How do you make plain buttered toast more exciting? Adding grated garlic, salt and pepper does the trick well but incorporating chopped fresh herbs is an even better idea.
Cook time: 5 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Garlic and herb toast
Side Dish
Potato and tomato salad with goat cheese
Inspired by Caprese salad, herbed goat cheese, tomato slices and sliced boiled potatoes are laid out alternatingly on the plate, drizzled with olive oil and garnished with fresh basil.
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Kani salad
Make kani salad with kanikama (imitation crab meat), cucumber, carrot, fresh ripe mangoes, lettuce, Japanese mayonnaise and a little sesame seed oil. It’s outstanding!
Cook time: 0 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Fettuccine aglio e olio with sun-dried tomatoes
The classic Italian spaghetti aglio e olio has only three basic ingredients: pasta, olive oil and garlic. In this variation, sun-dried tomatoes and fresh basil are added for more flavor and color.
Cook time: 12 minutes
Servings: 4 people
General Tso’s tofu
Cubes of silken tofu are lightly coated with cornstarch, deep fried until a crispy crust forms and tossed in a sweet-salty-spicy sauce.
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Sweet-tangy mango and vegetable salad
A light and refreshing summery mix of fresh mangoes, tomatoes, red onion, cucumber and cilantro, this salad is a fast and easy side dish to go with grilled or fried meat, chicken or seafood.
Cook time: 0 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Sambal eggs
Spicy, citrusy, salty and sweet all at the same time, the secret to sambal eggs is frying hard-boiled eggs before simmering in the sauce to blister the surface to enable to spicy sauce to stick to it better. Serve these spicy eggs for breakfast, as a side dish for lunch or dinner, or as a snack.
Cook time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Cornbread muffins a la Kenny Rogers Roasters
Made with yellow cornmeal and fresh sweet corn, these muffins are subtly sweet although they still lean more toward savory. Straight out of the oven, they're just gorgeous — crusty outside, soft inside. Serve with fried chicken, pork ribs and beef brisket BBQ, or just by themselves as a filling snack.
Cook time: 25 minutes
Servings: 12 large muffins