Cost: (Culinary Seductions Promo)
Notes: Good pancake mixes are around. Daddy Cakes are the best. Check them out.
Quickie Recipe
Follow directions on package
April, 2009
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Breakfast in Bed Ginger Daddy Cakes Pancakes
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Simple Marinated Roasted Chicken Breasts on a Bed of Garlic Brown Rice
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Cost: $5.00 CD
Market: No Frills and Longos
Notes: You can add a slice of lemon to the chicken when cooking. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve this with a salad of your choice for complete healthy meal.
Ingredients Purchased in Bold:
- 2 Chicken breasts with bond (on sale)
- 1 Bottle of Italian dressing (on sale)
- 1 cup of brown rice
- 2 1/2 cups of chicken stock (for the rice)
- 1 TBSP of Garlic powder (for the rice)
- 1 TBSP of Canola ol (for the rice)
- Salt and pepper to taste for rice and chicken breasts
Quickie Recipe
Put both chicken breasts in a large plastic bag and add half the bottle of store purchased Italian dressing and marinate for 24 hours in your refrigerator. Pre-heat oven to 350 F and roast chicken for 45 minutes. In another pot combine rice, garlic powder, stock and canola oil. Stir and bring to a boil. Reduce and cook for 35-40 minutes on low heat.
Salmon with Lemon Pesto, Roasted Peppers and Feta Cheese
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Cost: $6.75 CD
Markets: No Frills, Longos
Notes: You can use frozen salmon fillets here to save some cash which is what I did. This is one of my favorite recipes. Great for seduction as as well as dinner parties.
Ingredients Purchased in Bold:
- 2 pieces (1/4 pound each) of salmon
- Feta Cheese 100 grams
- 1 Lemon
- 4 TBSP of Pesto (previously made from dinner a few nights ago)
- 1 Roasted pepper (previously made from dinner a few nights ago)
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Quickie Recipe
Go here for the complete recipe. The only difference is to add the roasted pepper to the pesto covered salmon.
Herbed Roasted Chicken Featuring Sweet and Spicy Sweet Potatoes (Chicken not pictured)
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Cost $10.50 CD
Markets: Longos
Serves: 3 adults
Ingredients: Purchased
- 1 3-4 pound Chicken
- 1 Lemon, quartered
- 1 Handful of flat leaf parsley
- 2 Large sweet potatoes
- 1 small onion, small dice
- 1 Jalepeno, minced
- 2 -3 TBSP of Paprika
- 1-2 TBSP of Cumin
- 3 cloves of minced garlic
- 1 Orange, juice
- 1 Lime, Juice
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Season salt (for the chicken rub)
- Honey
- Salt and pepper to taste
Quickie Recipe
Go here to learn about the chicken cooking method. For the sweet potatoes. Peel potatoes and cut into cubes. In a hot pan saute onion, garlic and jalepeno for 2-3 minutes until slightly browned. Add potato, spices and seasoning. Cover and reduce to low for 25-30 minutes. Adjust seasoning and spices to taste. Add orange and lime juice. Optional honey add to taste.
Baked Balsamic Portobello Mushrooms with Pesto and Roasted Bell Peppers
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Cost: $11 CD
Market: Longos
Ingredients: Purchased in Bold
- 6 Portobello Mushrooms
- 4 Red bell peppers (about to expire section)
- FOR THE PESTO
- 1 Bunch Flat leaf Parsley
- 1 Large bunch of Basil
- Toasted Walnuts
- Extra virgin Olive oil
- Balsamic Vinegar
- Salt and Pepper
Quickie Recipe
Marinate mushrooms in balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper. Make the pesto (you can make it with Parmesan Cheese which is traditional in pesto). Roast the peppers. Bake or broil marinated mushrooms and then combine in layers.
