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NEW WEird DIFferenT Limited and Special Edition Foods Out There May 2023

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There is ALWAYS something new, weird, different, limited edition or special edition in the wonderful world of food. We never know WTFork we will come across when we shop for food.

Up above is……..

(Probably) LIMITED EDITION – Kellogg’s Froot Loops – Color Mix-Ups….OMG look at all those BRIGHT colors! If that doesn’t make you poop a rainbow nothing will.

NEW – Kellogg’s Little Debbie Nutty Buddy Cereal…….It’s not a pretty looking bowl of cereal…….(looks like something my dogs pooped out)……..I sure hope they taste better than they look.

LIMITED EDITION – General Mills Chocolate Strawberry Cheerios with OTHER natural flavors…….What on earth can OTHER natural flavors be?………grasshoppers, toe nail clippings, dust, rat vomit?

LIMITED EDITION – Kellogg’s Special K Chocolatey Strawberry that’s naturally and artificially flavored……??????

LIMITED EDITION – Post – Mickey Mouse Club naturally flavored Confetti Cake Cereal……???? Is it cake or cereal?

LIMITED EDITION – Van Leeuwen Blood Orange Chocolate Chip French Ice Cream – I was going to buy this (even though it’s extra fattening ice cream) and continued shopping and forgot to come back to the ice cream section…BAH

LIMITED EDITION – Van Leeuwen Strawberry Shortcake French Ice Cream…???? Might be good?

LIMITED EDITION – Van Leeuwen Sweet Maple Cornbread & Limoncello Cake ……??? Might be good?

LIMITED EDITION – Van Leeuwen Peppermint Pattie (I was going to buy this one two…..but forgot to buy it….oh well)

LIMITED EDITION – Van Leeuwen Marzipan Cake with Fudge Swirls French Ice Cream…….Sounds massively extra rich?

LIMITED EDITION – Van Leeuwen Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll French Ice Cream…Sounds delicious but I don’t know?

LIMITED EDITION and WEIRD!!!!!!!!!!! Van Leeuwen Hidden Valley Ranch French Ice Cream….ICK! from me!

LIMITED EDITION – M&M’s milk chocolate honey graham M&M’s……They don’t taste like honey graham but might be good to people that can handle sweet.

DIFFERENT – Sun Chips made with black beans in spicy Jalapeño and Southwestern Queso…….Sounds good but might make you fart.

This next ones are for DOGS!

DIFFERENT – Digesters ice cream style treats for dogs in cheesy bac’n flavor and nutty & cheese flavor…..My dogs might give a woof about them?

And usually there is something Oreo!

NEW – Oreo ice cream bars with pieces of Oreo cookies in them. WOW! what a great idea on how to use the cookie crumbs from the factory!

Well That was the new, weird, different, limited, and special edition foods out there for May 2023. Who know WTFork we’ll come across next month?

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My Trip to China A Go Go NORTH LAS VEGAS NV

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China A Go Go is a Chinese/American Restaurant with around 24 locations in Las Vegas. Three locations are in NORTH LAS VEGAS. The Losee Road location in NORTH LAS VEGAS is extra casual and is mostly take out only. They only have a couple tables inside.

We started out by sharing the pot stickers.

They give you six potstickers that are pretty filled up with tender chicken and scallions. These potstickers didn’t seem like cooked in a pot. They are different. The ends are. very crisp and the middle is sort of fluffy……

Hot garlic Szechuan chicken looks good but is very chewy and tough today.

The Hunan beef is tender today. The flavor isn’t bad……But…… it is very floury today. It’s like chewing flour (but might actually be cornstarch).

We purchased an extra plate for the next day and tried the moo gee chicken.

Now this chicken is tender and it’s made with fresh zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, and onions. It’s good but bland….Most of the only flavor is from the mushrooms.

At the Losee location they charge extra for rice.

That was my trip to China A Go Go in North Las Vegas Losee road location.

China A Go Go 5960 Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV – 702-633-6666

www.ChinaAGoGo.com

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Asada Mexican Restaurant NORTH LAS VEGAS NV – Worth a Try!

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Asada Mexican Restaurant is a casual order and pay at the counter Mexican Restaurant located in NORTH LAS VEGAS NV. They offer foods such as breakfast, soups, salads, taco platters, and entrees like a half grilled chicken, enchilada platters, fajitas, and children’s meals. It looks like mostly soft beverages here but I did notice cans of beer are offered.

They do start you off with complimentary chips and two salsas. One taste like green tomatillo and the other is smoky and spicy.

Today I went with a salad and tried the salmon signature salad.

