Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Healthy cooking recipes for Aries

If you want to surprise your partner who is Aries try our cooking recipes which are special for this zodiac sign. Aries is fire sign and he prefers foods served hot and those that are red in colour. Aries absolutely crave red meat!
Red wine
, cayenne and ketchup are Aries staples.

Aries always has a hearty appetite. They move fast and digest their food just as quickly. When Aries is hungry, he needs to eat right now. When hungry, which is often, they are impulsive and hurried in the kitchen, especially if they have to do the cooking.
Aries eat fast preferring to get the best of the fixing’s before anyone else.
Here we give some variant recipes for Aries dinner.

BEEF AND BEAN BARBECUE
Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef
16 oz. can pork & beans
1/2 c. barbecue sauce
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 tsp. salt
1/4 lb. Velveeta cheese, cubed
8 oz. buttermilk biscuits
Grated cheese
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brown the meat and drain. Add beans, barbecue sauce, onion and salt. Simmer 5 minutes while stirring. Stir in cubed cheese. Pour into baking dish. Cut biscuits in half circles and put around the outside of the dish.

FANCY GRILLED MUSHROOMS
Savory and sweet, these earthy delicacies will upgrade even the most basic grill-side meal. Serve as a side dish or as a topping for your favorite grilled main course.
Ingredients:
5 medium, fresh shiitake mushrooms, stems removed
2 portobello mushrooms, stems removed and sliced lengthwise
2 Tbsp (30mL) lemon juice
1 tsp (2g) fresh ginger, minced
1 1/2 Tbsp (25mL) tamari
2 Tbsp (30mL) rice syrup
1 Tbsp (15mL) sesame oil
2 Tbsp (30mL) vegetable broth
Instructions:
Combine last 6 ingredients in a small jar or bowl. Pour marinade over mushrooms arranged in a single layer in a baking pan. Turn the mushrooms so both sides are coated. Marinate 1 hour, flipping mushrooms occasionally.
Place marinated mushrooms in a well-oiled grilling basket and cook over medium-hot coals 8 to 10 minutes or until done, turning occasionally and basting with remaining marinade. Watch carefully or they’ll burn.

APPLE PIE
Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp. lemon juice
zest of
1 lemon
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tbsp. apricot brandy
pinch of salt
5 baking apples, pared, cored, thinly sliced
2 oz. butter, melted
1 unbaked pie shell, 9-in. diameter
1/2 lb. apricot jam
1 oz. sugar
Instructions:
Combine sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, cinnamon, brandy and salt. Neatly arrange apples in pie shell; pour sugar mixture over. Brush with melted butter. Bake at 450 degrees F for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F; bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden. Combine jam and sugar in sauce pan, heat to boiling. Push through fine strainer; heat to boiling. Brush over baked pie.

These cooking recipes are not only for Aries, but other signs will be happy as well. We are sure!
Bon appetit!

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