Fried Peppers with Garlic

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 3 bell peppers, cut into chunks
• 6 cloves of garlic, minced
• rice

Directions:

1) Heat the oil in a pan.
2) Add the bell peppers and garlic at the same time.








3) Heat until the peppers are soft.
4) Serve with rice.

Creamed Spinach

Not the prettyist thing I've ever made, but delicious because it's cheese and spinach. Be great for Thanksgiving.

Ingredients:

• 2 TBSP olive oil
• 1 clove of garlic, chopped
• 1/2 an onion, chopped
• 1 bag of spinach, washed
• 1/4 stick of butter
• 2 TBSP flour
• 2 cups of milk
• 1 tube of Kraft Parmesan cheese (or the equivalent)
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1) Heat the olive oil in a pot (not a pan).
2) Add the garlic, and let cook for about 30 seconds, before it browns.
3) Add the onion until it softens.






4) Add the spinach and put the cover on the pot for about 3 minutes.
5) Remove the contents of the pot and place into a strainer or colander.
6) Add the butter until it melts.





7) Add the flour to make a roux.









8) Add the spinach mixture so the roux covers it.









9) Add the milk, Parmesan, salt and pepper.

Japanese Cucumber

Too vinegary on toast for me, but good with pasta.

Ingredients:

• 1 cucumber
• vinegar
• soy sauce
• 1 TBSP sesame oil
• 1 TBSP sesame seeds
• 3 slices of ginger
• 3 cloves of garlic, smashed once with a knife (unnecessary to cut into pieces)
• pasta, noodles, toast, rice

Directions:

1) Cut the cucumber into chunks.
2) Place into a container you can keep it in overnight or for a few days.
3) Add 2 parts soy sauce for every 3 parts vinegar (I estimated with my eyes).
4) Add the sesame oil, sesame seeds, ginger and garlic.
5) Serve with pasta, noodles, toast or rice.

Avocado Pasta

Amazing. I just ate two plates of it.

Ingredients:

• 6 oz of pasta
• 1 avocado, pit and peel removed
• 1 TBSP lime juice
• 1/4 cup cilantro
• 1 clove of garlic, minced
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1) Cook the pasta. Reserve some of the water.
2) Mash the avocado, lime, cilantro, garlic, salt and pepper.
3) Mix together the avocado mixture and pasta, using the water as necessary to smooth the sauce.

The avocado could have been put in a blender, but I don't have one and I enjoyed the chunks.

Citrus Tofu with Onions and Peppers

Another one from my phone ap. Theirs was adapted from Bon Appetit and mine was greatly adapted from theirs because I don't have an oven.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped (I could not find cilantro so I used 'hot greens')
• 2/3 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup garlic, chopped
• 3 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin, divided
• 3/4 teaspoon smoked paprika, divided
• salt and pepper
• 1 block of tofu, cut into slices
• 4 TBSP olive oil
• 1 TBSP honey
• 1 onion, cut into rounds
• 2 red bell peppers, cut into slices
• rice

Directions:

1) Mix the cilantro, lime juice, garlic and 3 teaspoons cumin, 1/2 teaspoon paprika, salt and pepper.








2) Pour half the mixture over the tofu and stir. The tofu may fall apart.








3) Toss the onion and red bell pepper with 2 TBSP olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 1/4 teaspoon paprika and salt and pepper.






4) Saute the onion and red bell pepper. You may need to add more olive oil to keep it from burning as opposed to charring.







5) Cook the tofu in a pan.









6) Add 2 tablespoons and honey with the remaining cilantro and lime mixture and mix.
7) Serve the onion and red bell pepper with the tofu and the rice.

Hot Garlicy Broccoli

Another one taken from an app on my phone. Not too hot though, don't worry!

Ingredients:

• 1 TBSP oil
• 1 jalapeno, sliced thin
• 15 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 1 inch of ginger, chopped
• 1 head of broccoli
• 2 TBSP soy sauce
• 1/2 cup water or vegetable broth
• rice

Directions:

1) Heat the oil in a pan.
2) Add the jalapeno, garlic and ginger and heat for 2-3 minutes.








3) Add the broccoli for about 5 minutes, until bright green.








4) Add the soy sauce and water or broth.
5) Serve with rice.

Garlic Parsley Toast

Pretty simple, but sometimes I don't think of a recipe until I see it, so I think other people must do the same thing.

I added more parsley than the original recipe called for because I just found out it's SUPER healthy. Better than kale healthy.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 TBSP olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, smashed
• 1 TBSP parsley, chopped
• pinch of red pepper flakes
• pinch of salt
• 2 slices of wheat bread

Directions:

1) Mix the oil, garlic, parsley, red pepper and salt.
2) Put the bread in a pan until it is toasted on one side.
3) Flip and spread the oil mixture.
4) Allow to toast on the other side.






Of course, if you have a toaster oven or oven you can toast the bread at 450 F to your liking.

Spicy and Peppery Tofu

This was called 'black pepper tofu' but I guess I didn't add enough pepper or because it was no fresh ground the flavor didn't come though as much. Again, it came from the app on my phone.

Ingredients:

• 1 block of tofu, cut into cubes
• flour to dust the tofu
• vegetable oil
• 6 + 8 green onions, sliced then
• 2 red chillies, thinly sliced
• 6 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 1/2 TBSP ginger, chopped
• 2 TBSP black pepper
• 5 TBSP soy sauce
• 1 TBSP sugar
• rice

Directions:

1) Toss the tofu in the flour.
2) Put enough oil in a pan to come up 1/2 a cm and heat it.
3) Shake off excess flour and fry the tofu.
4) Put the tofu on a paper towel when you remove it from the oil.
5) In another pan (or clean the first one) add 1/2 cup of oil and heat to low heat.
6) Add the 6 green onions, red chillies, garlic, and ginger.
7) Saute until the contents are soft.

8) Add the soy sauce, sugar and pepper.
9) Add the tofu and 8 green onions.
10) Serve with rice.

Potato Pakora

I've been wanting Indian food, and found this recipe on my phone. Probably should have cut the potatoes from circles into sticks, but now I know for next time! Also, I'll add more spice!

It didn't seem to matter that I used regular flour instead of chickpea flour either.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of flour
• 1/2 cup of water
• salt
• chili powder
• 4 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 3 inches of ginger, chopped
• 2 cups vegetable oil
• 3 big potatoes, sliced thin
• Paper towels

Directions:

1) Mix the flour and water.
2) Add the salt, pepper, garlic and ginger and mix well.
3) Heat the oil in a large frying pan.










4) Dip the potato in the flour mixture and add to the frying pan.
5) Fry until brown.






6) Remove from oil and place on paper towels to soak up excess oil.