The salmon is nicely seasoned and came with nice grill marks on it. It also is a very large portion and isn’t over cooked. The salad is adorned with crisp tortilla strips, avocado slices and cheese. It taste like a mayonnaise based white dressing is on the side.

The camarones a la diablo is another reasonably good choice.

The shrimp are cooked nicely and are in a spicy garlic sauce served with rice.

We also tried a carne asada taco.

Today the meat is a bit dry and chewy. Maybe it’s usually better?

Based on the salmon salad and shrimp dish I’d say that Asada Mexican Restaurant is Worth a Try!

Asada Mexican Restaurant 6412 Losee Rd NORTH LAS VEGAS NV – 702-485-5714

The Asada Website is either down or not available yet?

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Old School Pizzeria – N Las Vegas NV – AMAZING $8.99 Solo Meal – Worth a Fork!*****UPDATE PRICES WENT UP

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Old School Pizzeria s a high quality casual pizzeria with three locations in Las Vegas Nevada. Everything is made in-house. They use local and organic as much as possible. Commercial yeast is not used here. The dough is 100% sourdough culture and a five day fermentation. This results a more developed flavor and less carbohydrates. The North Las Vegas location is small and very casual. You order and pay at the counter and seat yourself. When your order is ready someone runs it out to you. Interesting beverages are available like roasted rosemary lemonade and a couple bottles of wine are available.

ANYWAYS- They offer a $8.99 Solo Meal******UPDATE NO LONGER PRICES WENT UP>

It’s a very large slice of pizza with your choice of bread knots, house sausage stuffed chicken wing, cup of lentil soup, or a choice of three salads.

I tried the vegetariana (heirloom tomato, black Mediterranean olives, spinach, eggplant, onions, peppers, rapini, mushrooms, garlic, crushed tomatoes, basil, and aged mozzarella) with a garden salad (romaine, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, mozzarella, garlic, and mascarpone dressing)

WOW! It’s an extra large plate of food and it all happens to be delicious! There are so many vegetables on the pizza.The crust taste really great too and it has a nice crispness to it and it’s slightly charred. The salad also is much better and bigger than expected! It’s so rich and yummy…I think this salad alone is worth the $8.99.

My husband went for the Calabrese slice (artisan salami Calabrese, hot peppers, black Mediterranean olives, crushed tomatoes, basil, and aged mozzarella) with the house made sausage stuffed boneless chicken wing topped with pistachios). (*****UPDATE this plate below now costs $8.99+ $4.49 premium slice + $2.75. for wing)

These plates exceeded our expectations so we took home a pizza to try for latter.

It’s a five cheese pesto pizza with scamorza cheese, mozzarella, ricotta, parmiano,pecorino Romano, pine nuts, and basil cream…Gosh this is crazy good too!

Old School Pizzeria is Worth a Fork! and the $8.99 Solo Meal is amazing!****UPDATE only a plain slice with a garlic knot might be $8.99 every other slice and side cost extra now.

Worth a Fork!

Old School Pizzeria – 2040 Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV – 702-990-0070

www.PizzaOldSchool.com

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Roasted Carrots & Broccoli with Pickled Onions & Sumac Crusted Feta Recipe

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This recipe is easy but is kicked up a couple notches from the pickled onions and the sumac crusted feta cheese. Easy recipe just roast the carrots with a little cumin and the broccoli with smoked paprika…All the flavors are FORKING DELICIOUS together! This will make around 4-6 servings. I got 6 side servings. Your carrots might be smaller so I’ll go on the low end just in case.

Ingredients for around 4 servings

1 onion – slice thin

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup white vinegar

1 Tablespoon sugar

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/4 teaspoon ground coriander

10 carrots – Peel if not organic. I cut mine in half longways (you can cut however you like but they will cook in different time)

2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

sea salt – to taste

ground black pepper – to taste

1 teaspoon cumin

1 bunch broccoli – break down in florets

2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

sea salt – to taste

ground black pepper – to taste

1 teaspoon smoked paprika

4 oz feta cheese – crumbled

1 teaspoon sumac

optional – 2 tablespoons parsley or cilantro

Directions – preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

In a small bowl or tub combine the onion, water, vinegar, sugar, pepper, and coriander. Let this sit on the counter for an hour. You can refrigerate after that.

The carrots go on a baking sheet. Spray them generously with olive oil. salt and pepper to taste. Then sprinkle them with ground cumin.

Ovens differ….also carrots differ in size and freshness too so your timing may differ from mine. Mine took about 50 minutes on the middle rack.

In a small bowl add the crumbled feta and sprinkle it with sumac.

