What we ate last night

Last night was another recipe time. It was actually a recipe from the May 2008 Ebony Magazine called "Quesadillas Turkey Ham Club Sandwiches"

I wish I had taken a picture of it. It was pretty good. Not exactly low fat, but it was tasty. Here is the recipe

QUESADILLAS TURKEY HAM CLUB SANDWICHES
Yields 4 servings

8 slices oven-roasted turkey breast
8 slices baked ham
4 slices cheddar cheese or other cheese
10-inch flour tortillas
1 cup arugula (we ended up using romaine lettuce because that what was in the house)
1 large tomato, thinly sliced
1/3 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1. Arrange two slices each of turkey and ham on top of each tortilla, and one slice of the cheese.
2. Top each with tomato and arugula, and fold in half.
3. Cook each tortilla in nonstick skillet on medium heat until lightly brown, about two minutes on each side.
4. Cut into wedges

5. Mix together mayonnaise, lemon juice and cayenne until well-blended. Serve with sandwiches.

Calories 897, Total Fat 58g, Cholestorol 164 mg, Carbohydrate 44g, Protein 48g, Sodium 1073mg

Boolgogi - Bulgogi - FIRE MEAT

Last night's dinner was pretty good. We got it from a Korean
cookbook(I can't think of the name, I had copied the page). It was
called Fire Meat. The blurb in the book mentioned that the dish is
boolgogi. "bool" means "fire" and "gogi" means "meat. It came out
pretty well. Wish I would have thought earlier to pick up some Kimchi
from Kimchi House but next time.

So we had a good meal and learned some Korean! A good day!

-AlwaysHungry

Fried Plantains Recipe

Today we made a recipe that we've had for a while but never tried. In fact the paper showed that I first printed it from an email on 1/30/2001. Well today was the day to make it and I actually enjoyed it. This is a surprise for me because I do not eat bananas. Unfortunately I did not print out the title of the recipe so I do not have any idea what the actual recipe is called. The person who contributed it to the e-group did mention it was a Ghana appetizer that they found in an African cookbook that they had checked out from the library.

Well here goes the recipe. It is easy to make.

3 cups cooking oil (only one cup if you use a wok)
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
6 large unripened plantains (peeled and sliced 1/2 inch thick)

In a deep fryer or a skillet deep enough to cover the plantain slices, heat the oil until it is hot but not smoking. In a small bowl, combine the water, ginger, salt, and ground red pepper. Drop plantain slices into bowl one by one, coating each pieces evenly carefully place the coated slices in the hot oil and deep-fry until golden brown, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the fried slices with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels.

yield 6 servings.


If you try it please let me know your thoughts.

-AlwaysHungry

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