Saag Paneer

4 garlic cloves, chopped

• 3 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
• 1.5 cups canned tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp garam masala
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
• 14 oz canned lite coconut milk
• 30 oz frozen spinach, thawed

Add all ingredients above into slow cooking on low for 3 hours.

Add fresh spinach below and cook for 1 more hour.

• 8 oz fresh spinach

Blend everything in blender and place back in slow cooker and add paneer and cook for 1 more hour.

• 12 oz paneer cheese (see below for recipe)

Paneer (makes 2 cups)
1/2 gallon whole milk (not UHT pasteurized)
1/4 c lemon juice
1/2 t salt

Pour the milk into the saucepan and set over medium heat.  Brian the milk to a bare simmer (just below the boil at around 200 degree.  Stir the milk occasionally, scraping the bottom of the pot to make sure the milk doesn't scald.  When ready, the milk will look foamy and steamy.

Remove milk from heat and stir in lemon juice.  The milk will begin to curdle immediately.

Cover the milk and let the milk stand for 10 minutes.  The curds should completely separate.

Strain the curds and then in cheese cloth or bandana and shape into rectangle.  Let stand at room temp for 30 minutes.

Refrigerate up to an hour before cutting.  Paneer is good for 3 days in the refrigerator.



Serve Saag Paneer dish with rice or naan


Slender Kitchen

Chicken Coconut Korma

Chicken Marinade:
4 T plain yogurt or white sauce
1 T ginger
2 cloves garlic minced
1 t kosher salt
1/2 t ground pepper
2-3 lb boneless, skinless chicken (thighs or breasts) - cubed

In a large bowl, mix the marinade ingredients.  Add the chicken and coat.  Marinate for at least 30 minutes or over night.

Sauce:
3 T olive oil
1 T cumin seed
1 bay leaf
1/4 inch cinnamon stick
2 cloves

Heat pan over medium high head.  Add oil and heat.  Add the rest then stir. Then add:

1 large diced onion
1 clove garlic minced

Cook onions and garlic for several minutes stirring, until it's a medium-brown color.  Reduce the head to medium once the onions start to brown.  Then add:

1 T ground ginger
1 t ground green chili (2t for medium heat)

Cook for about 3 minutes then add:

1 T coriander
1 T cumin powder
1/2 T garam masala

Stirring and cook for 30 seconds then add the CHICKEN MIXTURE and cook for 3 minutes then add:

7 oz tomato paste
1.5 t salt (to your taste)

Turn to low head, gradually add:
1.5 can coconut milk

Serve over rice with naan chips.

Neeta Fraser

Open-Faced Po Boy

1/2 loaf of french bread or any type of bun
10 frozen panko breaded cod filets
20 mini pieces of pre cooked shrimp
2 tomatoes
4 mini dill pickles
3 c greens or salad blend

Sauce:
1 c of white sauce or mayo
1/4 c mustard
2 t cajun seasoning
1 t pickle juice
1 garlic clove (or frozen squared garlic thawed)
*Add hot sauce for more of a kick to the sauce


Cut your bread and spread with garlic butter and toast.  Bake panko cod filets for 20 minutes on 425 degrees, turn halfway through cooking.  Dice shrimp, tomatoes, pickles and salad and mix together.
Layer bread, cod, and mixed veggies/shrimp mix and top with sauce.


Ashlee Macdonald

Pear Flatbread

4 pieces of flatbread
1 pear (sliced thin)
4 slices of turkey
12 pistachios (shelled & diced)
12 thin slices of fresh mozzarella
2 T honey

Layer your ingredients on the flat bread as above and broil in the oven 2-3 minutes.


Ashlee Macdonald

Philly Cheese Steak Cups

Puff Pastry  (frozen, so let sit out for 20 minutes before assembly)

Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
1 t garlic powder
1 green pepper (diced)
1/2 yellow onion (diced)
1 lb flank steak (sliced in small strips and marinated in 1/3 c worchestershire sauce, 1/4 c soy sauce, 1 T red wine vinegar)
1/3 c milk
1/3 c whipping cream (trader joes style) fatter version heavy cream
Mozzarella or parmesan romana cheese

Saute onions & peppers in oil then set aside.  Brown meat and drain fat, then add onion/pepper mix back in with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  Add milk and creaem simmer for few minutes.

