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Mandarin ChickenThis is a delicious recipe with a sweet orangey sauce – unless you hate cooked fruit 🙂 Use gluten-free panko crumbs for a gluten-free version.
Rob’s Skillet SauerbratenDad used to make this when we were little. From the photos I see online, it should be served with sweet & sour red cabbage and Knodel (german bread dumplings) or boiled potatoes. So I’ll have to figure out how to make those as well!
Thai Coconut Curry ShrimpThis is a recipe Winston and Sherri made for us. We tried to use it at our wedding, but in the large quantity it didn’t thicken properly, so don’t try that 🙂 Serve over basmati or jasmine rice with a squeeze of lime and chopped fresh coriander leaves. The sauce can be prepared well ahead and refrigerated.
Asian sauces – Szechuan Sauce, Hoisin Sauce and Peanut SauceThis recipe is from someone I met somewhere down the line called ‘Mildred’. They are nice with rice noodles, tofu, stir-fried veggies or eggs. Please note that this is not a photo of sauces, but it is a beautiful asian lady in a pink field. Maybe her name is Mildred.
Kirsten’s French Ham CakeMy friend Kirsten brought this to a party once. It’s a savoury cake, flavourful from the ham and stick-to-the-ribs good. She’s french, so she would know. 😉
Teriyaki SauceGrandma used to make these with pork cutlets, but the sauce itself is usable for many things.
Magical Breakfast CreamThis came from the wonderful little book “French Women Don’t Get Fat”, which is part story and part cookbook. The author claimed that having this for breakfast every day kept her slim. It is tasty too and a good way to get fibre. Adding berries and other fruit, of course, is delicious as well, but her original recipe did not call for them.
Jamaican Rice & PeasThere was once a little Jamaican food place near our kids’ school. They had the most delicious rice & peas, that they paired with Jamaican curry chicken. This was the closest recipe I could find that was similar. I like it with the rice cooked in chicken broth.
Dave’s JambalayaDave made this for us quite a while ago and it was very delicious! This is great served with biscuits.
Hazelnut GelatoI found this recipe in the book “Under the Tuscan Sun” which is also a movie. Makes about 2 quarts. After you make it, you can pretend you’re in Italy.
Jap ChaeFrom the ‘Noodles Every Day’ cookbook. “Chap Chae’ is a classic Korean dish made with sweet potato cellophane noodles. Stir fried with veggies and julienned meat, it is a perfect light dish. This is one of my favorite Asian dishes!
Cold Sesame Egg NoodlesFrom the ‘Noodles Every Day’ cookbook – a popular Chinese recipe. A the author, Corinne Trang says, “It’s a great blank canvas for adding all sorts of leftover proteins’.
Singapore NoodlesThis is from the “Noodles Every Day” cookbook. I added some soy last time. This dish can be made ahead of time and reheated. Can use leftover roasted meat.
Gorme Sabzi (Persian herb stew)Part of Sofi’s grade 3 recipe book of everyone’s favourites. Parinaz, the little girl who brought the recipe, was from Iran. She called it “an exquisite Iranian dish’.
MoussakaMy favourite greek dish. Layers of eggplant, spicy ground beef or lamb, potatoes and a topping of crispy bechamel sauce.
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This is a selection of our favourite family recipes, so we can keep them and pass them down. Please send the ones you love so I can add them too. The only rule is, you must have tried the recipe first. Enjoy!