Today I am making an absolutely delicious eggplant recipe, “Oriental Sweet Chili and Garlic Eggplant.” It is inspired by a similar dish which we ate our local P.F. Chang’s restaurant over the Christmas holidays. We have a family tradition of eating at a P.F. Chang’s Restaurant some time during the winter break and have been going there, off and on, for about 10 years. It has become a challenge for me to order one of their menu items and then reproduce the dish at home. This year we tried P.F. Chang’s “Stir-Fried Eggplant” which was an entree. Of course, it was outstanding. It used an Indonesian-type chili paste in the recipe which gave a unique flavor to the dish. The...
Today I am making an absolutely delicious eggplant recipe, “Oriental Sweet Chili and Garlic Eggplant.” It is inspired by a similar dish which we ate our local P.F. Chang’s restaurant over the Christmas holidays. We have a family tradition of eating at a P.F. Chang’s Restaurant some time during the winter break and have been going there, off and on, for about 10 years. It has become a challenge for me to order one of their menu items and then reproduce the dish at home. This year we tried P.F. Chang’s “Stir-Fried Eggplant” which was an entree. Of course, it was outstanding. It used an Indonesian-type chili paste in the recipe which gave a unique flavor to the dish. The...
Random thoughts on a brilliantly sunny almost-February Saturday morning: 1. I got my hair highlighted yesterday. It was time. My roots were putting out an SOS. 2. I’m heading to Florida for a conference next week. I can’t wait to hang out with friends and plan and dream for our businesses in 2023. I’m getting so excited. 3. This week on the blog we discussed: my favorite handmade gift ever how I organized my butler’s pantry these spring finds under $25 how to create your own clock 4. I found the BEST leggings. I’ve been working out and I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect leggings. I’m 5′ tall so they had to be short enough to look long...
Random thoughts on a brilliantly sunny almost-February Saturday morning: 1. I got my hair highlighted yesterday. It was time. My roots were putting out an SOS. 2. I’m heading to Florida for a conference next week. I can’t wait to hang out with friends and plan and dream for our businesses in 2023. I’m getting so excited. 3. This week on the blog we discussed: my favorite handmade gift ever how I organized my butler’s pantry these spring finds under $25 how to create your own clock 4. I found the BEST leggings. I’ve been working out and I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect leggings. I’m 5′ tall so they had to be short enough to look long...
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