Sunday, November 1, 2009

Sweet Dinner Rolls

I just made these today....amazing!

Sweet Dinner Rolls (from allrecipes.com)

Ingredients
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup warm milk
1 egg
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 tsp salt
3 3/4 cups bread flour
1 package active yeast
1/4 cup butter, softened

Directions:
1. Place warm water, milk, egg, butter, salt, bread flour and yeast in bread machine. Select dough cycle. Press Start
2. When dough finishes, turn onto lightly floured surface. Divide into 16 wedges. Roll wedges into rolls. Place rolls in greased dish. Cover with kitchen towel and allow to rise in dark warm space for 1 hr.
3. Preheat oven 400 degrees. Cook for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.

Enjoy!

Monday, August 10, 2009

BBQ Chicken Pizza

Trader Joe's pizza dough
marinara sauce or (tomato paste/tomato sauce-with dried basil/oregano)
BBQ sauce (sweet baby rays)
Chicken Breast
Montreal Steak Seasoning
Onion
Olive Oil
Cheese mixture of your choice (colby jack, mozzarella, etc.)

Cut up the chicken breast into cubes. Pan stir fry the chicken in olive oil with cut up onions and montreal steak seasoning to taste. Mix- 1/2 marinara sauce 1/2 BBQ sauce and spread on the pizza dough. Then top with chicken mixture and cheese mixture. Bake at 425F for 8 minutes until pizza is crispy and bubbly.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Tumeric Tofu

This is best served with batsmati or jasmine rice.

Ingredients

1/2 a block of tofu. sliced
olive oil
tumeric
curry powder
salt and pepper to taste
sliced onions

Heat a dash of olive oil in a non-stick frying pan. Place slices of tofu in the pan. Season tofu with salt, pepper, tumeric, and curry powder. Place onions over tofu. Brown tofu on both sides, and cook onions until clear.
Serve over rice.

Asian-inspired Tilapia

Asian-inspired Tilapia

Serve this dish with Trader Joe's batsmati rice medley and stir fried green beans

Preheat oven to broil. Coat a pan with cooking spray. Place 3 pieces of tilapia in the pan and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Whisk the following ingredients in a bowl:
1/2 a cup of sliced green onions
1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger
1 tsp fresh minced ginger
4 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp sesame oil

Coat tilapia with soy sauce mixture. Allow tilapia to marinate for approximately 30 minutes. Broil for 8 minutes. Serve over a bed of wild rice. :)






Monday, February 23, 2009

Almond Chicken

Ingredients

1/2 cup sliced raw almonds
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
ground sea salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
1 lb chicken breast
1/2 tsp dried rosemary leaves
1/2 cup dry white wine

Saute almonds in butter until golden brown. Approximately 4 minutes. Remove almonds and set aside. Combine flour, salt, and pepper in shallow bowl. Flatten chicken between wax paper with meat hammer. Dust flattened chicken with flour mixture. Stir rosemary into butter left on skillet over medium heat. Add chicken to butter mixture and brown the chicken on both sides. Stir in wine. Cook 5 to 10 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked. Stir almonds into mixture. Cook 1 minute. Serve with almonds over chicken.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Lemon Pepper Tilapia

Dinner for Two:

Ingredients

3 tilapia fillets
olive oil
half a lemon
lemon pepper seasoning
dried parsley flakes
garlic powder

Trader Joe's Basmati Rice Medley

Steamed Broccoli or green beans

Directions
Preheat oven to broil. Start cooking rice as directed on package. Place tilapia in oven safe dish. Rub olive oil over fish fillets. Generously sprinkle lemon pepper seasoning, parsley flakes, and garlic powder over fillets. Squeeze juice from half a lemon over fillets. Broil for 8 minutes. Serve fish over the rice and with a side of steamed vegetables. Enjoy!

Ginger Glazed Salmon

Ingredients

Two Salmon Fillets
4 Tbsp dark soy sauce
2 Tbsp honey
4 Tbsp minced fresh ginger

Preheat oven to broil. Rub 2 Tbsp dark soy sauce and 1 Tbsp honey on one salmon fillet. Top with 2 Tbsp minced fresh ginger. Repeat with other salmon fillet. Broil salmon for 13 minutes. Enjoy!