Food Bites - April 27

• 2 Ingredients, 2 Recipes, 4 Meals – Here’s a couple of recipes using pork and green beans.
• Curry pastes – A necessary ingredient in a Perfect Pantry.
• Honey Glazed Lemon Roast Chicken Recipe – A simple and delicious recipe for roast chicken.
• What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like? – Pictures to give a visual sense of what a 300 calorie meal looks like.
• The Top 5 Brain Health Foods – Good quality dark chocolate and coffee. How can you go wrong?
• Best of Panama 2007 – the best of the 2007 brain food (coffee) from Panama.
• Roasting coffee with a popcorn popper – How most of us get started roasting.
• Chicken with Apples and Raisin Couscous – a Moroccan style dish.

Written by Ian McKenzie on April 27th, 2007 with no comments.
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Food Bites - February 16

• Arroz Con Pollo Recipe – the classic Spanish chicken and rice dish.
• Chocolate-covered cars – a waste of good chocolate.
• No-Knead Bread – A bread recipe that requires no kneading, but takes plenty of time.
• Love is a big rare roast – Lynette creates one of her great sounding meals for Valentine’s Day. Lucky Cakes!
• The Fundamentals Of Running A Restaurant - A Forbes.com article on what is involved in running a restaurant. (Hint, it’s not all Food Network glamour.)
• Roasted Garlic - Getting Back to Basics – Just thinking about roasted garlic gets me salivating in a Homer Simpson kind of way.
• Breville 800ESXL – on my wish list.
• Pork. Chop. Noodles. – Who needs to eat out when you’re preparing food like this.
• Yogurt Panna Cotta with Raspberries – A simple, elegant, light dessert.
• Spicy Beef Curry Stew for the Slow Cooker

Written by Ian McKenzie on February 16th, 2007 with no comments.
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Slow Cooker Oriental Beef and Noodles

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2  pounds boneless sirloin, cut into thin strips
• 1 red bell pepper chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup tomato sauce
• 1/4  cup sherry
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons chopped peanuts
• 12 ounces cooked vermicelli

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients, except noodles, in Crock Pot.
2. Cover, cook on Low 8 to 10 hours (High: 4 to 5 hours).
3. Serve over noodles.

NB: May be doubled for 5 quart models.

Written by Ian McKenzie on June 15th, 2006 with no comments.
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Five Ingredient Stir-Fry Recipes

From Busy Cooks @ About.com

• Chicken and Asparagus Stir-Fry
  This simple and delicious recipe is a perfect dish to introduce you to the flavors and techniques of stir frying.
• Beef and Vegetables
  Use leftover roast beef for this super easy recipe, or buy some sliced beef from the deli.
• Asian Apricot Chicken
  Apricot jam is the secret ingredient in this colorful, healthy, and delicious stir fry meal.
• Kung Pao Pork
  Purchased broccoli slaw and Szechuan stir fry sauce combine with pork loin for a hot and spicy super easy meal.
• Vegetable Stir Fry
  This elegant and simple recipe uses fresh vegetables and is topped with cheese, making it a bit different from traditional stir fry recipes.
• Orange Chicken Stir Fry
  I love this easy recipe. All you have to do is cut the chicken into strips, then cook, and dinner’s ready in 10 minutes.
• Beef and Snow Peas
  If you’re really into stir frying, try different brands and flavors of purchased stir fry sauce to find your favorite, then keep it on hand for instant meals, like this recipe.
• Stir-Fried Chicken and Peppers
  Frozen peppers and onions are the shortcut ingredient in this colorful and healthy recipe.
• Pork and Onions with Orange Glaze
  Orange marmalade and chili sauce are the secret ingredients in this easy stir fry recipe.
• Chicken Fried Rice
  Stop off at your local Chinese restaurant and buy some cooked rice to make this colorful stir fry even easier!
• Chicken and Vegetables Stir Fry
  Enjoy your time in the kitchen and cut up the vegetables yourself, or stop by a salad bar and buy prepared vegetables for a really fast meal.

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Written by tubaism on February 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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