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Curry Dipping Sauce

January 1 09

Yay! First recipe of the year. I have been craving curry stuff like crazy. Yesterday I made some yummy fries with the two potatoes I had left. I decided to make some more today, but with a curry dipping sauce.

Curry Dipping Sauce

Here are the ingredients (you can make more just keep the same ratios):

  • 1/4 mayonnaise (I used homeade, will explain below/give recipe)
  • 2 tbs ketchup (I used organic because High Fructose Corn Syrup has always given me a stomach ache)
  • 2 tbs curry powder (or more if you like)

Place all ingredients in a small mixing bowl and whisk together.  That’s it.  So simply and so yummy.  It even passed the 2 year old taste test.

Now on to the homeade mayo.  I hate mayonnaise.  I have since I was a kid.  Same with Miracle Whip.  My husband like Miracle Whip though, so we had some in the house.  I opened the jar, smelled it and thought I was going to be ill, so I decided I needed to make a small batch of mayo.  I like this better, because I can keep it as plain as I want to, making it a better base for the sauce.

Homeade Mayo Base Recipe

(again, you can make more just keep the ratios)

  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1.5 tbs apple cider vinegar (I love Braggs)
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1tbs hot water

Whisk the egg yold, salt and vinegar until it is very light and very thick.  Continue whisking and add half of the olive oil slowly.  Whisk for about a minute then add the hot water.  Whisk for another 2 minute and add the rest of the olive oil and continue to whisk until your arm feels like it is going to fall off or if you are using an electric mixer until it is nice, thick and light.

That’s it.  As mentioned above, I used it for fries.  I also had chicken fingers that I dipped in it.  I bet a Quorn and Gryere cutlet would love having this slabbed all over it… and it would be good on caluiflower or on a burger of some type… maybe with some tripical fruit like… a grilled chicken sandwich with mango and curry sauce.  Maybe make a chunky mango salsa, with chili pepper, cilantro, salt and pepper tossed with some lime juice on top of a grilled chicken breast one a whole wheat bun slathered with the curry.  Mmmm… that sounds yummy actually.

Anyway, enjoy!

By Jade Posted in quick post Also tagged food Comments(0)

Brunch for Two

September 1 08

Things have been busy so I’ve not had time to make a post, but, toay I made brunch for me and Tristan.

The menu:

  • Potatoes and Onions
  • Asparagus and Four Cheese Omelet
  • Champagne Grapes
  • Milk or Water

It was all quite simple.

Potatoes and Onions

  • 2 tbs Canola Oil
  • 1 tbs butter
  • 1 small onion
  • 3 small russett potatoes
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Heat a large saute pan.  Add the caonla oil and butter.  Thinly slice the onion and add to the saute pan.   Cook until translucent.  Remove from pan.   Thinly slice potatoes in to rounds (the thinner the slice the faster they’ll cook).  Add to sautee pan.  Cook until they begin to get fork tender.  Add onions again.  Cook until everything is a nice brown.

Omelet:

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup of warm almost hot water
  • 2 tbs water
  • Canola oil spray
  • 1/4 cup favorite 4 cheese blend
  • 5 spears of asparagus, cooked and cut in half
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Soak the eggs in 1 cup of warm water for at least 5 minutes (this only needs to be done if they are not room temperature).  Once they are room temperature, drain water and break eggs (I use the same cup they were soaking in).  Add a bit of salt and 2 tbs of water and beat with a fork until slightly fluffy.  Heat an omelet pan or small saute pan, medium high.  Spray with cooking spray.  Poor the egg mixture in in the pan.  When the bottom part is cooked pull half of it to one side of the pan and turn the pan so the raw egg goes to the empty part of the pan.  As the bottom begins to cook, even spread the cheese and asparagus on half the omelet and flip in half.  Cook until slightly brown then flip.  Cook other side till slightly brown and serve.

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When life gives you lemons…

July 6 08

make lemonade!!  Or this case, when life is salty make it a little savory?  I don’t think that works quite the same though.  Hmmm…

So I made too salty smoked wings… they were really just extremely salty (all my fault, I added too much salt to my brine because I forgot I was only making half a package of wings instead of the whole thing).  I didn’t want to waste them so I turned them in to a stew soup type of bean-y substance?

I had some no salt added black beans in the cupboard.

Ingredients

  • Two cans of black beans to be exact
  • 8 oversalted wings
  • some cumin
  • chili powder
  • red onion
  • fresh garlic
  • chopped cilantro
  • fresh lime juice

method:

Basically I sauteed the onions until soft, added the garlic and half of the cilantro.  Added two cans of water to everything but the lime juice and let it stew for an hour.  After it reduced I took out the chicken bones, tasted the stock and it was too salty, so I took out half the stock, added water to replace it, let it come back up to a boil, brought it back down, added the lime juice and the rest of the cilantro and let it go for 15 minutes.  Voila.

I think I’m going to put it over a bit of steamed rice and put a little bit of spinach on top.  Meal in a bowl.

Take that too salty wings!  I have defeated you!

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