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Recipe Name: Yakitori

Preparation Time: Less then 15 mins

Cooking Time: 1 Hour

Ingredients:

• Chicken thighs: without bone and skin
• Japanese leek  leek, or green onion
• Soya sauce
• Mirin
• Sugar
• Honey or maple syrup
• Small wooden spears

Method:

Mix together 4 tablespoons of soya sauce, 3 tablespoons of sugar, a little bit of honey or maple syrup, a little bit of mirin and water, and heat it up until it’s homogenous.

Cut the chicken thighs into about 3×2x2cm large pieces.

Put the chicken pieces into the already prepared sauce, and let it stand for a while.

Cut the leek or green onions in about 3 cm long pieces.

Spear three or four pieces of chicken and some leek on each wooden stick.

Grill them, or use the oven at 200 degrees celsius. (You may want to wrap the wooden sticks with aluminium foil; otherwise, they may burn off.)

Recipe Name :Tofu Fajitas

Preparation Time: less then 30 mins

Cooking Time :30 mins

Ingredients :

• 1 lb. extra-firm tofu

• ½ cup tamari or soy sauce

• ¼ cup water

• 1 tbsp. maple syrup

• 2 tbsp. nutritional yeast

• ½ tsp. cayenne pepper

• 1-2 tbsp. oil

Method :

Slice the tofu thinly and lay strips on a baking sheet. Mix the next five ingredients and pour over the tofu. Bake at 350° for about 30 minutes, turning twice. Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté veggies for 5 min. Add tofu and fry until sizzling. Put fajita fillings in a warm tortilla. Garnish to taste!

Recipe Name: Fusilli with Tomatoes and Olives

Preparation Time : 15 to 30 Mins

Cooking Time : less then 1 hour

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup olive oil

• 12 large ripe plum tomatoes

• 3 large cloves garlic

• 1/2 cup black olives, pitted and sliced into thin strips

• 3 tbsp minced fresh basil

• 1/4 cup minced Italian parsley leaves

• Salt

• 1/2 tsp freshly milled black pepper

• 1 lb fusilli (twists)

• Freshly grated Romano cheese

Preparation:

1 – Blanch fresh tomatoes in boiling water for 1 minute. Transfer to a colander and rinse under cold water. Peel skins with a small paring knife. Cut each tomato in half lengthwise. Squeeze each half and discard all of the seeds. Slice into 1/4-inch strips, place in strainer set over a bowl and reserve juice.

2 – In a medium bowl, combine tomatoes, 1/2 cup olive oil, garlic, olives, basil, parsley, 1 tsp salt and pepper; mix well with wooden spoon. Transfer to a 1 1/2 quart jar with a tight-fitting lid. Refrigerate sauce for at least 6 hours or overnight, turning jar 3 to 4 times so that tomatoes will be well coated with marinade. Pour reserved juice into a small kar, cover and refrigerate.

3 – Remove sauce and reserved juice from refrigerator and let stand at room temperature for 2 hours before serving. Discard garlic from sauce just before tossing with pasta.

4 – Cook pasta in 6 quarts boiling water with 1 tbsp salt until al dente. Drain pasta in a colander, transfer to a bowl containing 1 tbsp olive oil and toss quickly. Toss pasta with 3/4 of the sauce. If pasta is a little dry when tossing, add about 1/2 cup of the reserved juice to moisten. Spoon remaining suace on top and serve with freshly grated Romano cheese.

Recipe Name: Soft Amaretti

Preparation Time : 10 to 15 mins

Cooking Time : 45 Hour

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups Blanched Almonds
• 2-3 Egg Whites

• 1 Cup Superfine Or Powdered Sugar

• 1 Teaspoon Almond Extract

Method:

Grind the almond to a fine powder with the sugar in a food processor. Add the almond extract to the almonds. Slowly add the egg whites, one at a time until the dough comes together. Use only as much of the egg whites as it takes to moisten the dough. Using moist hands, take small pieces and form into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place these on a parchment or lightly greased baking sheet. Let sit at room temperature for 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Bake the cookies for about 25 to 30 minutes. or until lightly golden in color. Let cool thoroughly, and store in airtight containers.