Refreshing to the palate, very tasty and filling. Preparation: Peel cucumber; slice in half lengthwise; slice thinly cross-wise. Or, use fancy vegetable cutter to make animal figures. Cut fish into dollar-size pieces; blanch in boiling vinegar water for 15 seconds, drain. Wash Chinese parsley; remove stems. Cook Soup: Combine stock & ginger root in sauce […]

Cook pasta until al dente. Drain & set aside. Lightly saute onion & garlic in olive oil until softened. Stir in ginger & carrot & cook for a few monents. Add tomatoes, stock & cabbage. Cook over medium heat until the vegetables are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Adjust seasonings if necessary. Ladle soup over […]

Chop crayfish tails into small pieces; put one cup aside to use in gravy. Soak toast in a Iittle water and crumble. Heat 4 tablespoons oil; add crayfish tails, garlic, parsley, red pepper and half the onions; cook for ten minutes. Add tbe crumbled toast and cook 10 minutes more. Clean and wash crayfish heads; […]

POUND THE GARLIC in a mortar with 1 teaspoon salt. Pound garlic until is has broken down to a paste, then gradually work in the basil, parsley, thyme, paprika and tomato paste. Warm the oil in a soup pot, add the garlic-herb paste and mix together. As soon as the oil is hot, add the […]

Heat a non-stick soup pot or Dutch oven over high heat. When the pan is very hot, all at once add the onion, garlic, cumin, coriander, and paprika. Let sit for 30 seconds without stirring, then add 1/4 cup of the chicken stock. Saute over high heat, stirring, for 4 minutes. Add another 1/4 cup […]

IN A LARGE SAUCEPAN,COOK 2 TEASPOONS OF GARLIC IN 1/3 CUP VIRGIN OLIVE OIL FOR 1 MINUTE.ADD 1 CUP DRAINED CHOPPED CANNED PLUM TOMATOES,A pinch of CRUSHED RED PEPPERS AND 2 POUNDS OF CLEANED,DE BEARDED MUSSELS.COVER AND SIMMER UNTIL THE MUSSELS OPEN.MAKES FOUR SERVING

1. Place bacon and onion in a deep, 2-quart, heat-resistant, non-metallic casserole. 2. Heat, covered with paper toweling, in e Oven 3 minutes. 3. Add remaining ingredients, except parsley. Stir to combine. 4. Heat, uncovered, in Microwave Oven 5 minutes or until soup is heated through. Stir occasionally. 5. Allow soup to stand 2 to […]

Place beans in large saucepan. Add enough water to cover beans by 1 inch. Bring to boil over high heat. Boil 1 minute. Remove pan from heat; cover tightly and let stand 1 hour. (Or soak beans overnight in large bowl with enough cold water to cover by 1 inch.) Drain. Combine beans in 5-quart […]

-GARNISH – Parsley; Chopped Peel and thinly slice potatoes, onion and celery. Saute for 3 to 5 minutes in hot vegetable oil. In a large pot, add all of the vegetables and cover with with just enough boiling water to cover. Place bay leaf and salt in pot and boil vegetables until tender. Drain vegetables […]

REMOVE THE ZEST from the orange with a zester or grater and set it aside. Cut a flat bottom on the orange, then remove all the peel and white pith from the orange with a small, sharp knife. Cut the orange into 1/4-inch slices and refrigerate until serving time. Peel the mangoes and remove the […]