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:

1. two oranges
2. one apple
3. one 12 ounce bag of cranberries
4. one large packet of raspberry Jello
5. (Optional) 1/2 cup of walnuts
6. 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!

Christmas Cranberry Relish is a post from: Cooking With Saichon

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.]

Glass noodle salad (Yum woon sain) is a post from: Cooking With Saichon

This is probably one of the simplest Thai dish to make.Is mixture of Thai spicy tuna salad to make Thai sandwich with Thai flavours.

Ingredients

• 2 can light tuna packed in water
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 2 cup finely chopped coriander
• 1/4 cup chopped cucumber, tomato
• 2 teaspoon hot sauce
• 1/2 lime juice
• 1/4 garlic power
• 1/2 salt, pepper or to taste

Preparation

1. Drain the tuna well, turn it into a big bowl and break it up with a fork.
2. Chopped all the vegetable, and then mix all of ingredients together
3. Spoon the tuna salad onto the whole wheat bread and serve

Tuna salad sandwich is a post from: Cooking With Saichon

Spicy salad recipe from the easy to find ingredients, we call yum apple. try it out and you will can not a meagient how they can turn out really tasty meal.

Ingredients

• 1 cup  shred green apple
• 1 tomato cut to bite pieces
• 2-3 clove garlic
• 5 chilli
• 2 tsp, dried shrimp
• 2 tsp. soy sauce
• 2 tsp. lime juice
• 1 tsp. sugar

Preparation

1. Peel apple skin, thinly slice, and shred. soak in cold salted water for 5 minutes to prevent oxidation, drain, rinse in cold water, pat dry and set aside.
2. Ground dried shrimps, then prepare dressing by mixing lime juice soy sauce sugar and slice chili a mixing bowl.Taste for your own flavor.
3. In the large bowl mix shredded apple, ground dried shrimps and dressing, then mix thoroughly.
4. Put the salad in serving bowl with cucumber on the side.

Spicy apple salad(Yum apple) is a post from: Cooking With Saichon

Before I show you the best way to make Som Tum in your own home, please watch a short video of my daughter helping me to make some at my home! I may be biased but I feel that she is very beautiful!

This salad is so popular  dish, most of the time it so spicy when you eat in restaurant but you can also ask for not hot, if you did not ask always end up with a red lip after you has this meal. With  this recipe and you can prepare to your own taste!

Ingredients

• 2 cup shredded green papaya
• 1 tomato
• 1 1/2 tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 2 1/2 tbsp. sugar
• 2 clove garlic
• 2-3 fresh chillies (you can put more if you eat hot is depend)
• 2 tbsp. roasted peanuts
• 2 tbsp dried shrimp

Preparation

1. Peel green papaya skin, cut in half., and shred it.
2. Cut tomato into pieces, cut chilli and garlic in to small pieces, then well pound in mortar. add dry shrimps pound until soft then roasted peanuts and gently pound.
3. Add tomato, gently crush and mix thoroughly
4. Mix lime juice ,soy sauce, and sugar in a mixing bowl, taste for sweet, salty and sour flavour. In large bowl mix the shredded papaya, pounded ingredients, and prepared dressing, stir thoroughly.
5. Spoon onto a plate, served with fresh vegetable and sticky rice

Papaya salad(som tum) is a post from: Cooking With Saichon

This recipe is one of my flavoured , Is Thai classic salad and true taste experience! I have made mine with chicken but ground pork or beef can also used, you can use any kind of meat aurally. One of salad special ingredient es is roasted rice,, which add satisfying crunchiness to this salad. while it can be served as a meal unto it self, MY husband and I love it  with sticky rice on the side. But anyway you serve.

Ingredient es

• 2 lbs grounded chicken
• 1/2 cup green onion (sliced)
• 1/2 cup red onion (sliced)
• 1/2 cup mint leaves
• Fish sauce to taste
• 4 tbsp lamon juice
• grounded roasted rice
• 1 tsp. green pepper (sliced)

Preparation

1. Stir the chicken into the hot pan until is quite done, leave it cool down.
2. Mix the chicken fish sauce and then add lemon juice , green onion, red onion, pepper and mint leaves.
3. Taste it and add ingredients until is taste right or the taste that you like. And then add grounded roasted rice.

