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Yaki-Udon

Posted by: Thursday on: September 30, 2008

14oz dried udon noodles
2 tablespoons sunflower oil
1 bunch green onions, roughly chopped
1 head bok choy, sliced
1 8oz box sliced mushrooms
4 teaspoons dried green seaweed, soaked in hot water and drained
1 package bonito dashi
powdered ginger
minced garlic
4 tablespoons Japanese or light soy sauce
freshly ground black pepper to taste
Bring water to the boil, add the noodles and cook [...]

Sun-Dried Tomato Spiced Shrimp

Posted by: Thursday on: September 10, 2008

The menu is found on page 230 of the September 2004 Cooking Light and includes the title recipe along with a recipe for Coconut-Almond Couscous, which was fantastic.  Did everything in both recipes as it said.  I used Indian cumin/cilantro curry paste instead of say, Thai.  The whole menu was hard to place ethnically.  It [...]

Black Bean Pork and Zucchini

Posted by: Thursday on: September 10, 2008

Page 128 of the September 2008 Cooking Light, right next to the last one.  Again, used a bit more of everything.  And also we didn’t fry stuff in batches.  Instead doing pork first and then pretty much everything else.  Also, the sauce was a little bland, so soy sauce was added, along with garlic for [...]

Ham and Egg Fried Rice

Posted by: Thursday on: September 10, 2008

Page 128 of the September 2008 Cooking Light.  This is very easy to make and the only thing I did different was used more of most of the ingredients.  It has a slightly sweet flavor, so a pinot grigio or something similar works well.  It’s more of a stir-fry than fried rice really.

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  • Kens soup recipes: Sounds like a delicious chinese soup, I haven't tried one quite like this before so it's on next weeks schedule.
  • Emily: Sounds great and I agree with the simplicity - you don't want to pay the big bucks for quality wild salmon just to cover it's flavor! We're having a s
  • kyletowle: Oh yeah that agave tequila is what its all about!

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