Turkey Neck Soup

Invest in a Crockpot! It's the best!

Ingredients:
Turkey necks
green beans
onions
white beans
salt
pepper
garlic
cumin

Directions:
Heat it in a crockpot for as long as you can!

Turkey Leg and Sweet Potato salad

Turkey Ingredients:
Turkey Leg
Cherry tomatoes
Fresh Rosemary
Garlic
Onion

Sweet Potato Salad Ingredients:
Sweet Potato
Red Onions
Can of Black Beans
Red Bell Pepper
Cilantro

Brown the Turkey Leg (salt it) on a pan And stick it in the oven with all the ingredients laid out on and around it at about 50 Degrees for about 45 minutes. Done!

Bake Sweet potatoes and Onions until Tender (in a firm way) and mix all the ingredients together. Then make a dressing in the food processor with:

Lemon Juice
Olive Oil
Serrano Pepper
Garlic
Salt

Brussel Sprouts with Bacon and Pomegranade

Its a very simple a delicious recipe! Cook some bacon and set aside, in the same pan, cook Brussel sprouts. Add the pomegranate right at the end, sprinkle with bacon and dress with a bit of balsamic vinegar.

Yums!

Figs instead of pomegranate would work well too!

Chicken w/ Salsa Verde

Ingredients:
Chicken
pureed tomatillos
chopped poblano peppers
chopped onions
garlic
roasted pumpkin seeds
salt
lime
avocado
cilantro

Directions:
Brown some chicken and set aside. Then cook onions, later add garlic and poblano peppers. Then add the tomatillos, pumpkin seeds. Add the chicken and simmer until everything is perfectly cooked. Dress with Lime, avocado and cilantro.

Enjoy!

The Best Hummus anyone has ever made. EVER.

Ingredients:
Canned Chickpeas
thyme
garlic
olive oil
yogurt
salt

Directions:
Blend chickpeas, thyme, garlic, olive oil, salt. Then cook the mixture, adding yogurt. Cool. SO GOOD.

Turkey Keema with Peas

Ingredients:
Ground turkey (or any ground meat- ground lamb is traditional)
1 Onion
garlic
Ginger
peas
yogurt
green chilies
chili powder
turmeric powder
salt
garam masala
lime
cilantro

Directions:
Chop and saute the onions, add garlic, meat, green chilies, chili powder, salt and turmeric. Then let it sort of cook through and add the rest of the stuff and let it cook. Garnish with Garam masala, lime and cilantro. Enjoy with rice!

Lettuce, Pea, Bacon Pasta

Ingredients:

Lettuce (Butter or Boston. Please don't use iceberg. PLEASE.)
Peas
Butter
Parmesan Cheese (the good kind)
Bacon or Prosciutto
Pasta

Directions:
Boil some pasta. Cut up some bacon or prosciutto and fry until crispy. Then remove it from the pan. Use the same pan and melt some butter, add chopped lettuce and peas and let them soften. Sometimes I add some chicken broth and let it get absorbed but you don't have to. But you should because it tastes good. Then add the pasta to the lettuce and peas, add some fresh Parmesan cheese and mix it all up. The parmesan will bind everything together. That's it. Serve and sprinkle some crispy bacon on it. YUMs

World's Fanciest Porkchops

Ingredients:

Pork chops
Potatoes
Onions
Spices: lotsa cumin, black pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamons (grind coarsely)
Brown Sugar
Vinegar
Olive Oil

Directions:
Marinate Pork chops with all the salt+ spices + olive oil (be sure to grind cloves and cinnamon coarsely) maybe for like an hour or so.

Sear the Porkchops on Med High, add sliced onions and pre-boiled potatoes. Sprinkle with Vinegar and after both sides of the chop is browned, sprinkle some brown sugar over everything, extra brown sugar for the onions. Cover and simmer until cooked through. Enjoy!

