#109 red curry w/ chicken and veggies

1 can light coconut milk
2 tbsp red curry paste
2 tbsp fish oil
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 red pepper (diced)
handful green beans (trimmed, diced)
1 can bamboo shoots
1 chicken breast (diced)
1 lime (juiced)

Heat olive oil and add diced chicken, saute until all sides are brown, add curry paste and saute until fragrant. Add coconut milk, fish oil, sugar and simmer for 5 mins. Add the veggies, cook another 5 mins, stir in lime juice and serve over rice.

#108 mushroom pate

~3/4 lb cremini mushrooms (diced)
1/4 onion (diced)
~1/4 cup walnuts

Heat onion and mushrooms in 1 tbsp olive oil and cook until mushrooms give off all water and pan is dry ~15 mins. Meanwhile toast walnuts and process in food processer. When mushrooms mixture is cooked processer in food processor and mix with walnuts.

adapted from epicurious

#107 bacon pecan brittle

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup water

1 tbsp butter
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup chopped pecans
~1/2 cup bacon bits

Heat sugar, honey and water together and boil until it reaches 290F. Remove from heat and stir in butter, vanilla, baking soda, pecans and bacon. When foaming subsides pour onto greased baking pan.

adapted from http://www.chow.com/digest/1595

#106 maple brown sugar bacon

bacon
brown sugar

Bake bacon on a cookie sheet in the over ~400 for ~15 mins. 10 mins in sprinkle bacon with brown sugar, let brown, flip and sprinkle with more sugar

Recipe adapted from foodnetwork.com

#105 white bean pasta with bacon

bacon (cooked & crumbled)
1 can white beans (drained)
~1 cup fresh parsley (minced)
2 cloves garlic
1 lemon (zested and juiced)
1 tbsp olive oil
pasta

Cook pasta, meanwhile in a bowl combine the beans, lemon juice, zest and olive oil. Roast the garlic cloves in the pan while cooking bacon (to remove the raw taste), then mince and add to beans. Let beans marinade. When pasta is done, drain and add bean mixture. Cook the parsley in the bacon drippings for 20 seconds and add to pasta. Serve and add crumbled bacon on top.

Recipe adapted from http://chezmegane.blogspot.com/2006/08/sizzling-herb-pasta-with-bacon-and.html

#104 mango sticky rice

1 ripe mango (peeled, diced)
~1 cup cooked white rice
~4 tbsp sugar
~1/2 cup coconut milk

Heat coconut milk and sugar until sugar dissolves, add rice and mix/simmer for a minute. Put aside and let cool ~20 mins. Serve mango on top of rice, drizzle with remaining coconut milk.


Adapted from epicurious

#103 strawberries & coconut milk

fresh strawberries (chopped)
~1/4 cup coconut milk
~1 tbsp sugar

Mix coconut milk and sugar together and pour on top strawberries. You can also whip up coconut creme as a whipped creme alternative.