Seafood Tortellini in White Sauce

Ingredients

1/3 cup olive oil

1 shallot, thinly slice

5 cloves of garlic, sliced

1/3 tsp of ground black pepper

half each of yellow, orange, and red pepper, cubed

1 lb fresh tortellini 

12 pcs. medium shrimp

10 scallops

1 cup crab meat

1 small jar of alfredo sauce

2/3 cup water

 small bag of spinach

1. In a large skillet, saute garlic and shallot in olive oil on a medium heat. 

2. Combine peppers and stir continuously until incorporated. 

3. Drop in tortellini  together with the sea foods and stir slowly for about a minute. 

4. Pour white sauce to the skillet covering the ingredients, fill jar with 2/3 water cup water and combine.

5. Stir and let it simmer for 10 minutes and add in spinach until it's done.

6. Transfer to a big serving dish and serve. 

Mini Sandwich

Dough: 

8 cups all-purpose flour

3 cups milk

1 cup sugar

1 cup whipped sweet buttermilk

2 tbsp yeast

1 egg yolk

1. Pour milk in a large pan, combine sugar, and whipped buttermilk. 

2. Let it warm in a medium heat, butter and sugar should melt when it's warm, not boiling.

3. Add in yeast and whisk until dissolved. Add in flour into batches and stir to incorporate. 

4. Dough is wet and sticky. Cover with the pan lid and let it rise for an hour.

5. Line cookie sheet with wax paper and use a wide surface for the dough to work on. I used my big chopping board. Brush board with light oil and work on dough. Rub both palm with oil as you continue working with the dough. 

6. Take a dough as big as the size of soft ball and form a little ball by using thumb and index finger buy squeezing the dough out in between fingers. 

7. Cove with cloth and let it rise for another hour.

8. Lightly brush on top with 1 beaten egg yolk.

9. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake these minis placing on top rack for 15 minutes.

 10. Slice and top with anything that you want. 

My Mini Ham Slider. Enjoy!

Baked Swai Fish, Taters, and Slaw

Slaw Ingredients: 

1 apple

1 pineapple wedge

1 ripe mango

1 tbsp miracle whip

1 tsp salt

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp turmeric

chopped cilantro

1. Julienne cut fruits, chop cilantro, and other ingredients in to a bowl.

2. Combine and mix well.

3. Dash of paprika on top and cilantro.

4. Keep in the fridge before serving.

3 Swai Fish

1 tbsp spices (paprika, pepper, turmeric, garlic powder, salt)

1 tbsp olive oil

1 small sweet potato

1 medium size yellow potato

5. Season swai fish and set aside.  Cut potatoes into strips and season with the same spices used in fish. Bake both fish and taters for 25 minutes in 350 degree oven.

Enjoy!

Smoked Salmon and Shrimp Sushi

Ingredients:

2 cups of calrose rice

1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar

1 tbsp sugar

1 tsp salt

3 oz sliced-smoked wild nova salmon

12 med size cooked shrimp

sushi mold/sushi bamboo mat

1. Wash and cook rice as per instruction from bag. I recommend using rice cooker for perfect rice.

2. In a sauce pan, combine vinegar, sugar, and salt. Let it warm up and stir until sugar and salt dissolves. Let it cool.

3. Scoop cook rice, place in a big bowl dish, and use fork to separate rice.

4. Pour vinegar mixture to rice and mix gently.

5. Slice salmon into small lengthwise.

6. Cut shrimp inside from head to tail and press shrimp flat.

7. Get a bowl of water on the side to dip hands before molding, if not, it will be so sticky. 

8. Dip molder in water and shake off excess water.

9. Scoop rice mixture to the molder and press, unmold and top with shrimp or salmon.

Note: Can use a big freezer bag  to replace bamboo mat. Cut off top and sides of the bag and use one half. 

Leche Plan

Ingredients

18 egg yolks

1 can sweetened milk

1 can evaporated milk

2 tsp vanilla

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup water

1. Fill steamer with water and let it boil. 

 2. Combine water and sugar.

3. Bring to a boil, add in 1 tsp vanilla, and stir well. Mixture should be this color when it's ready.

4. Pour sugar mixture to a 9x2 cake pan and distribute evenly. Let it set and cool completely.

  5. Separate egg yolks. In a mixer, whisk slow egg yolk, combine with the other remaining ingredients, and mix  slowly until well incorporated. 

