Teriyaki Chicken

Teriyaki Sauce

• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup sugar 
• 1 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger root
• 1 or 2 cloves crush garlic
• 1/4 cup sweet rice wine

mix and marinate for 1/2 an hour

No cook night

We all just ate whatever we wanted. I had left over soup. Charlie made blueberry muffins.

Minestrone Soup

 

Cook about a pound of hamburger with onions and drain off fat. Add a 16oz. can of tomato sauce and 2 cans of water. Add chopped carrots, 1 clove of garlic and Italian seasoning to cook until tender. Add pasta and more water if needed to cook until tender. Add green beans, kidney beans, olives and more water if needed. Heat through and top with Parmesan cheese (I was out).

Charlie made coconut cookies for dessert, they were so good I had to share the recipe:

Charlie's Coconut Cookies

2 3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
4 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cup flaked sweetened coconut

He mixed them up the usual way: cream butter and sugar, add egg, milk and vanilla. Beat in flour mixture until just blended. Use spoon to mix in coconut-- bake at 325.

Breakfast for dinner

Leftovers

Read Thursday's post.

Sloppy Joes

I couldn't decide what to have until the last moment. I didn't follow a recipe-- just threw things into a pot. It's important to chop the hamburger into tiny pieces. To do that I use a pampered chef tool- I don't even know what it is called- a six inch chopping blade with a handle? Once the meat was finely chopped I added tomato sauce, ketchup, red wine vinegar, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and a splash of red wine.

Usually when I have a drink of wine while cooking, my dishes turn out wrong. But last night it worked for me. After tasting the sauce I knew it was missing something... in went about 1/4 cup of wine (Cabernet Sauvignon) and it was perfect!

Kung Pao Chicken

Really I made Kung Chicken... no Pow! I didn't make it spicy-hot so Gordon had to add his own spice. Marielle loved it. The recipe wasn't quite right. Once it's the way I like it- I'll post it.

Pizza night from Figaro's

I thought I might make homemade pizza but changed my mind.

Koi Club Potluck

I went to a Koi Club potluck, and the food was great. I took pasta salad so I left some for Marielle and Gordon. I also cooked up some broiled chicken breast. It's all gone so I imagine it was good...

Roast Beef with mock mashed potatoes

I cooked the beef in a crock pot all day. For the mock mashed potatoes recipe see the post on March 14. Charlie still doesn't know he's eating cauliflower- or maybe he knows but doesn't want to say anything. He had me put the bacon chunk on top for the photo.

True Cod

Blogger won't pop up a photo up-loader. Never mind-- look on March 22.

Make your own beef burritos

Need I say more?

Chef Salad (with a little shrimp)

Beef Stroganoff

Quick Chinese Salad with peanut sauce

On March 16, I made Chinese Chicken Salad from a recipe. Tonight I didn't have time or energy for that. I put out the basic ingredients (cold chicken, oranges, slivered almonds and Napa cabbage) and let people have at it. I threw together a quick Asian peanut sauce (Sweet Chili Sauce, peanut butter, olive oil and soy sauce) and it turned out pretty well.

I'm already thinking of some sort of recipe where I can use that peanut sauce again.

Costco roast chicken

Not enough time to cook tonight so it was Costco roast chicken, Costco multi grain artisan bread and peas.

Chicken Enchiladas

I stuff my enchiladas with chicken or beef, lots of cheese and green chillies. Top them with my very easy enchilada sauce, a little extra cheese and bake them for 20 minutes at 350.

Gordon made "deer and pickle pie"--mincemeat for dessert. I'll probably blog that later after our walk.

Enchilada sauce

• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup flour
• 3-4 cups of hot  water
• 1/2 cup chili powder
• cumin and cayenne pepper to taste

Heat a large sauce pan, add first the oil then the flour. Cook for a few minutes until smooth and bubbly. Add some hot water and it will thicken right away-- add more to the right consistency. Add the spices to taste. Pour over rolled and stuffed enchiladas. This will probably make more sauce than you need.

Deer and pickle pie

...also known as mincemeat pie. Gordon makes the mincemeat pies at our house. It consists of venison, apples, oranges, raisins and sweet pickles.
When I uploaded the photos there was a random picture of the deer that went into the pie. I thought it only fitting that he be included in the blog. Before you get all teary eyed consider that we fed and watered him for a year or 2. Why shouldn't he feed us now?
Moral of the story-- kids: be careful where you eat!

Omelet bar

I made up omelets for dinner and set out fillers so everyone could make them up as they wanted. The secret to making a good omelet is to not cook it too hot. That makes the egg puff up and crack when you fold it over. That's OK but doesn't look pretty! The pan needs to be hot enough to melt the butter but not make it sizzle and brown. Thoroughly whip the eggs with a fork until foamy. A 2 egg omelet is the best size for a small pan.

My omelet: cheese, bay shrimp, spinach, bacon, salsa, and avocado...

I had trouble deciding so I put it all in.

Gordon's: everything but the kitchen sink!

Charlie's: pepperoni, cheese, jalapenos, salsa, fresh onions, avocado.

Marielle's: cheese, shrimp and a little bacon with a side of spinach.

Timmy the Cat: shrimp-- hold the egg and cheese!

Spicy dogs

These are really too spicy for me and Marielle but Gordon and Charlie didn't seem to mind.