Archive for May, 2008

Crockpot Cream Cheese Chicken

As I am always on the lookout for tasty crockpot recipes, I found this one at A Year of CrockPotting. It was tasty, and the sauce would make an excellent sauce for enchilladas–stuff tortillas with stewed chicken and smother with the cream cheese sauce…definitely will make these.
Ingredients:

1 can of cream-of something soup
1/2 c, chicken […]

Greek Pasta Salad

This recipe comes from one of my favorite cookbooks: Stop and Smell the Rosemary. This pasta salad is delicious and a definite crowd pleaser. You can keep it vegetarian or grill up some chicken and top the salad with the grilled chicken. It’s also a great picnic or potluck dish as it […]

Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce

We fell in love with Latin cuisine when we lived in Houston. It’s bold and flavorful, and just down right delicious.
Here’s my version of flank steak with Chimichurri sauce.
Flank Steak Marinade:

1 flank steak (about 1 1/2 lbs.)
1/4 c. olive oil
1/4 c. lemon juice
3-4 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a […]

Dilled Potato Salad with Asparagus

Originally I was going to make Dilled Chicken Fricasse with New Potatoes and Asparagus for dinner, but -s decided he really wanted to smoke chicken legs. I really needed to use up the asparagus and potatoes, and since the dill in our garden is exploding, we needed to use some of that too. […]

Taco Meat

I found this recipe at A Year in the Kitchen. It was really good, just a too salty for our tastes, so next I’ll reduce the amount of salt. Recipe below has the adjusted salt amount.
Use the spice mixture to flavor ground beef, ground turkey, or chicken, and then you’ve got great flavored […]

Salmon Sandwiches

I found this recipe at Taste and Tell, and she got it from Barefoot Contessa Parties cookbook. It’s more about the sauce than the fish, and the sauce tasted delicious!
Ingredients:

1/2 c. mayonnaise
1/8 c.sour cream
1/2 tsp white wine vinegar
6 fresh basil leaves
1/2 c. chopped dill
3/4 TBSP chopped scallions, white […]

Kung Pao Chicken

This recipe comes from the December 2005 issue of Cooking Light. I’m not sure what makes it Kung Pao…it was good, but not craveable.
Ingredients:

1 TBSP canola oil, divided
4 c. broccoli florets
1 TBSP ground fresh ginger (such as Spice World), divided
2 TBSP water
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1/4-inch […]

Sun-dried Tomato Pasta

I found a recipe on the box on angel hair pasta, which interested me. I adapted that recipe to create my own version, and the result was a delicious sun-dried tomato pasta. Great dinner for a summer day, as it’s full of flavor and doesn’t require much kitchen time. -s’s only complaint […]

Beef with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Feta

It’s Thursday, and time for another crock pot recipe. I found this recipe at a great food blog dedicated to crock potting. I changed the cut of beef to top sirloin, since we can’t get tri-tip in our neck of the woods, and I also changed the cooking time. It was pretty […]

California Raisin-Confetti Pasta with Chicken

Here’s another one of this dishes that reminds me of mom’s home cooking. My mom made this dish a lot when I was growing up, because we all liked it. Not sure where she got the original recipe…perhaps the San Francisco Chronicle. The dish has olives in it, and since -s claims […]