Chicken Curry Salad
This salad eats more like a meal and is pretty healthy except for the mayonnaise, which probably shouldn’t matter too much because Chicken Curry Salad is very low in carbs. Actually mayonnaise is not the “enemy”only really bad when combined with starches like potatoes, macaroni or bread (i.e. tuna or chicken salad sandwiches on white bread). When mixed only with veggies or lean protein (like chicken breast) mayonnaise is less likely to make you fat and even provides your body with some essential fatty acids.
Just think about it. When do you ever eat mayonnaise without carbs? Well Chicken Curry Salad can be a place for you to start. We hope you enjoy this recipe.
Donabe Zoni
Donabe are Japanese clay pots used for cooking. Donabe translated in Japanese means earthenware pot and are built to be durable and can last for years. Some rare Donabe have even survived for centuries and are prized family heirlooms. The older Donabe in general are supposed to be better for cooking than the newer ones.
Ranch Wings
Who doesn’t like Ranch Dressing and chicken wings/drummettes? Therefore the combination of the two is only natural and simply good eating. Just remember to make enough for everybody.
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Curried Potato Salad
Curry powder is actually a blend of various herbs and spices and differs depending where you are in the world. However the one thing in common with all curry powders, is the Turmeric. The chemical in Turmeric called Curcumin is what gives curry its characteristic yellow color and also happens to be a powerful anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory. The 1-3 tsp of curry powder in this recipe is hardly enough to do you any good but if you eat a lot of curry over a long period of time it may make a difference in your overall health. Unfortnately the 3 cups of butter in this recipe takes you in the exact opposite direction real fast.
Vegetable Soup
Here is a quick and easy vegetable soup you can make that is not out of a can. At least with this version you know exactly what is inside. With the mass produced stuff in the can you just never know.
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Hawaii Oxtail Soup
Hawaii’s version of Oxtail Soup most likely had its roots from the first Chinese immigrant workers that came over in the mid to late 1800s. Several of the ingredients in the traditional Chinese version such as gow pee (dried Chinese tangerine peel), Szechuan peppercorns, and Chinese dates are difficult to find and over time were simply left out or just not used. Most Hawaii restaurants and diners make a recipe similar to the one listed below give or take a few ingredients.
Star anise however is one of the Chinese ingredients that you will need for this recipe and you should go to the trouble to find it. You must be asking why fuss over the star-shaped fruit wall of the Illicium vercum, a small native evergreen tree of southwest China? Can’t this recipe be done without it? The answer is: you probably can but it just won’t be the same. Besides being one of the main ingredients in Chinese five-spice powder, star anise is also used to make the flu drug Tamiflu. Star anise contains high amounts of a substance called shikimic acid and without it the people at Roche could not make the miracle drug which saved millions of people over the last few years.
So now you know a little about this Hawaii comfort food and why it is no accident that so many people here love to eat it and simply can’t do without it.
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Rich Oxtail Soup: Mainland Style
In Hawaii Oxtail Soup is made much differently due to the strong Asian influence. Because this recipe is from the mainland it will taste a lot different from what you are used to but is still very good in its own way.
The recipe calls for two ingredients not commonly used in Hawaii: parsnips and marjoram. Parsnips are root vegetables similar to carrots except that they are paler and stronger flavor. Marjoram is a perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours and can usually be found in the spice section of your local supermarket.
Chinese Vegetable-Shrimp Soup
The recipe calls for ½ cup of shrimp but why stop there? Go for it and use one full cup instead and also throw in some Chinese Snow Peas and Abalone for kicks. Eat this soup with a good size bowl of rice and you got yourself a healthy low fat meal.
Cheese Soup
This recipe is a really quick and easy and if you want to do this one in hyperdrive try the microwave version. We however prefer to take our time and cook our Cheese Soup over the stove. If you really want to get fancy with this one make the Beer Cheese Soup version and substitute cream for milk and cheddar cheese for American cheese.
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French Dressing
French Dressing is actually an American term for French vinaigrette which comes in many different varieties. The typical French vinaigrette is mainly salad oil, vinegar, herbs, spices and other ingredients and vastly different from the “American” French Dressing that is reddish orange in color and pureed into a creamy sauce. The French probably consider our French Dressing to be a crude American concoction but who really cares what they think?
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