Spicy Mung Bean Sprouts Salad – Maewoon Sukju Namul


I always need at least one spicy side dish when eating dinner. It’s usually kimchi. It doesn’t matter what type as long as it has a spicy kick. I’ve been making oi sobagi almost on a weekly basis. Unfortunately, we finished the oi sobagi within 3 days of it fermenting. But fortunately, the oi sobagi was so good we couldn’t stop eating it. In either case, we were flat out of kimchi.

So I needed something quick, spicy, and tasty. I decided to try something different and make maewoon sukju namul, which translates directly to “spicy seasoned mung bean sprouts.” It’s not the most traditionally Korean way of eating the sprouts, but seemed the perfect solution to my problem. The dish was so easy and quick to prepare. And it had that spicy kick that I wanted.

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Crispy Baked Buffalo “Wings”


Ours will be a house divided come Super Bowl Sunday.

I hate to be labeled a conventional or a typical woman, but I love Tom Brady. Not only is he a hottie, he is a great quarterback. My husband who is a New Yorker through and through is rooting for the Giants. S*!t-talking has officially begun. He refers to the Patriots as the “evil empire.” This is coming from a Yankees and Duke basketball fan! Pot meet kettle, right? And it took Tom Brady winning 3 Super Bowls for my husband to reluctantly admit that he is a great quarterback.

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