Description:

MEXICAN STYLE CASSEROLE

Time:

40 min (10 min to prepare, 30 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ingredients:

1 lb GROUND BEEF
1 C SALSA
1/2 C WATER
3/4 C GREEN ONIONS CHOPPED
8 OZ WIDE EGG NOODLES
1/2 C SOUR CREAM
1/2 C SHREDDED CHEDDAR...
1 large TOMATA CHOPPED
1 large BELL PEPPER CHOPPED

Directions:

1. IN A LARGE NONSTICK SKILLET, COOK AND STIRE GROUND BEEF UNTIL BROWNED. DRAIN OFF EXCESS FAT.
2. STIR IN SALSA AND WATER. SIMMER FOR 10 MIN.
3. MEANWHILE, COOK PASTA IN BOILING WATER UNTIL DONE, DRAIN.
4. STIR IN GREEN PEPPER AND ONIONS, AND CONTINUE SIMMERING UNTIL VEG. ARE CRISP/TINDER. STIR IN NOODLES AND SOUR CREAM. SPRINKLE GRATED CHEESE ON TOP, COVER PAN UNTIL CHEESE MELTS. SPRINKLE CHOPPED TOMATOES ON THE TOP, AND SERVE.

Time:

1 hr 20 min (40 min to prepare, 40 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

1 each mushroom stock cube
1 each vegetable stock cube
250 ml of olive oil
1 each Kg of banana...
1 each roll of kitchen...
1 each Kg of instant...
1 teaspoon of "onoto" (also...
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
1 teaspoon of coriander seeds
1 teaspoon of black peppercorns
1 each large bunch of...
2 each packets of spring...
3 each leeks
1 each jar of capers
1 each jar of mixed...
1 each jar of green olives
20 each prunes
100 each gram of mixed...
2 each green bell peppers
4 each red bell peppers
1 each packet of mi-cuit...
1 each garlic head
1 can of chickpeas
1 can of asparagus
1 can of artichokes
2 each carrots, 6...
2 each red onions
4 each white onions
50 each gram of almonds
500 each gram of cooked...
1 can of mock duck or 1...

Directions:

* With a damp cloth wipe the banana leaves. Heat the banana leaves with a flame (gas cooker, camping fire, etc). The leaves turn softer and darker, with a distinctive smoky smell. Cut the hard rim without shredding the leaves.
Cut in 30 cm segments along the transversal veins.
* Polenta dough:
In a small pan, warm (at very low heat) 5 Teaspoon of olive oil with the onoto seeds for 20 minutes. The oil should turn red. In the meantime fry in a deep pan the spices (cumin, ...

Time:

1 hr (45 min to prepare, 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

3 cups vegetable or...
3 cups water
0.5 pound dried flageolets...
0.75 cup wild rice (about...
2 L arge leeks --...
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
0.25 pound fresh shiitake...
0.25 cup hazelnuts --...
0.25 cup dried cranberries

Directions:

In a large saucepan simmer broth, water, and beans, covered, 45 minutes.
Stir in wild rice and simmer, covered, 45 minutes, or until beans and rice are tender.
Drain rice mixture and return to pan.

Cut leeks crosswise into 1/2-inch slices and in a bowl soak in water, agitating occasionally to dislodge any sand, 5 minutes.
Lift leeks out of water and drain in a colander.
In a non-stick skillet saute leeks in butter over moderately high heat, stirring ...

Time:

50 min (25 min to prepare, 25 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

5 teaspoons olive oil -- divided
3 cups diced peeled...
2 cups sliced leek -- (...
0.5 cups sliced carrot --...
0.5 cups sliced parsnip --...
1 cup sliced celery --...
10 each garlic cloves --...
2 each bay leaves
2 each thyme sprigs
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 cup Dry red wine
0.5 cup vegetable broth
1 C an chickpeas --...
0.75 teaspoon salt -- divided
0.5 teaspoon black pepper
0.25 cup chopped fresh...
6 each portobello mushrooms
1 each thyme springs --...

