I have discovered a great new website, myfeasts.com. I found it through tastespotting.com, my all time favorite site. If you ever find yourself in a “dinner quandary,” I highly recommend a visit to tastespotting; the photos are gorgeous and provide much meal planning inspiration!

Alas, I digress, this post is about myfeasts.blogspot.com. The site is a bit of a mystery, as I could not find an “about” page. Was I just missing it? Or is this excellent chef to remain an enigma? Regardless, the recipes are incredible and have been the catalyst for me to take a dinner detour from Italian; we have been in a pasta, pesto and chicken parm rut. Asian food here we come!

This Chili Chicken recipe goes well with the veggie stir-fry recipe below. For the chicken dish, I switched out some of the ingredients, such as sugar, cornstarch and soy sauce to suit my dietary plan, changed the directions and added some garlic. Either way, this Chili Chicken is amazing; as I devoured it, I was transported back to my days of gluten-filled eating in New York City Chinese restaurants!

Chili Chicken
2 chicken breasts (about 1 ½ pounds), rinsed and cut into bite size pieces
¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
1 teaspoon ume plum vinegar
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon agave nectar
1 tablespoon arrowroot powder
2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
10 dried chilis, cut in half
1 tablespoon ginger, minced
1 shallot, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup water

1. In a medium sized bowl, season chicken with salt, ume plum vinegar, sesame oil, agave and arrowroot
2. In a large skillet over a high flame, heat grapeseed oil
3. Add chilis and fry until they turn reddish brown, about 2 minutes
4. Add seasoned chicken to skillet and stir-fry for 3 minutes
5. Add ginger, shallot, garlic and water and cook for 7 more minutes or until chicken is cooked
6. Serve with Napa Cabbage and Shiitake Mushrooms

This stir-fry recipe for Napa Cabbage with Shiitake Mushrooms is my own; I hope you enjoy it!

This high-protein, low carb Chinese food makes for a good gluten-free, grain-free, mighty delicious meal. My husband, who has no food restrictions whatsoever, enthusiastically ate it for dinner last night.