Tuna with Sesame Bok Choi

Delicious! The original recipe called for mushrooms in the vegetable mixture, I had bell peppers and ramps that needed eaten, so I used those. The mushrooms would add depth, I can’t wait to try it. The peppers and ramps added a nice sweet tang.

Thursday Menu – Tuna, Rice, Sesame Bok Choi and Vegetables,
Local Food – bok choi, cilantro, ramps

Tuna with Sesame Bok Choi
From http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/sesame-albacore-tuna-50400000111997/

Printable Version
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/80464084/tuna-with-sesame-bok-choi

2 T olive oil, divided
1 cup thinly sliced bell peppers
1 ramp, thinly sliced
¼ broth (chicken, vegetable, or seafood0
¼ cup rice wine vinegar
1 bunch bok choi (I had baby, so it acted more like spinach)
1 T sesame oil
2 T soy sauce (low sodium)
2 t sesame seeds
2 T cilantro, chopped
2 tuna steaks
Salt and pepper
Prepared rice

Heat 1 T olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute peppers and ramps for 5 minutes, until beginning to brown. Add broth and vinegar and boil until liquid almost evaporates. Set aside.

In the same skillet add a small amount of water, when it begin to boil add bok choi and steam for 1 minute. Add sesame oil and cook 1 minutes. Add soy sauce and sesame seeds, cook 1 minutes. Add 1 T of bok choi cooking liquid and cilantro to vegetable mixture. Set aside bok choi.
(If using full size bok choi – steam, remove from pan, get rid of the liquid, then heat the oil and sear bok choi halves.)

Rinse out skillet, add remaining T of olive oil and heat over high. Sprinkle tuna with salt and pepper. Cook fish 1 ½ minutes per side. Take off heat and let stand one minute.

To serve place rice and a tuna steak on a plate. Cover rice with vegetable mixture and then bok choi.

Sesame Brown Rice Salad

Soccer season is now over, which also means an end to quick and early meals or meals that are prepared early and have to wait until late. Happily enough one of those prepared early and wait until late meals was this great salad that can work with lots of different vegetables we’ll get from our CSA all season.
There are a bunch of dishes that work great when you have little bits of lots of different vegetables left over. They are…
· Pizza
· Biryani
· Stir-Fry
· Pasta Primavera
· Quesadillas
Now I’ll add Sesame Brown Rice Salad to the list.

Wednesday Menu – Sesame Brown Rice Salad, left over Grilled Asparagus, Naan
Local Food – carrot, ramps, cilantro, asparagus

Sesame Brown Rice Salad
From http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/sesame-brown-rice-salad-with-shredded-chicken-peanuts-10000001622452/

Printable Version
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/80429071/sesame-brown-rice-salad

1 cup cooked long grain brown rice
2 cups cooked shredded chicken
½ cup carrot, shredded
1/3 cup ramps, thinly sliced (or scallions)
¼ cups cashews, smashed in mortar and pestle (or peanuts)
1 T cilantro, chopped
Salt, to taste
2 T lime juice
4 t olive oil
1 t sesame oil
2 garlic cloves, minced

Fluff rice with a fork and add chicken, carrots, ramps, nuts, cilantro and salt. Toss to combine.

Whisk together lime juice, oils, and garlic. Drizzle over rice mixure and toss.


My favorite Brown Rice Recipe (it freezes well too)
http://www.food.com/recipe/perfect-brown-rice-in-a-steamer-298971

Here are the links for the dishes mentioned above that use up the little bits of leftover vegetables. I don’t have a basic stir fry recipe on the blog – I’ll need to change that.
Pizza
http://purplecook.blogspot.com/2010/05/csa-and-pizza-happy-partnership.html
Biryani
http://purplecook.blogspot.com/2011/03/vegetable-biryani.html
Pasta Primavera
http://purplecook.blogspot.com/2011/01/stir-fried-pasta-primavera.html
Quesadillas
http://purplecook.blogspot.com/2010/06/spinach-and-mushroom-quesadillas.html

Grilled Asparagus

Tuesday Menu – Calzones, Grilled Asparagus
Local Food – Asparagus

Grilled Asparagus

1 bunch of Asparagus
Olive oil, to drizzle
Salt and Pepper

Toss asparagus with olive oil, salt and pepper. Grill for 8 – 10 minutes, turning once.

Red Potatoes

I was purchasing a quart of Red Potatoes at the market yesterday and the farmer let me know they were red inside. Fun! We made them on the grill with burgers and also had a salad with greens from the market.

Sunday Menu – Burgers, Grilled Red Potatoes, Salad
Local Produce – Red Potatoes, Salad Greens

Here is how we grilled the potatoes...

http://purplecook.blogspot.com/2011/05/grilled-radishes-turnips-and-fingerling.html

Purple Plan Week of May 22

Regular Preparation (in about an hour)

Sesame Brown Rice with Shredded Chicken, Naan, Asparagus
Local Food: Carrot, Cilantro, Ramps, Asparagus
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/sesame-brown-rice-salad-with-shredded-chicken-peanuts-10000001622452/

Sesame Tuna with Bok Choi and Rice
Local Food: Bok Choi
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/sesame-albacore-tuna-50400000111997/

Burgers, Grilled Red Potatoes, Salad
Local Food: Salad Greens, Cilantro, Red Potatoes
I was buying these Red Potatoes at the market and the farmer told me they are red inside. Fun!

White Pizza with Arugula Salad

This meal was okay. I like the garlic oil and will use that method again. There was lots of garlic oil, much more than was needed. I used the garlic oil as the oil in the dressing. The dressing wasn’t great. Maybe it needed to be plain olive oil.
It was good to have arugula – I just love that bite.

Thursday Menu – White Pizza, Arugula Salad
Local Food – Arugula

Followed this original recipe for White Pizza with Arugula
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/white-pizzas-with-arugula-recipe/index.html

I made only one pizza using my pizza crust recipe.
http://purplecook.blogspot.com/2010/05/csa-and-pizza-happy-partnership.html

I had mozzarella and provolone cheese on hand – so that is what went on the pizza.

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