Summer Jicama Salad June 21, 2009

Summer Jicama Salad

Ingredients:

1 medium sized Jicama, julienned

1 carrot, julienned

1/2 English cucumber, julienned

4 red radish, julienned

1 green or red pepper, julienned

1 medium sized onion, finely sliced

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

1/4 cup lime juice

2 tbsp. olive oil

2 tsp. honey

1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

salt and pepper to taste

Combine jicama, carrot, cucumber, red radish, green pepper and onions. Whisk together red wine vinegar, lime juice, olive oil, honey and cayenne. Season with salt and pepper.

*I remember when I was a child we eat sliced Jicama with salt, it is also know as Singkamas in the Philippines. This is  one of my favorite salad for summer, very refreshing. It is good side dish for barbecue or with Grilled Salmon Steaks. enJOY!

Kale with Garlic Cremini Mushrooms March 25, 2009

Kale with Garlic Cremini Mushrooms

Ingredients:

1 bunch Kale, chopped

3 tbsp olive oil

3  garlic cloves, minced

2 cups Cremini or Button mushrooms, cut into quarters

a splash of sherry

salt and pepper to taste

Wash Kale and discard the stems; chopped the leaves. Saute garlic for 3 minutes. then add mushrooms until golden brown but not burned. Add chopped kale, cook it until wilted or becomes dark green in color. Salt and pepper to taste and splash of sherry to deglaze the pan.

*I found out about Kale from a fellow Twitter, and he was right it’s really tasty and healthy at the same time. I made my own twist and I think Kale is the new spinach. You can add chili flakes to give it a little kick.

This would be good with Cider-Braised Ontario Pork Chops w/Apples and Garlic.

Curry Fried Rice March 21, 2009

Curry Fried Rice

Ingredients:

3 cups cooked rice

2 tbsp. olive oil

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 onion, chopped

1 tsp. curry powder

1/4 tsp. pepper

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1/2 tsp. chicken bouillon

1 egg, scramble

salt to taste

Cook  the eggs and cut into strips, set aside.  Saute garlic and onions for 5 minutes. in medium heat. Add curry powder, pepper, nutmeg, chicken bouillon for about 2 minutes  Then add cooked rice, evenly mix the spices and the rice; salt to taste. Lastly add strips of scrambled eggs.

* You can add strips of chicken breast or beef strips and green peas to make a full meal. This will serve as good side dish with Grilled Salmon Steaks.  enJOY!

Brown Rice with Leeks and Bacon November 13, 2007

Ingredients

1 lb bacon, chopped

2-3 leeks, chopped & cleaned thoroughly

2 cups brown rice, cooked

2 tbsp. tomato paste

1/2 cup water or low-soduim chicken stock

salt & pepper to taste

Fry bacon in a large skillet until crisp. Remove bacon and stir-fry leeks in 1 tbsp. bacon drippings until tender.  Add rice, tomatoe paste, stock and salt and pepper to taste.  Simmer 3-5 mins. stirring frequently until stock is absorbed. Stir in bacon. 

*You can substitute the bacon with ham or spicy italian sausage just add 1 tbsp. of oil to saute the leeks. If you don’t have bron rice regular white rice is good too.