Recipe: Spicy Pork Bowls with Greens

Before adding gochujang

Spicy Pork Bowls with Greens
Bon Appetit Magazine, May 2019, p. 26
4 stars

Another good, easy weeknight recipe that's pretty healthy.  We've made some other really delicious Asian dishes like the Spicy Green Beans and Tofu Stir-Fry with Ground Bison, the Better-Than-Take-Out Stir-Fried Udon or the Weeknight Mapo Dofu with Ground Pork recipes which is why I didn't rate this as 5 stars; however, we'd make this again!

Ingredients: rice, pork tenderloin, carrots, collar greens or Tuscan kale, sambal oelek, light brown sugar, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, seasoned rice vinegar, scallions, gochujang, sesame oil, vegetable oil, Kosher salt

Tips

• Used kale instead of collard greens
• Used half the amount of pork (as we are trying to limit our overall meat consumption)
• Added tofu
• Added Sriracha at the table as well as the gochujang
• Need to make double the amount of the soy sauce, seasoned rice vinegar and sesame oil dressing

Recipe: Ginger-Scallion Ramen Noodles

Ginger-Scallion Ramen Noodles
Bon Appetit Magazine, Apr 2019, p.64
4.5 stars

Really easy weeknight recipe to make -- just a lot of "hot" flavors ~ ginger, garlic and scallions. I love the texture of the ramen.

Ingredients:  ramen, ginger, garlic, scallions, grapeseed/neutral oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, black pepper, ,sugar, Kosher salt, sesame seeds

Tips:

• Added broccoli 
• Added firm tofu (seared it separately)
• This is a bit of an oily dish so didn't need the chili oil but added Sriracha at the table

Recipe: Sausage and Ricotta Baked Cannelloni

Sausage and Ricotta Baked Cannelloni
Bon Appetit Magazine, May 2019, p.95
5 stars

Restaurant-worthy and most delicious pasta that we've made in a long time.  Instead of rolling the filling into cannelloni, we basically made this into an amazing lasagna.

Ingredients: green Swiss chard, sweet Italian sausage, whole-milk fresh ricotta, fresh pasta sheets, extra-virgin olive oil, store-bought marinara sauce, grated Parmesan

Bechamel ingredients: unsalted butter, all-purpose flour, whole milk Parmesan, cayenne pepper, ground nutmeg, Kosher salt

Tips:

• Used hot instead of sweet Italian sausage
• Add red pepper
• Add oregano
• Add parsley on top