Directions:

1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
Combine squash and next 5 ingredients (squash through garlic) and saute for 8 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring frequently.
Add bay leaves and 2 thyme sprigs, and stir in tomato paste.
Stir in flour and wine, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook for 5 minutes.
Stir in the broth and chickpeas.
Cover and simmer 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
Stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt pep...

Time:

1 hr (30 min to prepare, 30 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

4 cups pumpkin pulp, diced
2 cups dried navy beans,...
2 each medium yellow...
2 L arge cloves...
2 tablespoons olive oi
13 cups fresh corn cut...
6 L arge tomatoes -...
6 tablespoons tomato paste
0.5 tablespoons dried or 3...
0.5 tablespoons dried or 3...
2 each bay leaves
0.75 teaspoon black pepper or...
1 teaspoon dried or 2...
1 tablespoon salt, or to taste

Directions:

Cut top from pumpkin and scoop out seeds and stringy fibers.
With a large spoon, scrape out and reserve pumpkin pulp being careful to leave at least an inch on the sides, so the pumpkin will stand up.
TO PREPARE STEW:
Saute onions and garlic until tender in olive oil in a 5 quart heavy pot.
Put soaked and drained navy beans, diced pumpkin pulp, and seasonings (except salt) in pot with enough water to cover about 2 inches above ingredients.
Bring to a boil, t...

Time:

30 min (0 min to prepare, 30 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

1 each A handsome...
2 cups short-grain brown...
1 cup other whole grains
1 each (2/3 cup wild...
1 each but any grain...
2 teaspoon olive oil
0.5 cup chopped onion and...
1 each or 2 cups sliced...
1 each a sweet red...
1 teaspoon dried sage (or...
0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon,
0.25 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 each and 1/4 teaspoon...
1 each to 2 cups cooked...
1 each (or kidney beans...
1 each or a package of...
1 cup peeled and sliced...
0.5 cup raisins, sultanas...
0.5 cup chopped almonds...
0.25 cup chopped parsley
1 teaspoon Soy sauce
1 each or 3 tablespoon...
1 each (depending on...
1 each grated black...
1 each maple syrup or...

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400º.
Carefully cut the top off the pumpkin with the knife angled toward the center of the pumpkin so the lid won?t fall in when baked.
Clean the seeds and strings out of the center of the pumpkin
(wash seeds and save for toasted pumpkin seeds),
put a couple of tbsps of water into it, oil the cut edges of both pumpkin and its lid, and bake both parts on a baking sheet for about 40 minutes,
or until the pumpkin is quite soft when poked with...

Time:

1 hr 5 min (20 min to prepare, 45 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

2 each 8 oz packages...
2 tbsp pure maple syrup
0.75 cup apricot juice...
1 each tbs lemon juice
0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tbsp olive oil
0.25 teaspoon freshly ground...
0.5 teaspoon allspice
0.5 teaspoon thyme
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.5 each small habanero...
0.25 cup thinly sliced...
0.25 cup minced fresh ginger
3 each large cloves...

Directions:

* Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare marinade: In medium bowl, whisk together all ingredients, except for the tempeh. Pour into large shallow baking dish.
* Add tempeh, turning to coat. Cover and bake, 40 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes before serving. Serves 6.
* My notes: I put the habanero, garlic and ginger into the food processor instead of mincing them buy hand. actually, I throw everything but the tempeh into the processor and blend it up until sm...

Time:

55 min (20 min to prepare, 35 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

0.125 each teaspoon. pepper
0.5 each teaspoon. salt
0.25 cup orange juice
0.5 each med. banana,...
16 OZ can yams, drained
2 tablespoon pecans, coarsely...
2 tablespoon toasted flaked...

Directions:

* In a greased 1 quart casserole dish, arrange yams and banana.
* Pour juice over all.
* Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
* Top with pecans and coconut.
* Bake covered in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.

Time:

2 hr 10 min (10 min to prepare, 2 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

Korean

Ingredients:

1 cup Soy sauce -- (not...
0.333333 cup brown sugar
5 cup Garlic -- minced...
3 tablespoon Vegetable oil --...

