Goes well with Greek Meatball recipe, or as a dip for fresh veggies

ready in about two and a half hours; serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • salt & freshly ground black pepper
  • garlic-infused olive oil
Belongs to clair Greek Meatballs  

This recipe is doubled because the original recipe calls for 1/2 lb turkey and 1/2 lb lamb, and its easier to buy them in 1 lb servings. I make one batch of 20 to eat and one batch of 20 to freeze. Freezing instructions below.
Serve on top of greek salad (see recipe in “salads” tag) or in pita with tomato, olives, feta and tzatziki (see recipe in “sauces” tag)

ready in about 30 minutes; serves 5
You might need to buy:
  • crumbled feta cheese
  • freshly cracked black pepper
  • ground coriander
  • eggs
  • chopped fresh flat-leaf Italian parsley
  • ground lamb
  • Zest of 1 large lemon
  • ground turkey
  • garlic-infused olive oil
Belongs to clair Orange Chicken  
ready in about 30 minutes; serves 5
You might need to buy:
  • salt and pepper
  • garlic-infused olive oil
  • ORANGE CHICKEN SAUCE INGREDIENTS:
  • orange juice
  • maple syrup
  • soy sauce
  • zest of one orange
  • crushed red pepper flakes
  • ground ginger
  • white pepper
  • cornstarch
  • rice wine vinegar
  • ORANGE CHICKEN INGREDIENTS:

Don’t overcook otherwise the rice becomes gelatinous!

ready in about an hour and 15 minutes; serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • lemon slices to squeeze into the soup when serving
  • chicken stock
  • fine bulgar
  • rice
  • tomato paste
  • dried mint

We added peas into the stir fry and it was a good addition. Also – this serves 4 but we found it made a lot more than that – maybe serves at least 6 – and doesn’t reheat well (consider halving recipe)

ready in about 40 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • warm water
  • grated ginger
  • soy sauce
  • sweet chili sauce
  • rice vermicelli
  • crushed peanuts
  • chopped mint
serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • • 1/4 tsp. saffron threads
  • • 6 green or white cardamom pods
  • • 1 tsp. cumin seeds
  • • 11/2 tbsp. vegetable oil
  • • 1 c. uncooked white basmati rice
  • For the pilaf:
  • • 11/2 tsp. sweet paprika
  • For the chicken:
  • • 1/3 c. plain yogurt
  • • 1 tbsp. minced ginger
  • * 1 tbsp. garlic-infused olive oil
  • • 1/4 tsp. cayenne
  • • 2 fresh or dried bay leaves

Tastes really comforting when you have a cold! But Ben doesn’t like it (too lemony)

ready in about 20 minutes; serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • eggs
  • lemon
  • salt and fresh ground black pepper
  • hot chicken stock
  • thread egg noodles

we use a very generous dousing of cayenne pepper to give this some kick

ready in about 30 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • cooking oil
  • unsalted roasted cashews
  • hot cooked rice
  • soy sauce
  • oyster sauce

1 recipe is good for 1 lb of meat.

ready in about 5 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • smoked paprika
Belongs to clair Pelmini  

Ben LOVES pelmini! Making these from scratch is a labor of love though…

ready in about two hours; serves 12
You might need to buy:
  • sour cream
  • ground turkey
  • garlic-infused olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • ice water