Bouillabaisse Cooking Light, JUNE 1995 There's no picture for this recipe. I TOTALLY did NOT read the directions before I put this one on the menu. It's made in the microwave! What's up with that?? I DID NOT make it in the micro. I sauteed the onions in the olive oil. Then I cooked the potatoes in the clam juice, wine and tomato paste until they were done. I added the rest of the spices less the fennel seeds (just not a HUGE fan of them) and let it simmer for about 5 minutes. Then I added the … [Read more...]
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Spaghetti and Meatballs Cooking Light, OCTOBER 2003 So, I cheated and bought jar sauce. I think we used Classico Sweet Basil or something like that. I didn't bake the meatballs, but sautéed them in a pan, but I did put them in the sauce to continue cooking while the water for the spaghetti boiled. *snort* I'm such a recipe massochist!! The meatballs were DELICIOUS, though. They were probably the best meatballs I've ever made aside from my chicken ones, which I should post some time. I also … [Read more...]
Wasabi and Panko-Crusted Pork with Gingered Soy Sauce
Wasabi and Panko-Crusted Pork with Gingered Soy Sauce Cooking Light, MARCH 2006 This was awesome! The pork cooks up quickly and is very crispy with the panko breadcrumbs. Man, I love those things. The sauce is VERY tasty, but it didn't make a lot of sauce. I would double the ingredients for the sauce and I would definitely double the amount of wasabi. We didn't make the paste, but used the powder instead. I didn't taste much of the wasabi in the sauce. I think we used double the amount of … [Read more...]
Italian Sausage with Three Peppers
Italian Turkey Sausage with Three Peppers Cooking Light, NOVEMBER 2004 As usual, I didn't follow the directions on this recipe. We used regular Italian sausage instead of the turkey kind. It just didn't look appetizing! I don't think you can screw this up and it's gonna taste just like you think it will. We topped it with marinara and served it on whole wheat buns. It was GOOD! Measuring cups and spoons Knife Cutting board Saute pan. … [Read more...]
Colonel Benjamin’s Curry Chicken
Colonel Benjamin's Curry Chicken Cooking Light, OCTOBER 2003 Well, I didn't really follow this recipe to a T. I am one of the fortunate people to have ACTUAL masala from India. Thank you, Mrs G! Her mother sent some back and I got a little baggie of delicious smelling heaven that is known as masala. Similar to curry, but is a usually a variance in blends depending on household, village, region, etc. Kind of the like barbecue sauce in the States. I substituted all the spice except … [Read more...]
Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp Scampi Cooking Light, OCTOBER 2003 I watched while CTM made this dish. It was so funny! I came home and the first place I go is the kitchen to put my lunchbox away and on the counter were the mise en place ingredients. (All the ingredients for the recipe in little bowls) It was funny! We tossed this with whole wheat linguine, Davinci, I think. It was good. I would use less salt, less lemon juice, and probably not cook the shrimp so long. I think putting them in the pan BEFORE the garlic … [Read more...]
Italian Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Italian Stuffed Chicken Breasts Cooking Light, MAY 1997 Okay, so we didn't actually use CHICKEN BREASTS! We had pork chops in the freezer and stuffed those. Figure, the taste of the stuffing wouldn't change THAT much. I was right! It didn't. Being as the recipe is mainly for the stuffing anyway, I didn't think the jacket it was wearing mattered. So, 1T breadcrumbs didn't look like much to me along with the 1T Parmesan. I just didn't see how it was going to stuff our chops. I probably stuffed … [Read more...]
Beef Daube Provençal
Beef Daube Provençal Cooking Light, SEPTEMBER 2007 So, I'm not really making this per the directions. I did put it in my slow cooker, but then I added about 2 cups of baby bella mushrooms, used dried thyme instead of fresh, added 4 cups of water to cover the veggies in the cooker, and added about 2 T quick cooking tapioca to thicken it. It needed more than that to thicken it. I only had whole wheat flour on hand and didn't think you could make a slurry out of THAT for stew. It was DELICIOUS! I … [Read more...]