Directions:

The following is a recipe for Korean Short Ribs, Kal Bi (that's the phonetic spelling I've seen used in Hawaii and in Korean rest. in U.S.)

Combine all the ingredients into a pan and marinate up to abt 4 to 5 lbs of beef short ribs. Marinate at least 2 hrs, preferably overnight.

Ribs can be left whole or they can be English cut by the butcher or market. Authentic Korean style is to slice very carefully and very thinly while “unrolling� the...

Time:

2 hr 10 min (10 min to prepare, 2 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

Korean

Ingredients:

4 each lb Beef short...
0.5 cup Soy sauce
0.25 cup Water
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon Sesame seeds --...
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
0.5 teaspoon garlic powder

Directions:

Score meaty side of ribs, opposite bone, 1/2 inch apart, 1/2 inch deep, lengthwise and crosswise.

Combine soy sauce, water, sugar, sesame seed, Tabasco and garlic powder; stir until sugar dissolves.

Place ribs and sauce in large plastic bag; press air out of bag and close top securely. Marinate 2 hours in refrigerator, turning bag over occasionally. Remove ribs from marinade and place on broiler pan; broil 2″ from heat for 15 minutes, or until ribs ar...

Time:

2 hr 40 min (40 min to prepare, 2 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

1 pint water
4 OZ bulgar wheat (dry...
2 OZ butterbeans...
2 OZ green split peas...
1 each onion
1 each a head of broccoli
2 each medium potatoes
1 each parsnip
1 C arrot
1 each Pumpkin
1 teaspoon Dried rosemary
2 teaspoon vegan boullion...

Directions:

Cut the pumpkin in half and remove the seeds.
Put all of the ingredients for the stuffing (other than the bulgar wheat) into a large pan.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 40 mins with a lid on.
Mix the bulgar wheat around in the pan until it has soaked up the liquid.
Stick it in the pumpkin and cover the pumpkin with foil on a baking tray.
Cook for about 2 hours in a preheated oven at 200C, Gas mark 6.

Time:

1 hr 30 min (30 min to prepare, 1 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Notes:

I just use my own...

Ingredients:

5 pounds tofu, extra firm
1 each STUFFING
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
1 L arge onion --...
0.333333 cups celery (about...
1 cup mushrooms --...
4 C loves garlic --...
0.25 cup sage (if less...
2 teaspoons marjoram
2 teaspoons thyme
1 teaspoon winter or summer...
1 each salt & pepper
1 teaspoon rosemary
2 teaspoons celery seed
0.25 cup soy sauce or tamari
3 cups Pepperidge Farm...
1 each BASTING MIXTURE
0.5 cup toasted sesame oil
0.333333 cup soy sauce or tamari
2 tablespoons miso
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon mustard of your...

Directions:

Wrap tofu in several layers of clean white paper towels.
Place a flat plate or a cutting board on top and a heavy book on top of the cutting board and let set for 15 - 30 minutes.

Unwrap tofu and mash well with hands.
Be sure that all lumps are out.

Line a 12" colander with wet cheesecloth overlapping the sides.
Add the mashed tofu to the cloth covered colarnder, press down and cover with the overlapping sides.
Place the whole thi...

Time:

4 hr 25 min (10 min to prepare, 4 hr 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

Korean

Ingredients:

4 each lb Beef short ribs
0.666667 cup Green onions;...
0.5 cup Soy sauce
0.5 cup water
0.25 cup Dark-roasted...
1 tablespoon Brown sugar; packed
0.5 tablespoon Sesame seeds;...
1 teaspoon Garlic; crushed
1 tablespoon Fresh ginger; grated
0.5 teaspoon Ground red pepper
0.125 teaspoon Fresh ground...

Directions:

Trim the beef short ribs and cut no more than 3/8 to 1/2″ thick. Combine sliced green onions, soy sauce, water, sesame oil, brown sugar, sesame seeds, garlic, ginger, red pepper and Szechuan peppercorns. Place beef short ribs and marinade in plastic bag or utility dish, turning to coat. Close bag securely or cover dish and marinate in refrigerator 4 to 6 hours, turning occasionally.
Remove ribs from marinade; reserve marinade. Place ribs on grill over medium coals. Broil 5 to...

