I was asked, what meal would you make for a romantic date night. I couldn’t think of anything else besides seafood and Italian. On this episode of Ivy’s Kitchen, I will show you how to make Linguine with mussels and clams. It is super simple, yet elegant.  Great for dinner parties, romantic date night, or
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I posted this video during the summer season when I was asked to make something a little more friendly on our figures. I decided to recreate one of my favorite appetizers that I eat as my main entree whenever I am at this restaurant. Here is my version of PF Chang’s chicken lettuce wraps.  Here
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If you’re looking for  a “light” and healthy dish, try this salad. I wanted to try roasting my veggies versus eating a raw salad. The great thing about this is you can grill this indoor (if you have an indoor grill pan) or outdoors.    Inspired by California Pizza Kitchen, I decided to make a roasted veggie salad. If
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I made this dish in observance of the Lent season. That means, no meat on Fridays and Holy week.  Instead of the usual baked fish fillet, I decided to fry the fillet. If it’s fried, it better be crispy! Instead of the usual breaded fish,  I decided to beer batter my fish.  This recipe is quick and
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If you’ve been to San Diego, CA, hopefully you’ve been to Royal Mandarin and had their famous Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings. These wings are addicting. This crunch fried chicken has a wonderful blend of garlic flavor, salty, and spicy.  It’s like the Pringles theme, “Once you pop, you can’t stop.”  These wings have been nicked
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Risotto is a creamy rice dish that is very popular in northern Italy. There are different ways to make risotto and different ingredients that you can add to it.   I served this dish with my grilled lamb chops, which was the previous recipe that I posted. In my next recipe, I will show you how
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Lamb chops. Definitely something I used to be afraid of cooking this. I mean it’s definitey on the expensive side when you buy these at the grocery store. So if you screw this up, you pretty much wasted your money. Try my method and I guarantee you will have the juiciest lamb chops ever! You can
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Inspired by Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck in Hawaii, I just had to recreate this recipe at home. .  If you love garlic and shrimp this recipe will be perfect for you.  You can serve this as a meal, or just as an appetizer with a baguette. Here is my recipe good to serve 3 people: 2 Lemons 3 garlic
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Lumpia, the Philippines version of the egg roll/spring roll. It is filled with meat and deep fried. The wrapper that is wrapped around the meat mixture is super crispy.  This dish is usually served as an appetizer and can be made with ground pork, ground beef, ground turkey, or just all veggies.  I like to make
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I love seafood. I especially love ordering mussels that gets served with a broth because I love dipping my crusty bread in that sauce. Perfect dish to make if you are a pescatarian or if you are being abstinent from meat.  You can serve this as an appetizer or eat as a meal. Not an original recipe,
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