Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Zucchini Noodles!
So I have an over abundance of squash! Our daily food has been consisting of all things squash, unfortunately for Shane since he is not a fan..... I have been waiting for him to be gone to try a few recipes. The first is spaghetti with normal sauce but the noodles are instead shaved zucchini!
My review, I like it! I used a vegetable peeler to shave thin slices of zucchini onto my plate and made a normal marinara loaded with veggies- onion, garlic, peppers, mushrooms oh and some yellow squash I left meat out tonight I didn't have any thawed and I don't usually cook it when Shane is gone. I loaded the zucchini ribbons with marinara and topped with Parmesan. It was not quite the same as regular spaghetti noodles but good none the less. Next up to try is a zucchini angel hair pancake or zucchini pickles. If you have any ideas or yummy bread recipes please share!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
I have been trying to post this recipe for days! I have literally not been in the house so it had to wait:)
Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
2 grilled chicken breasts
half a sliced green pepper
half a sliced red pepper
sliced jalapeno or other spicy pepper
half sliced onion
small can of pineapple chunks or fresh if you have it
Arugula
Crusty buns or rolls
swiss or provolone cheese
Sauce
1/2 c BBQ Sauce
hot sauce to taste I recommend Franks Red Hot wing sauce or cholulas.
Mix sauce and set aside. Saute peppers and onions in a pan until soft. Slice chicken breast and add to peppers add in pineapple pour on sauce and mix. Portion out on crusty rolls or buns lined with arugula and melt swiss or provolone cheese over the top.
Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
2 grilled chicken breasts
half a sliced green pepper
half a sliced red pepper
sliced jalapeno or other spicy pepper
half sliced onion
small can of pineapple chunks or fresh if you have it
Arugula
Crusty buns or rolls
swiss or provolone cheese
Sauce
1/2 c BBQ Sauce
hot sauce to taste I recommend Franks Red Hot wing sauce or cholulas.
One of the breasts was the cats!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
The Best Broccoli Salad!
I was wanting to put this recipe up before our family camping trip but of course ran out of time. I took this to the BBQ as my potluck dish and got rave reviews. I have never cared much for broccoli salad but I love curry and cashews and had an over abundance of broccoli from the garden that I needed to figure out how to use since Shane does not eat it cooked.
Broccoli Salad
6-8 cups broccoli in bite size pieces
1 cup shredded carrot
1-2 ribs celery chopped
1/2 cup red onion chopped
1/2 cup raisins
Dressing
1/2 cup mayo
2-3 Tbs apple cider vinegar
2 Tbs agave or honey
2 Tbs sugar
1 Tbs hot curry powder
3-4 Tbs sesame seeds
Dash of red pepper
Hot sauce and Salt and pepper to taste
Whisk ingredients for dressing in a bowl adding pepper sauce, red pepper and salt and pepper in the end to taste. Mix all the veggies and raisins together in a big bowl then stir in the dressing and sprinkle with cashews when ready to serve.
This was prep for the BBQ, I don't have a finished picture but there wasn't a tidbit left!
Broccoli Salad
6-8 cups broccoli in bite size pieces
1 cup shredded carrot
1-2 ribs celery chopped
1/2 cup red onion chopped
1/2 cup raisins
Dressing
1/2 cup mayo
2-3 Tbs apple cider vinegar
2 Tbs agave or honey
2 Tbs sugar
1 Tbs hot curry powder
3-4 Tbs sesame seeds
Dash of red pepper
Hot sauce and Salt and pepper to taste
Whisk ingredients for dressing in a bowl adding pepper sauce, red pepper and salt and pepper in the end to taste. Mix all the veggies and raisins together in a big bowl then stir in the dressing and sprinkle with cashews when ready to serve.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Newbie!
Ok so as if I wasn't busy enough I have decided to start blogging! My decision to blog has mostly stemmed from my addiction to all the other wonderful food blogs out there. Since I am constantly being asked for recipes, and I am a FB geek always posting what I am eating and cooking I have decided to try my hand at the blog....... if nothing else I suppose all of my favorite recipes, and pictures etc. will all be in one place :)
Since I am starting this blog at an extra busy time in my lil' farm life (horse shopping, trying to get a new business going and packing for this weekends annual Harvey family BBQ) I am going to start off with a very simple salsa I made today for lunch. I will post pictures at a later date.....
Quick Garden Salsa
4 small to med. Garden Tomatoes ( yes they were fresh from the garden, Manitoba's and supice I think.)
1 lemon cucumber
2 cloves of garlic
1 garden salsa pepper, jalapeno would also work
1/4 or a little more of a med. sized onion
a small handful of cilantro
lime juice
salt
Cut the tomatoes and cucumber in to chunks set aside. In a food processor combine the rest of the ingredients and pulse until desired consistency. Stir contents of food processor into tomatoes and cucumber squeeze with half a lime or more if desired add more salt if needed and scoop up with some chips! I recommend yummy blue corn tortilla chips!
Since I am starting this blog at an extra busy time in my lil' farm life (horse shopping, trying to get a new business going and packing for this weekends annual Harvey family BBQ) I am going to start off with a very simple salsa I made today for lunch. I will post pictures at a later date.....
Quick Garden Salsa
4 small to med. Garden Tomatoes ( yes they were fresh from the garden, Manitoba's and supice I think.)
1 lemon cucumber
2 cloves of garlic
1 garden salsa pepper, jalapeno would also work
1/4 or a little more of a med. sized onion
a small handful of cilantro
lime juice
salt
Cut the tomatoes and cucumber in to chunks set aside. In a food processor combine the rest of the ingredients and pulse until desired consistency. Stir contents of food processor into tomatoes and cucumber squeeze with half a lime or more if desired add more salt if needed and scoop up with some chips! I recommend yummy blue corn tortilla chips!
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