30 Saturday May 2015
Posted in Asian, cooking for two, love to cook, seafood, side dishes
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coconut milk, ginger, honey, risotto, soy, Thai red curry paste, tuna
I’m not sure how it happened. Ahi Tuna on sale for $6.99 a pound. Text message…go there. Do not pass go, do not collect $200 dollars…just bring home Tuna. I have to say, I was a bit skeptical. This was not Sushi grade tuna, for which we will pay up for. But it was fresh and thick and begging for a swim in marinade.
Seared Ahi Tuna {with Thai Risotto}. Continue reading »
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16 Thursday May 2013
Posted in Asian, beef, pork, lamb, healthy choices, love to cook, salads
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Basil, beef steak, cilantro, fish sauce, ginger, lime juice, mint, peanuts, radish, scalion, soy sauce, Thai chile, Thai red curry paste
Thai Beef Salad.
What a lovely way to enjoy a good piece of beef. I know most recipes call for using lean flank steak. And while I’m sure that’s very nice on this salad, on the rare occasion that we have steak, I prefer the most tender cut I can find. And that would be a filet. Grilled to medium-rare. Sliced nice and thin. It was that thought alone that inspired this recipe post. Every bite of this Thai Beef Salad is a flavor explosion. Continue reading »
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24 Monday Sep 2012
Posted in Asian, gluten free, love to cook, seafood
Thai Red Curry Paste is becoming a go-to ingredient for me. It seems to find it’s way into Salmon Burgers, Meatloaf, Soups, and certainly Curry dishes. It’s a wonderful flavor…not too hot, just uniquely red curry. In fact it took discovering Thai Curry dishes (Pla Choo Chee to be exact) to open my taste buds to the other types of curry (click here for a wonderful write up on Curry Powders by one of my favorite bloggers Veggie Belly). I remember as a kid Mom trying desperately to sneak curry into our favorite comfort foods. Our immature taste buds were not ready for curried deviled eggs or curried potato salad….what a shame. And poor Mom, who I’m sure loved curry, was so hoping she could convert us.
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