Broiled Soy, Ginger and Garlic Salmon with Braised Kohlrabi (Green Turnip)
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Cost: $10 (CD)
Markets: Longos and No Frills
Ingredients: Purchased in Bold
- 2 – 1/2 pound pieces of salmon
- 2 Heads of Kalhrabi
- 1 bunch of Scallions
- 1-2 Tablespoons of Cumin (for the Kohlrabi)
- Honey
- Soy Sauce
- 1 Lime
- Marinade for Salmon
- Soy sauce
- Ginger
- Garlic
- Scallions
- Rice wine vinegar
- Touch of honey
- Pepper
Quickie Recipe
Mix marinade enough to cover salmon and place in plastic bag for at least an hour. Saute Kohlralbi in olive oil and cover. Add spices and cook until fork tender. Broil salmon on high for 3 minutes per side. Take marinade and boil in small pan. Finish with drizzling sauce on fish.
Breakfast in Bed – Scrambled Eggs with Taramosalata and Scallions
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Cost: $2.79 (for a dozen large eggs and I used 3) CD
Store: No Frills
Ingredients: Purchased in Bold
- 3 large eggs
- 2 TBSP of Taramsalata. This is Taramosalata
- 1 TBSP of butter
- 1 Scallion
- 1/4 lemon; juice of
- Salt and pepper
Quickie Recipe Go Here. Instead of adding cream fraiche. Add taramosalata.
Roasted Lemon and Herb Chicken with Cauliflower Puree and Asparagus
Friday, April 24th, 2009
Cost: $9.25
Markets: Longos
Ingredients: Purchased in Bold
- 1 Whole chicken (on sale)
- 1 Bunch of Asparagus (about to expire)
- 1 Head of Cauliflower (about to expire)
- 2 Lemons
- Handful of flat leaf parsley
- 1 Head of garlic + (2 cloves for cauliflower puree)
- Extra Virgin Olive oil
- Southern Pride BBQ Seasoning
- White wine vinegar (for the cauliflower puree)
- Chicken soup base (for the cauliflower puree)
- Olive oil
- Oregano
- Salt and pepper
Quickie Recipe
Stuff cleaned cavity of chicken with head of cleaned garlic, parsley and lemon. Rub chicken with olive oil and liberally sprinkle dry rub. Roast at 425 F until chicken skin is brown or juices run clear to about 160 – 170 internal temperature.
Zucchini, Mushroom and Sage Quinoa Risotto
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Cost: $5
Markets: Ambrosia, Sunny Supermarket, No Frills
Ingredients: PURCHASED INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/3 cup of quinoa
- 1 green zucchini
- 2 wee cartons of mushrooms
- 1 small packet of fresh sage
- 1 medium onion
- Some chicken stock
- Flat leaf parsley
- Chopped garlic
- Unsalted butter
- Olive oil
- Salt and Pepper
- Lemon
Quckie Recipe
Saute mushrooms and set aside. Saute chopped sage and garilic and set aside. Saute zucchini set aside. Saute onions until slightly brown in a pot. Add washed quinoa and cook like rice 2 parts liquid (chicken broth) to one part quinoa. Cook for 30 minutes until 90% of stock is absorbed. Add mushroms, sage, garlic and zucchini. Season and add parsley as garnish. You can add fresh lemon juice at this point as well.
Red Bell Peppers Stuffed with Braised Lamb and Lemon/Parsley Brown Rice
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Cost: $15
Markets: Longos (purchased ingredients in bold)
Notes: Apparently wifey said it as “awesome.” I did not taste them due to the $50 (and other things wink wink nudge nudge) bet I have with her that I can only eat raw foods for two weeks.
Ingredients:
- 2 Very large red bell peppers
- Lamb (slice of the leg that I chopped up)
- Tops of red peppers diced
- Shallots (1 large)
- Tomatoes on the vine (2)
- Carrots
- Celery
- Garlic
- Brown Rice – 3/4 cup
- Lemon ,juice and zest (1)
- Fresh flat leaf parsley
- Salt and Pepper
- Olive oil
- Butter
- Water
Quckie Recipe:
Saute meat and veggies seperately. Cook rice with lemon zest. Add chopped parsley and combine meat. Boil peppers for three minutes in salt water. Stuff peppers and bake in oven with 1/4 inch water for 40-50 minutes.