Cut puff pastry into 9ths.  Spray muffin tin with cooking spray and place puff pastry in muffin tin. Put meat pepper mix in puff pastry and top with cheese.

Bake on 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Top with avocado if desired.

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Modifications Ashlee Macdonald

Bacon Brie Flatbread Pizza

8 slices of flatbread (costco naan bread)
12 slices of precooked bacon diced
8oz brie cheese (rhine off and thinly sliced)
1/3 c walnuts (chopped)
honey

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Place flatbread cookie sheet, then spread bacon, walnuts, brie evenly. Then drizzle honey over flatbreads.  Cook for 4 minutes or until Brie is melted.

Cooking Panda

Vegetable Samosas Layered Cups

1 c potato (diced)
1/2 c carrots (diced)

Microwave potatoes and carrots in enough water to cover them on high for 3 minutes until tender, then drain.

3 T oil
1/4 t mustard seeds
1/4 t cumin seed

In a pan heat oil to medium hot and add the mustard and cumin seeds.  Cook until the mustard seed crackles.

1 c frozen peas

Then add the potatoes, carrots, frozen peas, cook for 3 minutes.

1/2 t minced ginger
1/4 t minced chili
pinch of turmeric

Then add ginger, chili, turmeric, and cook for 3 minutes.  Remove from heat.  Then add:

1 onion (diced)
1 T lemon joice
1/4 cilantro (chopped)
1/4 t cloves
1/4 t cinnamon


Spring square pastry placed in muffin tin and sprayed with butter and cooked on 400 degrees for 3 minutes to make cups.

Place filling in cups and top with sauce:

1 c plain yogurt
2 square cilantro
2 T fresh cilantro
1 square chili
salt

Neeta Fraser 
Modifications Ashlee Macdonald

Brie Tartlets

1/4 c chopped walnuts
1 refrigerated pie crust
8oz brie cheese (rind removed)
3/4 c chopped seedless grapes
1 1/2 t balsamic vinegar
1 t rosemary
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

Place walnuts in a single layer on baking sheet.  Bake 350 degrees for 8 minutes.  Then take out.

Increase oven temperature to 425 degrees

Unroll pie crust and cut 24 - 2" circles.  Press circles in an un-greased miniature muffin tin forming a cup.  Prick bottom of dough.  Bake on 425 degrees for 7 minutes.  Take out of oven and let cool.

Cut brie in 24 pieces and place in cups then sprinkle on walnuts and bake for 300 degrees for 4 minutes.

Top with grape relish, which is the last items on ingredients.



Whisked Away

Chicken Loco Moco

1 lb ground chicken
2 squares of caramelized onions
2 T Soy sauce
1 T Worcestershire sauce
1 t brown sugar
salt and pepper to taste

Mix above ingredients in a bowl then form into patties.  Pan grill patties over medium heat on the stove.  Use the chicken grease in the pan to make the gravy, on low heat add to chicken grease pan:

3 c beef broth
1 T Soy sauce
1 T Worcestershire sauce
4 T flour (whisked in)

Bring to a boil, reduce and simmer to thicken.

8 large fried, over easy, or scrambled eggs
2 cups cooked white rice


Ashlee Macdonald

Peanut Butter Balls

Combine ingredients in a bowl:
4 c old fashioned oats
1 1/2 c ground flax
1/4 c cacao powder
2 c almonds

In a separate bowl melt the following ingredients in microwave for 45 seconds:
2 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cup honey

Then add 4 t vanilla to peanut butter mixture, then pour peanut butter mixture on oats mixture and work thoroughly.  Place bowl in refrigerator for an hour or more.  Then take out of the refrigerator and form into small balls on cookie sheet and place in freezer for 1 hour.
Transfer to quart bag and leave in refrigerator.


Ashlee Macdonald