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. One only needs a wok and cleaver. Natalie Keng of Chinese Southern Belle, to the rescue! Watch as she simplifies and demystifies the seemingly simple, but ... Continue Reading
Joy of Being Yourself: Authenticity in Food & Life
Natalie shares how her cooking style and recipes reflect family, a sense of place, and heritage as a Chinese American and Southerner. “As a little kid, I thought it was only about being Chinese,” she says. “That's what I was teased about, so that's how I defined myself – foreign, different, un-American. In actuality, as a native Georgian, I'm not only more American, but ... Continue Reading
Natalie on TV: Wrap ‘n’ Roll Demo with Lettuce Wraps, Asian Bowls and more!
Nihao, yall! I'm gonna be on TV! Tune in to Atlanta and Company, Ch. 11, at 11 am EST where I'll show you the family techniques of wrapping and rolling our natural and nutritious lettuce wraps! We'll also be teaching you how to create your own gourmet Asian bowl--perfect for breakfast, lunch, dinner...you name it. Grab your lettuce, your filling, and your sauce, and wrap n' ... Continue Reading
Pick Up Chinese Southern Belle Inspired Meal Kits @Whole Foods Markets
Now pick up favorite PeachDish seasonal menu items, like popular Hot Pots with our award-winning, natural, family sauce blends at Atlanta area Whole Foods Markets! Use coupon code Natalie17 for $10 off your first order! Pork Hot Pot with Summer Beans & Glazed Potatoes Thanks to the gang PeachDish and Chef Seth Friedman, now you can enjoy gourmet Southern with ... 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
Video: Asparagus Shitake Pepper Stir Fry
Only takes my Panda-Express Mom a little longer than the 6-second video to whip up this photogenic, delicious dish: Asparagus Mushroom Pepper Saute. We used our soy ginger Vidalia stir fry sauce (YOU SAUCY THING) to season. It was the hit of the party! https://vine.co/v/ew3BvWz5Lz9 ... Continue Reading
Farm to Wok: New Asian Cooking Classes!
We have a new line-up of fun, tasty Asian cooking classes at Cook's Warehouse (multiple locations)! Bring friends or family for a special night out, makes a great gift, too! Registration is required at the store, online or call 800.499.0996. Sign up early, limited seats fill up quickly. If full, put your name on the wait list and you'll be contacted by the store if seats open ... Continue Reading
Five Spice Rutabaga
Five-Spice Rutabaga Recipe Type: Appetizer Cuisine: Fusion Author: Chinese Southern Belle Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 10 mins Total time: 20 mins Serves: 4 Natalie's "invention is the mother of necessity" creation after a farm share pick up that had more turnips and rutabagas than she knew what to do with. The natural sweetness comes from the steamed rutabaga. Turnips or ... Continue Reading
Farm to Wok Cooking Demo, Mother's Day Saturday at Green Market!
Bring Mom to Green Market Saturday, Piedmont Park to celebrate Mother's Day! Avoid the Sunday brunch rush--come stroll the park, taste, shop the wonderful locally grown vegetables, fresh fruit, honey, baked goods and other yummies, plus our Farm to Wok chef demo at 11am! A perfect Mother's Day outing, I say! ... Continue Reading
Recipe for Stalks and Stems! Broccoli Salad
In response to a friend's inquiry re: dressing for broccoli stalks... Don't discard your broccoli stem! Slice up and marinate those wonderfully crunchy, broccoli stalks in this fast and easy Asian-style dressing. For each cup of sliced stems: 2 T Rice vinegar 1 t sugar 1/2 t soy sauce Few drops of dark roasted sesame oil Favorite Asian hot chili sauce or red pepper ... Continue Reading
Recipe for Asian Pesto!
We love combining the best of East-West and I call my mom the original Panda Express cook. The Asian Pesto we grew up with had cilantro, garlic and garden-fresh Chinese garlic chives (say that 5 times fast!). Lot's of G's! I like it over whole wheat linguini (or brown rice). Delizioso!! ---- There are many versions out there--with or without cilantro, peanuts, green ... Continue Reading
Cooking Classes, Asian Grocery Tour, Business Marketing Opportunities
-------------- NI HAO, Y'ALL! UPCOMING EVENTS ------- Featuring seasonal culinary and cultural traditions and the best of the East, West--and the Deep South! Call about customized chef/food service trainings, in-home cooking classes and business marketing/promotional demos! *Popular, traditional dishes de-mystified; healthy & home-style *Practical grocery & ... Continue Reading
Recipe for Easy Vegetable Stir Fry! A Family Favorite
Favorite Chinese Stir Fry! Use one or your favorite combination of stir-fry vegetables. We like bok choy, garlic chives, carrots, red peppers and smoked/baked tofu. I've also used whatever I find seasonally at the farmers markets - hearty greens, cabbage, summer squash, zucchini, peppers, carrots, mushrooms--endless combinations! No tofu, no problem, substitute a favorite ... Continue Reading
Chinese Dumplings, Pot Stickers Bachelorette Cooking Party!
Chinese Dumplings, Pot Stickers Bachelorette Party pics! We made vegetarian and meat ones with a homemade dipping sauce, plus edamame appetizer. Wrap 'n' roll, girls just wanna have...potstickers! ... Continue Reading
August-September, Cooking Classes – Asian Tacos, Wraps plus Vegetarian, Gluten-free topics!
-------------- NI HAO, Y'ALL! UPCOMING EVENTS ------- Featuring seasonal culinary and cultural traditions and the best of the East, West--and the Deep South! Call about customized chef/food service trainings, in-home cooking classes and business marketing/promotional demos! *Popular, traditional dishes de-mystified; healthy & home-style *Practical grocery & ... Continue Reading