Every Day Recipes
You’ll find all our day to day recipes in here
Vegetable Samosas
5 medium potatoes, boiled until tender and coarsely chopped
1/2 cup frozen peas
1TSP ginger (grated)
2TBSP cilantro (minced)
1TSP vegetable oil
1TSP cumin seeds
2TSP coriander powder
1TSP turmeric
Lemon juice
1/2 serrano pepper (or jalapeno, minced)
Salt
Mix all of the above together.
Roll dough out. Put a couple tablespoons of filling in and pinch together til seals. These come out darker cause they are done with a whole wheat bread.
Vegetable oil for deep frying
Use Vegetable oil for deep frying
Chinese food
Store bought dumplings
Store bought springs
Chicken fried rice
Beef broccoli
Mushroom egg drop soup
&
Shrimp chowmein
Beef Broccoli:
Pretty simply dish.
Broccoli, onions, garlic & ginger
Sesame seeds & oil
Soya & Hoison sauce
Add sesame oil broccoli, onions, garlic & ginger. Cook til broccoli almost tender. Add couple TBSP of soya sauce, hoisin, & sesame seeds. I thicken this with cornstarch/water mixture.
Mushroom Egg Drop Soup:
3 large eggs, beaten
4 cups chicken stock
1TBSP cornstarch
1/2TSP grated ginger
1-2TBSP soy sauce
3 green onions cut
1/4TSP white pepper
3/4 cup mushrooms
Add everything to pot put but eggs and cornstarch. Bring to light boil til mushrooms are cooked. Doesn’t take long. Stir in beat eggs. I sometimes thicken it with cornstarch and sometimes I don’t want it like that. This time we didn’t thicken it.
Cook dumpling and spring rolls as per package states.
2TBSP sesame oil
2TBSP vegetable oil
3/4 to 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced (can use boneless skinless thighs)
1 1/2 cups frozen peas and diced carrots blend
3 green onions, trimmed and sliced
3 garlic cloves, finely minced
3 large eggs, beaten scrambled
6 cups cooked rice
4TBSP soy sauce
salt and pepper, optional
In a large non-stick skillet or wok, add the oils, chicken, and cook over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes, flipping so all cooks evenly. Cooking time will vary based on thickness of chicken breasts and sizes of pieces. Remove chicken with a slotted spoon and place chicken on a plate, set aside.
Add the peas, carrots, green onions, and cook for about 2 minutes, or until vegetables begin to soften, stir.
Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the scrambled eggs.
Add the chicken, rice, evenly drizzle with soy sauce, optional salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Cook for about 2 minutes til the rice nicely fried and colored.
Package of chowmein noodles as per package states.
1 Cup Fresh Shrimp cut up
2 Eggs – whisked
3TBSP Sesame Oil
2 Green Scallion cut to sprinkle ontop
2TBSP Sesame Seeds
Vegetables, all thinly sliced
1 Large Onion
1 Large Green Bell Pepper
1 Large Carrot
1/4 Small Cabbage
4 Green Scallions
Sauce:
4TBSP Dark Soy Sauce
2TBSP Rice Vinegar
2TBSP Oyster Sauce
2TBSP Chinese Hot Sauce – optional
1/2TSP Ginger Powder
1/8TSP Garlic Powder
Heat a wok or large pan and add 1TBSP of sesame oil.
Add the whisked eggs and cook them, remove from pan
Add the remaining sesame oil.
Add chopped onion, carrots saute for a minute.
Add chopped bell pepper, cabbage, scallions and saute for another minute high heat.
Add the shrimp and the sauce.
Mix and saute everything on high flame for a minute.
Add the noodles and mix everything.
Saute on high heat for 1 minute.
Transfer the Shrimp Chow Mein to a serving dish
Sprinkle sesame seed and fresh scallion
It’s takes a times to do all the dishes but it’s well worth it and best of all you’ll have leftovers. My family love chinese food.
BBQ Garlic Bread & Donair Sauce
1TSP instant yeast
1TSP sugar
2CUPS all-purpose flour
1TSP salt
This is my all time favorite pizza dough. I use this recipe for a lot of things!
Take the water, yeast, sugar & mix. Let stand til foamed.
Once yeast is activated add in the flour and Salt. Mix until soft and smooth. Add ball back to bowl toss with some oil and let double in size.
We have our oven down this week, awaiting for a part. So we have been BBqing all week.
Whole can sweetened condensed milk
1/4CUP white vinegar
1/2TSP garlic powder
Some put sugar in this recipe, it’s not needed!
We devour these garlic fingers fast!