Fried Rice

Ingredients:
1 lb. pork sausage
5 eggs beaten
1 bag frozen peas and carrots, thawed
6 c. cooked white rice, cold
1/4 c. soy sauce (or to taste)
pepper to taste
3 green onions, chopped

1. In a skillet over medium-high heat, cook sausage until evenly browned. Drain (save the grease for later use), removing sausage from the pan. In the same pan using the remaining grease, cook the eggs. Set aside.

2. Using the discarded grease, add rice and fry, stirring so there are no clumps. Mix in sausage and soy sauce. Stir in eggs and peas and carrots, mixing so there are no big chunks of egg. Season with pepper, and stir in green onions just before removing from heat. Adjust the soy sauce to taste.

Korean Short Ribs

Ingredients:
16 ribs
1 c. soy sauce
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. water
1 asian pear, chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 T. minced garlic
4 T. sesame oil
1 T. pepper
1 T. ginger

1. wash meat, then soak in water for 1 hour
2. in a food processor, add chopped onion and pear, puree finely. Pour to large bowl and add remaining ingredients
3. marinate ribs for 8-10 hours or over night

Hummus

16 oz can of chickpeas or garbanzo beans
2.5 tablespoons lemon juice (depending on taste you can add a little more or a little less)
1 1/2 tablespoons tahini*
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil

Mix all together in food processor and serve.

*I’ve made it w/o the tahini and it turned out fine, just a bit blander. I also buy tahini at Trader Joe’s and keep it in my freezer; just get it out when I make this.