Mixed mushroom with prawns

I got a fresh bag of mixed mushroom at the farmer's market so I cooked this fresh, delicious dish together with some succulent prawns and orange bell peppers.

Ingredients:
Mushrooms of any kind, cleaned and sliced - 1 lb
10 large prawns
1 bell pepper, sliced
1 clove of garlic, minced
1 slice of ginger, minced

Sauce:
1 tablespoon of soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of corn starch
1/4 cup of water
a drizzle of sesame oil

Steps:

1.  Add a bit of oil to a heated pan.
2. Cook the prawns for a few minutes until they turn opaque, pink, and curled up. Season the prawns with a bit of salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
3. Cook the minced garlic and ginger in the pan with a bit of oil until you can smell the garlic and ginger. Add in the mushroom and bell pepper and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
4. Mix the ingredients of the sauce well in a container and add to the mushroom and bell pepper, the sauce should thicken shortly. Adjust the thickness sauce accordingly as this depends on the amount of liquid coming out from the mushroom. If the sauce is too thick, dilute with a bit of water. If it is too watery, you can thicken with a bit more corn starch mixed with a small amount of water.

Nutritional info:

Mushrooms are high in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, same with bell pepper. One interesting fact is that red pepper is much higher in vitamins and nutrients than green pepper, not to mention much more tasty. So take that into account when you go shopping next time. Prawns are high in protein

Fried sticky rice

This is one of my Grandma's recipes and everyone in the family loves it.

Ingredients:

1.5 cups of sticky rice, soaked in water overnight

3 dried scallops, shredded

5 shitaki mushrooms, diced

1 handful of dried shrimps

Green onions or cilantro for ganish, chopped

Optional: sausage or ham (I skip them in my dish because they are processed meat)

Seasoning:

1.5 teaspoons of soy sauce

Dash of pepper

Steps:

1. Drain the water from the rice
2. Heat up the pan and drizzle a bit of oil in the pan
3. Pan fried the dried shrimps, scallops and mushroom for a few minutes until you can smell the fragrance from the ingredients
4. Add in the rice, stir it in the pan and then add in 1/4 cup of water
5. Keep adding in small amount of water and stir until the rice turns translucent and cooked, around 10 to 15 minutes. Add in only a small amount of water at a time so the rice doesn't become too soggy.
6. Add in cilantro or green onion and soy sauce and pepper to taste

Salmon baked two ways: sundried tomatoes and garlic & curry seasoning

Salmon is low in fat, delicious, and high in omega 3 acids. I got a large fillet of salmon and decided to bake it two ways.

Ingredients:

A large salmon fillet

2 to 3 cloves of garlic

4 pieces of sun dried tomatoes (either the dried ones or ones soaked in oil are fine)

Salt and pepper to taste
Curry seasoning

Steps:

1. Pre-set the oven to 325F.
2. Put the cleaned salmon steaks or fillet on a large piece of aluminum foil that has been thinly coated with oil.
3. Add salt and pepper to the salmon accordingly to taste.
4. Add curry seasoning to half of the fillet
5. Finely minced the garlic and finely cut the sun dried tomatoes into small stripes. Add the garlic and the tomatoes on top of the other half of the salmon fillet
6.  Drizzle some grape seed oil on top of the garlic and sun dried tomatoes
7. Bake the fish in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.