Posted in /Cooking/Side_Dishes/Salads on Saturday, July 15, 2017
Ingredients
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup finely chopped tomato
1/4 cup finely chopped cucumber
1/4 cup finely chopped Capsicum or green pepper
1 small green chili such as jalapeno (Seeds intact)
1 Tbsp finely chopped cilantro or coriander leaves
1/2 tsp lemon juice
Salt & pepper to taste
Optional ingredients:
* radishes
* carrots
Directions
1. Chop all vegetables finely. Depending on your spiciness tolerance use more or less of the chili
2. Mix all ingredients well and serve.
3. Serve with Potato Chickpea Curry Wraps
Yield: 2 servings
Posted in /Cooking/Soups on Saturday, July 15, 2017
Ingredients
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 shallot
1 leek
2 clove garlic, crushed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 bunch asparagus, ends trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
6 cups chicken stock
500 mL (1 pint) sour cream, room temperature or equal amount of cream or milk (but you'll need to thicken the soup if you use milk)
2 teaspoons Hungarian hot paprika, for garnish
Directions
1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, and saute 5 minutes.
2. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Add asparagus and saute another 4 minutes.
4. Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil.
5. Reduce to simmer and cook for 30 minutes, until asparagus is very tender. Transfer to a blender and puree until smooth.
6. Return to saucepan, stir in sour cream/cream/milk and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
7. Transfer to serving bowls. Dust with paprika and serve.
Posted in /Cooking/Side_Dishes on Saturday, July 15, 2017
This is a stuffing that has a bit more flavour. Just remember that if you're going to cook your stuffing in a turkey cavity you will need to check the stuffing's temperature too.
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Posted in /Cooking/Side_Dishes on Saturday, July 15, 2017
Ingredients
1 pound cherry or grape tomatoes
2 garlic cloves
2 Tbsp honey
1/4 cup olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1. Place all the ingredients, except the garlic into a small pot and let cook on medium heat until the tomatoes plump up, about 10 minutes.
2. Add the garlic and cook 3-4 minutes longer
3. Spoon this mixture on top of the Lemon Honey Chicken Breast
Serve with
Posted in /Fabric_Projects/Quilts on Saturday, July 15, 2017
This is a quilt for my nephew Tyrus. The quilt has two different blocks, the 9 patch and the snowball. I made each block in two colours and the 9 patches were made into two different configurations so there are a total of 6 different blocks.
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