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Slow-Cooker Vietnamese Pork Bowls Recipe

Miki Kawasaki · February 20, 2021 ·

Vietnamese Slow Cooker Pork Bowls

This recipe takes its inspiration from Vietnamese-style pork, featuring a sauce with a dynamic combo of savory and sweet. We like to cook it using pork shoulder or butt in a slow cooker, which gives the meat time to become extra tender and flavorful. It’s served atop rice with crisp pickled veggies and other fun […]

Filed Under: Dinner, Recipes Tagged With: pork, recipe, Vietnamese

Sugar Cookie Tree Recipe from the FreshDirect Kitchen

Fresh Direct · November 14, 2020 ·

Holiday Centerpiece Cookies

For the fourth day of 12 Days of Cookies, we’ve got a recipe that’s almost too pretty to eat! That’s because it comes from FreshDirect’s own food stylist Emerald, who is a master at making dazzling creations. As fancy as these creations look, they’re really quite easy: after baking what are essentially just simple sugar […]

Filed Under: Dessert, Holidays, Recipes Tagged With: 12 Days of Cookies, Christmas, recipe

How To Make Grilled Cheese Sandwiches That Wow

Miki Kawasaki · October 9, 2020 ·

Grilled Cheese With Apples

Grilled cheese sandwiches are the ultimate anytime meal. They’re great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and are sure to please any kid (or a kid at heart). You can customize them however you like, whether you’re more into a classic cheddar on white or an amped up version with funky cheese and all the fixings […]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Recipes Tagged With: grilled cheese, recipe

About the Ancient Grain Fonio, Plus a Recipe

Miki Kawasaki · September 1, 2020 ·

Fonio is a gluten-free ancient grain that has been farmed in West Africa for thousands of years. In countries like Senegal and Nigeria, it’s a centerpiece of the local cuisines, often appearing alongside stews or folded into porridge-type dishes. Once you get to know fonio’s nutty, rich taste and pleasing, quinoa-like texture, it’s easy to […]

Filed Under: Brands We Love, Dinner, Lunch, Recipes Tagged With: African cuisine, Fonio, recipe

Grain Bowls with Egunsi Foods Soups

Miki Kawasaki · July 29, 2020 ·

Egunsi Soup Recipe

One of our all-time favorite local discoveries at FreshDirect is soups from Egunsi Foods. Made in New York City, these ready-made, 100% vegan soups to bring West African flavors straight to your kitchen. Egunsi Foods uses locally-sourced ingredients wherever possible, and works with African farms for their spices and grains. From their tomato-y Obe Ata […]

Filed Under: Dinner, Lunch, Recipes Tagged With: Egunsi Foods, grain bowl, recipe

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