I got very thin broccoli that can almost pass for broccolini so I didn’t need to par-boil mine but you might need to par- boil yours. About 2 minutes in boiling water. Then give them an ice bath. You might want to peel and trim the stems too!

Broccoli goes on a sheet pan. Spray generously with olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Give them a sprinkle of smoked paprika. Broccoli timing may also differ. Mine took 20 minutes to be done on a lower rack.

Assemble – Carrots and broccoli go on plate. Add pickled onions. Add sumac crusted feta. Finish with fresh parsley or cilantro if desired.

Roasted carrots &.broccoli with pickled onions and sumac crusted feta cheese

Roasted Carrots & Broccoli with Pickled Onions & Sumac Crusted Feta

Enjoy!!!

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Chocolaty Beet Brownies with Beet Coconut Caramel Beet Meringues

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I’m not making desserts too often these days but We did eat a few of these Chocolaty Beet Brownies recently. I made them around two years ago and the brownie part still was FORKING AMAZING. We couldn’t believe how delicious they were. I hate to brag but they were better than most desserts from fine restaurants. Look them up on www.TheFORKINGTruth.com for recipe.

Chocolaty Beet Brownies with Beet Caramel, Beet Meringues and Chocolate Drizzle

And that’s The FORKING Truth!

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Recipe Idea – Smoked Corn side dish No Recipe – Recipe

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The way I made this one was very awkward but also came out too delicious not to mention. I scored some corn from my local supermarket real cheap and wanted to try something new. I wondered if anyone smokes corn. Turns out lots of people smoke corn. Most people say to soak the corn for an hour before smoking……So I did that……but my corn wasn’t cooked yet…so I wanted to cook it. Other people just oil or butter up the corn and eat it a few people add grill marks just for looks.

So I threw the corn covered into a 350 degree oven for an hour with a stick (4oz.) butter sliced up and water that almost covered the corn.

Something FORKING Amazing happened……..The corn is delicious and juicy and a just right good tasting smoke. BUT I GOT ANOTHER gift…The water is incredible with flavors. It actually is smelling the whole house up with deliciousness.

I was thinking that I need to make some sort of sauce out of the water…maybe I should reduce it……….?

Anyways-

I was thinking that an onion and a bell pepper would go well with the corn.

Since a stick of butter is in the water maybe I can flavor it up. cook the onion and pepper and maybe reduce the rest????

I drain the corn and add to the corn/butter water

2 Tablespoons of date syrup

2 Tablespoons paprika

2 Tablespoons chili powder

2 Tablespoons sea salt

I let it cook on medium simmering for around 30 minutes.

1 onion diced

1 red bell diced

After the 1/2 hour the vegetables have absorbed lots of flavors and are soft like soup vegetables. I remove them with a slotted spoon and add them to the corn that I sliced off of the cob. I taste the corn liquid and decide to take it off the heat. I add some to the corn side dish and the rest I am saving to use on the next vegetable I make.

Added some scallions to the corn side dish.

Smoked Corn Side Dish

It came out FORKING Amazing anyway.

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A Little Taste of Golden Phoenix Chinese Cuisine North Las Vegas NV

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Golden Phoenix Chinese Cuisine is a casual Asian neighborhood type Restaurant that serves mostly American Chinese Cuisine. They also offer a few Thai dishes, Singapore curry, teriyaki, lunch specials, family dinners and more! They are located in North Las Vegas Nevada.

We tried two dishes. The tomato beef because that is not often found on American Chinese menus and the hot garlic Szechuan chicken with upgraded brown rice.

We were surprised with a small plate of fried crispy noodle with duck sauce.

The tomato beef is made with scrambled eggs.

I’ve had this dish before a few times…….and at each place it differs some. Here the beef is tender and the sauce is mildly tomato beefy………Here it is not sweet like it is from some places.

The hot garlic Szechuan chicken here has lots more going on with it.

The white meat chicken is lightly coated and is masterfully moist and tender. Todays vegetables are scallions, zucchini, carrots, bell peppers, onions, and two kinds of mushrooms. The sauce does have sweetness to it but not too much and has other flavors and HEAT from dried and fresh hot peppers.

The food so far was reasonably good and better than from a lot of American/Chinese restaurants we tried in Phoenix so we came back and did take out.

We tried the chicken potstickers.

These were fried and are crispy all over but tasty.

The hot and spicy chicken REALLY IS HOT and SPICY.

It’s also PACKED with LOTS of tender chicken. I like that this dish contains fresh basil but I wished they didn’t include the basil stems because they aren’t edible.But this dish does have a nice flavor to it.

