Archive for September, 2009
Hearty Stuffed Peppers
The great thing about this dish is that you can make it with ground turkey, beef, chicken, or soy crumbles without having to change the rest of the recipe and adding just a few more minutes for certain meats to cook through. This goes great with pastas or with Orzo or Rissotto. I made this [...]
Butternut Squash Bake
I got this sweet, dessert-like recipe from the Producebox, which delivers fresh fruits and veggies from local farms to homes and business every week. It takes a little bit of effort to make this dish, but it’s incredibly good! If your kids won’t touch butternut squash, try making this for them. They’ll devour it, guaranteed.
Ingredients [...]
American Chop Suey
Recipe courtesy of Varsha Chawla (my mother-in-law, not myself). This is a great, tangy Chinese style American dish that is great by itself, or served with a plate of hot rice.
Ingredients (for four people)
1 lb cabbage, chopped up
2 onions, chopped up
10 fresh green beans, chopped
2 cups of shredded carrots
1 cup of bean sprouts
1 cup of [...]Herbed Butter
Great for garlic bread and excellent with dinner rolls!
Ingredients
1 stick of butter, unsalted and softened
1 teaspoon ground mustard powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon Italian seasoningDirections
Combine all ingredients and blend until evenly distributed throughout the butter. Serve with warm dinner rolls or spread on garlic bread and toast in the oven for a few minutes, until [...]Chocolate Zucchini Bread
I know the combination of chocolate and zucchini sounds weird to a lot of people, but this is probably the best bread I’ve ever eaten. It beats the banana-walnut-chocolate chip bread that I often bake. I got this recipe from the Producebox and will make it as long as I can find zucchinis!
Ingredients
3 large eggs
2 [...]
