Peppered Beef Roll-Ups

This snack is adapted from SBD Recipes, known as Turkey Rolls-Ups. Originally, a slice of turkey will be place on a lettuce leaf and spread with Cilantro Mayonnaise, fold in tight like a cigarette roll. I made a twist!

2 slices of peppered beef
some asparagus
cilantro mayonnaise (cilantro is omitted)

Pan grill the asparagus. In a plate, place 1 slice of beef, place asparagus on top and spread mayonnaise. Fold into a tight roll.

How to make (NON-) Cilantro Mayonnaise (from SBD Recipes)


1/2 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
1/2 cup loosely packed cilantro leaves (omitted)
2 teaspoon fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
1 small clove garlic

Place the mayonnaise, cilantro, lime juice, soy sauce, and garlic in a blender (food processor). Blend until smooth.

(I didn't use blender, I just mix with fork!)

Enjoy!

Note: Peppered Beef may be substitued for the Ham.
Cilantro Mayonnaise can be used as a dip instead of a spread.

Chicken-Pistachio Salad

Just for curiosity, I tried and did the exact recipe of Chicken-Pistachio Salad from South Beach Diet specially the dressing, I like it! The dressing is easy to do, just mix all the ingredients needed and blend it, that's it. But the chicken mixture, it took me a long time to prepare. First, I don't have ground pistachio nuts, so I have to shell manually, then blended it in a blender to become powder. Nevertheless, it's worth. It's good!

For the salad

1/2 cup shelled pistachio nuts, finely ground

1/2 + 1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon  + 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1/2 cup diced sweet white onion

1 head romaine lettuce

For the dressing

1 teaspoon grated sweet onion

1 large ripe avocado, pitted and peeled

3 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

2 tablespoon fresh lime juice

1 tablespoon water

To make the salad

Preheat the oven (oven toaster) to 220°C. In a plate, mix the nuts, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Press the chicken into the nuts. In a pan, heat 1 tablespoon of oil and cook the coated chicken breast, 2 minutes per side. Place the chicken breasts in the a baking dish and bake for 15 minutes or until cook.

In a pan, heat the remaining tablespoon of oil. Add onion, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and a pinch of pepper. Cook until the onion is browned.

To make the dressing

Puree onion, avocado, oil, lime juice, and water in a blender.

 

Place bite size lettuce in a plate. Slice the chicken breasts and arrange on top of the lettuce. Serve with the dressing.

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Happy Saturday!

Shrimp Salad with Herb-Dill Dressing

After a week of eating fish and chicken, finally I found a shrimp recipe adapted from South Beach Diet. I made a twist about this recipe, instead of using dry white wine, I just used lime juice. For red-pepper flakes, I used paprika and omitted the mustard seed. Since there's no fresh dill for the dressing, dried dill was fine. Luckily, the shrimp I bought was already peeled and deveined. This is good specially for summer!

For the shrimp:

500g small shrimp, peeled and  deveined

1 teaspoon mustard seeds (dijon mustard)

1/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes (dash of paprika)

1 bay leaf

1 lime juice

In a pan, combine the lime, bay leaves, dijon mustard, and paprika. Add 1/2 cup water, bring to a boil. Add shrimp, and cook until the shrimp turned cook. Drain and cool. Discard the bay leaf.

For Herb-Dill Dressing:

2 tablespoon extra-vrigin olive oil

2 tablespoon lime juice

1 tablespoon water

1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil

1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill (1 teaspoon dried dill)

1 clove garlic, minced

1 teaspoon dijon mustard

1/4 medium onion, chopped

In a screw-top jar, mix the olive oil, lime juice, water, basil, dill, garlic, mustard, and onion. Shake well.

Place the shrimp in a bowl, add the dressing and toss well. Cover, refrigerate until well-chilled.

Serve the shrimp mixture on chopped romaine lettuce leaves and surround with tomato. Garnish with dill sprigs (optional).

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Summer Salad Theme

Vege Salad in Kewpie Dressing

This is my favorite salad dressing from Japan. It's creamy sesame salad dressing made by Kewpie Co. and I always buy it in Costco. I was trying to search the real recipe, all I have is close to its taste. It's made from mayonnaise, soysauce, sugar, salt, vinegar, pepper, mirin, garlic powder, sesame oil, sesame seed, and sesame paste.It's also good in noodles alone.

Below are some of my favorite mix vege salad: romaine lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, and celery.