Apple Glazed BBQ Chicken w/ Baked Sliced Potatoes.

Apple Glazed BBQ Chicken

Serving : 6
Prep time : 45min
Cook time : 25min

Ingredients:

1 can frozen apple juice concentrate; thawed
1/4 cup ketchup
4 tbs packaged packed brown sugar
1 tbs apple cider vinegar
1 tsp dried thyme
1/8 tsp red hot cock sauce (red bottle with rooster on it)
6 chicken breast fillets

Directions :

In a small saucepan, combine the juice, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, thyme, and cock sauce. Cook until the sugar dissolves. Cool to room temperature.

Place the chicken in a zip lock plastic bag and add half the sauce. Cover, refrigerate both the chicken and the remaining sauce for 4-24 hours.

Coat a grill rack with nonstick spray. Remove the cicken from the marinade. Coat the chicken pieces with nonstick spray and brush them with some of the remaining marinade.

Grill, uncovered, 6-8 minutes. Turn the chicken over and brush with the remaining marinade. Grill 6 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Discard any remaining marinade.


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Baked Sliced Potatoes

Serving : 4
Prep time : 10min
Bake time : 25-30 min
Preheat oven : 400 degrees

Ingredients :

4 Lg baking potatoes
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup salad oil (we used olive oil)
2 cloves of garlic minced or pressed
1/2 - 1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dried thyme leaves

Preparation:

Cut unpared potatoes into 1/4 inch-thick slices. Place overlapping slices in buttered oven-to-table 13x9in baking dish.

Mix butter and oil. Brush slices with mixture. Pour remaining over potatoes. Sprinkle with garlic, salt, and thyme.

Bake at 400 degrees for 25-30min or until potatoes are done and browned at the edges. Serve immediately.

Well we didn't have this for dinner, but you could!

We had it for a 1 am snack. You can count on me for interesting combinations due to our distaste for grocery shopping. I frequently throw odds and ends together. Shon and I think it was a success today. I give you....

*drum roll*

Italian Scrambled Eggs with Crab Meat
Serves 2 hungry adults, could be stretched to 3.

1 small can crab meat (of course you can substitute imitation crab or chicken or turkey)
5 or 6 eggs
Small amount of water
Sun dried tomatoes in Italian herbs and olive oil (about 6)
2 squirts mustard (Dijon would be fantastic but all we had was French's yellow and it was good)
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Italian herb mix (Mr's Dash Italian is great)
2T Onion (I would have preferred green onions, all we had was dried onion and it was good.)
2 slices Muenster Cheese (That's what we had, swiss, jack, mozzerella would all be yummy.)

Put eggs in bowl add small amount of water and beat. Set aside.
Open and drain can of crab meat. Set aside.
Pull tomatoes out of jar and drain on a paper towel. Dice them. Set aside.
Put some of the oil from the tomato jar in the pan. Use pastry brush to coat whole pan with thin layer of oil and herbs.
Salt and pepper the eggs, add some Italian herbs and stir. Add onion to eggs. Put eggs in hot pan. Have slices of cheese ready to top hot eggs so they melt nicely. Add in the crab and tomatoes and stir up the eggs. When the eggs are almost done squirt in a bit of mustard and stir again. Finish cooking. Plate eggs and top with cheese.

Curry Anything.

So tonight we realized we needed to go to the store for some veggies and other foods. Unfortunately, we realized this when there wasn't enough time to get ready and get there with any time to shop.

I looked high and low in my cupboards and fridge to see what I could scrounge together. I thought maybe I could make a curry. I wished I had some canned tomatoes...oh wait I had salsa! That's got tomatoes! I had a can of garbanzo beans, brown minute rice, plain yogurt, lemon juice, hot sauce, chicken, and lots of spices. So I found a great site that gave overal curry basics. It said:

So, there you have it — a typical "curry" sauce is just (1) onion, garlic, ginger and chiles that have been chopped and fried (2) with spices mixed in and then (3) some mushed tomatoes added.

Indian food is delicious, but don't let it intimidate you — from Rogan Josh (some cardamom) to Madras (lots of chile) to Vindaloo (vinegar and lots of chile) to Tikka Masala (lemon juice and more turmeric), most Indian dishes you're familiar with are just nuanced variants on the above.

This is the site

So I decided the jalapenos in the salsa would work for chilis and my hot sauce was made from chilis, so that would work. I had dry onions also. I told Shon dinner would either be really good or gross and prayed it would be good.

