Food
Sauteed Chicken Breasts with Cucumber Salad
Ingrediants
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 medium cucumbers (1 1/4 lbs), peeled, seeded, quartered lengthwise and sliced 1/4 inch thick
1 cup roasted cashews, halved lengthwise or coarsely chopped (4 1/2 oz)
2 scallions, thinley sliced
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup plus 2 tblsp extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley
Salt & freshly ground pepper
4 skinless, boneless chicken [...]
Chicken “Chalupas”
Ingrediants
Flour tortillas (4-6)
4-6 Chicken Breasts
1 lb Cheese, Grated (pre-grated mexican cheese blend from the store works perfectly)
2 cans creme of mushroom soup
1 bunch onions (green)
1 sm can olives, chopped
1 sm can green peppers, chopped
1 pt sour creme
Instructions
Chop bunch of onions (green)
Chop chicken breasts in to coarse chunks
On grill or in pan, cook chunks until cooked [...]
Shitake Mushrooms in Basalmic Reduction
Basalmic Reduction
35 minutes
Ingrediants
1/4 lb butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup light brown sugar
Basalmic Viniger, aged, 12 oz
Instructions
At high heat, in a pan, melt butter until it’s half melted
Add 1/2 cup brown sugar
Reduce to medium heat
Stir for approximately 2 minutes
Turn off heat, remove pan from stove
CAUTION: BURN RISK Add entire 12 oz basalmic viniger as soon as it [...]
Tex-Mex style Sweet rice
Ingrediants:
6 cups rice, finished size, steam cooked
1/2 can (4 oz) tomato paste
1 red onion or chalot (1/2 – 3/4 cup diced)
1 can sweetened corn (equal portions to onion)
1/4 cup chicken stock (8 oz can)
1/4th cup sweet chili (chicken, asian) or chili & sugar
1/2 stick of butter
Kosher salt to flavor (approx 1 teaspoon)
Cracked pepper to flavor [...]
Carmel Chocolate Squares
Ingrediants:
1 package (14 oz) Carmels
1 can (5 oz) evaporated milk
1 package Betty Crocker German Chocolate Cake Mix
2/3 cup margerine/butter
3/4 cup walnuts/pecans (chopped coarsely)
1 package (6 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup flaked coconut
Instructions:
Pre-heat oven to 350F
Heat Carmels & 1/4 cup evaporated milk in saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until carmels are melted and mixture is [...]
The Most Extraordinary French Lemon Cream Tart
Makes 8 servings
1 cup sugar
Finely grated zest of 3 lemons
4 large eggs
3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 4 to 5 lemons)
2 sticks plus 5 tablespoons (10-1/2 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature and cut into tablespoon-sized pieces
1 fully-baked 9-inch tart shell
Getting ready: Have an instant-read thermometer, a strainer and a blender (first choice) [...]
Chicken “Chalupas”
I do love me some Chicken Chalupas. Thanks to Scott for introducing me to this recipe back when we were roommates. (He’s rather organized about collecting recipes and was really good at finding recipes that took less than 30 minutes of prep and 30 minutes of cooking, and were tasty to boot!)
Ingrediants:
1 package of Flour tortillas (6-8 [...]
Guacamole
Unless my friend (who is a chef) objects, I’m going to start keeping recipes on my blog. There are a number of recipes that I keep losing (I’m just not that organized with paper).
Ingredients:
6 Avocado
2 Roma Tomatoes
1 Red Onion (baseball sized)
1 bunch Cilantro
Kosher Salt
Black Pepper
2 oz Oregano, preferably fresh,
Directions:
Put Avocados (sans skins and pit) in [...]
