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Spicy Sweet Curry Shrimp

This recipe was inspired by two different dishes we have recently discovered, the Mostly-Vegetable Saffron Rice and the Red Lentil Curry. We made the Mostly-Vegetable Saffron Rice per our instructions on this site but changed up the Curry by adding coconut cream instead of coconut milk, some plain yogurt and shrimp. Really the seasoning for [...]

This dish was absolutely delicious! It is healthy, easy to cook and tastes amazing! If you have the time, prepare some Naan or buy some at a local Indian Store as it really tops it off. We served ours over Jasmine rice with some Naan that we bought and it was perfect! [...]

Naan

I found this recipe on allrecipes.com. The ratings were great so I wanted to save it. We have not yet attempted this as we found some great Naan at a local Indian market but we do plan to give it a whirl!
Ingredients:

1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1/4 cup white [...]

Butter Chicken

We were looking for a good recipe for butter chicken and came across VahRehVah which looks to be a great resource for Indian cooking ideas. Many of the recipes have videos including this one. I think we’ll be looking there often for inspiration since we are so into Indian food lately.  This recipe was mouth [...]

Sicilian Swordfish

We found this recipe on Allrecipes.com posted by ‘Rockfishusa’ under the name Swordfish a la Siciliana. On their site it was rated 5 out of 5 by 56 members. We thought we’d give it a whirl (we did make a couple changes)! It was really good except I don’t think the fish [...]

I have to say that fresh fennel is one of my favorite things to add to a sauce. It adds such a distinct flavor that is more complex than a typical tomato+basil+etc sauce. This is a great dish to throw together ahead of time and drop in the oven just before you are ready to [...]

Still on our Indian food kick it seems. We tried this our which was a mixture of a few different recipe ideas. While we love the salad I don’t know if it was a perfect match with the mango curry. Overall though we enjoyed the dish very much. We will probably continue to experiment with [...]

Chicken Tikka Masala

This recipe is absolutely wonderful. We have made it three times since we first discovered it. The flavor is amazing! We served ours over Jasmine rice, which is our favorite. We always cook our rice in a rice cooker and it turns out perfect! This recipe yields about 2-4 servings, depending on [...]

Beef Samosas

Another great recipe we found at allrecipes.com. We recently went out with my husbands aunt and uncle to a great Indian Food restaurant and had Vegetable Samosa’s for the first time. They were so great that we thought we’d try our hand at some good Indian Cooking at home. So you are [...]

We were craving home made enchiladas but wanted to make the sauce from scratch. I found this recipe and gave it a whirl! When we made this it turned out a bit dry so I’ve adjusted the ingredients to make sure you’ll have enough sauce. The sauce is absolutely scrumptious! A [...]

Ingredients:

1 cup water
1 cup rice vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons fresh ginger root, minced
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
2 teaspoons hot chile pepper, minced
2 teaspoons ketchup
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 12 oz package of tapioca/rice noodles (if you can’t find these noodles, use regular -not thin- spaghetti noodles)
1 lb. shrimp. peeled and deveined
Fresh mint

Directions:

Pour water and vinegar into a saucepan, [...]

Thai Cucumber Salad

 

Ingredients:

2 medium to large cucumbers (if using organic, you can leave the skin on; otherwise, slice off the skin)
1 shallot, minced (OR substitute 2 cloves garlic, minced)
2 green onions, sliced
handful of fresh basil leaves, torn into small pieces
1 fresh red chilli, de-seeded and minced (OR if you prefer a milder salad, substitute 1/2 diced [...]

This is a great veggie-heavy sauce. Lots of fresh basil in this one give it a real zing!
INGREDIENTS:

1 (16 ounce) package uncooked farfalle pasta
1 pound hot Italian turkey sausage, cut into 1/2 inch slices
1/2 cup olive oil, divided
4 cloves garlic, diced
1/2 onion, diced
2 small zucchini, chopped
2 small yellow squash, chopped
6 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
1 [...]

Cali Rolls (first attempt)

I love sushi!

I made my first attempt at Cali Rolls last night. Not sure what made me avoid it up until now. Probably the fact that until recently, I was the only one in the house who would eat it. Even harmless California Rolls. Ahh but the tide has begun to turn. When my wife [...]

My hubby made this meal for my birthday!  We served this dish our delicious Shrimp Scampi.  It’s also great served with pork chops marinated in Asian Marinade (which is also the sauce used for this salad).  Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
1 tbsp. Sambal Oelek (found at an Asian food market or specialty store)– can use [...]

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