A unique and impressive starter course, this grapes and pecan salad is also a wonderful snack that you can easily prepare. …
Low Fat Recipes
Dishes that contain one tablespoon or less of oil / fat per serving. Some are vegetarian; others are not. Meatless or not, they are all tasty!
Cauliflower and Broccoli “Fried Rice”
Chopped cauliflower and broccoli were sauteed with garlic, onion and herbs in sesame seed oil. Nuts and sesame seeds were …
Garden Salad With Fruits, Nuts and Smoked Salmon
Make that garden salad pop with chunks of fruits, chopped roasted nuts and plenty of smoked salmon. Toss with herbed …
Wood Ear Mushrooms and Cucumber Salad, Chinese-style
To make this wood ear mushroom and cucumber salad, blanch the wood ears and toss in a dressing made with soy sauce, black …
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Garlicky Mushrooms and Cauliflower With Balsamic Vinaigrette
A lovely lacto-vegetarian dish that my mostly carnivorous daughter, Alex, declared as delicious. I cooked enough garlicky …
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Szechuan Shrimps With Plum Sauce
Szechuan food is boldly flavored and spicy because of the liberal use of chilies and Szechuan peppercorns. The heat in this …
Palitaw
What is palitaw? Palitaw is a Filipino snack made with galapong—a soft dough or batter (depending on the amount of water) …
Chinese-flavored Vegetable and Mushroom Torta
I had already cooked braised beef for us carnivores, the rice was already simmering and all that remained to be done was to …
Vegan String Beans and Mushrooms Adobo
A small bunch of string beans and fresh button mushrooms were cooked Filipino adobo style. I made this for Sam a couple of …
Vietnamese-style Catfish Braised in Caramel Sauce
Vietnamese ca kho to, or catfish braised in caramel sauce, is traditionally cooked in a claypot. I do own a claypot but I …
Shrimp Fried Rice With Broccoli and Cauliflower
As with most stir fried dishes, the prep time for this shrimp fried rice with broccoli and cauliflower is twice as long as …
Mushrooms and Salted Egg Cauliflower “Fried Rice”
Don't go looking for rice in this recipe. There is none. If you haven't caught on with one not-so-recent food trend, …
Corn and Mushroom Egg Drop Soup
It was hard getting out of bed. It was comfortably cool in the room and I knew that once I stepped out, the torture would …
Honey Balsamic Mushrooms, Green Beans and Chick Peas
I cooked this honey balsamic mushrooms, green beans and chick peas for breakfast over two weeks ago but I dilly-dallied about …
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Shiitake Fried Rice
In a discussion on Facebook, I came across a comment about how unfriendly to vegetarians Chinese fried rice is. There are …
Lemon Garlic Mushrooms Over Mock Saffron Rice
If you watch The Kitchen on Food Network, you might have come across a tip from Sunny Anderson about a substitute for ultra …