Monday, May 13, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Potato Wedges With Lemon Chilli Sour Cream
Ingredients:
- 6 potatoes, washed and cut into wedges
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 2 -3 teaspoons lemon pepper seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 lemon, juice of
Lemon Chilli Sour Cream
- 250 g low-fat sour cream
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
Directions:
- 1Pour oil into a baking dish, add potatoes and toss to coat.
- 2Sprinkle over lemon pepper and chili powder and bake at 200°C for 30 minutes or until tender and browned turning frequently during cooking.
- 3Squeeze lemon juice over potatoes before serving and toss to coat, serve with lemon chili sour cream.
- 4To make sour cream mix: Combine all ingredients, mix well & let sit for a few minutes for flavours to combine.
Fruit Salad With Honey Ginger Lime Dressing
Ingredients:
SALAD
- 1 whole fresh pineapple
- 1 whole fresh cantaloupe
- 1 lb fresh strawberries, hulled
- 4 -5 fresh nectarines
- 1/2 pint fresh blackberries
- 1/2 pint fresh blueberries
- 6 whole fresh kiwi fruits
DRESSING
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 large lime, juice and zest of
- 1 -2 tablespoon finely grated fresh ginger
- 1 -2 teaspoon poppy seed
Directions:
- 1All fruit should be washed and dried before being ready for the salad.
- 2Cut skin from pineapple, so no brown spots are left. Cut peeled fruit into quarters lengthwise, cut off core, then dice each quarter into approximate one-inch chunks. Place in large bowl.
- 3Peel and remove seeds from the cantaloupe, then cut into one-inch cubes. Place in bowl with pineapple.
- 4Halve or quarter strawberries, depending on size, and add to bowl.
- 5Slice each nectarine into about 10-12 slices, then gently pull each slice away from pit and add them to the bowl.
- 6Cut the ends off of kiwi fruits, then insert a small spoon just under peel of each, and slide it around the fruit, just under the peel, until the peel is separated from the fruit. Cut each peeled kiwi in half lengthwise, then each half into four or five slices. Add to the rest of fruit.
- 7Add blueberries and blackberries to the rest of fruit. Prepare dressing (below).
- 8In a small bowl (I actually prefer a mason jar to shake the ingredients together in), mix together honey, lime juice and zest, ginger (I use a microplane to grate it fine), and poppy seeds. Whisk well, then pour over fruit and toss gently to coat.
- 9(You can prepare this salad up to a day ahead of time, but keep the different kinds of fruit separated from each other just until serving, or the colors will bleed. It tastes best at room temperature. The dressing actually tastes better made a day in advance anyway).
- 10TIPS ON FINDING RIPE FRUIT: For pineapple, the skin should be slightly yellow, firm to the touch but not hard--will give a little. And, when a leaf near the top of the fruit is tugged gently, it should easily remove from the fruit. For cantaloupe, it should be firm but give slightly, a bit yellowish on the rind--those "veins" are a good sign--it means they were left long enough on the ground to ripen properly. And, if you poke a fingernail in the top "dime" spot, you should be able to smell the fruit. If you can't smell anything, it's not ripe. Strawberries should be shiny and fragrant. Nectarines should have a slight give and be fragrant. Blueberries and blackberries should be firm and deeply colored. Kiwi fruit should be firm, but not rock hard--must have a very slight "give".
Asparagus, Strawberry Salad With Honey Lime Dressing
Ingredients:
- 3 cups baby spring greens
- 1/2 lb fresh asparagus
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
- 1 cup toasted pecans
- 1 lime, juice of
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup sour cream
Directions:
- 1For Salad:.
- 2Rinse greens and tear pieces for 4 to 6 salad plates.
- 3Trim ends of asparagus and discard woody stems. Steam spears just until tender and plunge into ice water bath to retain bright green color and let cool. Remove and pat dry.
- 4Arrange asparagus spears in a fan shape over salad greens. Add strawberry slices and sprinkle with toasted pecans.
- 5For Honey Lime Dressing:.
- 6Mix juice of lime, honey, mayonnaise and sour cream together. This will be a thin dressing, but makes a wonderful drizzle over salad.
Creamy Pesto Salad Dressing
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons prepared pesto sauce (Mom's Pesto, or store-bought)
- 2 tablespoons smooth Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise (lite works well)
Directions:
- 1Whisk to combine. Dress salad! :).
Creamy Fresh Herb Salad Dressing
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream (or more)
- 1 tablespoon fresh mixed herbs
- 1 scallion, whites and green tops
- 1/8 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice or 1 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard (Colmans) or 1 teaspoon mustard powder(Colmans)
- Tabasco sauce
- salt and pepper
Directions:
- 1Add cream to food blender. Add all other ingredients. Pulse until desired consistency. Refrigerate at least 8 hours. It tastes so much better after 24 hours, or so.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Mexican Rice
Ingredients:
- 1 cup white rice (uncooked)
- 2 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth (Swanson Brand)
- 1 garlic clove (chopped)
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
- 2 -3 tablespoons canola oil
- 1/4 chopped onion
- 1/8-1/4 chopped green bell pepper
- 1 chopped fresh tomato
- 6 -7 teaspoons tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup frozen peas (optional)
- 1 pinch salt and pepper, to taste
Directions:
- 1Crush garlic and cumin together in mocajete.
- 2Add small amount of chicken broth to mocajete.
- 3Place oil in pan. Add rice and cook until lightly browned.
- 4Add onion and bell pepper to pan.
- 5Saute a few minutes, then add the fresh tomatoes and cook a few more minutes.
- 6Add the liquid from the mocajete to the pan with the rest of the chicken broth.Add a small amount of salt and pepper to taste.
- 7Cover and simmer 10-15 minutes, add frozen peas.
- 8Cover and simmer on medium to low flame until liquid is absorbed.
- 9enjoy!
Kale and White Bean Soup
Ingredients:
- 1 onion (chopped
- 2 garlic cloves (chopped)
- 1 package grape tomatoes
- 1 handful shredded carrots
- As much kale as you think you can handle (few handfuls)
- 2 boxes chicken broth
- 2 bay leaves
- splash olive oil
- splash dry sherry
- 2 cans cannellini beans
Directions:
- Saute onion, garlic, tomatoes and carrots in a little olive oil in a big stock pot.
- Add remaining ingredients and boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 1-2 hours.
- *If you like thicker soup, mash up some of the beans at the end and return to pot!
Basic Adobo Recipe
Ingredients:
- 6 dried ancho chiles, roasted, then, soaked in hot water
- 2 dried guajillo chiles, roasted, then, soaked in hot water
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon (ground)
- 1/2 teaspoon clove (ground)
- 4 garlic cloves
- 3 tablespoons oregano (dried)
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1 roma tomato
- 1 small onion (quartered)
Directions:
- 1Toast the chiles in the oven for 2 minutes or until fragrant being careful not to burn.
- 2Place the toasted chiles in a sauce pan, cover with water and bring to a boil. Boil on medium heat covered for 15 minutes.
- 3Place the chiles (stems removed) in the blender reserving the water they were inches Add in all the other ingredients and blend on high to make a fairly thick paste. Add some of the reserved water if needed to thin the sauce out.
- 4Marinate your choice of meat in this paste for 6-8 hours and then grill the meat or you can pour the paste and reserved water in a large stock pot with the meat. Add additional water to cover the meat and slow cook it for 3-4 hours in the pot.
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