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Rotisserie Chicken Salad

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This is actually my husband’s recipe. I kind of took it over after we were together, but he still is the one who mix all the seasoing and the dressing, I only do all the chopping. 🙂

Ingredients: 

2 pieces of rotisserie chicken breast, 3 ribs of celery, 2 medium onions.

seasoning: 6 tbsp sweet pickle relish, 2/3 cup mayonnaise, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tsp dried dill.

Methods:

1. Peel the skin of the chicken breast, tear of chop into small pieces, chop celery and onion into small pieces, too.

2. Put all the seasoning ingredients together, mix well.

My husband loves to use the Santa Cruz Organic Real Lemon Juice, you can find it in most of the grocery store including Wal-Mart.

If you don’t like the chicken salad too dry, you can use 1 1/2 of the seaning ingredients .

3. Mix all the ingredients together.

烤鸡版鸡肉沙拉

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我去年从城里搬到了乡下，过上了远离大大小小超市的日子，日常买菜可去的就那么有数的几个超市，Sam’s Club 渐渐成为我每周一去的店之一。我老公喜欢买他家的烤鸡，便宜还个儿大，回到家可以用鸡肉做各种菜，省掉了自己把鸡肉做熟的步骤，很是省事儿。

材料：

2 块 熟鸡胸肉，2 个中等大小的洋葱，3 根西芹。

6 大勺 sweet relish（我不知道中文叫啥），2/3 杯蛋黄酱，2 大勺柠檬汁，2 小勺干莳萝。

做法：

1. 鸡肉，洋葱和西芹切碎。

鸡肉块可大可小，洋葱和西芹尽量切小块一点，口感会好一些。我个人比较喜欢多一些洋葱，如果你不喜欢，可以少一些洋葱。

2. 把剩余的材料混在一起拌匀。

我老公比较喜欢那种有机的纯柠檬汁，而不是用浓缩粉调出来的那些。图片中间的那个玻璃瓶子就是柠檬汁。Publix 和沃尔玛都有卖。

3. 所有的材料放在一起拌匀即可。冰箱冷藏保存。

如果觉得这样调出来的鸡肉沙拉太干，可以多调一些酱料拌起来。我们喜欢用墨西哥卷饼卷起来，所以不喜欢大多的酱料，因为酱料会滴滴答答的流下来。

 

Cowpea

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Cowpea is one kind of the popular vegatables on Chinese dinner table. It can be cooked in different ways, stire fry, boil, salad, braise, etc. I put some in pot roast before, and it turned out very good.

For what I know, most of cowpea plants are ivy plants, but there is one kind is growing with no ivy. Unforturnately, the seeds I had for no ivy kind didn’t grow any seedling this year. Maybe I can find more seeds later to grow them.

I have to say, cowpea has a good yield of crop. You can find the seeds at Asian supermarket if you want to plant them.

For more info., please click the link below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowpea

For dishes using cowpea, please click on following links:

Cumin Flavored Ribs

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This rib is one of our traditional way to cook. My husband loves it so much so I cook it about once a month.

Ingredients:

rib, ground cumin, salt, pepper, ginger powder, garlic powder, ginger root slices.

Methods:

1. Pour some cold water into a pot.

2. Chop ribs along the bone, then put into the cold water pot, add some vinegar and cooking oil, and a few slices of ginger root, medium high heat bring it to boil. Turn off heat, let it sit for about 5 minutes, take ribs, rinse off.

3. Pre-heat oven to 400°F/200°C.

4. Mix the powder seasoning together, slightly coat the ribs.

          

5. Bake for about 25 – 30 minutes, until the surface of the rib start grease bubbling.

孜然烤排骨

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烤排骨里面，我最喜欢的就是这种先煮后烤的做法。这样做出来的排骨一点都不干不柴，而且肉软嫩脱骨，也入味。

材料：

排骨，孜然粉，姜粉，蒜粉，鲜姜片，盐，胡椒粉。

做法：

1. 排骨沿骨头切开，放入冷水锅，加入几片姜片，料酒和醋去腥，中火烧开。停火之后静置 5 分钟。捞出排骨用温水冲洗干净。

2. 把孜然粉，姜粉，蒜粉，盐和胡椒粉拌匀，让排骨均匀的沾上一层。

        

