Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Benin Chicken Peanut Sauce
6 tbsp peanut butter unsweetned
4 cup water
oil
5 green onions
2 garlic clove minced
2 fresh diced tomatos
2 tsp thyme powder
7 carrots
2 sweet potatos
3 cup shredded cabbage
salt
Bring water to broil and add peanut butter. Simmer for 20 min. then cool and remove the extra fat from the surface. Fry chicken in oil, add green onions, then add garlic, stir, add, thyme and salt, stir, add tomato, carrot and cabbage. Stir and fry for 1 min. Then add peanut sauce, bring to broil then reduce and simmer for 20 min. cover in. Add sweet potato and cook for another 40 minutes. Taste often, need a lot of salt. I like it but I had to add more salt. It's not a stronge taste witch is good for kids. Enjoy.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Benin Beef Stew

- Benin Beef Stew
Friday, March 4, 2011
Costa rica Beef tortillas
1 garlic cloves
1 green onion
salt and pepper
Hot picked banana pepper
2 cup cabbage cut finely
1 cup of fresh dice tomato
juice of 1 lemon
2 tsp olive oil
fresh cilantro
salt and pepper
saute green onion and garlic in a pan, add beef, salt and pepper. Prepare the cabbage salad in last minute. Mix in the bol cabbage, tomato, lemon juice, olive oil, cilantro, salt and pepper. Heat the tortillas in a pan. Add the beef on the tortillas, top it with the cabbage salad and add as many as you want banana pepper. Really good and easy to do. Love it.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Next Country Benin (West Africa)
La semaine prochaine, nous choisissons le Bénin, comme le pays que nous visiterons en plats. Le Bénin est dans le continent d'afrique de l'ouest. Ils ont beaucoup de différents types d'aliments. Nous ferons la sauce traditionnelle rouge, Ragoût de boeuf, ragoût de poisson, poulet sauce aux arachides et un plat a base de riz. J'espère que vous profitez de la gastronomie et des recettes.
Why discover the world: Costa Rica Tilapia dish
Costa Rica Tilapia dish
Marinate Fish in juice of 2 lime, 2 tbls olive oil, fresh cilantro, 1 garlic clove minced, salt, 1/4 tps sugar.
Marinate in a dish for 10 minutes each side.
2 tbsp olive oil
fresh cilantro
1 garlic clove minced
1 cup of rice cook
4 green onions
2 oranges peeles and choppes in small
1 can of dice tomato
1 can of black bean
1 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
salt
Start oven at 400 f. In a pan saute garlic and green onion. Add cilantro, orange, tomato, bean, oregano, salt, cayenne pepper. Cook for about 8 minutes with cover, mix often. In a baking dish, transfer cook rice and the mixture of the bean together. Put the fish on top of it and over lap a little bit the mixture on it. Drizzle with the rest of the marinate on top of the fish. Bake in the oven for 18 minutes. Baby loves it but older kids, not so much. I did love it and my husband too. Great dish. Enjoy


