Hi, I am Larry. I am so lucky to be married to Saichon. She has graciously agreed to let me share one of my families long time favorite holiday recipes.
This is a recipe that I was given by my great grandmother in Oklahoma. When we were kids we used an old grinder that we cranked by hand. Looking back at it now, I know that as kids we loved to grind up the food in that old grinder and I am sure that my mother loved the time to work in the kitchen with us out of the way! Now Both I and Saichon use a food processor to do the job, takes seconds rather than hours. I have had several that I managed to break, then my mother gave Saichon this one from Wolfgang Puck for Christmas last year. It is a little big for our personal needs but is great when we have dinner parties and we have really used it a lot! It has never complained or stopped working. My only observation of trouble with it is the O-Ring that seals the top onto the unit seems to come off to easily. So whatever you choose to grind up your fruits is great, for us it is a family tradition and I hope this recipe will add a little joy to your holiday as well!
For this recipe you will need:
- two oranges
- one apple
- one 12 ounce bag of cranberries
- one large packet of raspberry Jello
- (Optional) 1/2 cup of walnuts
- one cup sugar
Begin by pouring your jello into a middle sized bowl add 1 and 1/4 cup of boiling hot water and stir until jello is all dissolved. Now pour in your sugar and stir until dissolved. I generally use less than 1/2 cup of sugar but the original recipe calls for one cup. so use your sugar fit your taste.
Set your jello aside and wash your fruit well, core your apple and toss into your food processor, followed by the cranberries, and the oranges and nuts. After all items have been completely ground up, mix into your jello well, add another 1 and 1/4 cups of cold water again mixing well and place into the fridge to set.
As I said this is a family fave, I like to top mine with a bit of whipped topping and eat for desert.
From our family to you we wish you a very merry Christmas, and an awesome new year!
This simple dish that is quick to make and prepare, it served with rice, prepare all of the ingredients first including the rice, it originates from central Thailand and is really spicy dish. if you are not a hot person just has to add less of the chili.
Ingredients
- 1 cup chicken
- 1/2 cup basil leave
- 3 tsp.soy sause
- 3 tbsp. oil
- 4 cloves garlic
- 5 red chilli
- 1 tsbp. oyster
- 1 tsp.sugar
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This dish is quick and easy to make if your looking for the sauce to eat with the vegetable, is made with ham and coconut milk, a little bit of chillies.
Ingredients
2oo grams ham, cut into small pieces{1 cup}
2 cups coconut milk
1/4 cup sliced shallots
1/2 cup fermented rice
3 red, yellow green spur chillies cut into short lengths
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2-3 tablespoon. tamarind juice
preparation
1 place coconut milk into pot with the ham and fermented rice and heat to boiling .
2 add salt, tamarind juice, and sugar to taste.
3 add the shallots and spur chili. when the sauce come to boil. remove from heat.
Serve with fresh vegetables such as cucumber, cabbage,string beans and lettuce
Category: sauce, snack
Tags: cabbage, chili, Coconut Cream, coconut milk, cucumber, Dish, Green Spur, Ham, Lettuce, Little Bit, Pot, Preparation 1, Salt 2, Shallots, Small Pieces, String Beans, Tablespoon Sugar, Teaspoon Salt, Vegetables Leave a Comment
Stir fried rice is great way to use up meal from leftover rice but just because it is meal meal mead from leftover doesn’t mean it can be good or tasty!. You can substitute pork or fish,whatever you have on hand.
Ingredients
2 Cup cooked rice
1/2 cup chop chicken breast to a small pieces
1 red pepper
1 Teaspoon garlic mince
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1/2 cup broccoli
3 teaspoon oil
Preparation
1 chop the garlic and fry with a little oil
2 chop pork into a small bite sized pieces and put into the frying pan to cook for 2 minutes.
3 Add the broccoli stir until the broccoli half cook half done and then add the rice and fry until its warmed though.
4 chop the pepper , onion into a tiny piece.
5 put red pepper , onion, fish sauce, sugar, into a frying pan and cook for 2 minutes, stirring to mix.
6 Add a little coriander to garnish.
Serve with cucumber, tomato.
Category: Stir-fried, thai rice dish
Tags: Chicken Breast, Chop, Coriander, cucumber, Cup Broccoli, Fried Rice, Fry Rice, Frying Pan, garlic, Garlic Oil, Hand Ingredients, Mead, onion, Red Pepper, Sized Pieces, Small Pieces, Tablespoon Fish Sauce, Teaspoon Garlic, Teaspoon Oil, Tiny Piece Leave a Comment
This is the another snacks dish, most people love to has it when they has the beer or to cut through the alcohol. Is spicy dish make with pork mince or chicken mince and spicy onion to add the strong flavors.
Ingredients
1 cup chicken or pork mince
100 gms glass noodle
50 gms peanut
1 Teaspoon bird chilles
2 Teaspoon fish sauce
2 Teaspoon coriander
1 Spring onion
2 Teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 Teaspoon sugar
1/2 Cup water
1 Teaspoon salt
2 Garlic cloves
Preparation
1 Boil the water to boiling add the salt and chop the garlic add into the pan.
2 When the water is boiling is boiling add the pork mince and glass noddle ( The glass noodle need to sake in the water about 10-15 minute) and steamer for 3 minutes, Then pour out half of the water.
3 Chop the chilles, spring onion and coriander into the pot with glass noodles.
4 Toast the peanuts in a dry frying pan to bring our flavour.
5 Add the fish sauce , sugar, lemon juice, and peanuts and then mix.
Serve with lettuce or tomato.]
Category: Salads
Tags: Cup Chicken, Cup Water, Fish Sauce, Flavors, Frying Pan, Garlic Cloves, Gms, Lettuce, Noodle Salad, Peanuts, Preparation 1, Salt 2, Spicy Dish, Spring Onion, Steamer, Teaspoon Coriander, Teaspoon Lemon Juice, Teaspoon Salt, Teaspoon Sugar, Woon Leave a Comment