3. 烤箱预热 400 华氏度/200 摄氏度，放入排骨烤 25 到 30 分钟，或者直到排骨表面有些略微烤焦。

香蕉核桃面包

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前段时间去买菜的时候，看到有配好的西式薄煎饼（pancake）粉，里面掺有杏仁粉。我当时就觉得这个好健康啊，于是毫不犹豫的就买了一包回家。

做好了以后，不由的又一次感慨，健康的东西咋都没那么好吃呢 ······· 我还是继续走在不健康的吃食之路上吧。

可是那么一大包的面粉，丢到垃圾箱还是怪可惜的，我瞅了瞅袋子背面印的菜谱，发现可以用来在香蕉核桃面包。死马当活马医吧，买两根香蕉回来试验了一下，然后就让我们两公婆惊艳了一把，决定可以成为我们家早餐的一个选项。

材料：

两根香蕉，1 3/4 杯薄煎饼粉，1/4 杯白糖，2 枚鸡蛋，4 大勺黄油，1/2 杯碎核桃，1/2 茶勺盐。

做法：

1. 烤箱预热 350 华氏度。

2. 融化黄油，鸡蛋打散，香蕉碾碎成香蕉泥，核桃如果颗粒太大就再掰碎一点。

我一般是用叉子把香蕉碾成泥的，香蕉泥里面还有一些碎碎的香蕉颗粒。

         

3. 把打散的鸡蛋，融化的黄油，香蕉泥，盐和糖混在一起搅拌均匀，然后拌入薄煎饼粉和核桃碎，再一次搅拌均匀，倒入刷过黄油的 8×4 烤盘，放入烤箱烤一个小时左右。

原配方要求用 1/2 杯白糖，不过我们两个都嫌太甜了，所以白糖我减了一半的份量。

我没有用那种长条烤盘，而是用了两个小烤盘，大概烤了50分钟左右。每个烤箱都是不同的，只要用来测试的牙签或者其他 tester 拔出来的时候是干净的就表示烤好了。

Banana Nut Bread

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I decided to eat healthier, so I bought a bag of pancake mix with almond flour in it. I made one batch of pancake, and my husband and I feel we don’t like it that much. The pancake tastes ok, but not as fluffy as the regular flour one. I think I like the regular ones better.

I didn’t know what to do with the pancake mix, then I saw this banana nut bread recipe at the back of the bag. Of course I tried it, and we both fall in love with it. The bread tastes great!

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cup pancake mix, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 4 tbsp butter, 2 banana, 1/2 chopped walnut, 1/2 tsp salt.

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Melt butter, lightly beat butter, mash banana, break walnut into smaller pieces.

          

3. Combine beaten egg, melted butter, mashed banana, sugar, and salt, beat together.

The original recipe calls for 1/2 cup sugar, but both of us think it’s too sweet for us, so I cut the sugar to 1/4 cup.

4. Add pancake mix and walnut into the mixture, mix smothly then pour into a greased baking pan, bake for about an hour, or until the tester comes out clean.

Since I used the smaller baking pan, I baked about 50 minutes.

The original recipe said that it needs a 8×4 loaf pan, I used two mini loaf pan, so the bread would be smaller, and easier to store.

奶油蛋糕卷

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这款蛋糕卷是我最近的偏爱。做起来不费事，个头可以随意，好看又好吃，实在是没法不爱。

材料：

蛋糕：4 个室温鸡蛋、3/4 杯蛋糕粉、3/4 杯白糖、50 克食用油、1.5 茶勺泡打粉。

夹馅：淡奶油、草莓

11×17 烤盘、烤盘纸、厨房薄巾、糖粉

        

做法：

1. 烤箱预热 375 华氏度。

2. 烤盘底部轻喷一层防沾油，然后铺上烤盘纸，角落的地方剪开一个小口折叠，确保烤盘纸贴合烤盘底部和四周。

3. 把鸡蛋的蛋白和蛋黄分开，蛋白和半杯白糖一起打发，直到蛋白起泡呈固态。

4. 把蛋黄和剩余的白糖一起打发，直到蛋黄液颜色变淡。

         

