I had shrimp in the freezer and bean sprouts in the fridge, plus had just scored some tamarind paste at Ranch 99. What to do? Pad Thai! I started with the recipe from The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook: 101 Asian Recipes Simple Enough for Tonight’s Dinner but didn’t have any pad Thai paste so went online….
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Simple Salads – This with a Thai Inspiration
I have lately been into the simplest of salads. Tonight I made Pad Thai and mixed up a simple tomato and cucumber salad to go with it, using rice vinegar and sugar in the dressing to give it an Asian twist. Someone commented on an earlier post about using a food chopper for things like…
Spiced Broccoli, Indian Style
Not traditional Indian food I’m sure, but just as we have access to vegetables from around the world, so do other countries. And it’s fun to see what they do with them. I overcooked these, having let the oil get to hot for a change. (Usually it seems I start cooking before the oil is…
Japanese Curry Chicken Recipe – Wow!
Cooking for just another adult the other night so I could get a bit spicier than normal. Wow! I used this curry powder I bought at Ranch 99. I can’t read the label but evidently it is HOT! So vary the amount of curry powder depending on the heat of the curry powder and your…
Stir-Fried Chicken and Snow Peas
My eldest stopped by for a surprise visit. I’d had another dish planned for just the two of us that would not have easily stretched so I decided to make this instead. It came from a $4 book I’d found on clearance at Borders, Stir-Fry (Great Tastes). I’ve tried two recipes from this and they’ve…