Sunday, February 24, 2013

Vegetable Quinoa Curry

1 cup quinoa, 3/4 pound green beans, cut into 3-inch lengths, 1 1/2 tbs cooking oil, 1/2 cup of greek non fat yogurt1 1/2 tbs mild curry powder, 1 large onion cut into stirpes, 2 teaspoons minced garlic, 2 teasppons grated fresh ginger, 6 cups 1-inch cauliflower florets thinly sliced, 1 baked tofu, diced, 1can of veg broth

Cook quino with 1 1/4 cups of  water. 
Add oil to skillet; heat over medium-high heat; add currry; cook for 30 seconds; add onion, garlic and ginger stir-fry 2 minutes; pour in broth; bring to a boil; cover; reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 6 minutes. Stir yogurt and clinatro into curry mixture; fold in quinoa mixture. Serve.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Focaccia Bread - easy recipe

3 cups all purpose flour
2 cups warm water
2 packets rapid rise yeast
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon finely chopped rosemary
1 tablespoon finely chopped thyme

Mix 1/2 cup flour, 1/3 cup warm water and 1 packet of yeast in a large mixing bowl. Cover and leave out for at least 8 hours.  Then add the remaining ingredients to the yeast and flour mixture. Stir until combined and let rise for about an hour. Shape into one or two round discs on a baking sheet.  Sprinkle with a kosher salt and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Happy Lunar New Year

Chinese New Year Eve's Dinner at Ayong's house, plus steam fish and dumplings
The dishes I made,
Lucky dish : front left
Lion head : front right
 
Luky dish - comb of 10 veg

 bean curb,soy bean sprout, spinach,preserved mustard green, Shiitake mushroom ,
Enoki mushroom,carrots,soy bean milk skin,beech mushroom,preserved daikon,
 
 Lion Head
 
 Lion Head : Pan fried hamburg size meat balls
 
 
 
cooked napa cabbage in a clay pot,
put the pan fried lion head on the top of cabbage,
placed a few cabbage leaves on the top of meat
covered and cooked about 1 hr


Sunday, February 3, 2013

Shepherd's Pie with Kale

A hearty meat stew topped with mashed potatoes-kale mixture

 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Put the leftover beef stew into a baking dish
Spread the mashed potatoes-kale mixture over the meat stew
Bake for approximately 30 minutes, or until  top golden brown