Cost: $6 (CD)
Markets: Longos, No Frills
Notes: This was fantastic. I used the remains of a bbq sauce I make for pork ribs. You may want to try Honey Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey or Honey and Brown Sugar if you don’t want the recipe for mine.

Ingredients Purchased in Bold:

• 3 Beef ribs
• 2 1/2 Cups of ginger peach green tea
• 2 Cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 Small onion, diced
• 3 Stalks of celery, chopped
• 1 Chipotle in adobe sauce
• 2 TBSP Canola oil

Remains of my Tumbledown Dan’ bbq Sauce. Here are the ingredients from that.

Quickie Recipe:

Brown ribs in canola oil and set aside. Sauté onions and celery in the same pot you used to brown the ribs for five minutes. Add the ginger, peach green tea and the ribs and bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 1 hour. Then add the remains of a fresh made bbq sauce or a little of the Honey Sweet Baby Ray’s Sauce and braise for another hour or so

Cost: $10.00  (CD)
Markets: Seacore, No Frills
Notes: I couldn’t find fresh Mahi Mahi. However, the frozen product I did find was awesome! I also made my own corn tortillas. You can buy your own and that’s fine, but I couldn’t find corn tortillas up in my part of the woods. However, they did have the corn flour to make them. It’s called MASA. Odd, isn’t it?

Ingredients Purchased in Bold:

• 2 Mahi Mahi fillets (1 pound in total)
• 4 Corn tortillas  – corn flour (make tortillas as directed. It’s so easy!)
• 1 Cup packaged shredded cabbage (dry coleslaw)
• 1 tsp of rice wine vinegar (combine that with cabbage and salt and pepper)
• 1 Cup of salsa verde (tomatillo salsa)
  
• 1/2 Roasted red bell pepper (hola sauce)
• 1 Shallot (hola)
• 2 Cloves garlic (hola)
• 3-4 Lime, juice (hole)
• 1/2 tsp Chili powder (hola)
• Salt and pepper to taste (hola)
• Fresh Guacamole. Here is the recipe.
• Cilantro for garnish

Quickie Recipe

In a blender combine sour cream, lime juice, roasted pepper, garlic, shallot and chili powder to make the hola sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste.  In a non-stick pan cook fish on medium high heat with the salsa verde. Add some oil if you need to. Cut fish into chunks and set aside. Heat or make tortillas. Spread guacamole all over one side of the tortilla, layer a few TBSP of fish, add hola sauce, add cabbage mix, add more hola sauce and garnish with cilantro if you like. Serve with a fresh margarita.

Cost: $7.50 (CD)
Markets: Longos
Notes: This recipes made about 20 soft tacos. Save the leftovers. It’s worth it!

Ingredients Purchased in Bold:

• 3  Pounds flank steak
• 1/3 Cup white vinegar
• 1/2 Cup soy sauce
• 4 Cloves garlic, minced
• 2 limes, juiced
• 1/2 Cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon paprika
  Relish
• 1 White onion, chopped
• 1/2 Cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 Lime, juiced
• Tortillas

Quickie Recipe

Add all of the ingredients and marinate the meat for 1 to 2 days. Grill 3-4 minutes each side. Chop into pieces. Place on top of a warm small flour or corn tortillas. Top with onion relish and fresh guacamole and serve with a the perfect refreshing margarita.

Cost: $10.75 (CD)
Markets: No Frills and Longos
Notes: This will feed 4-5 people

Ingredients Purchased in Bold:

• 1 LB of lean ground pork
• 1 LB of lean ground beef
• 2 eggs
• Zest of two lemons
  
• 3/4 Cup of crumbled feta cheese
• 1/2 Onion, small dice
• Cooking oil spray as needed
  
• 3 Cloves of garlic minced
• Salt and pepper to taste

For the sauce:

• 4 Tomatoes on the vine, diced
• 3 Cloves of crushed garlic
  
• 1/2 onion, minced
• Hand full of finely chopped flat leaf parsley
• 1 TBSP of extra virgin olive oil
• Slices of lemons
• 1 tsp of red pepper flakes
• salt and pepper to taste

