I go to Hawaii, I always buy Spam musubi.. You can eat a few as a meal or a snack. You can find Spam musubi at almost any restaurant in Hawaii, their grocery stores, and their 711s!  I actually played around with many recipes and this recipe seemed to work well with me. Ingredients
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My boyfriend is a fan of this certain Katsu type sandwich and had asked me to recreate a katsu sandwich at home. When  I thought of katsu, I immediately thought of crunchy panko bread crumbs, asian slaw, and some type of spicy mayo. I was going to do a sriracha mayo but I wanted to
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I had a few people over to ring in the new year and wanted to whip up an elegant but easy appetizer. Instead of serving the basic shrimp cocktail, cheese platter, cheeese dips, or bread with toppings, I decided to stuff some mushrooms.  I had most of the ingredients on hand in my fridge but
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Arrabbiata means ANGRY in Italian. I love this sauce because it has a spicy kick to it. This dish is very simple and quick to make.  I usually eat this with shrimp but I didn’t have shrimp on hand. I did have Italian sausages, so I decided to throw that in this dish. Here are
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In celebration of the Chinese new year, I decided to make pot stickers on Ivys Kitchen .  I love these little packets of meat because you can serve this as an appetizer or eat it as a meal.  These dumplings are steamed and then pan fried… I LOVE FRIED FOOD =) Ingredients: 2 green onion
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The holidays are just around the corner.  If you are looking for a hassle free dish to serve to your family and friends, why not try my bacon wrapped pork roast. You can prepare this dish the day before until the day of. If you are preparing it the day of, allow at least an hour of
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Winter is a few months away.  What does my body crave during cold weathers? Soup! On this episode of Ivy’s Kitchen, I show you how to make Kimchi jjigae.  This is my favorite stew/soup that I love to order whenever I go to a Korean restaurant.  This soup is hearty and spicy, of course you
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I love making stuffed red bell peppers.  It is a great way to use left over rice and I usually always have most of these ingredients on hand. I made mine with Italian sausage, but you can always substitute and use ground chicken, ground beef, ground turkey, or ground pork.  If you do that, make
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