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Quinoa Salad with Mango and Black Beans
The last salad item in the South Arm Cooking Club for Seniors salad cook off was Quinoa Salad with Mango and Black Bean. You can use quinoa as a substitute for rice, or mix it with chopped vegetables, nuts, or dried fruit for a salad. One thing to remember when using quinoa is to wash it thoroughly before cooking. This is because each grain has a naturally bitter coating called “saponin” that needs to be rinsed off.
Jane (also a new member of the cooking club) and Karen prepared this salad which serves 6.
This yellow and red high protein grain is easy to cook and has a moist, fluffy texture.
Ingredients
Quinoa:
- 1 1/2 cups quinoa
- 3 cups water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Dressing:
- 2 tablespoons rice, cider, or wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon ginger, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Salad:
- 5 cups cooked quinoa (see above)
- 2 mangoes, diced
- 1 large red pepper, diced
- 1/2 jalapeno, finely minced
- 1/2 cup green onions, finely sliced
- 1 can black beans
Mango with Chocolate Meringue
It was mango season and Minoo made a dessert with mango in the Gilmore Park Community Kitchen. We are very lucky to have abundance of fresh fruit in Vancouver. When a fruit is in season, the price is so affordable. So, enjoy them while they are the cheapest and when they are the freshest.
This Mango with Chocolate Meringue has a base of succulent mango slices infused with orange zest and is topped with an airy topping of chocolaty meringue and nuts. Since the meringue is made of just egg whites, this dessert is good for people who is watching their cholesterol.
Ingredients
- 2 medium-sized ripe mangoes
- Finely grated zest of 1 orange
- Whites of 3 large eggs
- a pinch of salt
- 125g or 1/2 cup caster sugar (superfine granulated)
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 15g or 1 tablespoon chopped hazelnuts
Mango is considered as a superfruit for its phytochemicals nutrients. It is rich in prebiotic dietary fiber, vitamin C, polyphenols and carotenoids. Mango also contains essential vitamins and minerals like vitamin A, B, B6, E and potassium, copper, 17 amino acids.
The pulp of mango is also a rich source of pectins and is great for making pudding.
Mango Pudding
Grace Lee made this delicious Mango Pudding with the guidance from Tanni and Heidy. Heidy brought a Mango Pudding during a Gilmore Community Kitchen potluck and the recipe was shared with other members of the Gilmore community kitchen.
This Mango Pudding is very rich in mango flavour and the addition of whipping cream made it extra rich. If you are watching your diet, you may just substitute the whipping cream with milk or cold water to make it less sinful.
Ingredients
- 500ml whipping cream or water
- 1 can (750ml) mango pulp
- 3 packages (15ml) unflavoured gelatine
- 1 cup hot water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 ripe mango, optional
Mango Swiss Roll
Here is the second of Juanna’s demonstration — the Mango Swiss Roll. Refer to my blog yesterday for making the sponge cake base. To make this, it is important to get ripe sweet mango for the filling. Unripe ones will produce a sourish cake.
The Swiss Roll, done right, is a very soft and moist cake with the sweetness of the fruit. I like this because it is not overly sweet unlike others where the sweetness comes from the icing. I think you and your family will like this. Try it, it’s not hard to make.
Ingredients
- Refer to the Fresh Fruit Cake blog for the sponge cake base and cream ingredients.
Click in the link below for the instructions.
Cocon Kingo Pudding with Nata De Coco
Bought this Mango Pudding from the T&T Supermarket in one of our recent grocery shopping. We like mangoes and used to buy them when it is in season. We though we try out this mango pudding and see how it compares with the fruit.
The pudding is made in Malaysia. It’s packaged in a plastic mold giving a nice shape. It looks good enough to serve as dessert when we have guests. We bought this for $1.68 each.
There were some nata de coco inside the pudding. Nata de coco is a chewy jelly like food product made from fermentation of coconut water. Nata de coco originates from the Phillippines.
Suanne said she will keep this mold and reuse it something else. She can think of using it for making jelly but can you think of anything else this could be used for?
