Saturday, February 20, 2010

Avocado Egg Rolls


Avocado Egg Rolls with Dipping Sauce
Ingredients:
  • 2 large avocados, peeled, pitted, & diced
  • 4 tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, chopped
  • 2 tablespoon minced red onion
  • 1 teaspoon fresh cilantro, chopped
  • ¼ t. salt
  • 6 egg roll wraps
Method:

Gently stir together avocado, tomatoes, onion, cilantro, and salt. Distribute filling evenly onto center of each egg roll wrapper. Position a wrapper so that a corner is pointing toward you; fold the bottom corner up over the filling.

Fold side corners in and roll toward the top corner. Wet the edges of the top corner with a little water. Then fold top corner over and press to seal. Repeat with remaining wrappers.

Continue by deep-frying the egg rolls in 375 degree oil for 3-4 minutes, until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

Slice egg rolls diagonally across middle and serve with prepared dipping sauce.

Honey Cilantro Dipping Sauce
Ingredients:
  • 3-4 teaspoons white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup chopped cashews
  • 2/3 cup fresh cilantro
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 green onions
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
Method:

To make dipping sauce, use a blender or food processor to puree all listed ingredients except olive oil. Blend until well pureed. Then stream in olive oil. Refrigerate until ready to use.

(I got this recipe from my good friend, Katy)

Thursday, February 18, 2010

We're Famous!

I received the following email last night and I find it quite exciting. So, ladies, let's submit our stuff!
xo
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Hello,

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Monday, February 8, 2010

delicious pasta

(not actual image. I didn't take one.)
I'm not sure what this pasta is called... maybe zucchini pasta? I don't know... but it is DE-LICOUS! Seriously, people. You gotta try it. It's SO easy and SO good.
It's just a bow tie pasta with zucchini and tomatoes ( and add mushrooms I guess if you like those. :)
We ate it a few weeks ago at a friend's house and they gave us the recipe!
I made it tonight and it turned out awesome!

Here's the ingredients:

1 lb bow tie pasta
1/4 C. olive oil
6 garlic teeth
2 medium zucchinis cut into match sticks
tomatoes diced
1 C. Parmigiana cheese
1/2 C. basil or italian seasoning
1 TBS Chicken Boullion

First cook the olive oil and garlic. stir for 2 mins and put in the Zuchinis. Also add other ingredients if you want.. mushrooms and tomatoes. At the same time you are boiling the bowtie pasta.
Take 2 ladles of the cooking water from the pasta and put it in with the zuchinnis.
cook for about 5-7 mins.
Make sure everything is done. When the pasta is done, strain and add it into the zuchinnis mixture. Stir a little. add lots of pepper and salt.
also add the secret sauce: Its called Chicken Boullion. It comes in a yellow bottle with a green top and can be found in the latin aisle at walmart.
anyways make sure you adds lots of parmesan. Add a bit of Basil too if you wish!

Cheap. Easy. DELIGHTFUL.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

asian cole slaw

ingredients:

slaw:
green cabbage
red cabbage
cilantro
carrots
red or yellow pepper

dressing:
rice wine vinegar
sesame seed oil
soy sauce
sesame seeds
salt

the cabbage is the main part so i'd say for every three cups of cabbage there should only be about one cup of shredded carrots and pepper.

the cilantro should be finely chopped.

the red cabbage gives the salad some colour so don't put too much in.

dress the salad as you see fit.