Time:

35 min (20 min to prepare, 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

1 pound regular tofu...
1 each MARINADE:
0.75 cup water
3 tablespoon Soy sauce
3 tablespoon nutritional yeast
0.5 teaspoon pultry seasoning
0.5 teaspoon ground coriander
0.5 teaspoon onion granules
0.5 teaspoon garlic granules
1 C oating Mix:
0.5 cup whole wheat...
0.25 cup yellow cornmeal
0.25 cup nutritional yeast...
0.5 teaspoon onion granules
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.125 teaspoon Ground black pepper

Directions:

Cut the tofu into 1/2-inch-thick slices, and place them in a wide, shallow mixing bowl.

Place all the ingredients for the marinade in small mixing bowl and whisk them together.
Pour the marinade over the tofu, spooning it over each slice.
Turn the slices over so that all sides are coated well with the marinade.
Cover bowl and place in refrigerator.
Let tofu marinate for several hours or overnight, turning slices over occasionally.
When you are...

Time:

40 min (20 min to prepare, 20 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

0.5 cup flour
2 tablespoon nutritional yeast...
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.5 teaspoon each basil, oregano
0.25 teaspoon poultry seasoning...
1 dash of garlic powder
1 each generous grinding...

Directions:

Shake off excess marinade from tofu and dip slices into breading, covering both sides thoroughly.
Pan fry in a well oiled skillet. Serve with mushroom gravy.

To make the mushroom gravy (there's no exact recipe for this), I take whatever's left of the flour mixture and, if necessary, add a little more flour, nutritional yeast, and poultry seasoning.
You'll need at least a 1/4 cup total, more for large amounts of gravy.

Saute some slice...

Time:

35 min (20 min to prepare, 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

2 each fullspoon of...
1 each glass of soymilk
10 each middle size potatoes
1 each pice of red...
1 teaspoon of salt
1 each onion
1 cup of soymeat

Directions:

1.- The "pino" (we call "pino" to this thing that one can put inside of empanadas and pies and many other things): Cut the onion in little pieces and put on the pan with a little of oil. When it gets translucid, add salt, the red pepper, seasoning. Mix all and add the soymeat. (Don't put the soymeat in water before to use it!!! no matter what the envelope says!!) If it's needed, add a little of water.
2.- Cook the potatoes and make a puree adding milk and...

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

Korean

Ingredients:

0.5 each lb Pork shoulder...
2 each ea Scallions
1 each ea Clove garlic
1 tablespoon Sesame oil
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1 tablespoon Sugar, Dash black...
4 tablespoon Kochu chang

Directions:

1. Cut the pork into 4 or 5 slices about 1/4 inch thick.

2. Mince the scallions. Mince or crush the garlic. Combine both ingredients with the remaining seasonings in a bowl. Add the pork slices and mix well until all sides of the pork are coated.

3. Grill immediately or marinate until ready to serve. It is important that the pork be well done; the outside should be dark, almost charred. A charcoal, an electric or an oven grill may be used.

Time:

1 hr 20 min (1 hr to prepare, 20 min to cook)

Meal type:

Main Dish

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

2 tablespoon olive oil
1 each dashes of garlic...
1 each capers if you wish
1 each med. potato
1 each large clove of...
1 each green pepper
2 tablespoon (heaping) of Goya...
1 each large onion
3 each cans Goya Pink...

Directions:

* sautee, in a soup pot, the oil,diced green pepper, and onion until onion is golden,
add the garlic and sautee until golden then add the tomato sauce and Recao
when the mixture begins to a bubble a bit add the beans with the water in the can
(if you wish you can drain the beans and add the equivalent in water to the pot)
add the diced potatoe add the seasonings or "Adobo" to taste
when the potatoe is soft the Beans are done.
* Serve over w...