St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner and it’s the perfect time to celebrate green foods whether you’re Irish or otherwise. 🙂 I certainly adore green foods because Vietnamese cuisine offers a plethora of verdant foods from lush vegetables and herbs to vividly colored desserts and cakes.
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Crab Noodle Soup (Bun Rieu)
This hearty Crab Noodle Soup is a plethora of wonderful ingredients, flavors and textures–savory seafood patties are cooked in a light tomato stock with fried tofu and crab claws and then served over springy rice vermicelli along with abundant fresh herbs, beans sprouts and split water spinach stems. Don’t be daunted by all of the […]
Stir-Fried Water Spinach and Beef (Rau Muong Xao Thit Bo)
Looking for ways to incorporate nutrient-rich leafy greens into your diet? Then you must try this easy stir-fry dish made with water spinach. Water spinach (as you may have guessed from its name) is a juicy, leafy green loaded with vitamins A, C, iron and fiber. With its long tapered leaves and abundant stalks, this vegetable is sturdy and […]