Saturday January 30, 2010

Tonight we had lasagna, spinach salad with grape jelly viniagrette, and focaccia bread.


Focaccia Bread

Can use as pizza dough

1 tb  sugar 1/4 oz  yeast 12 oz  water 18 oz  flour 1 1/2 tsp  salt 3 oz  onions, medium dice 1 tb  olive oil 1 1/2 teaspoons  salt 2 tbs  rosemary

1 Combine the sugar, yeast and water. Stir to dissolve the yeast. 2 Add the flour to the yeast mixture in 4 parts. 3 When the flour has been absorbed, add the first measure of salt and the onions. 4 Generously oil a bowl. Place dough in boil to rise until double. Can be refrigerated 2 hours to overnight. 5 In 13x9 pan, using your fingertips push the dough until it fills the pan. Ease the dough to fit the pan, might have to give it a quick break now and then. 6 Brush the top of the dough with olive oil. Allow the dough to double in size. If adding herbs do so now. 7 Bake at 400 for approximately 20 minutes or till lightly browned.

Servings: 10

Friday, January 29, 2010

Hubby took me out to supper tonight so no recipes or pictures.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Tonight we had baked chicken, parsleyed potatoes, oven roasted carrots and dinner rolls.

Here is how I did the chicken.

Marinade:
1/2 c soy sauce
1/4 c vegetable oil
1/4 c red wine vinegar
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp pepper

Combine all ingredients. Pour over chicken in zip lock bag. Cover and marinate for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight. Bake at 325 for about 1 1/2 hours. I used a large pack of thighs, but any cut of chicken would work.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

If you follow Keri's blog along with mine she won't post for today cause she had supper here tonight lol.

Here is the menu. Crawfish Etouffe, rice, noodles, green beans.

Here is the pictures of her plate and mine. She ate it over rice, I ate it over noodles.

I know I am strange lol. The traditional cajun way is over rice.

over rice

over noodles

Here is the Etouffe recipe.

Crawfish Etouffee

1 stick butter per pound of crawfish
1 lb crawfish
1 onion cut up
bell pepper
salt to taste
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp white pepper
1/4 cup water

Melt butter. Saute onion and bell pepper till tender. Add seasonings. Cook about 10 more minutes. Add crawfish and water. Simmer another 20 minutes.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Tonight I am cooking Chicken Parmigiana, steamed broccoli, bread sticks.

Here is the recipe.

Chicken Parmigiana

Thin cut or pounded chicken breasts, 4-6
1/2 cup flour
salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste
1/4 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons butter
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 cups red wine (white works also but I was out of white lol)
1 can (large) san marzana tomatoes, crushed
2 tablespoons sugar
salt and pepper again to taste
chopped parsley
1 cup grated parmesan cheese, fresh is best
1 pound spaghetti, cooked

Mix flour and salt, pepper and garlic powder together.

Dredge flatten chicken pieces in the flour and set aside.

Heat olive oil and butter in large skillet till hot and butter is melted. Fry chicken pieces till golden brown on both sides and cooked through.

Remove chicken and cover with foil to keep warm.

Add onions and garlic to skillet and cook for 2-3 minutes. Deglaze pan with wine scraping up any chicken pieces left in pot. Allow to cook for 2-3 minutes or till wine is reduced by half.

Pour in tomatoes, sugar and salt and pepper. Stir well to combine. Simmer 30 minutes. I added parsley at this time cause I used dried. Taste for seasoing and carefully lay chicken breasts on top of sauce and cover them completely with parmesan  cheese. Cover and reduce heat to low. Allow to simmer till cheese melts and chicken is heated through.

Serve over cooked pasta.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Tonight we had fresh sausage in a brown gravy, rice, cream style corn and fresh french bread.

Hubby cooked and I didn't get before pictures but here is an after.

Here is the recipe for the sausage.

Fresh sausage

onions

water

Brown sausage well in dutch oven. Add diced onions, water to cover.  Simmer till almost all of the water is cooked out. Add water to cover. Simmer till reduced to about 1/4 of liquid.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Hamburger steaks, mashed tators and peas was the menu.

Here is the before picture...

Here is the after....

Here is the recipe..

Hamburger Steaks

2 lb ground meat
seasonings of your choice
onions
bell pepper
mushrooms
cream of mushroom soup
beef stock or broth

Season ground meat with your favorite seasonings. I don't add anything other then salt, pepper and garlic to my meat, but if you want to add anything else, go right ahead. I won't be there to see lol.  Shape into steaks.

Brown both sides of steak in dutch oven. Add onions, bell peppers, mushrooms.  Mix together all other ingredients with some more seasonings and pour over steaks. Simmer for about an hour. Go easy on the salt as the soup, and stock are both salty.