Honey Green Tea Prawns

Ingredients:

For the Marinade:
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 tsps. soy sauce
1 lb. medium raw shrimp, shelled and deveined
1/4 cup chicken broth
2 Tbsps. oyster sauce
1-1/2 Tbsps. honey
1/2 tsp. sesame oil
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsps. ground tea leaves (from tea bags)
1/3 cup macadamia nuts (optional)

Cooking:

1. Combine sauce ingredients in a small bowl; stir until honey dissolves.

2. Place a stir-fry pan over high heat until hot. Add oil, swirling to coat sides. Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 10 seconds. Add shrimp; stir-fry until they turn pink, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Sprinkle green tea powder over shrimp and stir to coat. Stir sauce once, add to pan, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook, stirring, until sauce thickens, 1 to 2 minutes. Add nuts and serve.

mimi's cafe carrot raisin bread

Ingredients:

* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* 2 teaspoons cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup vegetable oil
* 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
* 3 eggs
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
* 1/2 cup canned crushed pineapple in juice, drained
* 1/2 cup raisins
* 1 cup finely shredded carrot

Directions:

1. Sift first five ingredients into a mixing bowl.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the oil, sugar and eggs.
3. Stir the liquid mixture into the flour; mix well.
4. Add the next four ingredients; stir again.
5. Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan or four mini-loaf pans. (Fill the pans 2/3 full with batter).
6. Bake at 350* for about 40 minutes. (Mini loaves take about 30 minutes.).
7. Yield: one 9-inch square, or four 3" x 6" mini-loaves.

Mango Smoothie

This is smoothie is so yummy and easy, it's like a blast of sunshine!

Ingredients:
* 1 mango - peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks (i used frozen mango chucks)
* 1 banana, peeled and chopped
* 1 cup orange juice
* 1 cup vanilla nonfat yogurt

Directions
Place mango, banana, orange juice, and yogurt in a blender. Blend until smooth. Serve in clear glasses, and drink with a bendy straw!

Note: This yields 4 servings, I usually make half the amount.

Crispy Herb Potatoes

ingredients:
- cilantro
- garlic - lots of it
- salt and pepper to taste
- yellow or white onions
- green peppers
- hot sauce
- safflower oil (or other high heat oil)
- potatoes (some kind of white potato)

directions:
- slice the potatoes thinly into rounds
- put safflower oil into cast iron pan or other large pan.
- add potatoes, ideally your pan is large enough so there are only two layers of potatoes.
- cook on medium heat, stirring occasionally until they start to soften
- chop up the green pepper and onion and then add them
- cook more until these are brown and the potatoes are soft and somewhat crispy
- then add the garlic (finely chopped) for about 5 minutes and
- add the cilantro (chopped)
- add salt and pepper to taste
- serve hot with hot sauce on the side.

a trick to this recipe is to boil the potatoes beforehand, this will significantly decrease the cook time in the cast iron pan and can be done the night before.

Gouda Basil Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients:
- chopped basil
- shredded gouda cheese (or any cheese)
- salt
- fresh pepper
- eggs
- extra virgin olive oil
- optional: milk or cream to make the eggs fluffier

how to make scrambled eggs:
- crack eggs into a bowl and whip it vigorously with a whisk or a fork, making sure that you whip it in large circles which allows air to "enter"
- coat skillet or non-stick pan with oil
- coat pan with eggs, top with cheese
- allow the egg mixture to sit in pan until you see bubbling (don't overcook and let it solidify)
- then fold the egg mixture, one good way to do this is to push the mixture towards the middle (this creates big fluffy pieces of eggs)
- add salt and pepper to taste
- top with basil

Honey Ginger Soy Chicken Wings

Ingredients:
- chicken wings
- honey
- soy sauce
- thinly sliced (julienne) ginger pieces
- 1 or 2 star anise
- 1 cup water

Directions:
- in a small pot, combine water, soy sauce, honey, ginger and the star anise. add more water and honey based on taste.
- keep the temperature low and simmer for 5-10 minutes, stirring all the ingredients together.
- marinate the chicken wings for as long as you can (several hours is good)
- BBQ the chicken wings and watch them fly off the tray!

Turkey Pesto Spinach Croissant Sandwich

Pesto
Ingredients:
- 2 cups fresh packed basil leaves (packed means, stuff them into a measure cup and press them down with your hand; it's not a precise measurement)
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese (optional - we did not put this in)
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 3 garlic cloves, finely minced (or 1 tablespoon of prepared minced garlic)
- salt
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

Directions:
- pick leaves off basil and wash thoroughly
- chop the pine nuts, olive oil and garlic in food processor
- add the basil leaves in small batches
- add salt to taste

For the sandwich:
- slice the croissant in half
- spread the top and bottom of croissant w/ pesto
- line with turkey
- top with spinach tossed with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and craisins