Serve over salad greens, steamed oriental veggies or use as a marinade for meat or seafood in oriental dishes as desired.

You might need to buy:
  • Sesame oil
  • low sodium chicken broth
  • rice wine vinegar
  • light soy sauce
  • sugar
  • cornstarch

There’s no need for a heavy dressing with these greens thanks to the smoky flavor of turkey bacon.
Level of Difficulty: Easy
POINTS® Value: 1

ready in about 15 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • mixed baby greens
  • water
  • balsamic vinegar
  • fresh lemon juice
  • black pepper
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quantities given are enough for herd of buffalo.
Even 1/3 to 1/4 is too much.

You might need to buy:
  • chopped coriander leaf
  • raisins
  • diced large onions
  • diced green capsicum
  • diced Granny Smith apple
  • corn oil
  • dried black-eye beans
  • diced red capsicum
  • wine vinegar
  • 1T salt
  • 4T black pepper
  • 5T curry powder
  • 0.5T ground cloves
You might need to buy:
  • baby octopus
  • turkish or 1/2 californian bay leaf
  • fresh lemon juice
  • coarse salt
  • chopped fresh oregano
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • fresh mozzarella
  • ripe tomatoes
  • Fresh whole large basil leaves
  • Salt and ground pepper
  • Vinaigrette Dressing
  • balsamic or wine vinegar
  • ts[ dijon mustard
  • olive oil
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I’ve got rid of the corn starch in the marinade – doesn’t add anything to the flavour and just makes it hard to cook the meat [sticks to the wok]

You might need to buy:
  • bean sprouts
  • roasted peanuts
  • cucumber
  • lettuce
  • vermicelli
  • nuoc cham
  • onion
  • pepper
  • salt
  • fish sauce
  • sugar
  • pickled grated carrot [or plain]
  • beef - thinly sliced flank

This makes for great lunch box or picnic fare. When we have it for dinner, we double the recipe because it makes for good leftovers, too! The recipe calls for the quinoa to be boiled like pasta, but I prefer simmering it like brown rice, so I’ve adjusted the water in the ingredient list accordingly (you may have to use up to 2 c.) and have rewritten the directions.

ready in about 20 minutes; serves 5
You might need to buy:
  • parsley
  • carrots
serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • salad greens
  • olive oil
  • garlic cloves minced
  • small shallots minced
  • honey
  • Dijon mustard
  • balsamic vinegar
  • ground red pepper
  • chilli powder
  • sugar
  • pecan halves
  • sugar
  • bleu cheese crumbled
  • fresh strawberries or any fresh seasonal fruit
You might need to buy:
  • bacon
  • flour
  • sugar
  • vinegar
  • water
  • salt and pepper to taste
ready in about an hour and 20 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • fish sauce
  • garlic
  • Red pepper flakes
  • sugar
  • mixed salad greens
  • sea scallops
  • canola oil
  • cayenne pepper
  • chopped mint
  • dark sesame oil