Recipes

If you are looking for alternative Christmas dinner ideas for a crowd to spice up the usual dishes on the table, we have a unique Christmas recipe for you!  Traditional shakshuka a one-pan Arabic dish that is not one of the usual Christmas party foods. However, the colours and flavours of the red tangy tomato base, sweet crunchy vegetables, and savoury baked eggs hints of Christmas! It doesn’t hurt that it is such a quick and easy recipe to cook for the holidays as well! And since it is the time for feasting, we want some meat in our Shakshuka...

I like to brine large hunks of meat that I’m going to roast, because brining not only gives it flavor, it adds moisture…so my pork loin, Thanksgiving turkey, or in this case, whole chicken, doesn’t dry out. Brining usually means you take a lot of water and you add salt and other spices to it, then drop the bird into that liquid for several hours, so the meat can suck up the salty water, releasing it slowly as it cooks, but retaining much of the moisture and flavor. Recently, I started reading about “dry-brining,” (aka curing)…and I thought that would...

Ginger is a flowering plant that originated in China but is commonly produced today in countries like India, Jamaica, Fiji, Indonesia, and Australia. Ginger is a spice that has similar qualities to other spices such as turmeric and cardamom. The underground part of the stem of the plant is called the rhizome, which is the part often used as a spice, but it is most commonly called ginger root or ginger. The ginger plant can be consumed fresh, powdered, dried as a spice, in oil form, or as juice. Ginger can be used in a variety of ways. In fact,...

This vegan orange chicken recipe is healthy and uses soy curls! The post Easy Healthy Orange Chicken [Vegan, Oil-Free, Gluten-Free] appeared first on One Green Planet.

Ingredients Chicken marinade 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs or breast  1/4 cup liquid aminos 2 tbsp honey 1 tbsp sesame oil 4 cloves garlic 1 tsp ground ginger Asian slaw 1 bag broccoli coleslaw mix 2 tbsp liquid aminos 2 tbsp rice vinegar 1 tbsp honey 1 tbsp sesame oil 1 tsp powdered ginger Rice 1 cup brown or sushi rice 1 1/4 cups water 1 pinch salt Instructions Preheat grill to high heat, or preheat oven to 425 F. In a large bowl, mix chicken marinade ingredients together. Add chicken thighs/breast and marinate 10-15 minutes. 2. Meanwhile, cook brown rice...