Recipe Exchange

I enjoy cooking, and Wanda has been trying to get us to eat more healthy (goodbye meatloaf, I barely knew ye). I was wondering if any of you folks have some decent recipes you’d like to share with me – perhaps some of your favorites that you make at home. Some easy-but-healthy ideas for chicken, pork, turkey, fish and veggies would be ideal, but we’re open to anything. I’m looking for something different from our usual line-up.

February 10th, 2009  Food   Tags: cooking, Food, health, recipes, more...

Pasta Concoction

I was in the mood for spaghetti today and Wanda okayed the idea.  I had most of the stuff for spaghetti, but I didn’t feel like thawing chicken*.  I wanted meat in it, so I decided to go to Festival Foods to pick up some Italian sausage.  While there, Wanda called me and asked if we could put peppers and other vegetables in it.  She also wanted healthier noodles.

I went to produce and picked up a red pepper, some Anaheim peppers, a small zucchini, a yellow onion, and a handful of spinach.  I also picked up some canned mushrooms, Barilla Plus rotini noodles and about a pound of mild Italian sausage.

First I cooked the sausage, chopped up, and set aside.  Next, I sautéed the sliced-up veggies in olive oil until they were tender in my Dutch oven (adding the spinach about 5 minutes before the rest were done).  I then poured the spaghetti sauce (26oz can of Hunt’s Garlic & Herb) into the pan and combined a suitable amount of meat and the veggie mixture.  I also added about 6 cloves of minced garlic, stirred it up, and let it simmer while the noodles were cooking.

We put a layer of noodles on a plate, then added some Mexican shredded cheese (don’t ask why, we like it) and then topped with the sauce.  It turned out to be very delicious!

September 15th, 2008  Food   Tags: cooking, Food, recipe, more...

Curry

Wanda and I enjoy Thai food – especially curry. There are a couple of restaurants in the area that we enjoy very much, and we treat ourselves once in awhile. We have made curry at home in the past, and it was very good, but it wasn’t quite the same as our favorite Thai restaurants.

Initially, we quickly discovered that using Minute rice, although convenient, wasn’t cutting it. We switched to Jasmine rice, and that made a big difference. We experimented with various canned curries, but weren’t able to duplicate the flavor.

We eventually found a canned curry that we really like and one that is roughly as good as those we get from the authentic restaurants. You see, Wanda has always enjoyed the masaman curry from a Thai restaurant here in Appleton. Upon visiting a local Asian grocery, she decided to give Maesri’s Masaman Curry Paste a try. It turned out to be excellent! It combines the flavors that both of us enjoy from our favorite dishes into one can.

I recommend you give it a try.

August 5th, 2007  Uncategorized   Tags: cooking, Food, thai, more...