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Skillet Honey Cornbread
There is something about a big square of warm cornbread straight from the oven that’s been rubbed down with copious amounts of butter. Ahhh, heaven. I’ve wanted to share this recipe for about 7 months now, but after we moved from Minnesota last summer down to South Carolina, I noticed that a lot of my recipes went missing. I have no idea how- I packed all the boxes, but some boxes got unpacked so things could fit in the moving truck, and my guess is my recipe binders got sucked into some vortex as we crossed the Mason Dixon Line. I’ve been testing various recipes to find something that came close, and I…
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Spicy Orange Ginger Soy Chicken Stir Fry
Stir Fry is one of our favorite go-to dishes here in Casa de la Real Food Girl. It’s simple, filling and most of all it really is easy. You may not know this, but stir fry isn’t a dish. It’s a cooking technique. Of all the cooking techniques I learned while attending culinary school, I’d have to say that learning stir fry was the most fun, and the most challenging. You have to master the flame when you stir fry, and you can’t stand around and twiddle your thumbs like you can when you’re braising or poaching. The Chinese value balance and harmony. Balance is very important to their cuisine You’ve heard about…
