April, 2010

Learn more about mung bean sprouts, a popular ingredient in Chinese dishes for 3,000 years, and try some recipes.

Chinese Black Sea Bass – baked with fresh ginger, garlic, sesame seeds, and soy. A good recipe for the beginning Chinese cook.

No bake peanut butter bars.

This small, dumpling-like pasta is squeezed through a noodle or cookie press. It’s great with Hungarian Goulash!

These meaty mushrooms marinate in oil, onion, garlic and vinegar for an hour before they are tossed on a hot grill to cook to perfection. Absolutely sublime.

In this Filipino dish, rice noodles are tossed with lots of goodies including shrimp, sausage, chicken, chile peppers, mushrooms, bean sprouts and snow peas. You can substitute white wine for the sake, and add a splash of rice vinegar, if desired.

Cilantro, mint and a hint of spice make this a magnificent chutney that would go great with lamb. I had searched everywhere for this recipe. The stars aligned one day and I not only found a fabulous house to rent, but a landlord who knew how to make Mint Chutney! This is Roselyn’s recipe.

Enjoy this great pumpkin muffin recipe. These muffins stay very moist and fresh for at least a week.

A wonderful Italian neighbor showed me how to make this recipe after I commented on how good it made the neighborhood smell when she had her windows open when she made it. This American-Italian term refers to food prepared ‘hunter-style,’ with mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, various herbs, and sometimes wine. I found adding cheese gave it something special, it also made it mine.

ginger garlic peppered beef – Ginger, garlic and sesame oil are combined with teriyaki sauce and keylime juice in this tasty fusion recipe.