Chili- lazy cook's version

Ingredients:
1 pound ground Turkey
1 pound ground beef
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons onion powder
1 tablespoon garlic powder
3 tablespoons Cumin powder
4 cups organic chicken stock
1 tablespoon smoked paprika
1 can (10 oz or so) red kidney bean- rinsed in cold water
1 can black bean (10 oz or so) - rinsed in cold water
2 roma tomatoes -sliced thinly
5 green Roma tomatoes -sliced thinly
1tablespoon fish sauce or 
enough salt to make it salty to your taste.

Instruction:
Heat oil in a large pot
Add beef and Turkey meat and all the dry ingredients. Stir for 2 minutes.
Add tomatoes. Stir. 
Add chicken stock and beans. Stir.
Bring it to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes or longer.
Serve.

 

Korean Beef called Bulgogi

Ingredients:
1 pound thinly sliced ribeye beef
1/4 cup Korean BBQ sauce for beef
2 green onion- cut in 4" length
1 carrots- peeled and julienned
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 large onion - sliced thick

Instruction:
Mix meat and sauce in a bowl
Heat oil in skillet
Add meat and carrots and onion. Stir
When meat is done add green onion
stir. Enjoy over rice or as a lettuce wrap.
Note: 
I made 4 pounds of it this time for friends.

 

Pickled Mustard Green Salad

Pickled Mustard Green Salad

Ingredients:
1 pouch pickled mustard green - sliced thinly 
1 medium size Shallot - sliced thinly 
1 Dragon's Toe pepper - sliced thinly
1 tablespoon oil of your choice

Instruction:
Put everything in a large bowl and mix them well by hand.
Enjoy!

 

Acorn Squash in Tumeric and Shalott and Mushrooms

Ingredients:Acorn squash washed and cut in about 2" by 1"
1/3 tsp Tumeric powder
1/3 salt or more if you like
2 tblsp cooking oil
1 or 2 small Shalott peeled and sliced thinly
1/2 cup water

Instruction:

Heat oil in wok or a pan
Add Shalott- cook till light brown
Add the squash. and salt.Stir
Add water. Stir. Close lid.
Stir occationally till done.

As for the mushrooms:

Put as much sliced mushrooms as you like in a skillet. Close lid and cook in mediumheat. It will produce it's own water  and cook. Stir occasionally. Add salt and herb to your liking. Enjoy!

Note:

These two side dishes go very well with steak on the grill. 

We like to eat them with grilled beef filet.

Sometimes,
I add corn strach diluded in cold water to the mushrooms
turing it into a mushroom sauce to pour over stake.

Artic Char - and simple sauce

Recently accidentally...

 I discover this fish called Artic Char at my favorite Seafood shop in Sarasota caleed 

"Lotsa Lobster" the fish looks like Salmon but much smaller in size but tasted amost like a trout. 

It tasted mot devine both my husband Will and I thought. 

So, feel free to try my simple and fresh recipe...

Ingredietns:

3 lbs or so or a filet washed in cold wate
1 baking dish (shallow ones are better)

For sauce:
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tblsp sesame oil or less
1 tblsp rice vineger
1 pinch of ginger powder or some fresh ones
3 green onions (cut and soaked in water for 10 minutes)
(mix them all in a bowl). Set aside

Instruction:

Oil the bottom of the baking dish
Place the fish- skin side down
Roast or bake at 350 degree for one hour

Place the fish in serving platter.
Pour the mixture
Serve
Enjoy!

Eating to loose weight :)

Edemame: Buy this frozen at Trader Joe's.  It is already cooked. Just put it in the microwave oven for 4 minutes and you have it.  I eat the whole bag for a meal. 250 calories delicious!

Salad greens with 3 lemon peppered cooked on the skillet with half a teaspoon of oil.  This makes a good lunch.  I don't like salad dressing. So, I don't use it.

Frozen pork and vegetable frozen dumplings from Trader Joe's.  Steam them in a pot. Wilt wild arugala in your skillet with half a teaspoon of olive oil with a pinch of salt.  Great meal.

My new creation:
Salad greens and fresh apples with smoked Salmon. For this my husband uses champigne pear dressing from Trader Joe's. I don't use any dressing.  Healthy and delicious!

A simple Myanmar meal

Joshua was home for Spring Break for 8 days.  I taught him a few cooking lessons.  This was one of them. I psosted the picture on facebook and 2 friends asked for the recipe. Here is the Shrimp recipe. By the way the green beans are simply steamed and rice cooked in rice cooker.  Enjoy!

Myanmar Shrimp Curry (Pazun hin)

1.5 lbs jumbo shrimp (peeled and deveined)

3 cloves garlic (peeled, smashed and chopped)

1 teaspoon roughly chopped fresh ginger (optional)

1 large onion or 4 regular size shallot (peeled and chopped)

7 roma tomatoes (washed and sliced thinly)

2 tablespoons of fish sauce

1 table spoon turmeric powder

Salt to taste

Cilantro for grnish (optional)

3 tablespoon canola or vegetable oil

Instruction:

In a large bowl mix shrimp and fish sauce and half of the turmeric.

In a large sauce pan heat oil

Fry onion till soft and translucent

Add garlic and ginger cook till you like the smell

Add turmeric powder. Stir.

Add tomatoes. Stir.

Cook till tomato turned into sauce. Don’t burn the bottom.

Add shrimp. Stir till cooked.

Add cilantro if you wish.

Serve right away with white steamed rice and steamed green vegetables.