tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49885045337632981632024-03-13T09:17:40.658-07:00Cook In Fifty-TwoMy kitchen is full of international culinary adventure year-round! On the adventure is a man, a woman, a preschool boy, and a baby girl. Oh, a college student who's staying with us too. New recipes, new flavors, new favorites ahoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988504533763298163.post-18545080207357474162013-05-28T13:12:00.002-07:002013-05-28T13:12:44.063-07:00Sushi is easy (& inexpensive)Sushi is a fairly expensive treat if you eat out. Made at home though it becomes a healthy and inexpensive meal for the whole family.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988504533763298163.post-84697325159650151912013-05-18T05:15:00.000-07:002013-05-18T05:15:13.207-07:00Next adventure: Japan This month is my fifth wedding anniversary. When we married my husband (who is trying to learn Japanese & loves Kamen Rider and other Japanese tv shows) suggested we should try to visit Japan for our fifth anniversary. Little did we know we'd be having our second child and buying our second (larger) house that year instead. Guess we'll work towards visiting Japan for our tenth anniversary instead.<br />
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Meanwhile I can continue to learn about their food and cooking at home. While I have an aunt who is Japanese and a cousin who lives in Japan, what I've been learning about their food comes from books and the Internet. I love how very healthy it is. There are some nice subtle flavors too.<br />
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Did you know making sushi at home is comparatively inexpensive? Have you ever tried yakisoba, the buckwheat noodle and vegetable dish stir-fried with a touch of sake? Miso soup is so comforting too, like chicken soup.<br />
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We're going to enjoy this.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988504533763298163.post-25571247052845959732013-05-13T03:45:00.003-07:002022-11-05T06:27:02.953-07:00ChimichangasMy husband loves chimichangas. If we go to a new sandwich shop he orders a Reuben. To make sure it's a good restaurant, he says. If we eat Mexican chances are he'll order chimichangas. A restaurant with a good chimi is worth a second visit. Disappointed by the chimi, adios!<br />
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So I resolved to try my hand a frying chimichangas.<br />
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Ok, so it wasn't that bad. But I did learn there is definitely a trick or two to making those beautiful chimichangas he loves so much.<br />
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First the filling. Whatever size tortilla you use you must make sure to have the right amount of filling inside. Too much, things explode (or well, ooze out). To little and it's a little shabby.<br />
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Second, toothpicks. Seriously, don't make the mistake I made a first. I bought all the ingredients at the store while forgetting to check my supplies. "Hmm, it says to pin with toothpicks. Oh well.i suppose they'll be ok without...." No. Just run to the store if you are out of toothpicks. While I did end up getting them mostly to stay together, the toothpicks would've kept much more of the filling intact.<br />
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Finally, the heat. If you have the heat just right you'll end up with beautiful golden chimichangas in no time. Too high or too low-even by a little-made a big difference in the results. Watch that temperature!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988504533763298163.post-31151128423302882102013-04-26T04:53:00.000-07:002013-04-26T04:53:30.479-07:00A Week of Mexican Meals?A week from Sunday is Cinco de Mayo.<br />
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If hou planned a week of Mexican dinners what would your menu look like?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988504533763298163.post-58846849402090742612013-03-19T01:06:00.001-07:002022-11-05T06:26:11.979-07:00Costa Rican fish & cabbage tacosMmmm! I really think I like these. A lot.<br />
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Cheesy pasta with tomatoes baked in foil packets. AKA <a href="http://www.rusticocooking.com/pasta.htm"><b>Spaghetti al Cartoccio</b></a><br />
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If you are a fan of Cajun or Creole Jambalaya, you might find the different flavors but somewhat similar construction of Paella an interesting change. It makes for an easy, family, one-pot meal. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988504533763298163.post-22942000302786377232012-10-02T12:44:00.003-07:002022-11-05T06:21:44.837-07:00Cuban: Ropa Vieja in the CrockpotYesterday was a busy day for us, and I had the perfect meal planned. In the morning I volunteered at the homeschool group, after lunch was a doctor appointment, and in the evening was swimming. The crock pot called.<br />
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So I made an easy family-friendly Cuban meal: Ropa Vieja. It's simple, and flavorful. I've made it for a while and can't remember where I found the recipe in the first place. The whole family tends to love it. Although last night my 3.5 year old decided there was something funny about the large slices of onion. Next time I'll slice them smaller.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988504533763298163.post-65683346335507958732012-09-28T07:05:00.001-07:002022-11-05T06:20:54.215-07:00Curried Peas, and my little sweet pea<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I don't often make peas because well, my husband finds most recipes with peas boring. Last night was Asian night in our house and I tried a curried peas and tomatoes recipe to go along with our main Indian dish. Oh, yum! My husband even had more than one serving. He said "this is actually an interesting dish" so I'll definitely be making them again. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Oh, in case you're wondering about my Asian night comment. Now that I'm well in my second trimester (yes, I'm expecting my own little sweet pea this winter!) and not relying on giant crockpots full of doubled and tripled recipes to freeze in order to feed the family each night I'm back to cooking most days each week, which means back to making international food more often. How much more? Well, I'm experimenting with a new way to menu plan. Each day of the week minus one is assigned a continent. If I need to plan a meal for that day of the week I can think of recipes from that continent (or the oceans if you wanted to add a just fish night). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We'll see how this strategy goes. So far so good. It has certainly streamlined menu planning.</span><br />
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I'll have to work off memory to tell you about our Nigerian culinary adventure. Oh, the memories are wonderful. In fact, sitting here typing this I'm wondering to myself, "why haven't you made it again yet?!" Yes, it was that good.
