NO SELF-DENIAL, LOWER FAT/SALT & NO SUGAR 3 COURSE CHINESE MEAL

NO SELF-DENIAL LOWER FAT, LOWER SALT AND NO SUGAR 3-COURSE CHINESE MEAL

first posted 2015; updated 2024  

The Year of the Goat (or Sheep/Ram) in 2015 was  very welcome after the brutal upheavals of the previous year. The Year of the Goat was expected to be tranquil, cordial and auspicious -- full of good things.  

Chinese food is one of the world's great things and though food fads come and go, there is nothing like familiar scrumptiously more-ish Cantonese dishes.  

And if it's easy to make at home, even better.

The following recipes make an extremely satisfying  three course meal which won't wreck the budget.   

As with all Asian cooking, the work is in the preparation but the cooking methods are simple.  The dishes are:  

Tender boldly spiced spare ribs; no gloopy, calorie-laden sauce

Chicken oriental with pineapple and chilli, updated to include a sensational no-sugar sauce with layers of heat and sweetness

Unfried rice, virtually fat-free, steamed; studded with peas and strips of egg omelette. 

They're dishes from my childhood but not as I knew them!  

A "blow-out" Valentine's meal

• dark beer & beef casserole
• the tenderest, flakiest cheese biscuits
• dark chocolate cake with once-a-year icing (to come)

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