Guest guest Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Sometimes, the best dish is the one you have no recipe for. The one you make when you want something quick and good, and you can throw it together in a matter of minutes. My staple is a quick stirfry. I normally keep a pretty good selection of fresh vegetables on hand (which makes sense, being a vegetarian) and it literally takes about 3.2 seconds to have one on the table. My favorites are either a strictly vegetable stirfry, or I'll use leftover quinoa, and make a fried " rice " with vegetables. The other day, I made a lovely Sesame Soba Noodle Salad, and I had some snowpeas left in the refrigerator. In the midst of my " cleaning out the pantry " day, I decided to make one of my most favorite snow pea dishes, Ginger Snow Peas. I'm not providing a formal recipe, because honestly, this dish is so easy and can be changed in so many ways. But it's so fresh tasting, I just had to share. I start with a combination of hot chili sesame oil and regular sesame oil in the bottom of my wok. Once that's nice and hot, I throw in some thinly sliced red onion. AFter a few minutes, I toss in some minced fresh ginger and garlic, stirring for a couple seconds. I then throw in the snow peas, and cook for a minute or so. (I love my snow peas to still be a tad crunchy). At the very end, I toss in some fresh lemon juice, stir a few more times, and remove from heat. The picture can be seen at http://28cooks.blogspot.com I would love to hear from others, what their favorite non-recipes are! Enjoy! Christiane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 > Sometimes, the best dish is the one you have no recipe for. . . . Indeed - we all invent! > I would love to hear from others, what their favorite non-recipes are! If they are to be posted here, we would kindly request that an ingredients list be given, including approx. (at the very least) measurements, plus cooking times and heats, etc. Otherwise, someone who has never made a dish before will not know how it *should* turn out. This *is* a recipe list, eh? LOL And btw, once you have done that, it is no longer a non-recipe but a recipe, which will delight us all! Best love, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Christiane, Your dish looked great. I must agree that most often I do not cook my meals by following specific recipes. I mostly take ideas from recipes and then do not measure. Probably because I don't have many measuring tools in my kitchen right now, but also because it tends to take some of the fun out of the act of preparing food {for me at least}. I will enjoy trying your " non-recipe " . Kind Regards, Lawrence , <cl.britton wrote: > > Sometimes, the best dish is the one you have no recipe for. The one you make when you want something quick and good, and you can throw it together in a matter of minutes. My staple is a quick stirfry. I normally keep a pretty good selection of fresh vegetables on hand (which makes sense, being a vegetarian) and it literally takes about 3.2 seconds to have one on the table. My favorites are either a strictly vegetable stirfry, or I'll use leftover quinoa, and make a fried " rice " with vegetables. The other day, I made a lovely Sesame Soba Noodle Salad, and I had some snowpeas left in the refrigerator. In the midst of my " cleaning out the pantry " day, I decided to make one of my most favorite snow pea dishes, Ginger Snow Peas. > I'm not providing a formal recipe, because honestly, this dish is so easy and can be changed in so many ways. But it's so fresh tasting, I just had to share. I start with a combination of hot chili sesame oil and regular sesame oil in the bottom of my wok. Once that's nice and hot, I throw in some thinly sliced red onion. AFter a few minutes, I toss in some minced fresh ginger and garlic, stirring for a couple seconds. I then throw in the snow peas, and cook for a minute or so. (I love my snow peas to still be a tad crunchy). At the very end, I toss in some fresh lemon juice, stir a few more times, and remove from heat. The picture can be seen at http://28cooks.blogspot.com > I would love to hear from others, what their favorite non-recipes are! > > Enjoy! > Christiane > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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