We started some Easter prep tonight blowing out 16 eggs for decorating later this week. Once cleaned out we had a surplus of eggs that we thought about freezing for later (always an option if you don’t want to eat them right away) but instead decided to make dinner with them!
Instead of regular breakfast options I decided to make a savory delicious and simple quiche!
This recipe is super simple to make and it turns out so pretty.
Here is what you need:
18 eggs
1c. Heavy cream
1c. Cheddar cheese shredded
2 small heads of broccoli chopped
1/2 lb small cubed ham
2- pie crusts
Preheat oven to 400°F. Place pie crusts into pie pans and set aside. In a large bowl stir together all of the other remaining ingredients. Split filling evenly between the two pie shells.
I rolled the crust down toward the filling and placed in the oven for 25-30 or until filling is firm and top is brown.
Allow to cool for a couple minutes before cutting and serving. Enjoy!!
It’s all about keeping things simple right now and this recipe is just that simple, and delicious. Dinner is served!
I love love love pineapple, it’s fresh, and light and super versatile for using in sweet and savory dishes. It makes food fell island inspired and let’s face it we would all love to be on a refreshing island get away right about now! Tonight I combine it with a simple pork meatloaf and some rustic spicy roasted vegetables.
Here is what you need:
1lb ground pork unseasoned not sausage
1 slice of bread
1 bunch scallions sliced separate greens and whites
1 yellow bell pepper diced
2 small sweet potatoes peeled and diced
1 small chili pepper diced from the middle to the tip discard the stem end and seeds
1 small can of pineapple wedges in juice not syrup
3 tbsp hoisin sauce or teriyaki sauce
Olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 425°F grease a large baking sheet with olive oil and set aside.
Place bread in a large bowl. Open pineapple, reserve 2 Tbsp of pineapple juice for sauce and drain the remaining juice over the bread. Set pineapple pieces aside.
Using your hands mash the bread into a paste and add scallion whites and ground pork. Blend together with your hands add salt and pepper. Form into 3-4 small “loaves” about 1in thick, they do not need to be perfect. Place on the greased baking sheet and wash your hands.
In a small bowl combine hoisin sauce and reserved pineapple juice mix well and baste over top of the meat loaves. Reserve enough for one more coating after initial baking time. Take pineapple pieces and place on baking sheet with the meatloaf.
In a large bowl combine diced sweet potatoes, bell pepper, half of green scallions and chili pepper coat with olive oil and pepper to taste and place in a small roasting pan.
Place veggies on the middle shelf and meatloaf on the top shelf of the oven and bake for 20 min. Remove veggies from the oven check for doneness of the potatoes. Remove meatloaf and apply a new coating of sauce, remove pineapple from pan and place back in the oven for another 10min make sure meat is cooked to correct temp. Top meatloaf with toasted pineapple pieces and remaining scallion greens. Serve hot with a side of roasted veggies! Enjoy!
Snow days make me want to cook!! Something about being cooped up that pushes me into the kitchen everytime. So for dinner tonite a sweet and spicy breaded baked chicken breast.
This is a no dredge recipe making it even easier! No messy dunking and breading just a crispy coating full of flavor!
Here’s what you need:
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp spicy bbq rub
1 Tbsp butter
1c. Panko bread crumbs
3 Tbsp sour cream
Sweet Hot honey to taste
Salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 425°F
In a microwave safe bowl add butter and melt in microwave about 20 seconds. Add 1 Tbsp olive oil, salt, pepper, panko crumbs, and bbq seasoning. Stir mixture together. Set aside.
Rinse chicken and pat dry on paper towel. Add the additional one Tbsp. Of olive oil to a glass baking dish coating the bottom of the pan. Add chicken. Spread sour cream onto the chicken and top with crumbs mixture pressing it lightly onto the chicken.
Bake 20-25 minutes until chicken is cooked through and crumb topping is golden brown.
There’s just something about a really good pasta dish on a cool fall night that just hits the spot. I recently found a new favorite fresh pasta at a local Kroger grocery store and put it to great use in this flavorful dish!
Below is a photo of the pasta, the one shown is cheese ravioli, and the one I used in this dish was actually a spinach and ricotta ravioli of the same type. Although I believe either would taste great in this recipe, and the colored stripe in the pasta makes it pretty too!
