Skinny Egg Rolls
Not an authentic egg roll. More like a really thin egg pancake wrapped tightly around quickly sauteed vegetables. Do it all in one pan in five minutes. Which leaves plenty of time to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Not Spare Ribs
Intensely fragrant, sweet and spicy. It's the powdered mustard, ginger and cinnamon. And the fennel and anise seeds. The opposite of spare ribs. Rich ribs. Chinese Short Ribs for the Lunar New Year.
Jasmine Rice for the Year of the Snake
Today's the day for this one-pan jasmine rice and vegetables preparation. You do next to nothing. Cook the vegetables right in the pan with the grains. It's all in the timing. Happy Chinese New Year.
Banana Curry Fish. My Rainforest Fave.
Less than 50 cents per serving for the spectacularly delicious banana curry. Intensely flavorful and the butter makes it feel luxurious in your mouth. The lime is bright. The mustard adds a little heat. What a mouthful. And that's before you get to the fish.
The good, the bad and the ramen
Ingredient cost for a week's worth of pungent and deeply delicious Asian sauce base: about $3. Make it in 5 minutes. Use it for the next five days with noodle soup, stir fry, fish, meat and egg dishes. A vegetable-filled ramen for $2/person. A week's worth of superior dinners for $15/person.
This cheap never looked this good.
Polenta-Portobello Pizza. For a beautiful dish, this has to be the easiest, quickest, cheapest thing going. Delicious, too. Whole grain corn and a big, meaty mushroom. Required skills: stirring, slicing. Not much of either.
Rainforest Diet, Part 2. A Math Lesson.
Eat delicious stuff that's heavy on fruits, vegetables and whole grains, bigger on fish than meat and very low in processed industrial foods - and have plenty of room for great snacks and desserts! Click for a few really healthy, tasty Costa Rican-inspired treats.
Banana Cream Pizza Pie
A deliriously delicious dessert for four or brunch for two - for less than $2. Sweet with zero added sugar. If you've been resisting home-making pizza - or banana cream pies - I hope this one'll push you over the edge.
Curry-in-a-hurry Chicken Salad
Light, bright, luscious and aromatic. Leftover chicken tossed in a vegan dressing with an amazingly rich, creamy feel. The tastiest, throw-it-together-from-leftovers meal of the month. A very delicious meal with a very low glycemic load.
Kale: Out of the oven, into the fry pan
Kale Chips. So quick and easy there's no recipe. So tasty they're addictive. So cheap you can afford to eat them until you just can't eat any more. Near zero calories. They look really cool: dark green with ruffled golden brown edges. They're what kale always wanted to be.