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Today's Q 4/29
Post your fav recipe.
Me I love making these meatballs:
http://www.recipezaar.com/Meatballs-Italiano-136995
We make spagetti & meatball subs and freeze half a batch for later.
Re: Today's Q 4/29
I don't think I can choose one favorite...I have a lot of favorites!
The recipe that I make the most is probably garlic baked rice...it's a really tasty side dish and my husband could eat rice with every meal. I tend to burn it when I make it on the stove, but you can't go wrong with baking it! You can find the recipe in my (pretty anemic) blog.
I prefer baked goods in general though. My new favorite cookie is Dorie Greenspan's World Peace Cookies. I bake chocolate chip cookies (recipe in blog) every week for DH. The strawberry cake recipe from Good Things Catered (link in blog) is fantastic and I am making it for a First Communion celebration next weekend.
This....
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/everyday-italian/chicken-scallopine-with-saffron-cream-sauce-recipe/index.html
Fannnntastic.
We make these enchiladas about once a week:
vegetable or canola oil
3 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons cumin
2 teaspoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce
chicken (as much as you want, cut in small pieces)
corn tortillas
Mexican cheese
First, mix spices in a small bowl.
Heat a small amount of oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add spices, and cook 30 to 45 seconds. Add chicken and coat in spices (about 30 seconds). Add tomato sauce. Turn down to heat (it will get hot and will splatter) and cook until chicken is done. Remove chicken from the pot and chop into small pieces. Put in a medium bowl. Add cheese (based on preference) and mix together. Heat tortillas in microwave (wrap in paper towels and heat on high for 30 seconds) so that they bend easily. Place 1/3 cup of chicken and cheese filling down the center of each tortilla, wrap up, and place seam side down in casserole. Repeat until you run out of tortillas and filling. Pour sauce over tortillas (again, based on preference). Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Sprinkle some more cheese over top of enchiladas and return to the oven for about 5 more minutes.
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My favorite is a little complicated and takes a bit of prep, but once you do it, its delicious. Its a Creamy Roasted Garlic Pasta.
For prep, you want to marinade some chicken in an Italian type marinade. You can do basalmic vinegar and olive oil with garlic or you can do a store bought Italian dressing. Doesn't really matter.
You also want to make roasted garlic. Take a whole bulb of garlic and cut the top off. Drizzle with a generous amount of olive oil and sprinke with salt. You'll want to roast it for 45 to an hour at 375.
The rest of the instructions are pretty straightforward. You'll want to grill the chicken in a pan, and cook some pasta. I like to use tricolor rotini because it just looks pretty.
The trick to this dish is the sauce. Honestly, I don't know amounts. I start with a stick of butter (yeah yeah I know, totally low fat). I cut it up so it melts better. Next I add 2-4 cloves of the roasted garlic (depending on size). I add a 1/2 cup of half and half and then start adding fresh parmesean cheese until the sauce is the right thickness.
I toss the sauce with the pasta and put the chicken on top.
Obviously you can tweak the type of pasta and what you top it with. If you're a vegetarian, it would be good with broccoli and roasted tomatoes or roasted peppers. You can top it with sundried tomatoes. Its really a versatile sauce and is delicious.
DH does the cooking usually.
I really like deviled eggs though
6 eggs
1/4 cup Miracle Whip
1 tsp Yellow Mustard
Place eggs in pot of water and put on high heat bring water to a boil. Remove from heat and cover for 17 minutes (this keeps the egg yolk from turning green)
Peel and slice eggs in half
Remove yolks from eggs into bowl
Crush egg yolks (either with fork or hand blender)
Add miracle whip and mustard to crushed egg yolks and stir until smooth
Fill egg will mixture
Lightly dust paprika on top of filled eggs
*sigh* I really don't cook well at all.
My favorite meal ever though is fillet mignon tips over penne in a tequila lime cream sauce with fresh peppers and onions.
I found a recipe for a tequila lime cream sauce online, so I think I'll try it!
One favorite summertime recipe is Southwestern Lime Chicken. I don't make the sauce that goes with it. This is good with grilled veggies and rice or in a salad. Clean up is nice and easy since you use the grill which is always a plus.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Southwestern-Lime-Chicken-with-Ancho-Chili-Sauce-5496