posted June 08, 2010 07:43 PM            

Sooooo anyone know of any quick and easy recipes for dinners?

posted June 09, 2010 01:00 PM            

I'll start..

My favorite thing to make is Shepard's Pie
There are a ton of variations on this, but this is one I got from someone at work...
I never measure anything, so I'm kinda guessing on the amounts here.

Shepherd’s Pie

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F

1 pound ground hamburger
1 regular size can cut green beans
1 Large can (or 3 regular size cans) Tomato soup
About 4 Cups Instant mashed potatoes
2 teaspoons Thyme
Salt & pepper to taste

Fry up ground hamburger until cooked.
Drain green beans and add
Add Tomato soup
Add thyme, salt & pepper

Pour mixture into baking pan
Cover with prepared Instant mashed potatoes

You can sprinkle the top with paprika to make it look nice,
But that’s not a requirement.
Also, my daughter likes to add different things like corn and/or onions.
I think less is more, but you can play with it.

posted June 09, 2010 02:27 PM            

For ones who eat chicken -
Here's a recipe using rotisserie chicken from the grocery store, so it's a great quick, easy, summer dish. You could even use chicken that you prepared ahead, which would be the even healthier option.

White Bean and Roasted Chicken Salad ~ source: Cooking Light

2 c. coarsely chopped skinless, boneless rotisserie chicken
1 c. chopped tomato
1/2 c. thinly sliced red onion
1/3 c. sliced fresh basil
2 (16 oz. cans cannellini beans or other white beans, rinsed and drained

Dressing:
1/4 c. red wine vinegar (or substitute/ like balsamic)
2 T. extra virgin olive oil
1 T. fresh lemon juice
2 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. freshly ground black pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced

To prepare salad, place first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; stir gently to toss.

posted June 09, 2010 05:17 PM            

oooo Yin, I like that one :-)

I make sushi.. well, california rolls.

posted June 09, 2010 06:03 PM            

*romaine lettuce
*white beans
*olives
*thinly sliced red onions
*thinly sliced parmesan
*olive oil & lemon juice

combine. yum

Spaghetti with black pepper and cheese

Make some spaghetti, and reserve 1 tbsp of the pasta water. Once the pasta is cooked, drain, put it back in the pot, add a little cream, olive oil, the reserved pasta water, 1 minced garlic, some grated parmesan, and black pepper.
More yum

posted June 10, 2010 06:15 AM            

Tuscan Bread Salad (roughly 2 servings)
-3 slices whole grain bread, cut into 1" squares
-1/2 c. tomato, thickly diced
-1 c. olives, whole
-1/2 medium cucumber, cut once lengthwise, then sliced
-2-4 oz. mozzarella cheese, thickly diced
-olive oil, at least 2 tbsp
-red wine vinegar to taste
Combine all. Tastes best when refrigerated for a bit, so for lunch make previous night, for dinner make the morning of same day. Garnish with fresh basil leaves, if desired. My addiction to this rests solely on the fresh olive oil moistening the whole grain bread, so that's why I put "at least 2 tbsp" but me I'm never well-behaved enough I always add more But if you're gonna refrigerate don't douse it with the liquids cos the bread will turn soggy, just a bit of each, and then when ready to eat you can add more.

Tortilla Torta (4-8 servings)
-1 c. plain yogurt
-1 c. heavy cream (ok as you saw from above i like my food drenched, if you don't you make it maybe 1/2-3/4 c. of each it'll still be fine)
-16 oz. jar of any green prepared salsa you like
-2 small cans of green chiles (if you like added spice) they're sold next to the prepared salsa
-12 oz. monterey pepper jack cheese, shredded (this depends on how much you like cheese)
-16 oz. chicken, coarsely chopped
-12 corn tortillas
Preheat 375. Whisk plain yogurt and heavy cream for a couple seconds, set aside. Coat 9" square baking dish (or even a larger dish would work if you keep the food close together) with veg. spray. Lay out in layers on baking dish: 4 tortillas, 1/2 of the salsa, half of the chicken, half of the cream mixture, 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat. Layer again with the remaining 4 tortillas and sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top. Cover with foil, in oven for 15, remove foil and leave in for another 10. Let stand a bit as it tends to be warm. I eat this with black bean soup and avocados. Being vegetarian I don't use real chicken, so I rely on the imitation meats for some recipes that do call for it that I like, like this one.

posted June 10, 2010 06:28 AM            

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I really like Everyday Food magazine recipes too. They seem to have a lot of classic and simple and healthy and what I call "purists" recipes.

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posted June 10, 2010 07:18 PM            

I had a few different dishes while I was in Yemen that I'd love to either try to make or get the recipe's for.

Maybe if I describe, someone will know what I'm talking about.
It was a chunky meaty sauce that you pour over rice. It's an african dish because he was from Nigeria....Yoruba tribe(if I spelled that right).
But I know he made it with pork, the red sauce was tomatoes, onion...spices.. and lord knows what else. That's why I was hoping to get a recipe while this thread was up.

posted June 10, 2010 11:58 PM              

Here's my favourite quickie

Margherita Pizza

I but the base with no sauce on it & then I get 1 can of crushed tomato's to make my own pizza sauce. You can freeze the left over sauce for another time.

Anyways back to it.

Sauce

1 can of tomato's pour in a pot & ad a pinch of salt & pepper. I like to ad a few herbs such as bay leaf, sage & thyme. 1 large or two small bay leaves. Simmer gently stirring occasionally until it looks like the right consistency.

apply to your base with a soup spoon to push it around leaving 2cm of the base edge free.

Add basil to your taste. Fresh is best but I buy the stuff in the tube because I don't like to waste a whole bunch just for a few leaves.

Add Bocconcini cheese. You can use any variety, small or large balls it doesn't matter.

I then add some grated pecorino cheese for a zingier taste because bocconcini is very mild. You can throw on a small amount of mozzarella if you prefer.

Pizza needs to be cooked at med high heat in the oven so you can work that out for what ever country you're living in. Australia in on the metric system so everything is celcius.

It's not hard to tell when you're pizza is ready anyways.

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