For anyone who might come here looking for new recipes, I have decided to put any new recipes on my other blog, Little White Schoolhouse. I have a list on my sidebar that will link you to any recipe I have blogged about, on this site or the other, so come on over to LWS and happy reading!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Getting more adventerous in the kitchen
Amy's Chicken Primavera Risotto
2 chicken breasts
Sea salt
Fresh ground pepper
1 Lemon, cut in half crosswise
1/2 Cup chopped onion
2 clove of garlic, minced
1 carrot, peeled and julienned
1 Zucchini, sliced
2 Plum tomatoes
1 box of organic chicken broth (32 oz)
1 box of uncooked orzo pasta
1/2-1 Cup heavy cream
1/2 Cup+ good quality shredded parmesan cheese
Flatten chicken to 1/2 inch thickness. Season with salt and pepper.
Pre-heat large skillet with EVOO.
Add chicken and lemon halves (cut side down), cook 3-4 minutes each side (do not flip lemons), until no longer pink.
Remove chicken and lemons, cool slightly, slice chicken into 1/2 inch pieces and set aside.
In same skillet, cook onion and garlic until tender, set aside.
In a large pot bring chicken broth and juice of the caramelized lemon to a boil.
Add orzo, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
Add carrots, zucchini, tomato, onion and garlic. Simmer 1-2 minutes.
Add heavy cream and parmesan, simmer another 2 minutes.
Add chicken, cook until heated through.
Since this was really just me playing in the kitchen, my measurements are not exact. I just added cream until the consistency was right and the pasta done. Everybody loved it in our house, I hope that you do too!
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Wirtz Kitchen Classic
Chances are, if you have eaten more than one meal at our house, you have experienced some variation of this meal. I found the recipe in some sort of motherhood/pregnancy magazine when I was pregnant with Regan. I tweaked in to our liking and have been cooking it ever since.
Chicken Enchiladas
2-3 Cooked, shredded chicken breasts
1 Cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1 1/4 Cup salsa, divided
1/2 8oz pkg reduced fat cream cheese
10 taco sized, flour tortillas
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large skillet, place shredded chicken, 3/4 C cheddar cheese, cream cheese and 3/4 C salsa Heat over medium high heat until cheese is melted.
Spoon 1/3 cup of chicken mixture down center of each tortilla.
Roll up and place in 9x13-inch baking dish.
Drizzle with remaining salsa and top with remaining cheese.
Bake uncovered for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.
I have made this with ground beef, and steak, but chicken is our favorite. You can also make it with corn tortillas and layer it instead of rolling, it requires a double recipe of the chicken filling to do a whole 9x13 pan that way, but it is very tasty! I have also been known to sneak some extra veggies in their, like 1/2 C of pureed carrot and or yellow squash! You would never know the difference in the taste, but it adds a little nutrition for my picky eaters :)
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Favorite Foods...
So, tonight I am making one of my favorite dinners. Flank Steak and Cauliflower covered in Cheese, Yummy. I think I will serve in with a side of red potatoes, probably quartered and roasted in the oven. It looks like my Rosemary plant has not died yet, so I will even have some fresh Rosemary for the potatoes. Is your mouth watering yet? Both the Flank Steak and Cauliflower recipe come from my mom, and I am not sure where I got the potato recipe from.
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
The best chocolate chip cookies ever!
When I was a freshman in high school, I had a friend named Jenn Kostiuk who made the BEST chocolate chip cookies ever! They were soft and chewy and thick, yum! She would never tell me her secret ingredient and no matter how I have tried over the years, I have never been able to make cookies as good as hers. The only other cookies that have come close to Jenn's are Sara Durose's CC cookies. I have missed those since we moved out of the "Pink Home House" (the kids name for the house we lived in with Sara and Dave). Anyway, a few months ago I discovered these cookies and they have become the replacement for my old stand by chocolate chip cookie recipe. My freshman year of high school was awhile ago, but I think I have finally found a recipe as good as Jenn's!
Interesting fact: I had to pull out my Freshman year book to remember how to spell Jenn's last name (that is not the interesting fact). When I opened it up I remembered that my Freshman year book was dedicated to the schools head custodian. Now, that is something you don't see too often!
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
Breakfast in France
Okay, so I have never really had breakfast in France, actually I have never even been to France, but a girl can dream right? Someday I will sit outside at a little cafe and have croissants and watch the people of Paris go by. But for today, sitting in the kitchen with my family (still in our PJ's), eating crepes filled with mini chocolate chips will have to do.
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Getting started
I have been thinking about organizing all my recipes for awhile now, but have made no progress. I am not sure that blogging my favorite recipes is progress, but it is something!
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