Category: Main Dish
Swiss Cheese Gnocchi
I make this for Aia quite a bit. It’s like mac and cheese but the potato pasta is chewier and way more satisfying. 1 package Gnocchi – boiled and drained. Two cups of shredded Swiss Cheese 1/4 cup Brandy, Dark Rum, Mead, Sherry, or other dark strong tasting alcohol. 1/4 cup Milk 2 tbsp. Capers 2 tbsp. Butter 2…
Cooking Chicken
1-2 eggs Shredded Parmesan chicken. Olive oil Dip chicken in beaten egg then in Parmesan. Cook in skillet with olive oil. Die happy.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
A clean up of an old post. Tortilla soup is a spicy take on chicken soup to which adding sour cream, fried strips of tortilla and cheese enhances the flavor at serving time. The base of this soup uses premade spice mixes to add an extra dimension of flavor to the soup and keeping the…
Garlic Coconut Oil Vinaigrette
Okay a vinaigrette you have to heat up to use? Dumb I know but it tastes good. Water Coconut Oil Garlic Cloves Lemon Juice Red Wine Vinegar Mrs. Dash 1 part vinegar and lemon juice to two parts water two three parts oil. Crush garlic cloves and add a few shakes of Mrs. Dash. Microwave…
Lime Steak on a Bed of Olive Cream Cheese
Our kitchen is a disaster area. One of the cabinets fell off the wall. The important one, with the dishes. We’ve been living off of fast food and cold food while we try to find a replacement. Today I finally had enough and cleared off the stove so I could do some cooking. Before this…
Kitchen Scratch Quesadilla
So due to the broken cupboard, dishes litter our stove, freezer, and counter space. This also happens to be a week with little to no leftovers or easy heat ups. J. got us a rotisserie chicken earlier in the week, but I’m about chickened out. So I feel hungry for something else. This is what…
Lemon Round-Eye Steak & Califlower in Butter Dill Sauce
So round eye steak was on sale this week. I got a little fancy but it turned out good: 2 pkg of Round Eye Steak (about 16, these are those little round flat steaks) Equal Parts Wine(I used white chardonnay) and Lemon Juice Pepper Salt Basil Garlic Cloves (I used 4) In the morning stick…
Beef and Brussel Sprout Stir Fry
If there’s one thing I’ve learned, every vegetable can be improved by butter, lemon and salt. Even brussel sprouts. You need: Stir fry meat, about a cup uncooked. five cloves of fresh garlic. two tbsp butter A cup of brussel sprouts, microwaved for 30 seconds. Salt, Lemon juice, and Dominican Ranchero Sauce. Okay, the BF…
Left Over Turkey
Okay, so left over turkey is fine…but I like to dress it in other things. You need: Left over turkey. I used about 1/4 of breast of a 23lb Turkey. Chop it up. Salsa kit. If your poor excuse for a grocery store doesn’t have these, you need: 3 roma or other small tomatoes 1…
Chicken Bell Pepper Casserole
3 bell peppers, any color, cleaned and halved. 4 chicken breasts marinated in a lemon pepper sauce, chopped 6 pats of butter salt, pepper, chipotle sauce, dried chipotle pepper (powder or crushed), lemon pepper 1 can of chopped tomatoes with no sugar added 1 cup shredded Gouda 1 tblsp Garlic, chopped 1 tblsp Parmesan grated…
Lemon Chicken
1 container of white Mushrooms 1 lb boneless chicken 1/2 lb butter 4 Green Onions 1 Shallot Lemon Juice Salt Lemon Pepper 1 cup white wine. Melt butter slowly over low heat. Add salt and lemon juice to taste. Ad one shallot chopped and one cup of white wine. Let sit over low heat for…
Sake Chicken
3 Boneless Chicken Breasts 1 Tsp ginger juice 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sake pepper 1/2 tsp sesame oil 4 heaping tsp of potato starch Vegetabe oil for frying Cut the chicken into chunks. Mix sesame oil, sake, ginger, soy sauce, pepper. Marinate chicken in sauce for 1 hour, stiring occassionally. Coat pieces in…