Eating healthy doesn't mean only salads. Chinese stir fry isn't just oily "drowned in brown sauce" takeout. Authentic Asian home cooking doesn't have to mean hours of chopping, shopping or require special equipment like a wok and cleaver. Natalie Keng of Chinese Southern Belle, to the rescue! Watch as she simplifies--and demystifies--the seemingly simple, but elusive Perfect ... Continue Reading
Leave It To Cleaver: 5 Best Chinese Veggie Cleavers for Your Kitchen
At our house, dinner meant family recipes cooked with fresh, local ingredients. Mom always boasted that she could prepare an 8-course meal using only a wok, pair of chopsticks, and a cleaver. She did everything with her favorite cleaver–slice, dice, shred, chop, tenderize, bang, even scoop! After a full day working as a public schools teacher, Mom whipped up fast, healthy ... Continue Reading
Chinese Southern Belle Partners with Atlanta-based PeachDish Southern-Inspired Meal Kits
HELLO what? Try Atlanta-based PeachDish.com meal kits! Fresh, creative, Southern-inspired recipes featuring our yummy sauces and other awesome Georgia Grown & local/regional suppliers and chefs. Order online and now **NEW** look for "goodness-to-go" kits in Whole Foods Market stores, South region. Save $10 off first order: enter discount code Natalie17 (online orders ... Continue Reading
Black Rice, Black Sesame is the New Green!
Grandma said eating black rice and black sesame made my hair shiny, black and healthy. She fed me black sesame soup (zhima tang), sticky rice balls oozing with sweet black sesame paste (tangyuan) and black sesame candy. Black rice and black sesame has protein and fiber, plus B vitamins and minerals, manganese, magnesium, calcium, iron, and zinc. We make our sushi and ... Continue Reading
Video Quick Tips: Asian Noodles!
I love breaking corn bread – or slurping a bowl of pho beef noodle soup—for fun, health and a better world. Here's we go noodle crazy in the oodles of noodles aisle with Quick Tips: Asian Noodles! Unlike Italian wheat flour pasta, Asian noodles use a variety of grains and source ingredients, like rice flour, egg, buckwheat, mung beans, even sweet potato! Make delicious, ... Continue Reading
Fresh Zesty Twist on Seafood: Sweet Chili Shrimp
Swap out boring ketchup, mustard and cocktail sauce and swap in our family dipping and glazing sauces for a fresh, delicious fusion twist to your seafood! It's compliments without overpowering! ... Continue Reading
ON SALE NOW: Buy Our Cooking Sauces in KROGER, Whole Foods Georgia
We're very excited to announce that our award-winning, natural and Georgia Grown cooking sauces are now on sale (up to 30% off) in many Kroger grocery stores in Georgia (all except the small/limited space ones) in the NATURAL/HEALTHY section (or a few stores, LOCAL products section) NOT LOCAL? No problem, get our Asian Chef Trio specials here with easy, secure online ... Continue Reading
General Nat’s Chicken Tender Salad
WHAT'S FOR DINNER: General Nat's Chicken Tender Salad I made this in 5 min. Channeling a craving for General Tso's Chicken, I made my own warm salad version. See, you can have your chicken nuggets and eat it too. Yummy, easy, and light! 1.5 cups spring mix lettuce 2 chicken tenders, sliced bite size Drizzle 1 tbs Sweet Chili Peach, 1 tbs Teriyaki Pineapple as ... Continue Reading
New Allergy Prevention: Eat Peanuts as a Peanut
I was allergic to 100+ items as a baby! We grew up with many forms of peanut foods and snacks, not just roasted nuts or peanut butter, like Georgia Peanut Soup. Now I can eat anything and everything...and do! New peanut allergy prevention guidelines http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/05/health/peanuts-allergy-prevention-guidelines/index.html ... Continue Reading
How to Make a Chinese Hot Pot
Also known as Mongolian Hot Pot, Chinese fondue or shabu-shabu, Chinese hot pots are a 1000 year-old tradition across Asia. Since many homes in East Asia do not have central heat, hot pots filled with broth, fresh vegetables and meat are a perfect way to bring family and friends together to eat, chat and warm up during the fall and winter, especially popular around Chinese New ... Continue Reading
Order Now: Seasonal Menu- Fresh Delivered to Your Door!
Check out these seasonal menu items that feature our award-winning, natural cooking sauce blends - what we eat and cook with our home! Use coupon code Natalie16 for $10 off your first order (any menu item through Dec 31) Soba Noodle Bowl with Bok Choy, Radish and Farm Egg Ships the week of October 17 Root-Veg Stir-fry with Brown Basmati Rice & Benne Seed Ships ... Continue Reading
Order Now: Pork Hot Pot with Long Beans and Glazed Potatoes
*Featured Summer Fresh Meal Kit Recipe* Ships Nationwide (through mid-Sept) Order Now: Pork Hot Pot with Long Beans and Glazed Potatoes FARM to DOOR: Get a taste of what we eat at home--delivered fresh & made easy with pre-measured and cut ingredients. What could be better? Watch: Home Chef Natalie Keng shares her thoughts on authenticity, family ... Continue Reading
Homemade Bone Soup – Asian Home Chef Tips, Pho Recipe
Time for my all-time favorite comfort food—BONE SOUP! or Pho version if you’re a phoodie. Healthy, super nutritious, and eco-friendly “whole animal” eating, it’s the original, caveman crockpot recipe! A perfect winter tummy and house warmer (also flattens tummies, good for dieting) and easy (add water, cover, forgettaboutit). HOMEMADE BONE SOUP: Asian Home Chef Tips & ... Continue Reading
Soy sauce molecules effectively fight HIV | EUTimes.net
Another reason to use and shop for naturally brewed soy sauce! Article: Soy sauce molecules effectively fight HIV Looking for a natural, MSG and preservative free alternative to oyster sauce for Asian cooking? Try You Saucy Thing stir fry and marinade and make 60-Second Stir Fry, no recipe needed! ... Continue Reading
Gluten-Free Asian Food, Gluten Vs. Glutinous
“Does this have gluten in it?” I hear this question almost every time I do a class or a demonstration. As a culinary and cultural instructor for Asian cooking classes and international market tours, I find myself both a subject matter expert and a student of cooking: teaching, interpreting and learning about a diverse and evolving menu which includes traditional and modern ... Continue Reading