Grapefruit Avocado Salad Appetizer (weekday)

Ingredient:

1 avocado, peeled and sliced
1 grapefruit, peeled, segmented, seeds removed
Boston lettuce or butter lettuce (optional)
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 Tbsp plum jam, or strawberry or other berry jam
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
Salt and pepper


Arrange slices of avocados and grapefruit segments on a plate, either on lettuce or not. In a small bowl, mix mayonnaise together with jam and lemon juice, taste test for the balance between the sweet of the jam and the sour of the lemon and make any adjustments needed. Spoon dressing over salad. Salt and pepper to taste.

Spicy Garlic Shrimp with Coconut Rice - Weekdays

Source: http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/006097spicy_garlic_shrimp_with_coconut_rice.php

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups long grain white rice
1 pound, about 20 large jumbo shrimp (peeled with tail on or unpeeled, but veins removed)
6 large garlic cloves
1 1/2 cup of water
Salt
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded, de-ribbed, julienned
Juice of one lime (or 2 inches of white tender end of lemongrass, finely sliced)
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 small cans (5.6 ounces) coconut milk
1/2 to 1 teaspoon of red chili powder or red chili sauce (to taste)
Cilantro for garnish (optional)

1 Start cooking rice, following package instructions.
2 Pulse garlic, water and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a blender, just a few pulses, so you can still see chunks of garlic. Pour over shrimp to marinate. Marinate for 10 minutes.

3 Strain the water from the shrimp and garlic mixture. Add the lime juice (or finely sliced lemongrass), jalapeño, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt to the shrimp mixture.

4 Heat 1 Tbsp olive oil in high heat in large sauté pan. Add shrimp. Cook one minute. Add 1 small can of coconut milk. Cook 30 seconds more. Mix in a teaspoon red chili powder or sauce.
5 Put rice into a large bowl. Mix in the second 5.6 ounce can of coconut milk to the cooked rice.
Serve shrimp on rice. Garnish with chopped fresh cilantro (optional).
Serves 3 to 4.

Red Cooked Pork Chops with Japanese Radish (Weekday and Weekend)

Name: Red Cooked Pork Chops with Japanese Radish
Preparation Time: ~10 min
Cook Time: ~30 min
Serving Size: 2

Ingredients:
1. Japanese white radish (half) (what is that?)
2. 0.8 lb. pork chops, preferably with pork belly (What is that?)
3. 3 cloves of garlic, sliced green onions, 2 slices of ginger
4. Soy sauce, sugar, Chinse cooking wine (What is that?) or sherry

Preparation
1. Chop the white radish into bite size
2. Chop pork belly into bite size

Cooking




Nutrition Facts:
Pork belly:
Serving Size: 4 oz; Calories: 585, Total Fat: 60g, Carbs: 0g, Protein: 11g

Radish:

Serving Size: 1 radish (7 long) (338.0 g); Calories: 61, Total Fat: 0.3g, Carbs: 13.9g, Protein: 2.03g

Scallopes Wrapped in Prosciutto (Weekday)

Name: Scallope Wrapped in Prosciutto
Preparation Time: ~10 minutes
Cooking Time: ~10 minutes
Serving Size: 2

Ingredients:
1. 8 big fresh scallops
2. 4-5 pieces of prosciutto (packaged) (what is that)
3. Half a pint cherry tomotoes (optional)
4. Garlic powder, pepper, McCormick basil leaves, lemon juice
5. Some toothpick

Preparation
1. Wash scallops. Wrap each scallop with prosciutto. One layer is enough. Make stay with toothpicks
2. sprinkle wrapped scallops with garlic powder, pepper and basil leaves. If prosciutto is not very salty, add a tiny little salt.
3. Half cherry tomatoes

Cooking

1. On median fire, heat a grill pan for 2-3 minutes, brush on olive oil. Let it heat for 2 min
2. Place each scallope on the grill pan. Grill each side for 4-5 minutes or until brown marks appear on the surface.
3. Take out the scallops and place in place.
4. Turn off fire, use lemon juice to scrape off residuals that were stuck to the grill pan. Pour the juice together with the residuals onto the scallops.
5. Garnish plate with cherry tomato halfs.

Nutrition facts
Scallops
Serving Size: 1 cup (6.3 oz); Calories: 29, Total Fat: .3g, Carbs: 5.9g, Protein: 1.9g

Prosciutto
Serving Size: 2 Slices (30g); Calories: 70, Total Fat: 5g, Carbs: 0g, Protein: 8g

Cherry Tomato
Serving Size: 1 cup (149g/about 9 tomatoes); Calories: 31, Total Fat: .5g, Carbs: 7g, Protein: 1g