( Note, To make the grounded roasted rice. First of all heated a pan and put in one cup of rice stir it back and forth until getting brown. use the coffee grounder to grind it.)

Chicken salad ( Larb gai) is a post from: Cooking With Saichon

       Today i come up with simple and easy recipe, It only a few ingredients that we use and easy to  preparaton. we call Yum ma-kheua yao. Follow the simple intructions and learn how to make the best eggplant salad, you have ever tried!

        Ingredients

• 2 long eggplants
• 1/4 cup ground pork
• 3 shelled scalded prawns
• 2 tbsp. mint leaves

Inggredients for the dressting

• 2 tsp. sliced hot chilli
• 3 tbsp. sliced shallot
• 2-3 tbsp. fish sauce
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1 tbsp. sugar

Preparaton

1. Mix the ingredients for the dressing together
2. Roast the eggplant over a hot charcoal fire, turning regularly, until soft throughout. Peel the eggplant and then slice into secions.
3. Add prawn, pork, then add the dressing and toss gently mix
4. Dip out into a platter, sprinkle with mint leaves and serve

Savory long eggplant (Yum ma-kheua yao) is a post from: Cooking With Saichon

 Easy any yummy  spicy salad recipe frome lemongrass. This is a geat dish if you are dieting, the herbs are very healthy for your body.

   Ingredients

• 5 Lemongrasss
• 1/4 cup mined pork
• 3 tbsp fried dried shrimps
• 1/4 fried cashew nuts

Dress sind

• 1.5 tbsp finely slice hot chilli
• 2 tbsp finely slice shallot
• 2 tsp sugar
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 limejuice

Preparation

1. Mix all inggretents for spicy dressing together and set aside
2. Wash the lemongrass (remove some of outer  part) and finely slice the stems about 3” from the base sprinkle a few drops of lime juice over lemongrass  and toss lightly
3. Mix  the lemongrass   and minced pork together  cabbage, garnish with fried dried shrimps cashew nuts mint leaves and lemongrass  before serving 

Lemongrass spicy salad(Yum ta khrai) is a post from: Cooking With Saichon

          Quick and easy spicy salad will bring great taste to your meal

   Ingredients

• 1/2 stick pork roll
• 2 green lettuce leaves
• 1/4 onion
• 1 green onion
• 1 tomato
• 1tbsp lime juice
• 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 1/2 sugar
• 1/2 ground dried  chillies
• 3 cup water

Preparation

1. cut pork roll in quarter  and slice into 1/4 thick
2. pour 3 cup of water in a pot, bring to boil on high heat add slice pork ,scald about 3
3. mix lime juice,thin soy sauce,sugar and ground dried chillies in mixing bowl, stir well and taste for your own flavour
4. peel onion,finely slice onion, coarsely chop oregano plant and green onion. Nowcut tomato in quarters remove seeds and dice.
5. In a large mixing bowl place sliced pork, all vegetables, and stir in dressing.
6. Spoon the salad onto a bed of green lettuce, leave arranged on a plate and serve immediately.

Spicy pork roll salad is a post from: Cooking With Saichon

Pork Salad

For my first recipe here I am going to tell you about my Pork Salad! Pork salad makes a refreshing hot summer afternoon snack. It is very healthy and good for you if you are trying to lose weight also!

Ingredients

• 1 to 2 pounds lean meat (pork or beef)
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 onion
• 1 bell pepper
• 1-4 small chilies
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 tablespoon lime juice
• Cilantro

To start you will need about one pound of lean pork, you may substitute lean beef if you prefer also. I prefer to grill my pork for extra flavor, you may cook however you like. Slice the meat into strips. Prepare your chili and garlic by cutting very finely, add in the sugar, soy sauce and lime juice and mix well. Place the meat and cut bell pepper into the mixture and stir well. Finally add your cilantro sprigs and serve!

Enjoy and please let me know how you like it!

Thai Pork Salad Recipe is a post from: Cooking With Saichon