Starting this year, I am sharing my own New Year recipe ideas that are super easy, tasty, and fast for your consideration.
Goat cheese and crackers with candied walnuts, ginger, and sesame!
10 minutes
Ingredients: Carr’s Crackers plain, goat cheese, sesame ginger dressing, fresh mint, walnuts, and brown sugar.
Tools needed: 1 saucepan, cooking spoon, cutting board, sharp knife, small spoon, plate.
Prep and serve: In a saucepan, cook and simmer ½ cup water and ½ cup brown sugar, stir in approx. 2 cups walnuts until nuts are covered (candied), take off heat, let cool. On a plate, place on each cracker a 1/3-inch slice of goat cheese, make an impression in the middle of the cheese with a small spoon, fill the impression with sesame ginger dressing, place 1 candied walnut on top, cut fine mint and place around the edges. Enjoy!
Chula salmon with honey orange pomegranate sauce!
Chula salmon with honey orange pomegranate sauce. (Photo by Margo Schwab/Special for Times of San Diego)
20 minutes
Ingredients: Chula Seafood salmon (save money, buy fish sold fresh wholesale to the public), orange juice, Manuka honey, and pomegranate from the garden.
Tools needed: Large saucepan with lid, small saucepan, cooking spoon, spatula, measuring cup, tablespoon, and sharp knife.
Prep and serve: Poach salmon to your liking, skin side down in a saucepan filled with ¼ inch of water and cover on, while cooking, heat 1 C orange juice with 5 T honey until just simmering, place salmon on a plate, add sauce and pomegranates, Enjoy!
P.S. – Save the poaching water to add to dog or cat food.