We enjoyed a meat dish and a salad. The salad was made of layers. Much as an American seven layer salad is made. The ingredients were a little different though. Slivers of cabbage, cucumber, and carrot are mixed together. A can of peas (apparently fresh isn't an option here) is poured over, followed by a layer of canned (not fresh or frozen again) corn. This is topped with slices of hard cooked egg. So far not too odd. Here's where the salad really shows its foreign side. The last two steps are to sprinkle the salad with a can each of baked beans and tuna! How odd! The layers are repeated. After chilling it's served with salad cream.
I'm not a huge meat eater. This particular meat was delectable. Stick meat. Beef is coated with spices like bouillon, garlic, curry, and adobo powder and allowed to sit and "sweat" a while. Water is added And the meat boiled for half an hour. You remove the meat, heat oil until it smokes and make the sauce. Then you bake the meat. So this meat gets boiled and baked. The meat is tossed with the sauce and eaten with toothpicks. So yummy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988504533763298163.post-25901936918990859422012-04-30T16:53:00.002-07:002012-04-30T16:53:44.400-07:00Market Day: Nigeria<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dish 1 used: Adobo seasoning, oil, tomato, onion, garlic, peppers, curry powder, bouillon<br />
Dish 2 used: Carrot, cucumber, peas, corn, eggs, tuna, baked beans, cabbage, and salad cream<br />
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It's a plate full of avocados stuffed with fish and egg. Sounds different, tastes yummy. If you like tuna salad stuffed in a tomato, you'll probably enjoy this.</div>
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It's a pleasant and healthy meal. You can find<a href="http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/miscellaneous/fetch-recipe.php?rid=misc-avocado-smoked-fish"> the recipe here</a>. </div>
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Right now I'm in overload concerning what I want to make for our Nigerian adventure. I'm very tempted to try a breakfast recipe. Crepes or a bean pancake with a custard on the side. Problem is finding custard powder, which is according to my brief web search slightly different from our instant pudding mix. Now that I live in a largish city I hope I can track some down...breakfast like that would be fun! Then there's the stews! Very meaty and several carry the warning "very spicy". It seems like everything is served with "white yam" or plantains too. Oh, and they have the most interesting salads. There's also a dish that reminds me of scotch eggs, one that reminds me of doughnuts...just so much from which to choose.
As I said what's particularly tempting is embarking on more than one adventure here. We'll see. There are several African restaurants in town, if I want to try something cooked by someone who knows how after I'm done with this particular adventure!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988504533763298163.post-68743181564030903732012-04-18T09:09:00.003-07:002022-11-05T06:18:08.123-07:00Culinary adventure to Ghana! part 1: Plantains<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For dessert I mixed pepper, onion, garlic, ginger, plantains, olive oil, and salt and made fried plantains! Now, this recipe certainly wasn't nearly as tasty as I'd had at a certain restaurant, but still they weren't bad. Next time though I think I'd try a different recipe. </div>
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The ingredients for dessert. Plantains, garlic, ginger, onion, red pepper, olive oil, and salt. Yes, it did have a bit of a kick!</div>
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Other ingredients needed for the main dish included: Olive oil, milk, sugar, salt, vegetable oil, bell pepper, pimentos, lime juice, and avocados.<br />
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One of the more interesting resources I've found so far is A <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/the-oily-charms-of-west-african-cuisine/2012/02/21/gIQAhBx4fR_story_1.html">Washington Post article</a> on west African cuisine. The foods are savory and starchy. One ingredient in particular caught my eye: plantains. Yum! <a href="http://www.africaguide.com/cooking.htm">African Cooking Guide </a>has a great chart listing the most commonly used ingredients.
