Articles tagged “Hold the Phone”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

A Take-out Treat at Made at Home: Steamed Pork Buns By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Oct 19 2010 A couple of years ago, I shared a recipe for steamed pork buns with Planet Green readers. Since then I have discovered the wonderful cookbooks of Fuchsia Dunlop. She has a rather different recipe for pork buns, and seeing as it is one of my husband's favourite treats, I decided to give it a try. The results were quite different from the pork buns I have made in the past. + READ MORE

Hold the Phone! Make Bahn Mi, the Delicious Vietnamese Sandwich, at Home By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 4 2010 Bahn Mi is a Vietnamese sandwich served on a kind of baguette. It normally involves pickles and often some kind of pork. It's a pretty inexpensive but filling dish that you can get at lots of Vietnamese take out places. + READ MORE

25 Take-Out Foods You Can Make at Home For Cheaper By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 14 2009 digg_url = 'http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/takeout-treats-home.html';Other than the ubiquitous fast food hamburger or fried chicken, it seems to me that the majority of take-out foods come from cuisines other than American. Pulling together the material for this post made my wonder why that is. Do we order Chinese food because we don't normally have the ingredients for it in our pantries? Do we order Indian food because it's too foreign to cook it ourselves? Do we take-out fried chicken because we are afraid to deep fry something? + READ MORE

A Home Cooked Take-out Treat: Indian Butter Chicken By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 8 2009 I had a family crisis this fall, so I was out of the house a lot and my husband had to fend for himself for dinner. I felt guilty about it, but as it turns out he was happy to go to a local Indian restaurant and feed his obsession with their butter chicken. Whenever I suggested that we could try something else from the menu, he would just look at me as though we'd never met. Once things settled down and I was home more often, I realized that I better learn how to make butter chicken or face bankrupcy. + READ MORE

Vegan Jamaican Patties By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 5 2009 Okay, you don't phone out for Jamaican patties, but they are still a take-out food. I certainly never thought of making them myself. Our neighbourhood has a big Jamaican population and every corner store has a pile of patties waiting to be re-heated. It's a pretty common street food around here and you often see kids eating patties on their lunch break. + READ MORE

Chicken (or Tofu) Tikka Masala By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 8 2009 I know that one of the delights about ordering in is that you get dinner quickly. But sometimes all that is required is a bit of planning ahead. This recipe takes a bit of marinating, but if you've been craving some spicy Indian food, this is an excellent recipe. Once the marinating is done, it doesn't take long to make at all. + READ MORE

Make These Spicy Szechuan Green Beans By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jul 18 2008 I was very excited to find a huge number of green beans ready to harvest in my vegetable garden. Given the fact that the bean plants have pretty much taken over the garden, it's nice to see that they are actually producing a fair number of beans. I still have many tiny beans that will be big enough next week and many more flowers, so I think I'll be harvesting beans for a few weeks to come. + READ MORE

Make Your Own Onion Rings By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 28 2008 I know, I'm always going on about healthy eating and using leafy green vegetables and onion rings don't quite fit the bill.Onion Rings 2 Spanish or Videlia onions 1 cup buttermilk 1 tsp chili powder pinch cayenne Vegetable oil for frying 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour salt and freshly ground pepper 1. + READ MORE

Make Your Own Dim Sum By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 21 2008 After the big shopping expedition last week to the Asian market with my daughter, son, and my son's girlfriend, we had some dim sum.Fast Pot-Stickers 3/4 pound ground pork or other meat 1 cup minced cabbage 2 tablespoons minced ginger 1 tablespoon minced garlic 6 scallions, the white and green parts separated, both... + READ MORE

Make Your Own Chinese Steamed Pork Buns By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 1 2008 Whenever we make a trip down to Toronto's original Chinatown, my husband always makes a beeline for the Chinese bakery that makes his favourite pork buns.Pork Filling 1 1/2 cups water 1/4 cup soy sauce 3 tbsp oyster sauce 2 tsp sesame oil 1/2 tbsp ketchup 2 tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper 4 tbsp water 2... + READ MORE

Spring Rolls By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Feb 7 2008 This is part of a series about making your own takeout food.Vegetarian Spring RollsYields 10 spring rolls 10 spring roll wrappers (not the won ton wrappers which are small) Oil for frying 1 egg, beaten For filling 1 cup bean sprouts 1/4 cup chopped mushrooms 1/4 finely shredded celery 1/2 cup finely shredded carrot 1/2... + READ MORE

Chipotle Black Bean Burritos By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 22 2008 This is an ongoing series about making your own takeout food. This took about 10 minutes to make, so it's a great healthy, quick dinner after a long day at the office.Chipotle Black Bean BurritosServes 4 3 tbs olive oil1 medium-size red onion, chopped1 tbs chili powder1 15-ounce can black beans, drained1/2 cup frozen... + READ MORE

Vegetarian Pad Thai By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 16 2008 This part of an ongoing series about making your own takeout food.Vegetarian Pad ThaiMakes 4 to 6 servings 12 ounces dried flat rice noodles (1/4 inch wide; sometimes called pad Thai or banh pho) 3 tablespoons tamarind (from a pliable block) 1 cup boiling-hot water 1/2 cup light soy sauce + 3/4 tsp for eggs 1/4 cup... + READ MORE

General Tso's Chicken (or Tofu) By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 25 2007 This is part of an ongoing series about making your own takeout food.General Tso's Chicken (or Tofu)Serves 4 4 boned chicken thighs or breasts with skin 6-10 dried whole red chilies 2 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger 2 tsp finely chopped garlic 2 tsp sesame oil peanut oil for deep frying For the marinade: 2 1/2 tsp light + READ MORE

Homemade Pizza By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 18 2007 This the first in a series of cooking your favourite takeout foods yourself.Pizza Dough 3/4 cup warm water (105°F to 115°F) 1 envelope active dry yeast 2 cups (or more) all purpose flour 1 teaspoon sugar 3/4 tsp salt 3 tbs olive oil 1. + READ MORE