Ginger Dressing

We found a copycat recipe for Benihana ginger dressing. It was perfect with one slight modification. Well, two if you count we left out the celery because celery is evil.

Benihana Ginger Salad Dressing

1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup peanut oil
2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
2 tbsp water
1 tbsp chopped fresh gingerroot
1 tbsp soy sauce
1-1/2 tsp tomato sauce
1-1/2 tsp granulated sugar (we added one extra teaspoon)
1 tsp lemon juice
dash salt and pepper

Combine all ingredients in blender container or wok bowl of food processor fitted with steel knife; process until almost smooth. Makes six servings. May be kept refrigerated up to one week.

Servings: 4

Easiest Recipe Ever

This is the easiest recipe for a cool pseudo oriental dish that everyone will love. My kids cannot get enough of it. In fact, I had to increase the size of the recipe because everyone wants seconds!

Ingredients:

3 packages chicken flavored Ramen noodles
2 carrots, julienne-style
1/2 thinly-sliced leek or cup of finely shredded cabbage
2 chicken boullion cubes

Prepare Ramen per directions, adding additional water for the 2 extra bullion cubes (follow directions on the cube container). When you put the noodles in, toss in all the other ingredients. Serve within 1-2 minutes per the noodle directions before they get too soft.

Optional: add cooked chicken cubes or canned chicken. Or sprinkle some crumbled bacon over the top when you serve it. Also if you do the cabbage instead of the leek I like to sprinkle scallions on top.

So easy and cheap and yummy and FAST! (Tristan named this one "Snake Soup"!)

The Hamdog

This is a special creation made by Rob after he started cooking dinner and realized nobody was interested in having beef stroganoff last night. So, he then aborted the mission and used the meat to create this nightmare culinary delight.

(Technically it's not a REAL hamdog which is apparently a trademark sandwich from Mulligan's bar in Georgia, but it's our own low-budget version without the disgusting thought of mixing a hotdog and hamburger together. No offense, Mulligan's. I'm sure your Real Hamdog is a well-sought-after meal among bypass-seeking rednecks everywhere.)