Red Quinoa Tuna Melts!

Made them for the whole fam :-)

Served with Homemade Jasmine/Green Tea Iced Tea

Ingredients:

- Can of Tuna
- Red Quinoa (very very very good for you)
- Dill Pickles, chopped
- Carrot, chopped
- Celery, chopped
- Garlic, chopped
- Lemon juice (and zest)
- Sea Salt and Crushed Black Pepper
- Mayo
- Bit of Oregano
- Bit of Cayenne Pepper

Served on Whole Wheat Seed Bread with Havarti and Baby Mozerella melted on top.

Quinoa Salad

My sister requested I make her a Tabouli Salad for her to bring to school for lunch tomorrow. Unfortunately we did not have the correct ingredients. Luckily though we had things to make something similar though nicely different.

Other than the Quinoa (which can be a pain to make) this is relatively easy to prepare and actually very healthy because Quinoa is a complete protein and everything else is from scratch and unprocessed.

Indigents:

- dressing: 1 lemon juice (and zest'd), tbsp honey, splash of olive oil, pinch of cayenne pepper, dried parsley, 2 garlic cloves minced, crushed chilli flakes, salt and pepper

- quinoa (soaked, cooked, drained, fluffed, cooled)

- baby spinach, chopped

- carrots, chopped

- cherry tomatoes, sliced

- cucumber (peeled, cored, sliced)

- green onion, chopped

- white onion, chopped

- fresh mint leaves, chiffonade'd (my new cooking term of the week)

- dry parsley

Turned out very good, took about 30 minutes to make, including quinoa cook time.

Chicken Stir Fry

This stir fry was very easy to make, just need to cut everything thin, heat up the wok, and stir.

Ingredients:

- marinade / sauce: soy sauce, hoisin sauce, garlic, ginger, green onion, crushed chilli pepers, honey
- olive oil
- onions
- garlic
- ginger
- carrots
- green peppers
- bean sprouts
- snow peas
- mushrooms
- baby bok choy
- green onions
- chicken, marinated
- brown rice
- spring rolls (pre packaged..)

Note: I cooked the chicken separately after marinading it for a few hours, then chopped it up

Orange Ginger Beef Stew

Although my family didn't seem to like this, I really did.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1 blade simmering steak, boneless, about 1 pound or .5 kg
2 onions, chopped
1 knob ginger, rinsed well, unpeeled, sliced thinly
2 tablespoons of Soy sauce
1 10 oz. can of beef stock
1 cup of orange marmalade (homemade)
1 cup of orange juice
1 tablespoon of five-spice powder (optional)
1 bunch of cilantro
1 bag of baby spinach
1 cup of bean sprouts
1 bunch of green onions, chopped

Orange Marmalade

Ingredients:

- 2 navel oranges
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup orange juice

Food processor + reduce on stove for 30ish minutes

Tomato Mushroom Black Olive Sauce with Bowtie Pasta and Garlic Bread

Had a craving for some black olives and decided to throw them into a simple pasta sauce.

Ingredients:

- can of whole tomatoes
- 2 small onions, chopped
- 15-20 black kalamata olives
- garlic
- olive oil
- 10-15 mushrooms, quartered
- little cayenne
- little pepper
- little oregano

Mmmm soup

This shall be called Spicy Bow tie pasta soup. With garlic bread.

Recipe:

- onion
- celery
- carrots
- mushrooms
- chicken stock
- bow tie pasta
- peas
- ginger
- cayenne pepper
- asian 5 spice
- hoisin sauce
- chives
- bread
- butter
- garlic

Made it a little spicier than i would have liked but damn its good.