5. 蛋糕粉和泡打粉搅拌均匀，和蛋黄液一起拌匀，然后加入食用油搅拌均匀。

6. 分三次把蛋白液拌入蛋黄液，每次搅拌均匀之后再加入新的蛋白液。

7. 把蛋糕糊倒入烤盘，抹平表面，放入预热好的烤箱烤至表面金黄，大概 12-15 分钟。

8. 烤蛋糕的同时，把厨房巾摊平，上面撒一层糖粉备用。

9. 蛋糕烤好之后，马上拿出烤箱，放在准备好的布巾上面，小心撕去烤盘纸，用剪刀剪去四边，和布巾一起把蛋糕卷起来直至放凉。

         

10. 等待蛋糕放凉的时候，需要打发淡奶油。打发好之后，分出一部分用来装饰蛋糕表面。

11. 分出一些草莓，切成小碎块，和准备做夹馅的淡奶油拌在一起。剩下的草莓切成喜欢的形状用来装饰蛋糕表面。

        

12. 蛋糕放凉之后，把蛋糕卷摊开，上面均匀铺上一层草莓奶油糊，再重新卷起来，同时把布巾和蛋糕分开。

13. 把蛋糕卷切成需要的长度，横放，涂上淡奶油，再放上草莓装饰就可以开吃啦！

 

Swiss Roll with Whipping Cream and Strawberry

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I fall in love with this cake roll, or you can call it swiss roll. It’s not too sweet, and it’s not too hard to make, and you can cut it into bite size so you won’t feel too guilty when serving and eating.

Ingredients:

cake: 4 eggs (room temperature), 3/4 cup cake flour, 3/4 cup sugar, 50g vegetable oil, 1.5 teaspoon baking powder.

ingredients for rolling cake: sugar powder

topping: whipping cream, strawberry.

              

Methods:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. Lightly grease the 11×17 baking pan with baking spray, then line parchment paper at the bottom of the baking pan, make sure the parchment paper is big enough to cover all the sidewalls. Cut the four corners and fold neatly so the parchment paper would fit the pan.

           

3. In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg whites with 1/2 cup of sugar on high speed until stiff peaks form.

4. In another mixing bowl, combine the egg yolks, remaining sugar. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy.

5. Sift the flour, then mix with baking powder. Pour the flour mixture into egg yolk mixture, beat on low speed to mix well.

6. Pour vegetable oil into the mixture, and mix well.

7. Fold the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture in 3 parts, until no white streaks remain.

8. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth into an even layer. Then put into oven to bake until golden brown, about 12-15 minutes.

               

9. While cake is baking, lay out a clean smooth kitchen towel on countertop and dust with powdered sugar.

10. Right after the cake come out of the oven, Immediately flip the cake out onto the dusted kitchen towel and carefully peel off the parchment paper and discard. With a pair of scissors, trim the edge off the cake, then roll up the cake from long/short end with the towel into a tight log.

11. Keep the cake roll up until the cake compeletely cool off.

           

12. While cake is cooling, pour whipping cream into a mixing bowl, and start beating on low speed, increase the speed as the cream get thicker, until forming soft peaks. Scoop some cream out for topping, leave the rest for filling.

13. Chop some strawberry into small pieces, mix with whipping cream filling.

14. Slice strawberry into the shape you like for topping purposes.

15. After the cake cooled off, unroll the cake, Spread the whipped cream in an even layer over the cake. Using the towel to help, roll the cake back up into a log, peeling the towel back off the cake as you roll.

16. Slice the rolled cake into the desired width, cover with whipping cream then sliced strawberry.

椰糖南瓜羹

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第一次在朋友那里吃到这个南瓜羹的时候很是惊艳了一回。我从来没想过普普通通的奶油南瓜可以做出如此的美味。心心念念了很久，终于忍不住诱惑尝试了一回。 

 

材料：

奶油南瓜，椰糖 (palm sugar)。

步骤：

1. 小锅加水，烧开之后放入两块椰糖，等椰糖完全溶化之后，静置放凉。

水不必很多，如果太多，南瓜羹做出来很比较稀，我个人喜欢比较浓稠一点的。

2. 南瓜洗净，切成两半，然后去籽，放进锅里，加水煮熟。

如果南瓜太大，可以切成小块来煮。

3. 煮熟的南瓜去皮，切块，放入搅拌机，加入晾好的糖水一起打成糊状。

糖水温热即可，不必完全放凉。

4. 把南瓜糊盛入碗中即可。

这个南瓜羹冷热都可以吃，我觉得一样的美味。