4 real short Recipes

soy sauce , reduced salt, brown sugar (splenda ), rice vinegar, garlic cloves, peeled and smashed, fresh ginger, grated, crushed red pepper flakes, beef short ribs (about 4 lb), carrots, peeled and halved crosswise, green cabbage, quartered (about 1 lb), cornstarch, sesame oil, scallions, thinly sliced (optional)

vanilla cookie pie crusts (short bread works beautifully), cream cheese, softened, sweetened condensed milk, key lime juice (found in the juice isle or in produce as actual key limes), lime oil (optional)

lemon , juice of, avocado, peeled, pitted, and sliced into 1/4-inch thick pieces, sheets nori, sesame seeds, toasted, cucumber, peeled, seeded , and cut into matchstick-size pieces, real crabmeat , torn into pieces, pickled ginger , for serving, wasabi , for serving, soy sauce , for serving, short-grain rice, water, plus extra for rinsing rice, rice vinegar, sugar, kosher salt