Quickie Recipe

Pre-heat oven to 350 F.  Sauté 1/2 onion and 3 cloves of minced garlic until slightly brown. Use the cooking oil spray to sauté the veggies. In a bowl combine meat, onions, garlic, eggs, feta cheese, lemon zest and pepper and mix very well. Cook a quarter-sized piece of the meat to see if it’s seasoned well. Make into lemon sized balls. In a large non-stick sauté pan spray it with cooking oil spray and slightly brown balls on all sides.  Slice the lemons and put in ovenproof pan. Add the meatballs to the pan, cover with foil and cook for 20-25 minutes.  For the sauce add the olive oil, onions, garlic and sauté until lucid. Add the tomatoes, red pepper, cover and reduce to low and cook for 25 minutes. Season to taste and add parsley.

Impromptu dinner party at our friends Corrine and Stefan’s place. I had pork already marinating for 2 days when Stef called. He graciously got all the other ingredients including a salad which is not pictured.  We both cooked.  Everything was cooked on a propane gas grill except the shrimp. See below for recipes.

Pork Souvlaki Skewers

Cost: $7.00 CD
Markets: Longos and No Frills
Notes: This is an easy, yet impressive dish to make. Serves 4

Ingredients Purchased in Bold:

• 1 Pork tenderloin, cut inton 1/4 inch slices (was on sale 2 loins for $8.00 CD)
  
• 2 Lemons, juiced
• 4-5 Cloces of minced garlic
• 1 Medium red onion in 1 inch pieces
  
• 1 Red bell pepper in 1 inch pieces
  
• 1 Package of White mushrooms
• 1 Green Zucchini, sliced
• 2-3 TBSP of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 TBSP of Dried oregano
• 2 TSPB of your favorite steak season salt
• Pepper to taste

Quickie Recipe

Marinate the pork pieces with the lemon juice, olive oil, steak season salt, oregano, garlic and pepper for TWO DAYS. Thread meat and veggies in desired order and reserve the marinade.  BBQ on high for 3 minutes  on each side. Rotating a quarter turn 4 times. Boil marinade in pot on stove for 2 minutes and pour over meat and veggies prior to serving.

NY Strip

Cost: $13.50 CD
Market: Metro

Ingredients Purchased on Bold :

• 1 NY strip
• 2 TBSP of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2-3 TBSP of your favorite steak season (I used a combination of white pepper, thyme, salt and garlic powder)
• Pepper to taste

Quickie Recipe

Rub meat on both sides with olive oil and then liberally sprinkle on season salt and pepper. Pre-heat oven to 350 F. This will be used to finish cooking the meat since it’s most likely a thick cut. On a clean hot grill place the NY strip horizontal on the grill and cook on high for 4-5 minutes and DO NOT fiddle with the meat. Rotate the meat 90 degrees on the same side and cook for 4-5 minutes. This will give you that nice grilled grid look. Turn meat over and repeat and then finish cooking in oven for 5 minutes. Take out of the oven and let meat rest for 5 minutes and then slice and serve.

Garlic Shrimp

Ingredients:

• 1 lb of Large cleaned uncooked shrimp (you can leave the tails on)
• 1/2 cup of diced onion
• 2 TBSP of minched garlic
• 2 TBSP of minced ginger
• 2/3 Cup of soy sauce
• 1 tsp of sesame oil
• 1 tsp of sesame seeds as garnish
• 1 TBSP of Canola oil
• 1 TBSP of honey
• Pepper to taste

Quickie Recipe

One medium high heat oil in a pan and saute the ginger, garlic, and onions until the onions are lucid (do not brown). Add the raw shrimp and cook for a 1-2 each side. Add the soy sauce, sesame oil, honey and pepper and cook for another 1-2 minutes.

Grilled Asparagus

Ingredients:

• 2 Bunches of asparagus
• 1 Lemon, juice
• 1 TBSP of Dried oregano
• 2 TBSP of Extra Virgin Olive oil.

Quickie Recipe

Combine all ingredients. Grill on high for 2 minutes each side.