Do you have errands to run on a busy Saturday? Make this easy beef curry. Slice beef and place in marinade before you leave the house,it will be ready for cooking when you return home. Serve with a cucumber salad.

Bean dip with a kick is a tasty and heathly way to snack and get your fiber too. Carrots — one of the richest sources of beta carotene — pair very well with this low-fat dip that only tastes rich and forbidden.

I have been barbequing salmon for a number of many years. I started serving the salmon with Vidalia onions when I discovered that they were a perfect complement to the fish.

You my want to double this recipe and freeze. Use one batch for shrimp curry and one for curried ground beef.

BBQ ribs in the winter? Yes. Start your ribs in the morning and they will be ready for dinner in the evening. Serve with hot wild rice and a green salad with sweet grape tomatoes. Everyone can help themselves when they are finished shopping, decorating the tree or wrapping presents.

The name Barbecued Shrimp Lafayette conjures up an image of good friends, good food and good wine. A sure treat.

Heat up the grill and barbecue fresh red snapper or rockfish. Make an easy to serve meal of steamed spinach, sliced sauteed garden tomatoes and corn muffins that you bake or buy.

Baja pork stew has the taste of Mexico. Delicious served over hot rice or yellow corn bread.

August 2003 Newsletter: Hot & Spicy Foods @ BellaOnline

Kim Chi is delightly firey hot and delicious. This Chinese cabbage dish is often served with rice.