Hunan beef also is pretty good!

The beef is slightly coated and crispy but also very tender and tasty. There is a little tender crisp broccoli and a generous portion of rice.

For another take out we shared the mu shu chicken.

It came with two wrappers that are similar to thin flour tortillas. This dish is very different but also very good. The flavors are much lighter and delicate. This dish is also lighter and easier to eat. This dish is also packed with more vegetables and the chicken is expertly moist and tender. It also came with this sauce that was delicious with it and was sort of mainly star anise taste.

That was a little taste of Golden Phoenix Chinese Cuisine in North Las Vegas Nevada.

702-457-6688

2345 E Centennial PKWY North Las Vegas NV

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Juan’s Flaming Fajitas & Cantina really does serve FLAMING FAJITAS – Worth a Fork! N. Las Vegas NV

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Juan’s Flaming Fajitas & Cantina as of April 2023 has three locations in Las Vegas Nevada. I went to the North Las Vegas Location. Their specialty is the flaming fajita so that is what we were set to try. They also offer fresh made tortillas made in house.

Occasional live music.

They also offer a long menu of many traditional Mexican Dishes like carnitas, chile rellenos, fresh seafood, and more!

Whatever you order they start you off with two salsas and warm bean dip with fresh just made hot chips. (red sauce taste like chile de arbal to me?, green salsa is a delicious tomatillo based sauce, and my husband enjoyed the bean dip)

Our fajita for two came with cups of fideo soup (tasty tomato based soup with pasta).

In a little while our fajita cart comes out rolling over to us.

A liquid ignites the fajitas. (We asked two different people what the liquid was but didn’t really get an answer…..but I thought I might have heard one of the workers mumbling vodka and something else?……When I worked for Chi-Chi’s many years ago we used a lemon wedge to ignite the skillet)

Then almost instantly the fajitas go KA-BOOM!

Juan’s Flaming Fajitas REALLY are served FLAMING!

Here the fajita after the flame.

You do get fresh made tortillas (corn or flour) side boats of rice and beans (refried, black bean, or pinto) Or you can get steamed vegetables…..(I’ll try that next time)

Here’s the black beans and rice it comes with pico, sour cream, and guacamole.

Here’s the pinto beans and rice.

Back to the fajitas.

This is one of the best fajitas that I’ve tasted and I’ve tasted a lot of them over the decades. The meats taste marinated and are both developed with flavors. Both are tender. Both really are good but both of us love the chicken more………It’s just Phenomenally great.

I HAVE TO SAY-

Juan’s Flaming Fajitas & Cantina is-

Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Juan’s Flaming Fajitas & Cantina – 2660 W Centennial PKWY North Las Vegas NV

702-473-5529

www.JuansFlamingFajitas.com

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Parsnips in Spicy Red Chimichurri Recipe (lightened up Milk Street Style)

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I can across a recipe from Milk Street for Red Chimichurri. For some reason I imagined it going with parsnips. I didn’t do their recipe as written and changed the formula some. The biggest change I made was changing the amount of oil they put into it. I cut the amount of oil to around one third and added some water instead. My homemade smoked pecan sea salt might have also made a delicious difference here. Anyways this came out FORKING AMAZING but it is spicy…….Not sure if it would be as delicious with less heat?………. It’s so FORKING delicious I don’t want to screw with it……..I added some roasted red peppers to cool it off a little at the end.

Ingredients for around four servings

1 lb parsnips – (peeling is optional…organic don’t peel) cut into chunks (if core is woody remove it……If you knife passes threw keep core)

4 Tablespoons water

4 Tablespoons canola oil

2 Tablespoons sweet paprika

2 Tablespoons red pepper flakes

2 Tablespoons dried oregano

4 cloves garlic – ground to paste

4 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1 teaspoon sea salt – preferably smoked pecan sea salt

non stick spray

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 F.

Really you can cut your parsnips however you want but if you cut them similar to what I did they will get done in around 30 minutes. I cut mine like this.

In a large bowl mix together the water, canola oil, sweet paprika, red pepper flakes, dried oregano, garlic, balsamic vinegar, salt. Mix well. Mix in parsnips to get well coated.

Spread out the parsnips in a single layer on a sheet pan. They get covered with foil that was sprayed with non-stick spray so the top foil doesn’t stick to the parsnips.

They go on the middle rack for around 30 minutes or until the parsnips are fork tender.

Parsnips in Spicy Red Chimichurri

I added two roasted red peppers. This is SPICY but it really is FORKING DELICIOUS!!! A special THANKS!!!!! to Milk Street so I could come up with what I got here!

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