1 tbsp sesame oil 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1 1/2 tablespoons finely diced fresh ginger 1 Tbsp brown sugar juice from 1/2 lime 3 tablespoons soy sauce 1/2 teaspoon sriracha hot sauce (add more to make hotter) 1 (14 oz.) can coconut milk 1/2 cup natural peanut butter I added all these in order … [Read more…]
4 Tablespoons Butter 4 Tablespoons All-purpose Flour 2 1/2 cups Whole Milk (if you don’t have whole milk, adding ricotta helps make it creamier) 1/2 cup ricotta (or half and half, cottage cheese, or another 1/2 cup of milk if you’re lacking additional dairy products). 1 cup grated cheddar 1/8 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper 1-1/2 teaspoon … [Read more…]
Here’s another recipe using the leftover “southwest” sauce. And it’s really flashy fast. I’ll have another sauce for you to use with this recipe posted here at a later date because I also have a pretty decent red sauce. But this is what I did this week. Chop and sautee a small onion with some … [Read more…]
About 3 or 4 cloves garlic (chopped, pressed, or the kind that comes minced in a jar) 1 small chopped onion 1/2 chopped green (or whatever color you want) bell pepper 1 cup corn kernels (frozen or 1 can) 1 15oz can black beans 1 15oz can refried black beans 1 15oz and 1 8oz … [Read more…]
Brought to you by the leftover half-box of cooked elbows in my fridge. Why is that in there? Well let’s just say someone who shall remain nameless forgot to cook up some rice to go with dinner the other night and the fastest thing we could think use as a replacement were elbows. So we … [Read more…]
Tonight’s flash dinner is brought to you by way of a black bean lasagne. I recently made four of these. Three for families with brand new babies and one for myself. I have to apologize to the families with the new babies. I’m afraid this recipe came out incredibly soupy. I had some leftover sauce … [Read more…]
Tonight’s kid/baby-friendly flash-dinner: Chicken Teriyaki with ginger veggies and rice. Chicken: 1 package of chicken breasts chopped into a small pan and coated in a sprinkle of ginger, garlic powder, Chinese 5 spice, and a layer of rice vinegar, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce and an 8 oz can of crushed pineapple. Bake at 350 for … [Read more…]
Tonight’s dinner is soup. A very generic soup. Sausage, sweet potato, spinach and bean soup. It’s soupy weather. 1 onion chopped 1 rather large sweet potato diced in 1/2 – 1″ ish squares 1 package Aidells pre-cooked smoked chicken chorizo cut into rounds and then cut in half 1 can great northern beans 1 32 … [Read more…]
To be filed under “Don’t Judge.” This is tonight’s Flash Dinner is two packages of Bird’s Eye frozen creamed spinach and 1 Pack of Zatarain’s dirty rice mix with ground turkey browned with 1 chopped onion and 3/4 chopped bell pepper (that was pre-chopped in my fridge). There’s that old adage about fast, cheap, and … [Read more…]