Middle Eastern Rice Bowl

 

I got this recipe from Rachael Ray's cookbook, "Cooking Rocks! Rachael Ray 30-minute meals, for kids" .  I used to make this dish all the time! I haven't made in a long while, but I will post the recipe because it is so good!

Serves 4

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons butter

3/4 pound chicken tenders, cut into bite-size pieces

freshly ground pepper to taste

2 (6oz ea) Near East brand rice pilaf mix

3 cups chicken stock

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leafed parsley (dried works great also)

1/2 cup slivered almonds

2 cups store-bought hummus, for serving (optional)

1 bag pita chips-corn tastes just as good with this dish, for serving

Scallions, red bell pepper, and cucumber, for serving (optional )

 

Instructions:

Heat a medium pot over medium heat; add extra-virgin olive oil and butter.  When butter has melted into the oil, add cut-up chicken tenders.  Season the chicken with salt and pepper.  Sauté the chicken, stirring, until lightly browned.  Add the rice pilaf and cook another minute or 2.  Add the chicken stock.  You do not need to use the seasoning packets included in the rice mix; you'll get your flavor from cooking the rice in the stock.  Put a lid on the pot and raise the heat to high to bring the stock to a quick boil, then reduce to a simmer.  Cook until the rice is tender, about 15 minutes.

Take off the lid and stir in cinnamon, parsley, and almonds.  Serve rice in bowls with veggies, chips, and hummus on the side.

 

 

Chimichanga's

This recipe is so simple! My mom made this for dinner tonight and it was a hit!

Ingredients:

Pork Roast

One bottle of your favorite BBQ Sauce

Cheddar Cheese

Tortillas

Two Cups Water

Butter

Put the roast, BBQ sauce, and water in the crock pot on high all day.  When its done, shred and put in tortilla's with cheese, and some of the leftover BBQ Sauce.  Roll them up and place on a baking sheet,  brush them with butter.  Let cook in the oven on 350F until light brown.

Serve with refried beans.  Enjoy!

Red Beans

I know I have a lot of rice recipes on my blog, but when you have 13 people to feed, rice goes a long way!  This is like the best red bean recipe ever, and I made it up!  I hope you enjoy this as much as my family does.

This is a awesome crock-pot dish = D

Ingredients:
Red Beans - 1 lbs

Tomato Paste - med size cans

Onion - 1

Garlic - 4 cloves

Salt - 3 tea

Pepper - 2 tea

Paprika - 2 tea

Chili Powder - 2 tea

Sugar - 2 tab

Water - just enough to cover the beans

Soak the beans overnight in water.

Put all the ingredients in a large pot and boil until tender, around 4 hours.  You can also cook it in the crock-pot all day on low.  This dish is really good served on rice and sour cream.

Mac N' Cheese Idea

Make your favorite homemade mac n' cheese, and add peas, bacon bits, spread in a pan sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and broil for 5  minutes. =D

Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread

(www.allrecipes.com)

This has to be the best cornbread on earth! I hate when cornbread is all dry and crumbly, don't you?  Well not this cornbread! It's very moist and stays together nicely.  It's sweet and buttery.  Delicious! 

Makes one  full 9 by 11 inch pan.

ingredients:

1 cup and 2 tablespoons butter

1-1/2 cups white sugar

4-1/2 eggs

2-1/4 cups buttermilk

1 teaspoon baking soda

2-1/4 cups cornmeal

2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 9 by 11 inch square pan.

Melt butter in large skillet. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Quickly add eggs and beat until well blended. Combine buttermilk with baking soda and stir into mixture in pan. Stir in cornmeal, flour, and salt until well blended and few lumps remain. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Beef and Rice

This dish is so good!

ingredients:

1 Green Pepper

1 Yellow Pepper

1 Green Pepper

1 Onion

1 Clove of Garlic

1 1/2 pounds of beef

4 cups of uncooked rice

Butter

Salt/Pepper

4-5 Packets of Brown Gravy

Chop the peppers and place it in a pan with the Beef, Cook until the meat is cooked.



 Place the meat into a separate bowl and try to save the drippings from the beef for the gravy.  After you have done that start the rice and dump the beef mixture into the water with the rice.  Put salt, pepper, and a pat of butter into the rice.  Cook until the rice is tender.  When the rice is almost done start the gravy, pour the grease from the beef into a pan, then follow the directions on the back of the gravy packet. 



After the gravy is thickened place rice on individual plates and spoon gravy over them.  Serve hot. Enjoy!

Whole Wheat, Oatmeal, Flax, and Banana, Pancakes

I made this for dinner tonight and I think it's the best Pancake recipe ever!

Serves: 15

ingredients:

• 2-1/2 cups uncooked rolled oats


• 2-1/2 cups whole wheat flour


• 1-3/4 cups and 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour


• 1/2 cup and 2 tablespoons brown sugar


• 1/4 cup flax


• 1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoons baking powder


• 1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda


• 1-1/4 teaspoons salt


• 2-1/2 egg


• Blueberries optional


• 5 cups milk


• 1/4 cup and 1 tablespoon vegetable oil


• 2-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract


• 2-1/2 banana, mashed

1. Place the rolled oats into the jar of a blender and blend until the texture resembles coarse flour. Whisk together the blended oats, whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, flax, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; set aside.


2. Whisk together the egg, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla. Stir in the mashed banana. Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture and stir just until moistened. Let the batter stand for 5 minutes.


3. Heat a lightly oiled griddle over medium-high heat. Drop batter by large spoonfuls onto the griddle, and cook until bubbles form and the edges are dry, about 2 minutes. Flip, and cook until browned on the other side. Repeat with remaining batter.