Posts Tagged ‘food’
Turkey and Three-Bean Chili
January 25, 2011
Here’s one of the latest things I made for myself and hubs. First of all, I was afraid to make it because he’s very “anti” ground turkey. I made it anyway and he had no choice but to eat it. He loved it and gave it a 10! My friend Jill had some too and said it was awesome 
PS – I have no idea where this recipe came from. It was just in my recipe binder. I didn’t follow it exactly, but how I made it is detailed below.
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 green bell peppers chopped
• 4 to 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 lb lean ground turkey
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tbsp chili powder
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• Red pepper flakes
• Ground black pepper
• 2 (28 oz) cans fire roasted diced tomatoes
• 3 (15 oz) cans beans – black, kidney, pinto – rinsed
• Sliced scallions for serving
• Low-fat sour cream (optional)
Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Sauté the onion, peppers and garlic until tender, four to six minutes. Add the turkey and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until no longer pink – three to five minutes.
Add the tomato paste, chili powder, cumin, ½ tsp salt and cook, stirring, for one minute. Add the tomatoes and their juices, the beans, and bring to a boil. Add red pepper flakes and ground black pepper to taste. Reduce heat and simmer until slightly thickened, 12 to 15 minutes.
Serve topped with sour cream and scallions.
Photo by xJasonRogersx.
Cook This, Not That: Beijing Wings
January 9, 2011
Beijing Wings! Just the kinda thing an Asian girl like me would love. It has a few key ingredients that are my favorite: soy sauce, garlic, sriracha, sesame seeds and scallions. Now that I’m reading through the recipe again, I realize that yep, I screwed it up. See, hubs started the marinade off, and I cooked the wings. Yeah, I never added the lime, and apparently he added butter to the marinade? Wow. They tasted good anyway. I bet if you follow the recipe they’ll be better. Oh, and the recipe is from Cook This, Not That. Here goes …
Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
• 2 lbs chicken wings
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp sriracha
• Juice of 1/2 lime
• Sesame seeds and chopped scallions (optional)
Combine the soy sauce, half the brown sugar, the garlic and ginger in a sealable plastic bag. Add the wings, mix to coat and marinate in the fridge for at least 1 hour or up to 8.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Remove the wings from the marinade and lay out on a baking sheet lined with lightly oiled aluminum foil. Roast for 15 minutes. Discard the marinade.
Heat the butter, sriracha, lime juice and remaining brown sugar in a large nonstick skillet. When the butter has melted, add the wings and saute for two to three minutes, until the sauce clings lightly to the chicken. Garnish with sesame seeds and scallions.
Makes four servings, 290 calories, 10 grams of fat.
Sweets!
December 12, 2010
I’ve never really been into baking. My mom doesn’t bake much, so I never really grew up around desserts and sweet treats.
One time, when Billy and I started dating, his mom was making a pudding-filled cake. I actually made a comment about how many Snak Paks she must have opened. (NO IDEA you could make pudding! … or whipped cream — which I would soon discover.)
Over the years, Billy’s mom taught me how to make a lot of great meals (like homemade pizza and shrimp parm) and desserts. We’ve had a lot of good times in the kitchen and around the table. One birthday, she made me a gigantic cupcake cake! Another time, she made Billy an ice cream cake; and she even made trays of cookies for my bridal shower. And, a few weeks ago, we made mini apple pies in a mini mold together. [Follow the link at the end of this blog post to see more pics of Marie's goodies/the treats I just described!]
Marie has definitely inspired me to get into baking, but so have some of my friends. Here are some really yummy and sweet recipes; Chinese Haystack Cookies (recipe from Ashley) and Pineapple Stuffing (recipe from Kathy). ENJOY!
Chinese Haystack Cookies
Thin, chow mein noodles – available in the ethnic/Asian section of the grocery store
Bag of butterscotch chips
Bag of chocolate chips
Melt the chips in either the microwave or on the stovetop, using equal parts of butterscotch and chocolate. Add noodles and use two forks to cover with melted mix. Move small bunches of covered noodles onto parchment or wax paper. Let them cool and dry on the counter or in the fridge. (This is an easy recipe that would be great to give away to co-workers and friends as holiday “gifts.”
Pineapple Stuffing
2 – 20 oz cans of crushed pineapple
8 eggs
2 sticks of butter softened
2 cups of sugar
10 slices of white bread
Blend everything, except bread, together with mixer. Fold in bread. Place in a greased 10”x17” baking dish, 350 degrees for one and a half hours.
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