Fish with Yogurt Sauce

Ingredients:
some sort of White Fish
some sort of spice: perhaps red chili, garlic, cumin, with salt
olive oil
yogurt
ground cumin
cilantro
mint (optional)
limes

Directions:
marinate the fish in some spices and sear it on a pan. Then prepare a sauce with yogurt, cumin, salt, lime and cilantro (in a blender). Pour on the fish and enjoy! Fry some yucca to go along.

Not your mama's fried rice

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice
Leeks
Egg
ginger
garlic
soy sauce
sesame oil

Directions:

chop a whole bunch of garlic and ginger (1:1 ratio) and fry them in some oil until golden and crispy. Then in a separate, rather large, pan, saute the Leeks and later add the cooked rice. Use the leftover oil from the ginger-garlic to fry an egg. That's it. Place the rice/ leeks into a plate, top with the egg. Sprinkle lots of ginger and garlic (make sure that they are crunchy). Then Dress it up with a bit of soy sauce and sesame oil.

Enjoy!

Chicken Curry

Yes, I am Indian, so I thought I should raid my mom's spice rack and try this out:

Contrary to belief, it's really not that complicated to make real Indian food. It's just that there are a million ingredients that you need to gather and organize before hand.


Ingredients:

5-6 pieces of Chicken. With bone. No skin. I like legs and thighs. Salt it.

Insane amount of onions, sliced

Whole Spices:
a spoonful of Cumin seeds,
1-2 black cardamom,
2" of cinnamon,
4-5 cloves,
1-2 Bay leaves,
5-6 whole peppercorns,
a few coriander seeds (optional)

Ground Spices:
1-2 tsp Turmeric,
1-2 tsp red chili (ground, not crushed!)
Salt

Paste:
Tomatoes from a can (can be tomato paste, sauce, diced, whatever)
3-4 cloves garlic
1" cube ginger

Garam (Hot) Masala
You can get it at any Indian store (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garam_masala)

Cilantro


Directions:

In a pan, add a little bit of oil, roast all the dried spices, add chicken and onions. Brown them. add the ground spices, the tomato-garlic-ginger paste and cover and let everything cook through. Then add however much water for the amount of curry that you like and bring to a boil. I dont like too much curry as you can see in the picture. Sprinkle with garam masala and cilantro.

Enjoy! That wasn't really that hard was it?

P.S. There is no such thing as curry powder in India.
PP.S. Garam Masala can be used as spice rub for many sorts of meats. I'd say it's a good investment.

prosciutto chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken breast
Prosciutto
Parmesan Cheese
Herbs (sage? dill? you decide.)
Salt

Directions:
Sprinkle salt on the chicken, then, sprinkle one side with herbs and Parmesan. Then lay prosciutto on top of the chicken. Cover with some saran wrap and tenderize! Yes take a pan and beat the crap out of the chicken. Then cook it on a pan (medium high is good)!

DELICIOUS!!

Pimp my Udon

Sometimes I dont have time, But I still want a nice(ish) meal. So I add stuff to my udon (or ramen) noodles.

I found canned octopus (yes ma'am) to be great with ramen. Try some sea weed and mushrooms as well. Maybe some green onions.

Dress up a Pork Chop

I know this probably looks kind of gross, but it tasted alright.

SO whenever in doubt, I grill/ saute/ bake a pork chop (salt + pepper it first) and top it with some sort of sauce:

-(orange or whatever) marmalade, mustard, cider vinegar (shown above)
-soy sauce, TEA, onion, garlic (use some flour or cornstarch to thicken the sauce)
-sauerkraut, broth, caraway and paprika
-ketchup + cola + brown sugar

be creative!

ground Beef and Zucchini with Polenta

Ok I finally have a picture of polenta. I made this mix of Onions, tomatoes, ground beef and zucchini to go with it. Just saute everything on a pan and sprinkle some salt. I like to add a little bit of extra cheese (muenster) on top of my polenta. I know it looks a little bit dry, but you wouldn't make the same mistakes as I would right?

here's the polenta recipe :

http://dailydinnerforone.blogspot.com/2010/09/polenta-and-sausage.html