Howdy people. Not much going on here in terms of ingredients; I’m still eating this feast which is why you’ve got that blurry iPhone pic. No time to grab the ol’ Nikon when I’m eating a yums salad.
The short of it is this:
- Boneless Chicken Breasts
- Tomato
- Avocado
- Mixed Lettuce
- Avocado
- Smoked Paprika
- Chile Powder
Cut the chicken to squares and sauté in olive oil with the paprika and chile powder to taste. Chop up the other other stuff and put it all together, toss a bit of fresh lemon on that, dress it to your liking, and voila! Dinner.
The avocado adds a nice touch to an otherwise boring salad. Really this was a cook-the-fridge-before-it-goes-bad situation, but delish nonetheless. Happy cooking folks.
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The day after Jo Ann’s wedding, we had a feast! I photographed everything we ate!
Baked Kibbee: This is layered ground beef with bulgar wheat and pine nuts.
Lemon Chicken: I have this recipe written up earlier! This is a boneless version.
Salada: Salad with mint garlic dressing. Best dressing ever. We eat this with almost every meal.
Grape Leave Rolls: Beef and rice rolled up in grape vine leaves. Slow cooked with lemon and tomatoes.
Kibbee Nayee: This is like baked Kebeh, but without the pine nuts and baking part. Oh my gosh! It’s raw beef!! And so good. I wrote a song about it when I was a kid.
Laban: Plain yogurt. A staple of every Lebanese dinner.
Zatoons: Olives soaked in brine.
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These are really good, healthy, energy-ful muffins. I got the recipe from the back of a Flax Meal bag, but the identical recipe is here.
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This is something very easy and very good. I used premade pizza dough that was on sale at the store for $1.50, filled it, topped it, stuffed it, etc with delicious stuff. This time I used my own marinara, Swiss cheese, hard salami, blanched broccoli, sauted red peppers, onions, and mushrooms. Just do whatever you want with all of them!
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I love beets! They leave some nasty red stains, though. Here’s something that I read about with my own touch.
Roast the beets: Place cleaned up beets in an oven safe dish. Add 1/4 inch water and cover. Bake for 45 minutes. Peel and eat!
Cucumber Yogurt salad.
2 cups plain yogurt
1 clove garlic
palm full of salt
fists full of mint
1 sliced and peeled cucumber
Combine the salt, mint, and garlic and mash into a paste. Add yogurt and cucumber.
Serve on top of the beets!
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Don’t yell, “Ewww!!! Gross!” yet. Sardines are good for you and sandwiches are good, so this must be good! It really is if you can handle sardines. Give them a try. The ones canned in tomato are a little less offensive to the easily offended. I made a sandwich with them that goes like this:
1 Hoagie roll. (I refuse to call it a hero even though I’m 2 years + in Brooklyn.)
1 can sardines in tomato sauce
1 strong soft cheese (I used something that I can’t remember. I bet a good brie is good and less stinky)
lettuce
horseradish
spicy mustard
Just make a sandwich out of it! Try toasting the bread. Really, just give it a try. You might like it.
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This is a replica of that very popular Chinese Restaurant dish, General Tsao Chicken. I found this recipe on the interwebs a few weeks ago after eating too much greasy stuff! That stuff left me feeling deep fried. This is a healthy sauted version, and you know what, it doesn’t lack ANY flavor. It’s awesome.
Ingreds:
Boneless Chicken breasts cut into chunks
4 scallions
1 tbsp red pepper flakes
lots of broccoli
2 carrots, sliced
cooked rice
For Sauce:
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/2 sugar
2 tsp garlic minces
2 tsp ginger minced
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
Stir it up and set it aside for now.
Add some oil and soy sauce to a hot skillet and cook the chicken until done. Set aside. In the same hot skillet, add some more oil or cooking spray, scallions and red pepper. Cook for a few minutes and add the sauce. After another minute or two, add everything else. The sauce will start to thicken. Serve over rice!
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Shakshuka is an Israeli dish of eggs poached in a spicy tomato sauce. I ate this with pita sprinkled with Zatar (spice mix) that Jon brought me back from Jerusalem.
Ingreds:
half onion, sliced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tomatoes, chopped
2 small cans tomato sauce
1/2 tsp. hot paprika
1/2 tsp. chili powder
4 eggs
serve with:
pita
zatar
Cook the onion and garlic in some olive oil until soft. Add everything else. Once simmering, crack the eggs into the pan and cook until done. About 8 minutes. Serve in a bowl and dip in pita! I also sprinkled zatar and oregano on mine.
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I ate this a lot growing up. My Mom and Aunt LeDonne made it pretty often. It was a go-to dish especially when chicken breasts were on sale. I made it last week for the first time in years. It has a nice balance of flavors and leaves you feeling very good. It’s light, but filling.
Ingreds:
Chicken Breasts (boneless is okay, but will have less flavor)
carrots
potatoes
onion
mint leaves
garlic
salt
water
lemon (or lemon juice)
paprika
Preparation of this dish is pretty easy. Take 2 cloves of garlic, a hand full of mint leaves, and a palmful of salt. Mash together with a mortar and pestle. If you aren’t down with that, it’s cool. Crush the garlic and crumble up the mint as much as you can. This will be the base of the marinade. Add the juice of a lemon and about a half a cup of water. Stir. Chop up potatoes, carrots, and some onion. Place in an oven safe dish. Add chicken and pour the marinade over it all. Sprinkle on paprika. Bake covered for about 30 minutes. Take off the cover and bake until done. (10 minutes-ish depending on the size of your breasts … uhhhh chicken breasts)
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This might be the easiest and most satisfying soup, yet. It’s very filling as well.
What you need:
1 lb. red lentils (They have to be red!)
6 cups vegetable broth (I used bouillon cubes with water)
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
olive oil
1 tbs. cumin
1.2 tsp. cayenne pepper
Cook the lentils in the broth for about 30 minutes. In a separate pan, fry the onions and garlic in olive oil until translucent. Add them to the lentil pot. After the lentils cook, add the cumin and cayenne pepper. Cook for 15 minutes more. Put it all in a blender or do what I do, use one of those blender sticks things. It’s easier and faster. I served it with a dollop of yogurt and sumac! Eat with bread or a side of brown rice. It’s very filling. Total cost per pot: about $2.50
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