2-22-10

Vegetable Lo Mein

Snow peas, zucchini, red peppers, onion, garlic & ginger in a sauce of stock, oyster sauce, soy & Sriracha with thin noodles.

2-19-10

Old favorite; chicken pepperoni & pepper piza on a home made crust.

2-18-10

French Dip

Roast beef on french bread with seasoned fries. Served au jus for dipping.

2-17-10

Chicken A La King (sort of) over rice pilaf with roasted asparagus

A visit to the dentist made eating tough so I went with an old standard.
This was made with chicken breast, diced red pepper, carrot, onion and garlic in a sauce of white wine, chicken stock and a little heavy cream. Roasting asparagus is my favorite preparation, a little oil, salt pepper and either under the broiler or on the grill.

2-16-10

Homemade meatball & sausage (1 & 1) in sauce

with ziti

During the summer I take advantage of the abundance of tomatoes and make tons of sauce and freeze it - dividing up the meatballs & sausage. This dinner was the benefit of the freezer

2-15-10

Cajun spiced pork with fettuccini alfredo and steamed broccoli

I use my own cajun spice made from all the usual "suspects".

2-14-10

Roasted chicken & green beans with white wine, butter, lemon & crushed red pepper.

I butterfly the chicken & broil it underside then skin side up for speed.

2-12-10

Baked haddock with brown rice & sauteed vegetables.

2-11-10

Penne with meat sauce served with garlic bread and a dressed chop salad.

2-10-10

Hot turkey prastrami, lettuce & cheese on french bread with seasoned fries - easy.

2-9-10

Sauteed pork loin with a pan sauce (red wine, stock, rosemary, thyme & shallot finished with whole butter)

with roasted potatoes and steamed broccoli.

2-6-10

Cavatapi pasta with chicken, broccoli, zucchini, red peppers onions & garlic.

The sauce is very light; chicken stock and white wine, finished with Asiago cheese.

2-5-10

Beef Stew

Yes, it looks like times got so tough that I resorted to eating dog food- not so.

Easy dinner of beef stew I made a few weeks ago and froze. Trust me, it tasted a lot better than it looks! The rolls were made fresh, had to show some effort.

2-4-10

RTS' take on Doc Secino's Chicken Kiev

Unlike the classic; pounded boneless breast wrapped around an herbed compound butter, breaded, fried and finished in the oven, this one is a bone in version with panko bread crumb coating that is baked and finished with herb butter. This method is so much easier and delicious. Cooking any meat on the bone adds flavor. Served with pilaf & green beans - frozen btw - can't find fresh due to the freeze of a couple of weeks ago.

2-3-10

Chicken & Vegetable Lo Mein

Chicken, snow peas, carrot, red pepper, onion, garlic and ginger and noodles of course. The sauce has soy and oyster sauces, chicken stock and sriracha chili sauce. If you don't have sriracha, get it now, believe it or not, they even carry it a t Wal-Mart - they have a surprisingly diverse international isle.

I am lucky enough to have a Korean market very close.

2-1-10

Italian Sunday Gravy (see earlier post) served over home made cavatelli pasta.

Cavatelli is a sort of a cross between gnocchi & regular pasta. I'm sure you can make them by hand, I have a hand cranked maker.

Had a small salad and garlic bread with the pasta.

1-31-10

Jerk pork loin with rice pilaf and sauteed vegetables (zucchini, carrot, red pepper & onion).

I use Walkerswood (jerk marinade. It is more of a spicey herb paste than a marinade. I find the marinades (like Helen's) to be way too allspice-y. Find it on line you won't be disappointed.

1-29-10

Chicken, pepperoni & green peper pizza

Home made crust, 1/2 bread flour and 1/2 all purpose flour.

Great combination of toppings.