6. Strained and pour egg mixture to cooled sugar mixture, in to the steamer, and cover pan with foil. Steam covered over low heat  for 40 minutes. Use toothpick to check, poke to the middle, it will come out clean when it's done.

Now you have a silky smooth Leche Plan (Egg Custard)

Plantain Banana Pancake Whipped Cream and Fruit Topping

Ingredients:

4 ripe soft plaintain bananas

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 oil

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

Procedure:

1. Poke ripe plaintain banana and microwave high for 5 minutes each. Mash bananas and let it cool. Beat egg and combine all ingredients. 

2.Slide butter in pan, scope mixture using big ice cream scope, and cook until golden brown. Approximately 2-3 minutes each side. 

Note: Top with any fruit or topping that you like. Good way to eating breakfast differently.

Mango Tart with Sugar Cookie and Cranberry Crust

 Ingredients:

Crust:

1 cup all purpose flour

2 cups sugar cookie mixture

1 cup chopped dried cranberries

3/4 oil

1. Combine all ingredients and mix well. Press mixture with fingers and mixture should stick together when it's ready. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and bake for 18 minutes. Set aside and let it cool.

Filling:

3 firm ripe mangoes

6 egg yolks

1 cream cheese

2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

1 envelope unflavored gelatin

1 can condensed milk

1 tbsp vanilla

2. Peel mangoes, cut both sides, and slice thinly. Put in a bowl and pour half of lemon juice. Slowly mix mango slices and lemon. Set aside.

3. In a sauce pan, whisk yolks and remaining lemon juice. In a low heat, cook egg mixture stirring constantly. Combine all ingredients and continue stirring until cream cheese dissolves and mixture thickens, approximately 30 minutes. Cool to warm.

4. Arrange a layer of mango slices to cooled crust and pour mixture over mango slices. Spread evenly and top with mango slices. 

Note: Mixture has strong egg smell when it's not ready yet. Continue cooking and stirring for another  5- 10 minutes. The crust itself is very good...will use this recipe for cookie as well. Chill before serving.

Baked Chicken and Stir Fry Veggies with Tofu

 Ingredients:

5 chicken tenders

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp garlic powder

pinch of ground pepper

pinch of salt

3 tbsp olive oil

1. Mix all dry ingredients and olive oil and coat chicken tenders evenly with mixture. Bake in 375 degrees for 25 minutes.

1/2 cup red pepper

1/2 cup yellow pepper

1/2 cup orange pepper

1 block tofu

1/2 cup baby peas

1/2 cup sweet onion 

tsp turmeric

tsp paprika

2 tbsp olive oil

pinch of pepper

pinch of salt

few potatoes

parmersan cheese

2. Cut tofu into little square and season with turmeric, paprika, pepper, salt, and olive oil. Set oven low broil for 15 minutes. On the same pan, stir fry veggies until soft but not over cook. Mix all ingredients and adjust taste by adding light salt.

3. Cut potatoes and brush with olive oil and with pepper. garlic powder, and parmesan cheese season. Bake for 30 minutes. Brush with olive and 

Baked Salmon Bites with Roasted Veggies

Ingredients:

Salmon Bites:

1 big salmon in can

1/4 cup diced seeded tomato

1/4 cup sweet onion

2 tbsp corn starch

1 egg

1tsp garlic powder

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp paprika

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp ground pepper

2 tbsp chopped cilantro

Mix all ingredients in a big bowl.  In a cookie pan, line a non stick aluminum foil and use small ice cream scoop to form a bite size of the mixture, and line them up. Set oven to 375 degrees and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Toasted Veggies:

1 big sweet potato

1 pepper

1 lb asparagus

3 tsp paprika

3 tsp garlic powder

3 tsp turmeric

3 tsp cumen

3 tbsp olive oil

3 tbsp parmesan cheese

 1. Cut sweet potato into wedges, peppers into big slices, and asparagus into half. Mix all ingredients well.

2. Line in a baking sheet and roast for 20 minutes.

Note: Dip salmon bites in lemon juice and soy sauce.

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