I went to Indian Trails Public Library last week and attended a lecture/tasting by Esther Moy from the Golden Chef in Wheeling Ill. Fantastic!!!
She made a Chinese dish that was out of this world.. so
last night I tried to make the same thing.. her recipe was:
chicken ( trimmed breast meat)
Pea Pods (peeled) from Guatemala
Red Pepper ( from CA)
Ginger ( from Brazil)
onion ( from Wisconsin)
Garlic peeled ( from China)
Rice Flour ( I used Bob's Red Mill)
Notice - no amounts.. Season to taste!! LOL
Her homemade chicken broth used chicken, ginger, water. She also has it available to buy if you choose not to make it. I bought Imagine Soups Chicken broth.
She emphasized FRESH ingredients.
She steamed the chicken chunks for 3 minutes..I chunked 2 breasts of chicken, sans skin, and chunked up then onion into small pieces placed them into the wok.
I added 1/2 onion . ( it was a really big onion, if normal size ,I would use the whole onion.)
I skipped the garlic as Scott and garlic don't agree..
But i cooked the chicken and onion until the chicken was cooked, without oil. I was amazed!
For years ,I have been making stir fry, and adding tons of olive oil to brown the chicken and make the onion translucent..but the chicken and onion browned up..Although I did watch it closely.
I added pea pods ( about 2 cups) and red pepper chunks to the wok.
then I added 1/2 chicken soup..and covered for 3 minutes.
Once it was done, I mixed 1 TBS of rice flour and 1/2 cup of chicken broth. Mixed them well, and it was murky.
I added this "gravy" to the wok, stirred it up to included the chicken, etc..and cooked for an additional 2 minutes.
Put it over brown rice.. It was a bit bland, so I added some orange sauce ..
YUM! I am gonna make that again..
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
OMG it was so good! Smack my lips good!! I made Tilapia!
Tonight I ventured off the path, so to speak and I am REALLY glad I did.
I brought Scott home some tuna salad with potato salad from Meals on Wheels today ( for those that forgot, I work there) . So when I went to Mariano's (the grocery store) for some salad stuff, I thought to pick up some fish for me and the cat.
I got 1 Tilapia. I never tried to make it before, I usually stick with salmon, halibut, Lake Superior White Fish. But the price was right and I remember I had seen a recipe for Tilapia. so i was good to go.
I got home and found my printout of the recipe. So I tried it. The recipe was simple..
3 Tilapia fillets
1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup of melted butter
3 TBS of Mayo or Miracle Whip
plus season to taste.. with some basil, pepper, salt, and onion powder.
I don't have real butter in the house, so I used Smart Balance original flavor. I dug it out and put it in the microwave to melt. I preheated the broiler, lined my broiler pan with foil, popping out the holes. I started on the fish sauce.
The cat at this point was jumping up and down, doing her best to look cute and very hungry.
She seemed to convey " i am hungry, you don't need to heat up my fish. I like it "natural". Plain, no sauce just raw and ready for me to eat. YUM!" then she looked at me with her head tilted and maintained her begging pose. Needless to say, I shared!
After I gave the cat some raw fish, I put the plain fish in the broiler for 3 minutes on each side.
I mixed the stuff..sort of.. in the bowl I put:
The Parmesan cheese I had was grated and came in a jar, to get 1/2 cup was easy. Plop..
The butter substitute was melted in the microwave, and I added that.
The 3 TBS of mayo was not as simple. I started to pour it out, and nothing came! I shook, patted, etc but nothing happened. So i took of the easy pour top, shook and got some in the TBS. But it wasn't coming out. Pulled out my knife and added some mayo.. How much did I add?? Beats me!! It just plopped out.. could be more than 3 TBS or less?? I really had no idea. Since I like mayo, i added a bit more, another swipe of the knife around the rim of the mayo jar.
Mixed the ingredients, it was a light yellow color. Having never made this before, had no idea if it was too stiff, too watery, or just right!
So I assumed it was just right.
After 3 minutes per side, I pulled out the broiler pan and covered the fish with the sauce. I used the whole thing on my 1 Tilapia. Overkill but .... ( she smiles sheepishly)
I then put the fish back in the broiler for about 3 more minutes.
It really started to bake, and make all sorts of cooking noises.
When i took it out, the sauce was now a golden color, some of the butter had melted some more and surrounded the fish, the edges were golden brown, the top was fluffy and was golden with some golden brown parts..
It looked good! Rich but good! And it tasted divine! Mmmmmm
BTW i did find the recipe online..my copy didn't have a url or any identify mark. So I googled the gluten free Tilapia recipes and found it. It came from Gluten Free Mom at http://conqueringcelic.blogspot.com..
I brought Scott home some tuna salad with potato salad from Meals on Wheels today ( for those that forgot, I work there) . So when I went to Mariano's (the grocery store) for some salad stuff, I thought to pick up some fish for me and the cat.
I got 1 Tilapia. I never tried to make it before, I usually stick with salmon, halibut, Lake Superior White Fish. But the price was right and I remember I had seen a recipe for Tilapia. so i was good to go.
I got home and found my printout of the recipe. So I tried it. The recipe was simple..
3 Tilapia fillets
1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup of melted butter
3 TBS of Mayo or Miracle Whip
plus season to taste.. with some basil, pepper, salt, and onion powder.
