Happy Thanksgiving Week! - Grill zuchinni, yellow squash & Pomegranates salad - featured in Group Recipes

This is a good week to reflect and be thankful for what we have. I am thankful for having a mum who unconditionally love me, a loving and caring hubby, an honest and creative son, a step-daughter who is beautiful inside and outside, a wonderful step-son-in-law and a courageous step grandson.  I am thankful to have a generous step brother, a kind sister-in- law, a lovely niece and two handsome nephews who will always be there for me when I need them.  I am thankful for having many good friends who will not hesitate to lend a helping hand when needed. This year, I am most thankful for being able to document my mum's and hubby's recipes on my blog and share the joy. I am thankful for getting better at cooking and photography and get so much joy from it. I am thankful that through my blog and other bloggers communities, I get to meet with many wonderful people from all over the world who are now part of my culinary adventure.

This is a new salad that I made up for Thanksgiving.  I wish to dedicate this dish to all the wonderful people out there. In this dish I have chosen three colors and this is what I wish you all:
Green: I wish you growth and harmony.
Yellow: I wish you hope, joy and happiness.
Pink: I send you all my love.  A pink carnations means, " I will never forget you". I picked the pomegranates for this salad because when I was a little girl, my mum always buy me this fruit as a treat. This will always be a special fruit for me.

Main Ingredients:
1 zucchini, sliced

1 yellow squash sliced

½ pomegranate, remove the skin and separate the fruits.

Ingredients for the salad dressing:

¾ cup balsamic vinegar

1 tbsp extra virgin oil

1 tbsp maple syrup

½ tsp ground black pepper

¼ tsp salt

Method:

Grill zucchini and yellow squash without oil.  Set aside. Heat balasamic vineger and bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer to reduce to 1/2 cup.  Add all other salad dressing ingredients and whisk till all combined.  Toss grilled zucchini yellow squash in dressing. Let it sit overnight in the fridge. When ready to serve, add pomegranates and mix well.

Stuffed tomatoes and zuchinni in onion gravy - Featured as top 9 at Foodbuzz & at Group Recipes

I always keep some homemade pork pate in my freezer.  There are so many things I can make using pork pate and stuffed tomatoes and zuchinni is onion gravy is just one of the dish.  This dish should be served with freshly baked baguettes.

Ingredients:

Serving: 2

Preparation for pork pate:
600 gm minced pork of beef

   1 cup chopped fennel ( very fine )

   1/3 cup chopped spring onion

   1/2 medium size green onion

   ½ clove chopped garlic

   ground black pepper and salt to taste

Method:
Pulse blend 1 clove garlic and ½ medium size onion in a small amount of olive oil until almost combined into a spread. Add the blended mixture to a large bowl with the minced pork.  Mix with cleanly washed hands while adding  finely diced fennel and spring onion. Add salt and pepper to taste.  Shape the meat patty into ball, cover and place in the freezer for 1 hour.  Take it out of the freezer and put in the fridge till cooking time.

Preparation for vegetables:
2 plum tomato

1 zuchinni

1 cup frozen mixed vegetable

Method:
Cut of ¼ of the top of tomatoes and scrap out all the seeds
Cut zuchinni in about 1 ½ in long each piece and scrap out all the seeds.

Boil the mixed vegetables with ½ ts salt in water for about 2 mins, drain and set in the serving plate.

Stuff tomatoes and zuchinni with pork pate generously. Heat 1 tb olive oil, add vegetables with the meat side down and fry for about till meat is complete cooked.  Take out the vegetables and set them on the serving plate.

Preparation for sauce:
1 tb olive oil

1/2 tsp caramelsauce

1 tsp chopped garlic

1 tb chopped onion

¼ cup chopped spring onion (only the green part)

½ cube chicken stock bullion

1 tbs oysters sauce

1/2 tsp ground white pepper

1 cup water

1 tsp corn flour dissolve in 2 tbs water

Method:
Heat olive oil and fry garlic till fragrant. Add chopped onion and fry till translucent. add water, oyster sauce, chicken bullion  and ground white pepper.  Lower heat and let simmer for 1 min.  Add corn starch mixture to thicken the gravy. Pour the gravy over the vegetables and serve.


Note: if there is balance of pork pate, you can always keep in the fridge and use it for another recipe.