Kiran had a craving for mango cake so he found this recipe and made it and it turned out great
Mona's recipes
An online home for the recipes I make that are worth remembering, and the ones I want to make in the future.
Monday, September 9, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Big Mac Salad
This was pretty darn good. I made it as a jarred salad. I am trying to eat more beef these days because I am low on iron and protein, but this could probably be made with fork-mashed chick peas instead or maybe tofu crumbles for vegetarians but it wouldn’t be as good.
Adapted From : https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/big-mac-salad-cheeseburger-salad-low-carb-gluten-free/
In each jar add:
- 2T. Big Mac sauce (I used this recipe for 3 jars but might try another one with ketchup next time:
DRESSING:
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Vegetarian tofu rice paper dumplings
These are really good and not as difficult to make as they seem.
Vegetarian tofu rice paper dumplings
(makes 9 dumplings, not quite a dinner amount for 4)
From Tiktok:
Ingredients:
SAUCE:
- 4 T. soy sauce
- 1.5 T. rice vinegar
- 1 t. sesame oil
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- 1 t. ginger, grated
- 2 scallions or green onions, sliced
- sesame seeds
- add sirraccha or chili flakes if you want it spicy
DUMPLINGS
- 1/2 block firm tofu, shredded
- 1 large carrot, peeled and shredded
- 1/4 head cabbage, sliced thin and chopped into lengths or shredded (these measures approx -- try to get roughly even amounts of tofu, carrot and cabbage)
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 18 rice papers
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Mix sauce ingredients together in a bowl
2. fry veggies up in a pan with a little oil until cooked down. Near the end, add in some of the sauce to taste and cook it down -- I think I ended up adding 5 teaspoons or so?
3. dip rice paper wrappers in warm water, put 1 heaping tablespoon of filling in the center of each one and fold over the edges: bottom, top, left, right. Then dip one more rice paper wrapper and wrap it again, making sure the folds are on the opposite side.
4. In your frying pan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add your dumplings and fry until crisp. serve with more of the dipping sauce to dip into.
Sunday, April 30, 2023
classic rice pudding
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Corn Dog Muffins
One of the few things my picky kids will reliably eat for lunch. I make them with vegetarian hot dogs
Ingredients
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal (I like medium ground)
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 4 t. baking powder
- 1/4 t. salt
- 1/8 t. black pepper
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg, beaten
- 8 hot dogs (veggie or meat)
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350, butter 12-muffin tin
- Mix dry ingredients into a bowl, stir
- add in milk and beaten egg, stir as little as possible to moisten batter
- cut hot dogs up into coins, mix them into the batter
- pour into greased muffin tin, bake 18 minutes or until brown on top and skewer poked in them comes out clean.
fettucini alfredo
SO this is easy to make and my kids liked it. I added peas but you can add chicken, shrimp, spinach, etc.
INGREDIENTS
- 3 T. butter
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 cups half and half or heavy cream
- 1/2 t. salt
- ground black pepper
- pinch cayenne
- pinch nutmeg
- 1 egg yolk (optional)
- 1 pound pasta
INSTRUCTIONS
- melt butter in a pan, cook garlic 1 minute or until fragrant
- add in cream and spices, heat until small bubbles form around the edge but don't let the sauce boil or it will separate! Cook like that for a few minutes or until thicker
- if desired, whisk in one egg yolk to thicken and enrich the sauce
- serve over 1 pound boiled pasta,
Monday, July 18, 2022
Pasta salad for picky kids
Oh my god my kids are so picky. they say they don't like beans, eggs, or cheese -- and they are vegetarian!! I made this salad today and only one kid cried so that is a success I guess.
Pasta Salad for picky vegetarian kids
-- 1/2 block tofu
-- 1.5 cups pasta
-- 3 small cucumbers, diced
-- 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
-- 1 tomato, diced
-- 1 small can sliced black olives, drained
-- 1 inch chunk feta cheese
-- 1/2 lemon
-- oil
1. Boil the pasta in salted water. While the pasta is boiling cut the tofu into squares and fry it lightly in oil.
2. When the pasta is soft drain and rinse in cold water. Mix with fried tofu, vegetables, and crumble the cheese on top. Drizzle with oil and add the juice of the half lemon. Mix and add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Give to kids and hope they don't cry