Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Christmas Cookies!
Well, the Christmas holiday is approaching very quickly. I am now baking cookies daily to get them ready for shipment to my family members in NJ and AZ. There are always special requests. Haymarket Cookies for Grandpa Ronnie, Thumbprint Cookies for Jackie, Mexican Wedding Cakes for Jackie, Butter Cookies for Jackie.......does anyone else see a pattern here? To date I have baked the Mexican Wedding Cakes, Thumbprints, Butter Cookies, Spritz Cookies and made candied orange peel dipped in chocolate. Later today I will do the Haymarket Cookies.
Monday, April 4, 2011
"Thai"ing one on Sunday Afternoon
This past Sunday, we decided to "Thai" one on. We enjoy Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce, Spring Rolls and Pineapple Fried Rice with Chicken, Shrimp and Lobster.
Lexi is not a fan of Thai food so I had to make her ravioli to keep her happy.
First step in marinating the chicken. I used Greek yogurt, soy sauce, fish sauce and sesame oil. The chicken is so tender it falls off the skewer.
Second step is making the peanut sauce. It is very easy - everything goes in the blender and you are done.
Third step is making the spring rolls. Slice the cooked shrimp in half lengthwise, matchstick the carrots, cook the rice vermicelli, lettuce and cilantro. Soak the rice paper in warm water for a minute to soften. place the sliced shrimp in the middle, carrots on top of the shrimp, rice vermicelli on top of the carrots, cilantro and lettuce on top of that. Begin to roll and fold in the sides half way and continue to roll until done. That's it!
Last but not least the rice. Prepare everything before you start to cook and it will be very easy. Clean shrimp, remove lobster meat from tail, dice carrots, clean snow peas, scramble egg, dice garlic, micro plane ginger, cut fresh pineapple, dice chicken and have the remaining ingredients ready. Get a big wok and go to town.
Here are the recipes that I use and I will give you amounts but adjust as you feel needed.
Chicken Satay:
Chicken tenders, trimmed of all fat and remove white membrane (gross)
Greek plain yogurt
Sesame oil
Fish Sauce
Soy Sauce
Use enough of each to cover the chicken evenly and refrigerate for at least one hour.
Grill on medium until cooked
Peanut Sauce:
Smooth peanut butter - 1 cup
Soy sauce - 1/2 cup
Chili sauce - 2 teaspoons
Hot water - 1/4 cup
Juice of two limes
Blend all ingredients together until smooth.
Spring Rolls - read steps above! It is EASY
Pineapple Fried Rice
Fresh cut pineapple - as much or as little as you desire
1/2 to 1 pound large shrimp cleaned
1 lobster tail, shell removed
2 chicken tenders from satay - uncooked and cut into bite size pieces
1 large carrot diced
1 cup snow peas
2 teaspoons fresh minced garlic
2 teaspoons fresh ginger, micro planed
sesame oil
1 tablespoon chili sauce
fish sauce
soy sauce
1 large egg beaten
bean sprouts optional
cashew nuts
heat oil in pan and add garlic and ginger and carrots
add chicken and saute
add snow peas and cook for 1 minute
remove from pan and set aside
add shrimp and lobster and cook just until pink
add egg and cook
add bean sprouts, soy sauce, fish sauce and chili sauce and cook until warm
add back ingredients set aside and cook 1 minute.
add cashews and pineapples and serve.
Lexi is not a fan of Thai food so I had to make her ravioli to keep her happy.
First step in marinating the chicken. I used Greek yogurt, soy sauce, fish sauce and sesame oil. The chicken is so tender it falls off the skewer.
Second step is making the peanut sauce. It is very easy - everything goes in the blender and you are done.
Third step is making the spring rolls. Slice the cooked shrimp in half lengthwise, matchstick the carrots, cook the rice vermicelli, lettuce and cilantro. Soak the rice paper in warm water for a minute to soften. place the sliced shrimp in the middle, carrots on top of the shrimp, rice vermicelli on top of the carrots, cilantro and lettuce on top of that. Begin to roll and fold in the sides half way and continue to roll until done. That's it!
Last but not least the rice. Prepare everything before you start to cook and it will be very easy. Clean shrimp, remove lobster meat from tail, dice carrots, clean snow peas, scramble egg, dice garlic, micro plane ginger, cut fresh pineapple, dice chicken and have the remaining ingredients ready. Get a big wok and go to town.
Here are the recipes that I use and I will give you amounts but adjust as you feel needed.
Chicken Satay:
Chicken tenders, trimmed of all fat and remove white membrane (gross)
Greek plain yogurt
Sesame oil
Fish Sauce
Soy Sauce
Use enough of each to cover the chicken evenly and refrigerate for at least one hour.
Grill on medium until cooked
Peanut Sauce:
Smooth peanut butter - 1 cup
Soy sauce - 1/2 cup
Chili sauce - 2 teaspoons
Hot water - 1/4 cup
Juice of two limes
Blend all ingredients together until smooth.
Spring Rolls - read steps above! It is EASY
Pineapple Fried Rice
Fresh cut pineapple - as much or as little as you desire
1/2 to 1 pound large shrimp cleaned
1 lobster tail, shell removed
2 chicken tenders from satay - uncooked and cut into bite size pieces
1 large carrot diced
1 cup snow peas
2 teaspoons fresh minced garlic
2 teaspoons fresh ginger, micro planed
sesame oil
1 tablespoon chili sauce
fish sauce
soy sauce
1 large egg beaten
bean sprouts optional
cashew nuts
heat oil in pan and add garlic and ginger and carrots
add chicken and saute
add snow peas and cook for 1 minute
remove from pan and set aside
add shrimp and lobster and cook just until pink
add egg and cook
add bean sprouts, soy sauce, fish sauce and chili sauce and cook until warm
add back ingredients set aside and cook 1 minute.
add cashews and pineapples and serve.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Our Christmas visit to Time Square New York 2010
Our first night in the Big Apple we decided to go to Plataforma Churrascaria Rodizio on 49th Street between 8th and 9th, just a few blocks from our hotel.
We began with the salad bar that was pretty amazing. Word to the wise, don't fill up on this, you can get salad anywhere.
Then we had to order our sides: we selected mashed potates, broccoli and rice. They were all very very good.
Now we turned our little disk over to show GREEN and the meat began coming around. beef sirlion, beef tenderloin, beef large ribs that were just AMAZING, pork, lamb and the list goes on. Each was delicious.
Needless to say, we were not able to eat our monies worth. Each pre fixed price was $58.95 and the drinks were $9 each. Bill had about four or fix drinks and we were only charged for one! They made up for it in the price of the meal.
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