9 lower tasting Recipes

chicken stock or 1 1/4 pint stock made from oxo or bullion, stalks lemongrass , lower 1/3 minced or mashed in a mortar (or 6tsp of prepared lemongrass from a jar), kaffir lime leaves (depending on size of leaf), juice from 2 fresh limes or 4tbsp concentrated lime juice, cocuonut milk (or 1 block of coconut cream + 1/2 pint milk), ready cooked shrimp/prawns, thai or singapore fish sauce, red chilies, minced or 1/2 -1 tsp. dried crushed chili (to suit your taste), garlic, minced (or from a lazy garlic jar), fresh ginger (or 4tsp from lazy ginger jar), generous cups of fresh shiitake mushrooms or pack of dried shiitake or chestnut or button mushroom (whatever you have in the fridge), fresh coriander, sugar (to taste, so the soup is sweeter rather than tart ), al: a handful of cherry tomatoes or red bell pepper thin sliced

tomato, cored seeded and chopped (about 3 cups), white onion, finely chopped, jalapeno peppers (more to taste, seeding is optional) or 1 serrano chili, finely chopped (more to taste, seeding is optional), fresh cilantro , rinsed drained lower part of the stems removed roughly chopped, fresh lime juice (to taste), extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt (to taste) or 1 tsp sea salt (to taste)

potatoes, peeled and quartered, margarine, light cream, salt, pepper, lean ground beef, onion, diced, pepper, garlic powder, cornstarch, cold water, ketchup, beef bouillon cubes (mixed in 3/4 cup boiling water, or 2 packets of beef oxo mixed in 3/4 cup boiling water), worcestershire sauce, canned vegetables (your choice , corn, green beans, carrots, peas, etc...), light cheddar cheese, shredded

cilantro , roots and lower stems removed, fresh parsley leaves, purple onion, quartered, green bell pepper, seeded and deveined, sweet peppers, halved (aji dulce), garlic cloves, whole, corn oil, red wine vinegar, salt (to taste), cracked pepper , 1/4-1/2 cup water (to taste, reserved)

boneless chicken thighs or 3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut in strips, egg, water, flour, black pepper, cayenne pepper, ground ginger, salt, soya sauce, rice wine vinegar (white wine vinegar is fine in a pinch), water, toasted sesame seed oil, hot chili paste (use (to taste) or 2 tbsp hot chili sauce, if you don tsp like it very hot (use (to taste), salt, cornstarch, minced garlic cloves, freshly grated ginger, sugar, water, rice (for serving)

spinach ala tom, i wanted to add that some cream cheese, sour cream added to this mixture would make a great dip, just add some milk to the cream cheese if needed to make it less thick, just don tsp over do it. i would add after all the other ingredients are cooked., a recipe something like my dad used to make , except he put 2 eggs in it and scrambled it all together, i don tsp do that. i also added a few things to it. of course all you velveeta fans can add that instead of the fresh parmesan., green giant frozen chopped spinach, oscar mayer chopped bacon ( in the yellow plastic pouch in the salad isle of your store) it s really lower fat and easier to use than regular bacon and it also tastes good., a small yellow onion diced, unsalted butter, amount of fresh shredded parmesan cheese for garnish .

skim milk, eggs, vanilla extract, sugar substitute, such as splenda, all-purpose flour, margarine, melted , such as smart balance, canola oil cooking spray