Looking to change things up a bit a dinner? This recipe is easy to adjust depending on your taste, or what happens to be on sale. It works just well with turkey breast or pork tenderloin in place of the chicken.
Chianti Steak Salad
Chianti is the classic Italian table wine we associate with straw-covered bottles. Although good chianti is rarely bottled this way anymore, Chianti remains one of the best drinking and cooking wines you will find. Needless to say, I recommend serving a nice Chianti with this salad.
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Ginger Apricot Chicken Breasts
Prepared in under 30 minutes, this dish is easy to prepare, easy on the budget and very easy on your waistline. It’s also easy to customize to your particular taste. Substitute orange marmalade for the apricot preserves, balsamic or apple cider vinegar for the red wine vinegar, minced garlic for the ginger; let your creativity flow.
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Spicy Chipotle Steaks
If you haven't tried chipotle peppers this is a great dish to get you acquainted with them. Chipotles are smoked jalapeno peppers and are most commonly found canned in a spicy tomato sauce. They can be pretty spicy so start out with half of one first. To help reduce the heat a bit scrape out all the seeds.
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Lacquered Turkey Rice Bowl
Turkey is like Rodney Dangerfield; much loved but it gets no respect. It's the champion of the bland and neutral. Even when it gets its day to shine the poor bird has to compete with my aunt's green bean casserole, and let me tell you, that's a no win situation. (And no I'm not going to say which aunt either.)
Well I'm tired of turkey getting a bum wrap. It's time it took centerstage and this grilled recipe is going to thrust it out of the wings whether it likes it or not.
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Quick & Easy Stir-Fry Suppers
American and European stovetops are designed for flat bottom pots and pans, not the curved bottoms of Chinese woks. So in order to achieve a perfect stir-fry, ditch the wok and grab your largest skillet.
By following the master recipe below you can customize a stir-fry to your particular tastes. Select items from the categories below, which have been grouped together based on their cooking times.
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Spring Pea Oven Risotto
This classic Italian rice dish usually takes anywhere between 45 minutes to an hour to prepare and requires you to stir it the entire time. With a few modifications I was able to make a great tasting version with about 20 minutes actual hands-on time. I know I'll probably get a few people giving me grief that this isn't a true risotto, but for a quick springtime dinner I think it's pretty damn good.
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