Total Time: 30 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 8
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter (creamy)
- 1/2 cup coconut milk (or more)
- 3 tablespoons water
- 3 tablespoons lime juice (lemon ok)
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (i usually double this (or more)
- 1 tablespoon ginger, minced
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped (fresh)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar (or more, you likely want it if you use fresh peanut only peanut butter) (optional)
Recipe
- 1 mix everything except the cilantro in a small saucepan over low heat.
- 2 use more lime juice if too thick.
- 3 garnish heavily with cilantro in just before serving. feel free to mix it in well.
Total Time: 30 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 12 corn tortillas
- 1 cup light sour cream (could also use nonfat for even fewer calories)
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 4 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 cups salsa
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 1/2 tablespoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder (more if you like your food spicy)
- 1/4 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/4 tablespoon clove
- 1/4 tablespoon nutmeg
Recipe
- 1 preheat oven to 250°f.
- 2 wrap corn tortillas in foil and place in oven.
- 3 heat canola oil in a large skillet on medium heat.
- 4 cut chicken into bite size pieces and add to skillet.
- 5 cook, stirring often, until brown and no longer pink in the middle.
- 6 drain fat, if any, and add salsa, chicken broth, peanut butter, baking cocoa, and spices.
- 7 cook for 10 minutes.
- 8 serve with tortillas and light sour cream.
- 9 i always serve this with spanish rice as well.
Total Time: 45 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 2 cups chicken breasts, cooked and cubed
- 1 cup celery, chopped
- 1 cup light mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice, drained
- 2 large firm bananas, sliced
- 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut
- 3/4 cup salted cashews (or peanuts)
- salad greens, for salad base
Recipe
- 1 place cooked chicken and celery in a large bowl.
- 2 combine mayonnaise with the pepper and add to the chicken mixture and mix well.
- 3 cover and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- 4 before serving, add the pineapple, bananas, oranges, and coconut; toss gently.
- 5 serve on salad greens and sprinkle with nuts on top.
Total Time: 40 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 24
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 0.5 (16 ounce) can ready to spread chocolate frosting (about 1 cup)
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons peanuts
Recipe
- 1 melt shortening with chocolate; remove from heat.
- 2 blend in sugar and 1/4 cup of peanut butter. add eggs and vanilla; beat smooth.
- 3 stir together flour, soda, and 1/4 tsp salt; stir into batter.
- 4 spread into a greased 9x9x2-inch baking pan. bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes; cool. mix frosting and 2 tbsp peanut butter; spread on brownies.
- 5 top with chopped nuts; cut into bars. makes 24.
Total Time: 42 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 12 mins
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb uncooked small shrimp, peeled, deveined and halved lengthwise
- 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon oriental sesame oil
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup celery, cut in 1-inch julienne
- 1/4 cup minced green onion
- 1 tablespoon slivered peeled fresh ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons peanut oil
- fresh ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil (for frying, about)
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar or 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon oriental sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
Recipe
- 1 thoroughly combine first 4 ingredients in large bowl and chill 1 to 4 hours.
- 2 sift flour, baking powder and salt into large bowl; make well in center and add eggs, mixing until smooth.
- 3 stir in shrimp with marinade, celery,green onions, slivered ginger and 1 1/2 teaspoons peanut oil; season with pepper.
- 4 heat 1 tablespoon peanut oil in griddle or heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
- 5 ladle batter onto griddle by scant 2 tablespoonfuls.
- 6 cook until bottoms are brown, about 2 minutes.
- 7 turn, gently pressing pancakes with spatula to flatten, and cook until second sides are golden brown and pancakes are cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes.
- 8 transfer to heated platter.
- 9 repeat with remaining batter, adding more oil to griddle as necessary.
- 10 serve, passing dipping sauce separately.
- 11 dipping sauce.
- 12 mix all ingredients in small bowl.
Total Time: 3 hrs
Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 3
- 1 kg chicken piece
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons char siu sauce
- 1 teaspoon five-spice powder
Recipe
- 1 preheat oven to 220°c.
- 2 cut the "fatty" pieces off the chicken pieces, and sit aside.
- 3 combine oil, sauces and spices in a large bowl.
- 4 add chicken, toss to cover.
- 5 refrigerate for 2 hours (stirring occasionally).
- 6 place chicken in a single layer on oiled wire-rack, set on a large baking dish. (place a layer of baking paper on bottom of baking dish to catch marinade). brush remaining marinade on chicken pieces.
- 7 roast in hot oven for 30 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
Total Time: 5 mins
Preparation Time: 5 mins
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsweetened dried banana
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
- 3/4 cup salted sunflower seeds (be sure to get seeds not cooked in peanut oil)
- 1/2 cup carob chips or 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
Recipe
- 1 break banana chips into small (1/2 inch) pieces and place in a quart-size plastic storage bag or container with lid.
- 2 add cranberries, sunflower seeds, and carob or chocolate chips to the bag or container.
- 3 close bag or container and shake gently to mix.
- 4 taste mix and adjust ingredients to your level of salt/sweet and soft/crunchy.