Spicy Salad with Turkey and Yam Curry

So I'm a salad fan. It's entirely possible that I may have been a rabbit or a goat in a former life. (I prefer to go with goats - just because they are more fun)
So last night as usual I needed a salad at the very last minute with my curry.

Salad Recipe (serves 2-3)
1/2 cup shredded green cabbage
1 cup romaine.
1/2 - 3/4 cup papaya fruit - cubed small
1/2 sliced almonds.
1/2 cup shredded radicchio

Dressing
1/2 cup rice vinegar
1 tbsp grapeseed oil
splash of low sodium soy sauce
1 large clove garlic- minced
pinch of pepper


Turkey and Yam Curry
1/2 lb ground turkey
2 large yams - cubed small (about 2 cups)
1/2 onion - diced
1 cup sliced bok choy or other type leafy cooking green, depending on your taste
1/2 red pepper - diced
1/2 cup mushrooms
1 tsp pepper
1/2 chili pepper
1 tsp curry spice
1 tsp sage
2 cubes of glico curry -with 1 cup water, more water might be required.

Fry up the turkey until it is well done. Set Aside
Cube yams, place in water- bring to a boil, cook until just soft.
Combine other veggies, cook until onions are glazed.
Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan - cook on low/medium until glico dissolves - put on low for another 15-20 minutes.
Serve over 1/2 cup of rice.

Sunomono

I have to confess, I'm addicted to Japanese cuisine, and sunomono is always a win with me. Here is my easy version.

Thai rice noodles, cooked per instructions on the package.

Sauce
Rice wine vinegar, add sugar to taste.
Toss in the noodles, refridgerate.
Serve with a few thin slices of cucumber and some small shrimp, or eat all by itself.

Curry chicken with yams.

One of my crockpot specials!

1/3 cup unsalted butter
1/3 cup dried cranberries
2 yam or sweet potato cubed
1/2 onion chopped
1 block glico curry, or 1 tbsp of curry powder (to taste)
4 chicken thighs.
splash of worchestshire
1/2 cup water
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp basil
1 tsp rosemary

Place yams in bottom of crockpot with cranberries and other igredients except chicken, basil and rosemary. Stir it all up. Place chicken on top, cover with rosemary and basil.

Crockpot 8 hours low, 4 high.

3 Pepper Salad

1/2 Green pepper, sliced very thin (chiffonade)
1/2 orange pepper , sliced
1/2 yellow pepper, sliced
1 sweet onion (walla walla or something similar)
1 tbsp rice vinegar or red wine vinegar
1 tbsp sesame oil
dash of pepper

mix all ingredients in bowl, toss with oil/vinegar - marinate in fridge for an hour - better if left overnight.

Optional things I tend to add
mushrooms, jalepeno peppers (fresh ones) dash of wasabi powder etc etc.

Seafood or Chicken Crepes

Ingredients

Crepes
1 cup flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp unsalted butter

Mix ingredients, heat non stick frying pan to medium heat. Pour in batter, wait until it begins to bubble - flip - makes about 6 crepes.


Seafood.

Mix of whatever type seafood you like, cooked with a bit of garlic - you'll need about 2 cups of cooked seafood

Chicken

1 chicken breast or 2 thighs. Diced and cooked with a bit of diced apple.


Place seafood or chicken into crepe, pour sauce over it. I usually serve this with green salad with basalmic vinegar dressing.

Curry Sauce

2 tbsp unsalted butter.
2 tbsp flour
1 cup skim milk
1 tbsp curry powder

Melt butter in saucepan over low medium heat. Stire in flour. Cook butter/flour mix for four to five mins - add milk. Continue to cook over low heat until sauce thickens. Add curry powder.

(If sauce gets too thick,, you can add milk to thin it while cooking)
Used over seafood or chicken crepes.

Orange ginger chicken

Ingredients

3 peeled oranges ( I use mandarin as they are sweeter)
1/2 lemon
1/2 tsp of fresh ginger
1/2 tsp of fresh pineapple sage (1/4 tsp regular sage will work also)
4 boned/skinned chicken thighs or you can use 2 chicken breasts.
1 tbsp sugar if using less sweet oranges.

(If you wish a meatier tasting sauce- add 1/2 tsp worchestshire sauce or a bit of soy to taste)

Put everything but chicken in blender. Blend until all the pulp liquifies. Pour over chicken - bake in a covered casserole dish for 45 mins at 375. Add thick sliced sweet onion and carrots to casserole - continue to cook until carrots are done.