March 29 2012

On the menu today...


Chicken Strips
Diced Onion
1/4 cup Water
2 Tbsp of this seasoning

Carrots - You have seen these done many times

Braised Cabbage
Half a head of both read and green cabbage (because that's what I had)
1 can of tomato sauce
3 Chipotles in Adobo with sauce
Celery Salt - to taste
1 Tbsp Chili Powder
1 tsp Caraway Seeds

Slice the cabbage pretty thin and saute in a skillet with the tomato, chipotles and spices until the cabbage is tender.  Perhaps 15 minutes.  Side Note - The purple cabbage turns everything purple so you can't see that there is tomato in there and it just looks like red sauerkraut.  If you don't like that, then just use green cabbage.

March 15 2012

We really need to work on our photography...this picture is terrible.  The good thing is that the food was pretty tasty.

Beef
The beef was Asian inspired.
http://community.qvc.com/forums/Recipe/topic/150256/crockpot-chinese-pepper-steak.aspx
We ended up having a younger person join us on this particular day so we went easy on the spice, but did have habanero oil on the side.  We also left out the corn starch.

Slaw

http://projects.eveningedge.com/recipes/crunchy-asian-slaw/ 

I left out the Sugar, Almonds and Ramen Noodles.  The coleslaw mix was replaced with Napa Cabbage and Red Cabbage.   


Broccoli
Fresh broccoli florets that were steamed in the microwave in a covered dish with two tablespoons of water for five minutes.  It really doesn't get any easier.

March 01 2012

Chicken
Unfortunately this was so long ago I don't recall what went into the chicken other than mushrooms.

Greens
The greens are a combination of Spinach and Broccoli Rabe.  They were blanched and then sauteed with onion salt and pepper.

Bread is from this recipe

http://www.serenejourney.com/2009/03/quite-possibly-the-best-homemade-crusty-bread-ever/  

I replaced 1 cup of flour with whole wheat flour and it turned out pretty well.