I don't have real butter in the house, so I used Smart Balance original flavor. I dug it out and put it in the microwave to melt. I preheated the broiler, lined my broiler pan with foil, popping out the holes. I started on the fish sauce.
The cat at this point was jumping up and down, doing her best to look cute and very hungry.
She seemed to convey " i am hungry, you don't need to heat up my fish. I like it "natural". Plain, no sauce just raw and ready for me to eat. YUM!" then she looked at me with her head tilted and maintained her begging pose. Needless to say, I shared!
After I gave the cat some raw fish, I put the plain fish in the broiler for 3 minutes on each side.
I mixed the stuff..sort of.. in the bowl I put:
The Parmesan cheese I had was grated and came in a jar, to get 1/2 cup was easy. Plop..
The butter substitute was melted in the microwave, and I added that.
The 3 TBS of mayo was not as simple. I started to pour it out, and nothing came! I shook, patted, etc but nothing happened. So i took of the easy pour top, shook and got some in the TBS. But it wasn't coming out. Pulled out my knife and added some mayo.. How much did I add?? Beats me!! It just plopped out.. could be more than 3 TBS or less?? I really had no idea. Since I like mayo, i added a bit more, another swipe of the knife around the rim of the mayo jar.
Mixed the ingredients, it was a light yellow color. Having never made this before, had no idea if it was too stiff, too watery, or just right!
So I assumed it was just right.
After 3 minutes per side, I pulled out the broiler pan and covered the fish with the sauce. I used the whole thing on my 1 Tilapia. Overkill but .... ( she smiles sheepishly)
I then put the fish back in the broiler for about 3 more minutes.
It really started to bake, and make all sorts of cooking noises.
When i took it out, the sauce was now a golden color, some of the butter had melted some more and surrounded the fish, the edges were golden brown, the top was fluffy and was golden with some golden brown parts..
It looked good! Rich but good! And it tasted divine! Mmmmmm
BTW i did find the recipe online..my copy didn't have a url or any identify mark. So I googled the gluten free Tilapia recipes and found it. It came from Gluten Free Mom at http://conqueringcelic.blogspot.com..
Friday, May 4, 2012
ANOTHER BANANA BREAD
Eric was in last weekend, so to celebrate I baked GF Banana Bread. I used the same recipe as before from Beard on Bread, but made some changes..
That is -I used Hodgson Mills Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour, and Blue Diamond Almond Milk Vanilla unsweetened..
Eric said he could taste that it was GF. but it was still good. Also, the bread when it cooled was crumbly. I put the other loaf in the freezer ( the one from last time) now I am wondering if it will be crumbly too.
The unsweetened "milk" was better than the sweet one and adjusted the taste more to my liking.( not as sweet), I needed to add more flour to the batter to adjust and so the bread wouldn't be unbaked and wet in the middle.
Well, tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo. I was in Puebla, Mexico many, many years ago on this date and saw the parade.. anyway, I search the Internet for some recipes to make a Gluten Free treat..
I decided against making my own tortillas..( way to complicated for me)
I did have a taste for enchiladas..or flautes..or nachos..
I found several recipes and bought some corn tortillas.
Gluten Freely glutenfreely.com/recipes/dinner had a nachos recipe. Scott wanted me to do this one since it didn't use the oven. I think I"ll file it away for another day. ( when it is uber hot out)
I found several recipes for enchiladas.
Nicole at Gluten Free on a Shoestring glutenfreeonashoestring.com/enchiladas-saucy-smokin had a great sounding enchilada sauce.
Gluten Free Goddess had a GF chicken enchilada recipe glutenfreepromise.com/gluten-free-recipe-gluten-free-chicken-enchiladas/ as did AllRecipes.com.
So being who I am, I am gonna combine parts of them all and make the enchiladas tomorrow..I may substitute cream cheese ( which I have) for sour cream ( which i don't have) but it probably alter the taste to much.. decisions, decisions..
That is -I used Hodgson Mills Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour, and Blue Diamond Almond Milk Vanilla unsweetened..
Eric said he could taste that it was GF. but it was still good. Also, the bread when it cooled was crumbly. I put the other loaf in the freezer ( the one from last time) now I am wondering if it will be crumbly too.
The unsweetened "milk" was better than the sweet one and adjusted the taste more to my liking.( not as sweet), I needed to add more flour to the batter to adjust and so the bread wouldn't be unbaked and wet in the middle.
Well, tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo. I was in Puebla, Mexico many, many years ago on this date and saw the parade.. anyway, I search the Internet for some recipes to make a Gluten Free treat..
I decided against making my own tortillas..( way to complicated for me)
I did have a taste for enchiladas..or flautes..or nachos..
I found several recipes and bought some corn tortillas.
Gluten Freely glutenfreely.com/recipes/dinner had a nachos recipe. Scott wanted me to do this one since it didn't use the oven. I think I"ll file it away for another day. ( when it is uber hot out)
I found several recipes for enchiladas.
Nicole at Gluten Free on a Shoestring glutenfreeonashoestring.com/enchiladas-saucy-smokin had a great sounding enchilada sauce.
Gluten Free Goddess had a GF chicken enchilada recipe glutenfreepromise.com/gluten-free-recipe-gluten-free-chicken-enchiladas/ as did AllRecipes.com.
So being who I am, I am gonna combine parts of them all and make the enchiladas tomorrow..I may substitute cream cheese ( which I have) for sour cream ( which i don't have) but it probably alter the taste to much.. decisions, decisions..
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