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3 new recipes adapted from 3 old ones

Published by Connie Veneracion on February 1, 2025 in Newsletter

So, it has begun. The challenge to revisit old recipes and use them as inspiration for something better and, in some cases, something unexpected. It’s the thing I told you about in the last newsletter.

I have posted three new recipes without deleting the old ones on which they were based. I’m presenting them side by side so you can see both and, perhaps, compare and choose which you like better.

Shrimps with lemon butter garlic sauce

Old recipe (left): Whole shrimps with lemon garlic butter sauce

New version (right): Shrimps and broccoli with lemon butter garlic sauce

Fish with lime orange sauce

Old recipe (left): Crispy fish fillets with lime orange sauce

New version (right): Crispy mahi-mahi fillets with sticky lime and orange sauce

Thai mixed sauce

This last set merits a little explanation. The old recipe (left) is Thai fried egg salad (yum khai dao). The new recipe (right) uses the same dressing from the egg recipe but the eggs are replaced with chicken, shiitake and ripe mango, and two additional herbs are added to the salad. I named it poached chicken and shiitake salad with fresh mango and herbs.

I hope you enjoy the new recipes (and the old ones too if you haven’t tried them yet) as much I enjoyed making them. Have a lovely weekend.

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