dancingzorba asked:


I’m having my boyfriend over for dinner Thursday. I had planned to make a big meal when he came over with his friend, so that his friend and my roommate could meet and I bought a ton of ingredients for it, but now my boyfriend is asking whether I’m making dinner just for him this Thursday. I feel awful saying no since he’s coming directly from work, so I want to use as little of the things I bought for the big dinner as possible, even buying a few extra things if I need to. Here are the things I’m willing to use and have:

3 chicken breasts
spaghetti
tomato sauce
parmesan cheese
caesar salad
a ton of spices (included red pepper flakes, tarragon, oregano, bay leaves, etc.)
EVOO of course
plain bread crumbs

Does anyone have an easy (but impressive) chicken recipe where I would need to buy limited ingredients? It needs to taste and look good, but be cheap to make.

Thanks!!!
http://busycooks.about.com/od/chickenbreastrecipes/r/pestostchicken.htm

I was thinking of that recipe, since its just buying pesto and ricotta. Think it might be tasty?

Maxwell

GAILLY asked:


I got a slow cooker for new year form my mother-in-law and omg how did i live without it… i have posted some recipes below do youhave any others as i dont want to keep making the same thing…..

Soup

Use orange lentils or split yellow peas. I pour over boiling water and let them soak overnight. Rinse and put in slow cooker. Then I add an onion that has been chopped and slightly cooked (in the microwave, makes life easier). Add a few chopped or sliced carrots to the slow cooker, add garlic if you like, if you have any stock, say from the joint of bacon I mentioned before, heat it up in the microwave and add to the slow cooker. If you have no stock make some with any stock cube you have handy. Make sure the lentils etc are covered by the stock. Add any dried herbs you like. Give it a stir. Put cooker on after about 7 hours., just check to see if the lentils are cooked, if not just leave a little longer until cooked. You can use up any leftover celery or you can add bacon chopped up and put in with the other ingredients if you wish. I can’t give exact amounts because I just add what I have in. If you have a large slow cooker it should work out approx as 1 litre of stock to 150g lentils, I think. I always just make sure that all the ingredients are covered, and do a couple of checks whilst it is cooking to make sure in case it needs any more liquid. If you want a creamy soup, then liquidise with a blender, the hand one is best, after cooling it. You could garnish with some coriander leaves and put a swirl of cream or fromage frais on top when serving.

Oriental Honeyed Pork

This is a really tasty slow cooker recipe.(amounts are for 4.5 litre cooker) cube 1kg pork fillet &toss in seasoned flour/corn flour(or iv done it with up to 6 -8 pork chops),heat oil in a pan, fry 1 large chopped onion & 2 crushed garlic cloves, add pork & lightly brown, add 2 chopped green peppers,8 chopped mushrooms,6 chopped tomatoes(or a can)and a big tin pineapple pieces.(keep the juice).In a jug measure 1 litre chicken stock,5 tablespoons honey,3 tablespoons soy sauce, mix & pour over pork in pan, blend 5 tablespoons corn flour with the pineapple juice and add this to pork pan, bring to boil then transfer all this to your slow cooker and cook on medium for 5-8 hours. This sounds a bit faffy but its not ,sometimes I prepare everything the night before ready to just bring to boil in the morning, switch on and go to work. Serve with rice or new potatoes and green veg.

Beef in Red Wine.

(4.5litre cooker) Fry 2 large chopped onions till soft in tbspn oil, add 1.5kg cubed stewing beef or steak, and brown .add 2 crushed garlic cloves(not essential if you don’t like garlic)10 chopped tomatoes(I always use a couple of large cans)800g mushrooms(nice to use whole small ones)1 litre red wine, salt and pepper, bay leaf if you have one and bring to a simmer ,transfer to slow cooker pot and cook 4-8 hours on medium. Remove bay leaf and add some chopped parsley to serve-lovely with mashed potatoes. if you don’t want to use all that wine just substitute half with beef stock

Rice Pudding

4.5ltr slow cooker. butter the inside of the crock-pot first, put 150g pudding rice,40g butter(diced or grated if really chilled)150g sugar and 1 and a half litres milk, pinch nutmeg, mix well, cook for 3 – 4 hour on medium,

Beef curry –

Fry 2 medium, sliced apples with 2 large chopped onions in a pan until soft. Coat 700g beef in 3 tblsp. flour and fry until lightly browned. Stir in 400ml of stock and bring to a simmer. Add 3 tsp curry powder,75g sultanas(optional) 3 tblsp mango chutney 200g tinned chopped tomatoes and 2 tblsp. lemon juice. Transfer to the slow cooker and cook for approx 4-7 hours. At the end of the cooking time it may be necessary to thicken the curry with a little corn flour mixed with a little water. After putting the corn flour mix in the pot put the lid on and leave a little longer for the corn flour to cook out or transfer to a pan to put on the hob or a dish to use in the microwave, to thicken

Pepper Beef

here goes, shin beef or you could use sausages, onions mushrooms peppers cook for about 6 hours I suppose, then 40 minutes before serving, I’m going to add a creamy pepper sauce mix( Schwartz) let that thicken up, then serve it with mash and veg,

Spaghetti Bolognese

I used 2lbs mince (going to freeze some after for quick dinners), 1 dollop lea and perins garlic sauce (chefs helper), 1 dollop lea and perrins Worchester sauce ,sprinkle of herbs de province, two drops Tabasco, 2 beef oxo stock cubes, 1 large onion.

I brown the mince before hand. I start with mince and crumble the two beef oxo cubes over the mince, stir then add the dollop of garlic, dollop of Worchester sauce, herbs de province and Tabasco. cook until mince is all browned.

add chopped large onion to the slow cooker, then mince, then I add one jar Dolmio(extra sp

Yusuf

jake asked:


im cooking for my girlfriend this valentines day, and shes been craving a good pasta dish. we were thinking about chicken con broccoli but i would like to hear some more ideas. white sauce, red sauce, butter sauce, doesn’t matter. im not a chef but i have some skill in the kitchen, so most recipes are within my grasp. im looking for something more elegant, not lasagna or spaghetti or basic things like that. please help

Cameron

sweet love asked:


ok am on low carb i saw a recipe here on yahoo answer for low carb pizza just not to get board of the diet here’s the recipe

3 C grated raw zucchini
OR
3 C cooked spaghetti squash
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/2C mozzarella cheese
1 1/2 C tomato sauce
1/2 small onion, thinly sliced
1 small green bell pepper, chopped
1/2 C sliced mushrooms
1/4 C sliced black olives
1/2 C grated Parmesan cheese
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. dried basil
1 T olive oil

ok its low carb but dont u think that it to much mozerella cheese in it which make fattning what can i substitute for it

Derick