Oh, and often it uses one pot cooking. Love that!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988504533763298163.post-9448975257483762752012-03-22T05:23:00.001-07:002022-11-05T06:17:16.464-07:00Week 11: An Algerian Pudding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh, was this pudding ever good! After he ate it my husband announced "I can't wait for you to make this again." it was so quick (minutes) to whip up too. You bet I'll make Sahlab again, and soon. Creamy and silky it simply slips down your throat. Yum!<br />
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Couscous- once again!- is an essential part of Algerian cooking. There are even dessert dishes made of couscous. I suppose that's really no different than bread or rice pudding in a way. Many lower! A variety of nuts are also used. What varied textures these desserts must have.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988504533763298163.post-65935799088768151702012-02-19T10:31:00.001-08:002012-02-19T10:31:51.103-08:00Market Meets Pantry- Guess What I'm Making (Tunisia)<div><p>Don't you love it when you can make your entire meal from things you already have on hand? For our planned Tunisian meal, that's exactly what happened.  Our pantry was the market!</p>
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Couscous is again often a featured dish. It seems to be fairly universal in that norther region of Africa. Since couscous is so enjoyed by my family I have no problem serving it again if necessary. Rather like we eat dishes with rice or pasta, the couscous becomes a bottom layer upon which to serve vegetable and protein (bean and meat like lamb) based stew-like dishes.<br />
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Seafood seems to be fairly common in the northern region. There's one dish called Brik that's rather like a meat pie except it's stuffed with tuna fish and egg. I've been thinking we need to include more fish and seafood in our diet.<br />
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Tunisia also has a quiche like dish called a tajin. I suppose another comparison for the tajin would be the Spanish tortilla. Yet another home-style dish called shakshouka is made by simmering various vegetables on the stove top and adding eggs to the top. Thinking the "tajin" sounds the least daring. <br />
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Dates. Sweet and filled with fiber. <a href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/food-nutrition/natural-foods/natural-weight-loss-food-dates-ga.htm">A healthier treat </a>to have around when you want something sugary, for sure. Almonds. Who will argue<a href="http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=20"> the health benefits </a>of eating a few almonds? Now picture coating the almonds in honey, carmelized, and stuffing the honeyed almonds in some plump, juicy dates. Sounds pretty good! It sure is.<br />
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My whole family devoured this easy to make Moroccan dessert the other night when we had our Moroccan dinner adventure. My husband when he saw the stuffed dates commented "These look like footballs!" I laughed "Perfect for a superbowl party!" He agreed.<br />
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Split the dates lengthwise and remove the pits.</div>
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Now comes the fun part. Feel free to let your child(ren) help stuff the honeyed almonds in the dates.</div>
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Yum! A tasty healthier dessert perfect for a superbowl or any party!</div>
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Find the recipe <a href="http://www.maroque.co.uk/printme.aspx?id=75">here at Maroque</a>.</div>
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Hurrah! Turns out I had most of what's needed for this week's culinary adventure already in my pantry, freezer, and fridge. That's sure nice. Trader Joe's supplied the dates as I couldn't find any at Kroger. To help make this meal easy and doable for a household with a toddler I decided to cut a few corners making this meal.</div>
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Couscous will come from the boxed mix "Near East". I've loved this brand for years. It also seems to go on sale fairly frequently.</div>
Canned chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans), raisins, pre-chopped frozen bell peppers,<br />
Trader Joe's flatbread, chopped frozen spinach<br />
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Our fresh ingredients! </div>
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Orange, apple,</div>
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Zucchini, eggplant, sweet potato, cucumber, dates</div>
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Carrots, almonds</div>
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Spices and seasonings:</div>
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Onion and garlic powder (I have it on hand, cutting a corner here),</div>
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Sesame oil (substitute for Argan oil), turmeric, salt,</div>
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Orange juice, pepper, honey</div>
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(Not pictured: curry powder)</div>
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There you have it! From these three groups of ingredients I am planning on making our main dish, our salad, and a simple, sweet, dessert. Definitely looking forward to supper.</div>
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What sort of Moroccan dish(es) would you make with these ingredients?</div>
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