This pasta paired with a spicy sausage and light delicious sauce really hit the spot!
Here’s what you need:
1pkg spinach and ricotta ravioli
1lb spicy sausage
1 roma tomato chopped
1 sm bunch of green onions chopped and separated into greens and whites.
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1 lemon quartered
2Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp sour cream
Salt and Pepper
Cook Ravioli according to package directions, drain reserving 1/4c. of pasta water.
Heat a small amount of oil in a medium sized pan add sausage, onion whites, and garlic cook on med-high heat ubtil sausage is browned and cooked through. Add 2 Tbsp butter, sour cream and pasta water. Squeeze half of the lemon over top and add tomatoes. Stir well, and simmer until thickened.
Top ravioli with sausage mixture, plate and top with onion greens. Enjoy!!
Doinner doesn’t havw to be difficult, with complicated ingredients, and 9000 steps to be delicious. Tonight I made a simple beef stew with dumplibgs and on this chilly drizzly day it was perfection!
Here is what you need:
1lb stew beef
2-3cup potatoes cubed
6 carrots sliced
1 medium onion chopped
1 packet McCormicks beef stew seasoning
2 Tbsp Olive oil
3c. Water
2 Tbsp flour
2c. Bisquick mix
2/3 c milk
Salt and pepper
In a large stock pot heat oil and brown beef stew meat. Season with salt and pepper add seasoning mix, flour, and water. Stir well. Add potatoes, onion, and carrots. Cover and cook on medium low heat for 1 hour.
Mix bisquick mix and milk together spoon on top of stew cover and cook 30minutes until dough puffs up and springs back when touched. Spoon into a bowl and serve hot! Enjoy!!
Spaghetti is a pretty regular occurance at our house it’s quick easy and can serve a large group when we need it to! So I prepared a variation on traditional spaghetti with this Tuscan Sausage version that includes red peppers and just a little tuscan spicy heat! Enjoy!
1lb spicy sausage casing removed
1 medium red bell pepper thinly sliced
1 md yellow onion thinly sliced
4 servings spaghetti noodles
2 tsp spicy tuscan seasoning
1 Tbsp chicken boullion
1 tbsp butter
1 can crushed stewed tomatoes
1/4c. Parmasan cheese
2 tsp. Parsley chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
In a large pot boil water seasoned with a little salt, once boiling add pasta and cook 9-10 minutes until soft. Drain pasta reserving 1c. of pasta water
While pasta is cooking, In a large sauce pan add 1Tbsp butter melt, and add onions, red peppers, and a tsp. of spicy tuscan seasoning. Cook until crisp tender 3-4min. Add sausage and cook crumble into pieces as it cooks. Once meat is cooked through add tomatoes, 1 tsp tuscan seasoning. Heat through add 3/4 c pasta water and chicken boullion. Allow to simmer until thickened.
In a large bowl combine pasta, and sauce. Toss to coat add 1/2 of the parsley and half of the parmesan cheese and stir into mixture. Add additional pasta water if too thick. Salt and pepper to taste. Coat noodles well. Plate up and add additional parmesan cheese and parsely as desired!
I’ve been searchong for some new healthy dinner options. I feel like I’ve had dinner on loop lately. So last night I started back to through the loop woth tacos…but decided at the last minute instead to make this a lighter and tad healthier by using fish as the primary protein instead of the usual ground beef. I have to say it was a delicious change of pace and I’m so glad I decided to change things up!
Here is what you need!
1lb. Fresh cod
3Tbsp butter
2 lg cloves garlic
Zest of one lime
2 Tbsp lime juice
2 Tbsp chicken taco seasoning, I use McCormicks brand.
1/4 c. Cilantro or curly parsley
Shredded lettuce
Shredded cheddar cheese
Cubed avocado
Fresh pico de gaillo
Flour tortillas
In a large sauce pan melt the butter add the garlic and fish. Cook on medium high heat 3 minutes each side. Once you turn the fish add lime zest juice seasoning and cilantro using spatula cut fish into chunks and stir the ingedients around in the pan till coated. Turn down heat and layer fish in the tortilla with any of the additional ingredients you prefer. Enjoy!