I thawed 2 chicken breasts. Cut them in small pieces. Stir fried them in some oil. Added 6T dry onions. That equals one onion. Then I added my spices. Garlic, curry, paprika, red pepper flakes, cumin, cayenne pepper, ground coriander, salt, and a pinch of ginger powder. I didn't measure these, I just added what looked good. I mostly just dusted some over everything except the ginger, I really don't like it and I just added a smidge, but you could really taste and smell it. Go easy on the hot ones unless you really like it hot. I added the rinsed can of garbanzo beans (chickpeas). I opened a can of chicken broth and added some till it was wet but not soupy in there. Stir every so often till the chicken is done. Add 1T lemon juice. Add salsa. I probably added at least a cup, but maybe more. I just added till it looked like the right ratio for my taste. Once it's all mixed and heated through you are done. Serve over rice. Top with a dollop of yogurt. Sprinkle parsely over the top. I added a little squirt of Sriratcha which is the hot sauce with the rooster on it. Shon and I both liked it. I would make it again. We served it with mixed veggies on the side.

Please forgive my terrible plate job. We both were starving and hadn't eaten all day.

No Chili Chili

Ingredients:

(will need large pot)

1 lb ground beef
1 cup onion, chopped (we used 1 whole onion)
1 large can diced tomatoes
2 cans pinto beans (we used dried beans)
Cayan pepper (shake it over the pot then taste test to see if you need to add more)
1 tsp salt
2 tbl sugar
2 tbl vinegar
2 tbl garlic

Extras ideas:
crackers to put in soup
ketchup
cheese
dipping bread
hot sauce


Cook beef, onion, and spices.
Add rinsed beans.
Add tomatoes with the juice.

Simmer uncovered about 20 minutes

Mash some beans, taste and adjust spices as needed.

Hamburger Pie with Corn Bread Topping.

Believe me, it tastes better than it looks.


Here is the book picture



Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Ingredients:

1 lb extra-lean ground beef
1 cup frozen diced onions (we used fresh whole onion)
1 cup frozen diced green bell peppers
1 cup tomato sauce (we substituted for prego pasta sauce)
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp. chunky-style salsa
1 14/12 oz pkg fat-free honey corn bread mix

Optional and very tasty,
1 cup corn kernels or 2 tablespoons chopped green chilies to corn bread mix.


Spray large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat.
Add beef, onions, and bell pepper; cook, stirring frequently, until beef is browned and crumbled and vegetables are tender; drain well.
Return beef mixture to skillet; stir in tomato sauce, water, and salsa.
Spray baking dish with cooking spray; spoon beef mixture into baking dish.

Prepare corn bread according to package directions; let batter sit 5 minutes to thicken up.
Drop batter by tablespoons onto beef mixture and spread carefully to cover.

Bake 15-20 minutes until corn bread is lightly browned and cooked through.

Mexican Casserole

Ingredients:

Casserole dish (pictured is 13x9)
1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
5 cloves of garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
1 (10oz can) cream of mushroom soup
1 (10oz can) cream of chicken soup
1 (10oz can) hot enchilada sauce (we substituted with 1 16oz salsa and 1 16oz queso)
2 cups doritos, crushed (reserve some for top)
2 cups shredded cheddar or jack cheese

In large skillet cook meat, onion, garlic, salt and pepper until done. Drain meat; stir in soups and enchilada sauce. Put a layer of meat in casserole dish; top with crushed doritos and cheese; repeat layers ending with doritos and cheese. Bake about 20 minutes or until cheese has had time to melt.

Chicken Curry Casserole.

Ingredients:

Casserole dish (pictured is 13x9)
3-4 pieces of chicken breast
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 can of cream of chicken soup
1 pkg of chopped broccoli
2 cups cooked rice
1 cup mayonnaise
1-1/2 tsp curry powder
1-1/2 tsp lemon juice
cheddar cheese (shredded)
bread crumbs (can substitute with corn flakes or anything similar)


Mix soups with mayonnaise, curry powder, and lemon juice.

Layer rice, broccoli, and chicken. Top with cream mixture. Sprinkle with grated cheese and bread crumbs.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.
Cheese should be golden brown.

What is this about?

Recently I have taken it upon myself to cook dinner for my family. My goal is to make dinner every night and to make and try new dinner ideas. I grew up in a home where we pretty much had the same meals all the time. Verity is good, and along with sharing the yummy looking pictures I am also going to spread the yummyness to you =)