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Salad with Grapefruit and Pork

Sunday, February 15th, 2009
Salad with Grapefruit (click picture to enlarge)

Salad with Grapefruit (click picture to enlarge)

A typical week night dinner here: Nice, big salad with some tasty protein. To keep it simple on a week night I used a marinade I bought.

Salad: As a base I used romaine salad, added some cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and some mushrooms (which I quickly sauteed). On a whim I added a nice red ruby grapefruit that I still had. For a dressing we just used some bottled light Italian dressing.

Pork: I marinated the the pork in a Ginger-Soy marinade over night. At dinner time I roasted it in our portable convection oven for about 20 minutes.

Sauce: For a sauce I took the marinade and reduced it (let it simmer) until it got the right consistency. Since I had marinaded the pork in it I made sure it reached boiling temperature for a while.

Pork

Pork

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Dried Figs with Almonds

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Figs with Almonds

This is a simple, nutritious snack. Just get some dried figs (most health/whole food stores carry them) and some almonds. Cut the figs open, taken care not to completely cut it, and stick some almonds in the opening. Of course this works with other nuts also.

Here is a picture from the Spice Market in Istanbul where I saw this kind of snack among many other goodies.

Figs with Almonds Spice market

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Green Mango Salsa

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Mango Salsa

I like hot stuff and I like mangos, soooooo…..

Ingredients:
1 shredded or finely chopped green mango
2 shallots or 1/4 regular onion
chili peppers (as many as needed for desired hotness)
1/2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt

Mix everything together and enjoy with chips or Thai grilled beef or pork.

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Amaretto Apple

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Amaretto Apples

There still plenty of apples on our little tree, so I’m looking for new apple recipes. This one is quite simple, but very tasty!

Cut the apples into small wedges and peel. Squeeze some lemon juice on top and pan fry the apples in a little butter until they are caramelized. To finish this dessert pour some Amaretto syrup over the apples while the pan is still on the stove and let the syrup reduce a little. Before serving poor a little bit of cream over the apples.

Serve by itself or on sponge or pound cake.

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