Red Cabbage Salad

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Red Cabbage Salad

-1/2 of medium sized red cabbage washed and soaked in salted water for 20 minutes, chopped
-3 green onions
-2 apples (I used gala, with skin on) sliced like match sticks
-2 carrots sliced like matchsticks (I used white carrots)
-2 ribs of celery
-salt and pepper
-juice of 1 lime
-2 tablespoon maple syrup
-3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
-1/3 cup olive oil
-roasted almonds or sunflower seeds

-I soak my cabbage in salt water, then chopped it up.  I added the, chopped green onions, apples, carrots, celery, lime juice, maple syrup, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, olive oil.  Stir well and let sit in fridge for half an hour, the red of the cabbage bleeds into the other vegetables and the salad has pink hints.  add the sunflower seeds and roasted almonds when ready to eat.

Sesame Manadarin Brown Rice Salad

Sesame Mandarin Brown Rice Salad

-2 cups cooked brown rice
-1 apple peeled and chopped up
-avocado sliced with the juice of 1 lime and salt and pepper
-1 small purple onion chopped
-2 cooked golden beets (optional)
-1/2 cup roasted sesame seeds
-1/2 cup roasted hulled pumpkins
-1/2 cup roasted almonds
-2 tablespoons hemp seeds
-1 can of mandarin oranges juice drained

Dressing

-1 tablespoons tamari (soya sauce)
-1/2 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
-2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
-4 tablespoons sesame oil
-2 tablespoons of juice from the mandarins.

-to roast the sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds dry roast in a frying pan until golden brown on medium heat.

-Mix the avocado, brown rice, apple, onion, beets, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds, hemp seeds, and mandarins in a large bowl.  Mix together well.  The mix together the ingredients or the dressing and poor over.  Sesame has an intense strong flavour, so mix and taste, you may need more dressing.

BBQ apples and rhubarb

In Canada this past weekend was a holiday.  I went camping up north with my kids and my friend.  We did not bring any spices, only good food and lemons an limes.  We were playing with my kids when they picked some rhubarb, which inspired me to cook a dessert.  So on the BBQ in a little foil container I made this dessert.


BBQ apples and Rhubarb


-2 stalks of rhubarb chopped
-2 apples skinned and sliced
-juice and zest of one lime
-2-3 tablespoons sugar
-1/3 a cup cranberry juice/white wine/apple juice


BBQ on low dish uncovered for 30 minutes.  I served with cream and coffee.

Scallops in a Curry Sauce

Scallops In a Curry Mustard Sauce

1 pound of scallops

3 tablespoons flour

salt and pepper

olive oil

butter

2 cloves of garlic

2 chipillini onions minced

1/2 cup white wine

1/4 cup cream

2 tablespoons yellow Thai curry

salt and pepper

1 ripe pear or apple sliced

sprinkle of cinnamon

Bake apples or pear sliced in oven at 350 until soft.  Sprinkle with cinnamon.  In a large frying pan heat olive oil and butter.  Meanwhile coat the Scallops in flour, then coat with salt and pepper.  Place scallops in pan, and cook until browned, then turn.  In a small sauce pan sautée onions and garlic until onions clear, add a sprinkle of flour to thicken.  Add wine and allow to cook down.  Add the thick cream and Thai Yellow curry until thick.  Pour over Scallops and allow to simmer together for a few minutes.  On a plate place a slice of baked apple, then place scallops on top and drizzle curry sauce over top.

Hot hamburger sandwiches

Last night my friend came with a bag of organic fruit and vegetables that she has delivered to her house weekly.  She came bearing the gifts of a mango, which was my snack today.  Radish greens, carrot tops, apples, oranges, zucchini, pears.  A feast, not to mention a pesto sauce she had made and a chickpea, mushroom, crab salad with olives.  We ended up going out for Indian...we were out picking up my daughter from school and the weather changed quickly and we were delayed returning to my place. So we stopped at an Indian restaurant where we enjoyed the delights.  It was unfortunate not to be able to inspire each other in the kitchen.  However my children were able to experience the different tastes of India.  Yum.

Today I had yet another visitor, she is one on my longest friends and it started out she was just going too be here between meetings and it turned into a two meal affair.  It started with a late afternoon snack, we ate the chickpea salad made by friend from yesterday and I made a spinach salad with pomegranate.  I was shocked to fine them in my supermarket this morning and bought three to celebrate!!!! Then as my friends second meeting was rescheduled we first worked to rearrange my apartment and she helped me to de clutter a few items.  I then started making hot hamburger sandwiches.  I know people have asked how to save money with meals etc, I think tonight's dinner was low cost, delicious and quick and easy.  Know, I used pre-made prime rib burgers that I got on sale, regular whole wheat bread and sweet potatoes.  I used a can of beef gravy...which came home with my from the grocery store and someone was given my can of coconut milk :( it a few months ago, and we used it to make hot hamburger sandwiches.


We panned friend the hamburgers than placed in the oven at 300 to keep warm.  


Sweet Potato Goodness


-3 medium sweet potatoes, sliced like coins
-1 small onion diced
-1 tablespoon chilipowder
-1/4 teaspoon cumin
-1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
-salt an pepper
-1 teaspoon tamari soya sauce
-1/4 cup white wine
-1 tablespoon brown sugar
-2 tablespoons parmesan cheese


In a large frying pan I sautéed Onions, sweet potatoes cut like coins in a dash olive oil on medium heat, once they had cooked for about five minutes I started to add the dry spices (Chili powder, cumin, mustard, pepper) I continued to cook until the sweet potatoes were beginning to brown, I added tamari, and the spash of white wine and allowed it to cook, at this point I found it spicy and knowing my friend I added some brown sugar and topped with parmesan cheese and served.